This week we talk about the many, many faces of sport, and along the way we talk about the issue with ‘sportsball’, motorsports, the esports identity crisis, extreme sports and a whole lot more. Sports, sports everywhere and not a drop to drink. Reviews – Star Wars: The Force Awakens […]
Month: July 2016
Cinema Eclectica 71 – Werner Herzog: King of the Internet
This week it’s official, Werner Herzog is the king of the internet. In Off The Shelf we look at Michael Mann’s “Thief”, 1976 horror “The Premonition”, Peter Watkins’ docu-drama “Edvard Munch” and Cristi Puiu’s debut “Stuff and Dough”. Our feature film is Shane Black’s comedy thriller “The Nice Guys”. “You […]
Keyframe 52 – Mecha Van Dyke
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) Still a powerful, morality Western 75 years later (Review)
4-Panel 52 – Gyrating Dr. Strange
So the Doctor Strange trailer came out. Cue the internet furore. In other news, Ben Affleck will direct and star in his own Batman film, Brian Michael Bendis announces a new Jessica Jones series and Japanese readers pick Shonen Jump’s “most erotic manga”. Our featured comics and manga are Tsubasa […]
Keyframe 51 – Pikachus In All The Wrong Places
Return of the Killer Tomatoes (1988) Self-Aware, Goofy 80s Comedy Horror Gold (Review)
Cinema Eclectica 70 – De Niro Slalom Skier
S12E17 – Machiavellian Licks
Suture (1993) Philosophy of the self and the elephant in the room (Review)
A keen suspension of disbelief is key to enjoy genres founded on wonder, whimsy and exaggeration, not having a healthy penchant to believe the unbelievable locks swathes of the more imaginative hues of cinema behind locked doors. Curious it is then that 1993’s existentialist noir about the reconstruction of the […]