We’re back to the Golden Age in more ways than one this week. Off The Shelf sees us delve into the Golden Era of Hollywood cinema and BBC documentaries with “Bengal Brigade”, “Sam Bass and Calamity Jane”, “Back to God’s Country” and a continuation of last week’s look at Peter […]
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Keyframe 45 – Chairman Meow’s Little Red Bowl
This week we dive right in to a heap of trailers including Ice Age, April and the Extraordinary World, and Rudolf the Black Cat. In other news, Kadokawa are planning an 88-stop anime-themed “pilgrimage” for tourists and Oxford University release a Vocaloid textbook (of sorts). Our featured anime are Mobile […]
4-Panel Episode 48 – Captain America’s Chicken Noises
We’re back to once more peruse the exhibits in the hallowed halls of sequential art including the world’s “oldest” comic-book, a Nigerian start-up’s ethnic origin superheroes and the worst Captain America and Iron Man storylines. Our featured comics and manga are Identity Crisis, Inuyashiki volume 3, Dragon Age: Magekiller #4 […]
Cinema Eclectica 62 – Themes and Roundabouts
Another go on the merry-go-round of trailers and films that never fully joined Club Eclectica. Off The Shelf feature Italian neo-realism with “Rocco and his Brothers”, the forgotten David Lean film “The Sound Barrier”, and the lesser Ealing Studios release “Pink String and Sealing Wax” before closing out with the […]
Literary Loitering 38 – Inconceivable!
The rambunctious scamps return for more literary conversation including the winner of the Bookseller Diagram prize, a “magical” collaboration between Harry Houdini and H. P. Lovecraft, the “Invisible Collection” and more. Our featured books are “Bigfoot Loose and Finn Fancy Free” by Randy Henderson and “The Immorality Engine” by George […]
Cinema Eclectica 61 – Disney Deniers
This week we discover that Disney Deniers exist and are among us. In a change from our regularly scheduled programming embark upon a celebration of all things from the House of Mouse with “The Fox and the Hound”, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”, “Atlantis: the Lost Empire” and Salvadore Dali’s […]
Keyframe 44 – The Strange Noises of Douglas Lurpak
So the big news this week is that Inside Out won Best Animated Feature at the Oscars – which surprised nobody. In other, more unorthodox news, Funimation launch a Kickstarter for a new dub of The Vision of Escaflowne, we watch the trailer for Bling and all sorts of stuff […]
4-Panel Episode 47 – Bat-Godzilla's Masculine Woody Accords
It’s time for more comics and manga, but before all of that we discuss the live-action reboot of The Tick, Commissioner Gordon in the Justice League movie, Batman body spray and more. Our featured comics and manga are Black Widow #1, Mockingbird #1, Black Jack Ketchum #1, Fairy Tail: Blue […]
4-Panel Episode 47 – Bat-Godzilla’s Masculine Woody Accords
It’s time for more comics and manga, but before all of that we discuss the live-action reboot of The Tick, Commissioner Gordon in the Justice League movie, Batman body spray and more. Our featured comics and manga are Black Widow #1, Mockingbird #1, Black Jack Ketchum #1, Fairy Tail: Blue […]
Cinema Eclectica 60 – Walesploitation
We collect our podcast pension this week and just to keep up will all you whippersnappers we change things up. It’s a brave new world of extreme violence, modern art and European cowboys. Off The Shelf features Nicolas Roeg’s “Eureka” and Wim Wenders’ “The American Friend” sandwiching “Evil Aliens” and […]