The Forgiven opens with married couple David and Jo Henninger (Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain) in Morocco for their wealthy friend Richard’s party (Matt Smith) and after sinking a bottle of wine and a squabble over directions to the remote palatial venue, they accidentally hit and kill a local teen […]
Ralph Fiennes
LAIKA Ranked – Classic Film Kid
Cinema Eclectica 102 – Batsploitation
This week we’ve shrunk to a threesome and decide to offset the cream of the BAFTAs crop with some 1970s exploitation. First it’s the turn of Roger Corman and Vincent Price with “Tower of London” before we transition into a hundred super-colourful costume changes with Blaxploitation’s one and only “Willie […]
Cinema Eclectica 84 – The Cinema Politika Threshold
We’re doing it backwards this week (pardon the phrasing). Off The Shelf goes to the cinema as we look at 4 new releases: “Kubo and the Two Strings”, “Hell or High Water”, “Anthropoid” and “Don’t Breathe”. Our Feature Presentation is the latest outing for the Director’s Lottery with Jean Cocteau’s […]
Cinema Eclectica 58 – Pre-School Audition
Cinema Eclectica 42 – A Slightly Messed-Up Italian H-H-H-Halloween
This week the news devolves into Rob making noises. Off the Shelf is a Halloween-themed affair as we go all-Italian with Dario Argento’s “Phenomena”, Mario Bava’s “Black Sunday” and a notorious double-bill of “Zombie Flesh Eaters” and “Cannibal Holocaust”. Our Film of the Week is the latest offering from the […]