A series of inscrutable clues leads Ryan, Graham, Sarah and Aidan to “Under the Silver Lake”, a film that makes you suspect David Robert Mitchell was definitely one of those kids who played with secret decoder rings as a child. Prepare for disagreements. Off the Shelf kicks off with a […]
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Cinema Eclectica 197 – The Mean Streets of Micheal Portillo
4-Panel Vol. 2, Issue 25 – A Plethora of Captain Marvel
Cinema Eclectica 196 – Bathtime for Udo
Alternative Continuities In Comics – 4-Panel Vol. 2, Issue 24
After so many reboots, remakes, rehashes, retries and revamps, how can anyone make sense of superhero comic-book continuity, especially where alternate timelines are concerned. Aside from the parallel worlds and changes to history that become part of that particular “universe”, there are also the special issues that are not necessarily […]
Cinema Eclectica 195 – Algebra Lessons with Foxy Brown
Cinema Eclectica 194 – Come See The Mastodon Parade!
4-Panel Vol. 2, Issue 22 – Is Alita: Battle Angel A Good Manga Adaptation?
The Hollywood live-action adaptation of Yukito Kishiro’s seminal science fiction series Battle Angel Alita (Gunnm), is out in cinemas, but have James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez finally cracked the formula for adapting manga and anime? Andrew, Mick and Rob went to the cinema to find out, but one of them […]
Cinema Eclectica 193 – The John Entwistle of J-Horror
Two beams of refracted “Moonlight”: the Best Picture-winning (eventually) film’s writer Tarell Alvin McRaney has a new film on Netflix, “High Flying Bird”, which Mark takes a look at before Aidan, Tim and Graham check out director Barry Jenkins’s new work “If Beale Street Could Talk”. Meanwhile, Off the Shelf […]
Cinema Eclectica 191 – Deep Purple’s Oscar Beef
Burnt-out, scrappy-haired and squinting through an agonising hangover – but that’s enough about Graham and Aidan as they’ve got to discuss Nicole Kidman’s transformative turn in Karyn Kusama’s grittier-than-thou cop thriller “Destroyer”. Does it pack the same tooth-loosening impact as the butt of Kidman’s gun? After some discussion of the […]