Its that time of the year again. Welcome to the 3rd meeting of the B-sides Club! On this week’s mammoth slate of movies, Off the Shelf includes the overlooked Robert Altman feature “3 Women”, Raymond Bernard’s staggeringly authentic adaptation of “Les Miserables”, and a genre two-fer – “Maggie” starring […]
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4-Panel 28 – Now I Have A Blunderbuss. Ho! Ho! Ho!
We kick off this episode with all sorts of television-based DC news, Marvel announce a special series of Gwenpool, the Kickstarter campaign to publish 4000 copies of Barefoot Gen for schools meets its target, and the British Museum announce a series of manga talks. Our featured comics and manga are […]
S11E12 – My Home Is My Castle
What makes a house, castle, secret lair, bunker or broom closet a home? Why do superheroes and supervillains need a place to hang their capes/cowls/masks/etc? Join us as we explore the places where where characters both super and otherwise can relax, watch TV, read a book, or generally lounge around […]
Keyframe 25 – We’ve Run Out Of Bleach
On this episode we take a look at Stan Lee’s Mighty 7, the Japanese-French-Korean CG cartoon Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, Leanne Pooley’s animated documentary about the disastrous Gallipoli campaign of 1915, and all sorts of other stuff. We also discuss the anime that have caught our attention […]
Keyframe 25 – We've Run Out Of Bleach
On this episode we take a look at Stan Lee’s Mighty 7, the Japanese-French-Korean CG cartoon Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, Leanne Pooley’s animated documentary about the disastrous Gallipoli campaign of 1915, and all sorts of other stuff. We also discuss the anime that have caught our attention […]
4-Panel 27 – Beat Thanos With Zappy Dubstep
4-Panel returns to deliver your weekly dose of comics, manga and graphic novels. This week’s news includes supervillains quoting politicians, more cast members for the Doctor Strange movie, NHK’s behind-the-scenes manga documentary series featuring Naoki Uresawa, and all sorts of other stuff. Our featured comics and manga are Robocop Versus […]
Cinema Eclectica 37 – The Made-Up Words Club
This week don’t need a dictionary… because we ARE the dictionary. Off the Shelf is top-filled with the usual oddities – Samuel Fuller’s noir Pick-Up on South Street, Woody Allen’s maligned Curse of the Jade Scorpion, M. Night Shyamalan’s latest attempt to salvage his career (a.k.a. The Visit), and Second […]
Cinema Eclectica 36 – The Mixing Desk is POWER!
This week we get unnecessarily vengeful about a children’s Christmas film. Off the Shelf features Nagisa Oshima’s Cruel Story of Youth and Haskell Wexler’s Medium Cool – both from Masters of Cinema. Meanwhile, Ryan delves into the underrated Sympathy for Lady Vengeance and Graham takes on Pop Goes the Easel […]
S11E11 – Not with a Bang but a Fwomp
Keyframe 24 – Gargantia and the Three Bears
This week we find out more about Nickolodeon’s ’90s nostalgia-fest, the Spongebob Squarepants Broadway stage musical (yes, you read that right), the animation nominations for the Streamy Awards and more. Our featured animations are We Bear Bears and Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet. For more reviews and discussions, tune into […]