The third film in Arrow’s acclaimed series of Walerian Borowczyk restorations, Blanche is an entry into the late 1960s and early 1970s cycle of Medieval films that produced notable work by Jacques Demy and Pier Paolo Pasolini, before Borowczyk’s disciple Terry Gilliam helped to lovingly spoof it to death with […]
Month: July 2015
Terminator Genisys – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 27
S11E02 – Teaching and Learning
Fuku-Chan of Fuku Fuku Flats (2015) Heartwarming comedy-drama hiding genius casting (Review)
Yosuke Fujita (Quirky Guys and Gals & Fine, Totally Fine), writes and directs his latest film with an enviable simplicity that film is the awkwardly titled Fuku-Chan of Fuku-Fuku Flats. In which the titular Fuku-Chan is a portly 30-something man contented by the simple day-to-day routine of a construction worker […]
4-Panel 20 – Capwolf Rides Again!
The legendary boxes of old comics finally make their appearance, causing Andrew to immediately construct the building of his dreams – a fort made of comics – and in the process he unearths some interesting stuff. This week the gang discuss Wonder Woman’s new costume, the movie adaptation of John […]
S11E01 – SunnyCon 2015 Special
Slow West – Cinema Eclectica 26
This week we’re neck-deep in a crazy heatwave – which makes for a much looser show because of all the melting brains. Our featured movies in our “Off The Shelf” section are Samuel Fuller’s Forty Guns, Frank Borzage’s lost film-noir Moonrise and Eli Roth’s latest confusing effort Knock Knock. All […]
S10E24 – E3 2015 Special
4-Panel 19 – We Need More Matlock!
Awful puns and bad impressions of Ringo Starr abound this week as we kick off with news about Jeff Loeb’s long-awaited Captain America: White series, the casting of Baron Mordo in the Doctor Strange movie, Archie’s upcoming reboot, One Piece breaking more world records and all sorts of other stuff. […]
Society (1989) The Most Infamous Third Act in 80s Horror (Review)
When visual effects finally caught up with the gory imaginings of horror fans and moviemakers alike, technical advances in animatronics and more practical SFX in liquid and foam latex meant that the human frame could be distorted to an entirely new dimension. Ridley Scott’s Alien paved the way for a […]