Cyndi Lauper in Vibes (1988) – Episode 113

Archaeon 08/02/2024

Good vibes only this week, as Mark Cunliffe of We Are Cult rejoins the podcast to talk about Cyndi Lauper’s lead role in the 1988 supernatural comedy Vibes. A film so inspired by Ghostbusters that Dan Aykroyd was briefly attached to star, it has an enviable cast fronted by Lauper, […]

John Landis PART ONE (The Blues Brothers & Into the Night) Podcast

Archaeon 14/04/2023

We had a cross-over episode with Pop Screen for our 2022 review episode, and now we are back with another unofficial cross-over episode with our sister podcast for the first of two John Landis episodes. In case you don’t know, Pop Screen features musicians in movies and we have an […]

The Big Chill (1983): nostalgic, reflective, snarky and full of love – a warm hug of a film (Blu-Ray Review)

Vincent Gaine 29/08/2022

College days, or university days as they are known in the UK, can be among the most memorable and formative that people experience. The friendships made, the ambitions held, the ideals believed in. Sometimes these days help shape our lives, other times we wonder what happened to the days and […]

Cinema Eclectica 169 – Jeff Goldblum’s Massive Tricycle

Archaeon 15/08/2018

So there’s this hotel over in California where you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave – largely because you’re still on the member’s list. This week Aidan, Graham and Rob are booking into Drew Pearce’s “Hotel Artemis” – which is an uncommon original screenplay […]

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004) feels like a living watercolour painting (Review)

Jordan Mair 26/06/2018

I have a strong love for Wes Anderson’s films as they have an odd, quirky feel to each of them. He has a knack for making some of the most mundane aspects of life seem fun and nostalgic; like your first love or a job at a hotel. As with […]

Cinema Eclectica 163 – Chris Pratt’s D.I.Y. S.O.S.

Archaeon 26/06/2018

You’ve seen dinosaurs in a theme park, but what happens if they get out? Well, then the film would just be called Jurassic. That quibble aside, J.A. Bayona’s “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” makes some efforts to shake up the franchise – but will it leave Ryan, Tim and Graham similarly […]

Keyframe 115 – Curing The Dubstep Flu

Archaeon 19/05/2018

It’s the dynamic duo of Tucky and Producer Rob at the helm this week, but don’t worry as we’re absolutely sure we know that we’ve got the good ship Keyframe pointing in the right(ish) direction. Before we get into the serious stuff we discover that Dreamworks Animation have announced a […]

Cinema Eclectica 154 – All Dogs Gere to Heaven

Archaeon 21/04/2018

Somewhere in the British archipelago, no years into the future (but some time in the year 2018 for those of you who are actually in the future). Four strays gather to discuss Wes Anderson’s new and strange stop-motion animated movie “Isle of Dogs” – a Film of the Week that […]

S15E16 – Klingon Santa is Coming to Town

Archaeon 27/03/2018

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 […]

Cinema Eclectica 135 – A Tale of Two Hammers

Archaeon 05/11/2017

A chill fog rises in the air, an unearthly howl is heard across the moors, and Rob’s wi-fi packs up. Yes, it’s our Halloween special, and after a brief stopover in Hammer territory with Indicator’s reissue of “Maniac” (also known as “The Maniac”), we remember some of the horror icons […]

Red Sun (1970): Between the Commune and the comic-book (Blu-Ray Review)

The Assassin (2016) The martial arts film as a beautiful arts saga (Review)

Femme (2023) An Engaging, Intelligent, and sometimes Shocking Experience (Review)

One-Armed Boxer (1972) The Good, The Shaft and the Okinawan Karate Vampire (Review)

History of Evil (2024) A Thoroughly American Horror Story (Review)

Big Trouble in Little China (1986): The Most Entertaining Action Movie in the West (Review)

The Cow Who Sang a Song into the Future (2022)(Review)

Moon 66 Questions (2021): subtly strange carer’s story that resists easy comparisons (Cinema Review)

Johnny Guitar (1954) Oh, Vienna! (Review)

Kwaidan: The King of the J-Horror (Review)

Rhino (2022) A sombre if well-travelled Ukrainian crime drama (Review)

January (2021) A Master Class in imagery, and the conflict between modernity and tradition (Review)

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