It is a bright, sunny day some time in 2014, and Eden Kötting is alive. She is drawing on a transparent sheet with a big black felt tip, and explaining how powerful people are all fools. This simple set-up is the basis for This Illuminated World is Full of Stupid […]
Month: November 2015
4-Panel 34 – The Ten Commandments of Hulk
Hulk Smash. Good. Hulk Not Smash. Puny. HULK IS STRONGEST THERE IS!!!! See Commandment 1 etc … Welcome back for another episode in the realms with sound effects like “FWOMP!” and “KRAKATHOOOOM!”. This week we discuss the release of the previously-banned “Cursed Earth” storyline from Judge Dredd – which will […]
Cinema Eclectica 46 – Pete Best of the Apocalypse
This week we go full fan-theory. Brave waters indeed. In Off the Shelf we have a body-horror masterclass with David Cronenberg’s “Videodrome”, Jules Dassin’s “Thieves Highway” – the film-noir that’s totally not a western, Wong Kar Wai’s “The Grandmaster” and a surprise aided the randomizer, which became “The Ecstasy of […]
S11E18 – Where Have All The Vikings Gone?
Throughout the entertainment industries there are certain periods of history that reign supreme – World War 1 and 2, the Victorian era, Ancient Rome and Greece, Medieval Europe/Japan/China, the Dark Ages, etc. But those only cover a small portion of human history so the suggestion is that nothing else interesting […]
All My Good Countrymen (1968) Even a dictatorship can’t keep a lid on this (Review)
A rural, bawdy, political epic with magical realist fringes, full of drinking, singing and close-ups on weathered peasant faces, Vojtěch Jasný’s 1968 film All My Good Countrymen is exactly the sort of thing some people think of when you talk about classic European cinema. Following the fortunes and misfortunes of […]
PX01 – Tea Time Tales with Blazkowicz’s Heroes
PX01 – Tea Time Tales with Blazkowicz's Heroes
Cinema Eclectica 45 – Gasper No Way!
Keyframe 30 – Captain Kirito's Lightsaber
On this week’s episode we discuss the animation nominations for the BAFTA Children’s Award, Crunchrolly’s partnership with Sumitomo Corporation to fund animation production, the voice acting talents in Disney’s “Zootopia” and more. Our featured anime are Sword Art Online II Part 1 (episodes 1 to 7), and Captain Earth. For […]
Keyframe 30 – Captain Kirito’s Lightsaber
On this week’s episode we discuss the animation nominations for the BAFTA Children’s Award, Crunchrolly’s partnership with Sumitomo Corporation to fund animation production, the voice acting talents in Disney’s “Zootopia” and more. Our featured anime are Sword Art Online II Part 1 (episodes 1 to 7), and Captain Earth. For […]