Confusion reigns this week as the alcohol flows (for one of us anyway), wigs are glued and Reboot gets a reboot. In other news, Sega and Paramount pictures pick up the gauntlet thrown by Nintendo and announce a Sonic the Hedgehog feature film, and Kumo Kagyu’s dark fantasy light novel […]
Month: March 2018
4-Panel 131 – Venom Gives You Extreme Protection
Andrew, Mick and Rob embark on another jaunt through the oceans realms of comic-books and manga where they trawl for tasty nuggets of graphic literature goodness. Amongst the items and oddments caught in their net this week are Marvel’s plans for X23, the announcement of a new Plastic-Man mini-series by […]
Cinema Eclectica 151 – Needs More Benedict Wong
Rob, Mick and Graham travel into unknown territory this week for Alex Garland’s Netflix psych-out “Annihilation” on the day of its release. If you’ve ever wanted to listen as people grapple with a trippy, existential, hard science fiction film a couple of hours after watching it then you’ve come to […]
S15E16 – Klingon Santa is Coming to Town
We’re back for arduous journey into the hinterlands of science and technology news to bring more strange tales and weird happenings. This time it’s Rob and Producer Rob captaining The Geek Show’s flagship as it navigates through the cackling of Amazon’s Alexa, fanatical Malaysian Apple fans (the technology company, not […]
An Actor’s Revenge (1963) Pays thoughtful homage to Japanese theatre’s Kabuki history (Review)
It’s late Edo-period Japan. An acting troupe from Osaka has arrived in the capital city to perform. Thieves and pickpockets stalk their prey among the paying audience, while merchants and aristocrats watch from the balcony seats. Yukinojo, a slightly paunchy onnagata (kabuki actor who plays female roles), sits centre stage, […]
ReBorn (2016) Tak Sakaguchi’s return is a case of mixed blessings (Review)
Tak Sakaguchi retiring was a bit of a running joke once upon a time, with news reports flipping sides on a near-daily basis. “Today he isn’t retiring, tomorrow he is”. Unfortunately, the ‘speed master’, friend of Sion Sono, and surprisingly good actor within the martial arts community faded from our […]
Shirley: Visions of Reality (2013) A Beautiful, Off-Kilter recreation of Edward Hopper’s Painting (Review)
4-Panel 130 – Scrooge and the Ghost of Days of Future Past
The 4-Panel gang ride into town again, which means it’s time for another round-up of all things comic-book and manga related. Kicking things off this week are some newly revealed details about Marvel’s highly-anticipated Avengers: Infinity War, after which we’re shocked to discover that the movie “Dredd” was actually directed […]