Keyframe 104 – Duck-Shaped Speedos for Tanks

Archaeon 03/02/2018

Now that we’ve got the good and bad of 2017 out of the way we have to resume normal service … for a given value of normal that is! This week we cast our eyes (which are admittedly in various states of working order), over the Winter 2018 season of […]

Keyframe 103 – 2017 (The Good Side)

Archaeon 21/01/2018 2

We’ve kicked arse, so now it’s time for the second half of our look back at anime in 2017 and the better things that were released during the year. Get ready to take some names because it’s time for the good stuff! Tune in to The Geek Show Podcast Network […]

Agatha Christie: Nice Mysteries, Shame About the Prejudice

Matt Colver 08/01/2018

Agatha Christie has a certain reputation. If you’ve never read her books, you might associate her with twee, cozy, country mysteries featuring genteel and civilised murderers who delicately despatch their victims, perhaps a body in a library, the kind of coffee-table read favoured by older ladies as they sip their […]

Keyframe 100 – Magic Mushroom Milk

Archaeon 21/12/2017

So we finally hit the big one hundred mark, and it’s been … emotional. Okay, so in actuality we forgot our birthday (blame it on old age), but we do have some interesting things to talk about this week. We start with the 45th Annie Award nominations for Best Animated […]

4-Panel 120 – Meaty Slabs of Beef

Archaeon 12/12/2017

Mick has gone to more exotic climes so Rob takes the third seat alongside Andrew and Producer Rob for another comics and manga podcast extravaganza. In other news, Marvel are thinking of doing their own story-based podcast, we get our first look at the live-action Teen Titans version of Robin […]

Literary Loitering 76 – Cockermouth Tends to Stick in the Mind

Archaeon 05/11/2017

While we were trying to figure if Biloxi in Mississippi was a real or imaginary we stumbled upon an amazing correction from the New York. Also, how do you “decolonise” and English literature syllabus? Our featured book is The Lazarus Gate (Book 1 of The Apollonian Case Files), by Mark […]

4-Panel 115 – Black Bolt’s Bad Burrito

Archaeon 05/11/2017

More comics and manga can only mean it’s time for another episode of 4-Panel. This week we have the unexpected return of Inhumans-watch! It’s almost as if we’re flogging a dead horse, but who could possibly do that to the Inhumans? Who? (Yeah, sarcasm is invisible on the internet.) Anyway, […]

Don’t play that, play this: alternatives to classic board games

Matt Colver 06/09/2017

A while ago I wrote an article about Monopoly, outlining the many reasons I dislike it. But what should you play instead, when the urge to accumulate cash or take it from your friends and family strikes you? I’d recommend the delightful Machi Koro, an excellent card game by Masao […]

Keyframe 84 – Give ‘Em The Laaaaazy Eye

Archaeon 16/08/2017

With Bleach getting a live-action movie, we take a look at the current trend of anime to live-action adaptations. We also discuss the potential bankruptcy of long-running anime studio Artland. Our featured anime are 11 Eyes (Tsumi to Batsu to Aganai no Shoujo), and School Live! (Gakkou Gurashi!). Tune in […]

Literary Loitering 70 – Blistering Postman on Postman Action

Archaeon 28/07/2017

With new ideas about what the Voynich Manuscript actually is, disarmingly obvious sanity for libraries from Sydney, and more strange words added to the Oxford English Dictionary it’s just another day at the office for us. Oh, and we kind of have a quiz about the 2017 Diagram Prize for […]

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) Dario Argento as the complete article (Review)

Adrift In Tokyo (2007) – An understated gem thankfully rediscovered (Blu-Ray Review)

The Katsuhito Ishii Collection (1995-2022) (Review)

Little Bone Lodge (2023) When Little, this Lodge offers plenty to Chill the Bones (Review)

Punk Samurai (2018) Samurai Comedy Anarchy that we’ve never seen the likes of before (Review)

Twin Peaks The Return Episode 18 (The Rewatch)

The Lukas Moodysson Collection (1998-2013)(Review)

Sorry About The Demon (2022) Its tongue firmly in its hellion cheek (Review)

Elegant Beast (1962) – A Capitalist Nightmare in Post-war Japan

Fright (1971): Suburban 1970s Horror, British Style (Review)

Kotoko (2011) Tsukamoto shocker with added emotional substance (Review)

Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film (2016) Pulls off the Impossible (Review)

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