a person who seeks out very dangerous or foolhardy adventures with no apparent fear
that little daredevil has broken an arm and an ankle this year alone
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Recent Examples of daredevilsBringing together some of today’s most innovative stunt designers, this conversation traces the craft’s journey from early cinematic daredevils to today’s painstaking choreography; and its long fight for overdue Academy recognition.—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
Still, there’s clearly some lingering bad blood between the two old cowboys.
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Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025
The clouds are as much a character in Murphy’s work as the cowboys, though the former are unchanged since the Oceti Sakowin first formed their confederacy.
But there’s still something delectable about Guillermo del Toro, a director who is both a visionary and a genre classicist, returning to the original horror novel, the tale of monsters and madmen that gave birth to all subsequent tales of monsters and madmen.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
26 Aug. 2025
Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan were madmen marching the United States toward nuclear war.
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Isaac Schorr,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Aug. 2025
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