Syfy are making a pilot of Rick Remender’s school-based assassin story Deadly Class. Meanwhile there’s shenanigans involving Agents of Shield, ABC and Disney, and following the success of Kotobukiya’s Bishoujo line of figures based on DC’s female heroes and villains a male equivalent called Ikemen is being introduced – starting […]
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Cinema Eclectica 131 – Some of My Best Friends are Baguettes!
This week we ask the question, how French can a cannibal movie be? Fortunately we have Rob’s big bag of national stereotypes to help us work this out, and it’s equally fortuitous that Graham has Indicator’s reissue of Arthur Penn’s star-studded crime thriller “The Chase”, while Aidan has Argyris Papadimitropoulos’s […]
4-Panel 109 – The Watchmen-Muppet Babies Crossover Mystery
After marvelling (get it?), at the new trailer for The Punisher, it’s time for another Inhumans-watch which leads to the Watchmen TV series and Hollywood’s live-action Akira movie. Our featured comics and manga are The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars volume 1, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime […]
Keyframe 90 – The Worst Kept Secret in Anime
This week we’ve got movies galore with the Mobile Suit Gundam movie trilogy (I, II: Soldiers of Sorrow and III: Encounters in Space – we had to break Mark out of Gundam rehab for them), followed by a special treat called The Boy and The Beast (Bakemono no Ko) – […]
Literary Loitering 74 – He Who Holds The Most Stickers is King!
We’re back for another romp through the cultured world and this time we bringing steamrollers, computer-written Game of Thrones, the moral impact of kid’s books, and some strange university courses. Our featured book is The Iron Hound (book two of The Hallowed War), by Tim Akers. Tune in to The […]
4-Panel 108 – Dr. Doom’s Exploding Sausage
While we were admiring the new Hellboy, someone decided that Nightwing needed a movie and Marvel introduced a new character called Voyager. Our featured comics are Samurai Slasher: Late Fees, The Unbelievable Gwenpool #20, Thanos #1 to 6 and Secret Empire #10. Tune in to The Geek Show Podcast Network […]
Keyframe 89 – I’ll Have a Bahamut on Ice
We kick off with our featured anime this week (Rage of Bahamut: Genesis and A Certain Scientific Railgun S), before things degenerate into an impromptu discussion about dubbing, redubbing, and rebooting. All of that leads to a post-show hunt for an All-Purpose Cultural Catgirl with a Scouse accent on Ebay. […]
Cinema Eclectica 130 – The Man With the Three-Bleep Name
This week our Film of the Week is Mel Brooks’s comedy classic “Young Frankenstein”, which leads Aidan and Graham into a dilemma – is it too obvious to recommend people watch James Whale’s “Frankenstein” alongside it? While we ponder that, there’s also a three-film set of Ray Harryhausen movies (20 […]
4-Panel 107 – Black Bolt has the Best Lines
The ongoing saga about who will direct Suicide Squad 2 continues. Meanwhile, ABC have expressed some concerns about their Inhumans TV series … Oh, and Sheena: Queen of the Jungle is getting another live-action adaptation for some reason. Our featured comics are Serenity: No Power in the ‘Verse #2 to […]
Keyframe 88 – Popeye Vs. Hulk Hogan
From the artisan breads of Yakitate!! Japan to the spicy dishes of Addicted to Curry, this week we sate our hunger with some mouthwatering anime (and a few manga), about food. Our featured cartoons and anime are Popeye The Sailor Man collection 1 and Food Wars! (Shokugeki no Souma) season […]