This week we’re kicking things off with one of our favourite books awards – the Bookseller’s Digram Prize for the Oddest Book Titles. In other news, a new children’s book attempts to do what politicians can’t – explain Brexit, the Asterix comics get their first female protagonist, a new app […]
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Das Foot Asylum – Cinema Eclectica 230
“Luce” is our academically-gifted film of the week, and true to form we’ve all been doing our homework. For Graham that means, er, watching the Film of the Week – but don’t assume Mick and Tim have been sat on their hands. A frankly gargantuan Off the Shelf sees Mick […]
Weird Members Of The Justice League Part 1 – 4-Panel Vol. 2, Issue 56
The Justice League is DC’s premier super team , and with members that include A-list heroes like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Martian Manhunter and The Flash, it’s only natural that it would be popular with fans. But the League has many more “heroes” that make up its […]
The Duran Duran of Horror – Cinema Eclectica 229
Return to the Overlook Hotel (oh, go on! It’s got nice carpets!), with Mike Flanagan’s “Doctor Sleep”, which this week falls under the unforgiving Kubrick stares of Sarah and Rob. Prepare to find out the Cagney & Lacey/Stephen King connection you never knew existed! Off the Shelf looks at the […]
Mastery Over The Power Of Denim – Literary Loitering 112
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? […]
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 […]