There are Elephants in the room that are both literal and metaphorical in the Party, the latest release from Eureka. One appears in the final chaotic throes of the titular party and the other is represented by Peter Sellers in brownface adopting an Indian accent. Positioned somewhere between the horrifically […]
Month: October 2017
S15E02 – Night of the Living Bwaaamps
It’s time for another edition of the reliable flagship! This week we’re discussing the official death of the Windows phone, the promotion of Facebook’s new Spaces application, the safety of self-driving cars and more. We also take a look at what’s been happening on the network over the past week […]
London Film Festival 2017: Part Three – the big apple in the big smog
The Yakuza (1974) A seminal product of Hollywood’s disillusioned 1970s output (Review)
Sydney Pollack’s 1974 neo-noir The Yakuza is one of those films that leaves you wondering what the hell was wrong with the cinema-going public and film critics of the day. Performing poorly at the box office and receiving (at best) mixed reviews, this east-meets-west thriller failed to cash in on […]
Literary Loitering 75 – Surfer Jesus and the Hang Ten Commandments
4-Panel 112 – Being Akira Malkovich
It’s time for more comic-books with 4-Panel, and this week we’re talking about bad Marvel partnerships, Taika Waititi’s film plans for Akira, art theft and the return of a British superhero team. We also continue our new scoring system and our ongoing descent into Nightwing’s butt-gate (pun very much intended). […]