In the mid 1950s, at the height of Joseph McCarthy’s anti-Communist campaign of political repression, a bold new courtroom drama opened on Broadway that allegorised a dire incident from America’s Christian fundamentalist history to excoriate the current climate of fear and repression. The play’s impact on the culture of America […]
Month: May 2018
PX26 – A Generation of Napoleons
Surprising things are happening this week as Belgium bans in-game loot boxes under the country’s gambling laws – which may have unforeseen repercussions … In other news, drugs are being hidden in old NES cartridges and PC Building Simulator may become part of the IT curriculum in schools. Tune in […]
Keyframe 115 – Curing The Dubstep Flu
4-Panel 138 – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Lens Flare
After some Thanos-based finger-snapping shenanigans only two-thirds of us are available for this episode, so join Mick and Producer Rob as they discuss J.J. Abrams’ new and “subversive” superhero movie, DC’s plans for another TV adaptation Swamp Thing, and a strange case involving Superman, Lois Lane, the Church of Scientology […]
Allure (2017) A modern equivalent to ’90s psychological thrillers like Single White Female (Review)
Breakheart Pass (1975) The Bronson Western that ran alongside New Hollywood (Review)
Cinema Eclectica 158 – The Best 1980s Sci-Fi Junk Never
Sandwiching two slices of groundbreaking queer cinema in between the bread of gritty revenge drama, this week’s show truly has something for everyone. Maybe he’s just able to relate to the parched atmosphere, but Graham is very taken with Warwick Thornton’s outback western “Sweet Country”, while Aidan is keen to […]
PX25 – How Much Of A Thing Is A Thing?
After a long hiatus where we all left to travel and “find” ourselves, Press X returns in an altered format. On this return episode, join Mark, Andy and Producer Rob as they discuss the Megadrive Mini, controversy about Farcry 5, eye-tracking software and Minecraft, the Western release of Senran Kagura, […]
Literary Loitering 84 – Middle-Class Mutant Hipster Turtles
Youth (2017) Part political treatise, part dance movie, and part horror of War movie (Review)
Back to 1942 is one of the bleakest movies of recent years, Feng Xiaogang directed a horrifying presentation on the human cost of war. The 2012 movie showed an invading army turning their weapons on civilians, people selling their children just so said offspring can eat and enough self-sacrifice to […]