“Luce” is our academically-gifted film of the week, and true to form we’ve all been doing our homework. For Graham that means, er, watching the Film of the Week – but don’t assume Mick and Tim have been sat on their hands. A frankly gargantuan Off the Shelf sees Mick […]
Movies
The Duran Duran of Horror – Cinema Eclectica 229
Halloween 2019 Special – Cinema Eclectica 228
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 222 – The Method Toolbox of Dustin Hoffman
Cinema Eclectica 221 – Load Bearing Clown
Is it Pensive Staring Chapter Two or Creepy Spooky Fun Time With Bill Skarsgård, Chapter Two? Whatever we think of our feature film, this week, Andrew, Prob and Aidan talk the blockbuster horror release of the summer in “It: Chapter Two”: The Revengening. After that, Aidan talks about BFI’s release […]