The cultural anarchists are back for another not-so-serious look at the serious world of books and the arts, and kicking things off this week is the Nobel Prize for Literature – which was suspended for a year because of allegations of sexual harassment. So this year should be better, right? […]
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Horror In Superhero Comics (Featuring Luke Herr) – 4-Panel Vol. 2, Issue 55
Halloween rolls around again, so Andrew and Rob decided to invite Luke Herr from the podcasts MultiversalQ, UltiversalQ and Exiled over for a horror-themed chat about superhero comics. Join us as we decipher Tales From The Crypt, explore The Vault Of Horror, Journey Into Mystery for amazing fantasy and tales […]
Halloween 2019 Special – Cinema Eclectica 228
It’s our Halloween special, and the only horror film in cinemas involves a phone app that kills you. That’s as good a reason as any to do “The Last Black Man In San Francisco”, Joe Talbot’s warmly received debut. It is not, as you may think, a remake of I […]
The Humongous Fungus Walks Among Us – Cinema Eclectica 227
Hijinks with the international tax system! It’s not the most obvious pitch, but Steven Soderbergh isn’t the most obvious director, and he’s a cast of stars – Streep, Oldman, Banderas, Schoenarts – to sell you on this frankly insane premise. The result, “The Laundromat”, is out on Netflix – but […]
October 2019 Comics Blowout – 4-Panel Vol. 2, Issue 54
This week we decided to do another of our semi-regular comics blowouts because we planned to have two Halloween episodes (and not at all because we’ve got piles of comics and not enough time …). So what’s in store? Well, we’ve got The Immortal Hulk: Abomination, Miles Morales: Straight Out […]
Sentient Twitter Hot-Takes – Literary Loitering 111
The ramshackle paddle-boat on the turbid rivers of culture returns for another meandering;y humorous look at the things that have been happening in the world of books and the arts, and kicking things of this week is Grr Martin’s statement that the Game of Thrones books (the ones that haven’t […]
Comic-Book Adaptations That Went Astray – 4-Panel Vol. 2, Issue 53
We’re kicking things off this week with a quick look at the new Joker movie starring Joaquin Phoenix as it’s a nice little prelude to our main topic – comic-book adaptations that strayed a lot from the source material (in both the bad ways and the good ways). After that […]
3 Seconds Less Of Mickey Rourke’s Buttocks – Cinema Eclectica 226
After pursuing the unexpected connection between “Doctor Dolittle” and “White Dog” (and seriously, wouldn’t any connection between those two be unexpected?) Graham and Aidan tackle Chris Morris’s long-awaited follow-up to “Four Lions”. “The Day Shall Come” has an American setting and Anna Kendrick, but does it still have what makes […]
100% Dinge Gotham – Cinema Eclectica 225
This week Mick, Graham and Aidan take a dark voyage into the twisted mind of Batman’s greatest enemy Clownface McGinty in Todd Phillips’s “Joker”. It’s weathered all sorts of controversy – interview walk-outs, copycat violence panics, coming from the director of Due Date – but allow us the indulgence of […]
Golden Toilet 2: Electric Portaloo – Literary Loitering 110
We begin this episode with the news that someone has stolen Maurizio Cattelan’s Golden Toilet from Blenheim Palace. No, seriously. Somebody stole a golden toilet. Among the other news, Angela Carter’s house finally gets a blue plaque to celebrate her life and work, a gynaecologist has been banned from Twitter […]