It’s our Halloween special, and the only horror film in cinemas involves a phone app that kills you. That’s as good a reason as any to do “The Last Black Man In San Francisco”, Joe Talbot’s warmly received debut. It is not, as you may think, a remake of I […]
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The Humongous Fungus Walks Among Us – Cinema Eclectica 227
3 Seconds Less Of Mickey Rourke’s Buttocks – Cinema Eclectica 226
After pursuing the unexpected connection between “Doctor Dolittle” and “White Dog” (and seriously, wouldn’t any connection between those two be unexpected?) Graham and Aidan tackle Chris Morris’s long-awaited follow-up to “Four Lions”. “The Day Shall Come” has an American setting and Anna Kendrick, but does it still have what makes […]
100% Dinge Gotham – Cinema Eclectica 225
This week Mick, Graham and Aidan take a dark voyage into the twisted mind of Batman’s greatest enemy Clownface McGinty in Todd Phillips’s “Joker”. It’s weathered all sorts of controversy – interview walk-outs, copycat violence panics, coming from the director of Due Date – but allow us the indulgence of […]
The Old White Stripes Manoeuvre – Cinema Eclectica 224
Denis Lavant’s Live Action CV – Cinema Eclectica 223
Limousines! Kylie! CGI rubber dragon sex! It can only be Leos Carax’s “Holy Motors” getting the Eclectica treatment from Aidan, Sarah and Graham. Deep thoughts will be had about religion, cinema and literature. Less-deep thoughts will be had about Denis Lavant’s old chap. Elsewhere, there are new releases to be […]
Cinema Eclectica 213 – Throat Singing Of Terror!
Cinema Eclectica 212 – Clovis the Action Cat
The Shining (1980) – Classic Film Kid
CONTAINS SPOILERS Hi everyone, it’s the Classic Film Kid here with another review, and today, we are stepping back into true classic territory as we are looking at Stanley Kubrick’s thriller/horror The Shining, “adapted” from the book of the same name by Stephen King. Taking place in a large hotel […]