The Geek Show’s new podcast about pop stars in the movies couldn’t start with any other film. It’s 1964, the Beatles are running away from a mob of schoolgirls, and Richard Lester is about to reinvent the rock and roll movie with A Hard Day’s Night. But how did this […]
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Venom For Beginners – 4-Panel Vol. 3, Issue 18
When it comes to comic-book characters there are few that are as weird as Marvel’s chompy tentacle monster known as Venom. But where does the symbiotic goop that makes up Venom come from? Why is it obsessed with Spider-Man? Why is there a bizarre ménage-a-trois between Flash Thomson, Eddie Brock […]
Sherrington’s New Steampunk Balls – Literary Loitering 128
The cultural anarchists venture forth across pandemic-riddled wastelands in their quest to find something good to read, and along the way they find strange tidings that include tales of someone doing something nice on Twitter, Logjam Day, re-issuing books under their author’s original pen-names, stage performances on Zoom, lectures from […]
Wes Anderson’s Tommy Knockers – Literary Loitering 127
Cultural anarchy is the order of the day as the Literary Loitering gang sashay back into the foreground with a pocket full of news and other oddities. On this episode we’ve got dead language confusion involving the tag line of Sean Hannity’s new book, John Boyne’s surprising connection to The […]
The Wicker Man & The Final Episode of Cinema Eclectica (277)
It’s time for our Halloween special, and it’s a very special Halloween special this year. Not only is it our last episode, but we’re reviewing our favourite horror movies! First up, Mick nearly breaks the purpose of the show by questioning whether The Wicker Man is a horror movie or […]
Morgiana – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 276
Our last Director’s Lottery* sees us tackle one of Graham’s beloved Czechoslovak New Wave directors – Juraj Herz, the thrilling maniac behind The Cremator. We chose his 1972 Gothic fantasy Morgiana, which is less viciously political than his best-known film but equally mad, and equally replete with fish-eye lenses. In […]
Captain America’s Weird Villains – 4-Panel Vol. 3, Issue 17
There’s an old adage that states that you can judge a person based on the quality of their enemies, so when the person in question has a clear ethical and moral code, conducts himself honourably in almost everything, can be little old fashioned thanks to a brief sojourn as a […]
Hiroshima Death Match – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 275
We’ve got a big announcement about our Director’s Lottery feature this week, but for now we’re rolling as usual. Last week’s pick was Kinji Fukasaku, and from his ridiculously prolific career we picked Yakuza Papers vol 2: Hiroshima Death Match. If you think that’s a full-on title, wait til you […]
The Getaway – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 274
Graham and Rob hit the road in a stolen car – figuratively, in case our mums are listening to this – to review Sam Peckinpah’s 1970s crime classic The Getaway. Starring Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw, written by Walter Hill and Jim Thompson, and with didgeridoos by Quincy Jones, it’s […]
Bill and Ted Face the Music – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 273
This week, Mark, Rob and Graham travel back in time to ask you what films from the 80s and 90s you want to see sequels to. Since Graham normally wields a furious banhammer over any 80s nostalgia, this can only mean one thing: it’s Bill and Ted Face the Music! […]