This week we review “Deadpool 2”, and it’s … err … we don’t know actually as that brotherhood of evil comic-book and manga fans called 4-Panel take over the airwaves in a fourth-wall-breaking stunt worthy of the mutated scamp himself. So does it live up to the original? It’s not […]
Cinema Eclectica
Cinema Eclectica 159 – When The Dancing Stops … Leave
Our latest Film of the Week, José Padilha’s “Entebbe”, is a tale of crisis, violence, revolution, and the old order breaking down – which is probably why we start off by accidentally junking the running order. Eventually (and with far more discussion of interpretive dance and changing fashions in onscreen […]
Cinema Eclectica 158 – The Best 1980s Sci-Fi Junk Never
Sandwiching two slices of groundbreaking queer cinema in between the bread of gritty revenge drama, this week’s show truly has something for everyone. Maybe he’s just able to relate to the parched atmosphere, but Graham is very taken with Warwick Thornton’s outback western “Sweet Country”, while Aidan is keen to […]
Cinema Eclectica 157 – The Ingmar Bergman Cinematic Universe
Sometimes drastic measures must be taken in order to bring balance to the universe, which is why we’re making the effort to placate the spoiler-wary by moving our Film of the Week to the back of the show. So we start with Off the Shelf this week where the BFI’s […]
Cinema Eclectica 156 – Existentialism and Pizza, Dude
This week we’re covering films that, in one way or another, deliver on what their titles promise. “A Fistful of Dollars” really was made for about as much money as its name suggests, while “Neon Bull” really does feature a neon bull, and “The Passenger” really is an adaptation of […]
Cinema Eclectica 155 – The Hills Have Ears
This week’s Off the Shelf sees the films themselves teaching the hosts a thing or two. Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson’s paranormal horror “Ghost Stories” turns the sceptical Graham into a true believer, while Aidan finds Criterion’s reissue of “La Cage aux Folles” something of a drag. You could say […]
Cinema Eclectica 154 – All Dogs Gere to Heaven
Somewhere in the British archipelago, no years into the future (but some time in the year 2018 for those of you who are actually in the future). Four strays gather to discuss Wes Anderson’s new and strange stop-motion animated movie “Isle of Dogs” – a Film of the Week that […]
Cinema Eclectica 153 – Oprah: Floating Benevolent Space God
This week’s show tackles faith, the nature of reality and how to pronounce director’s names – all areas that we’re pretty confident we’ll have sorted out by the time we finish our review of Ava DuVernay’s “A Wrinkle in Time” where we find out if the “Selma” director finds a […]
Cinema Eclectica 152 – Release the Bad Doggos
We like to cover the full spectrum of cinema on this show, and any episode which begins with a Palme d’Or winner and ends with an infamously campy teen incest melodrama certainly qualifies. The former is our Film of the Week – Ruben Östlund’s “The Square”, and the latter – […]
Cinema Eclectica 151 – Needs More Benedict Wong
Rob, Mick and Graham travel into unknown territory this week for Alex Garland’s Netflix psych-out “Annihilation” on the day of its release. If you’ve ever wanted to listen as people grapple with a trippy, existential, hard science fiction film a couple of hours after watching it then you’ve come to […]