After looking at the winners and one big loser from Cannes 2019, it’s time for Eclectica to return to its B-sides series where we look back at recent films that we weren’t able to cover at the time of their release, and this week are “Fighting With My Family”, “Birds […]
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Cinema Eclectica 206 – Assiety of Sassassins
It’s time for “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum” or Wick in a Box or whatever it’s called, and before Aidan and Graham adjudicate the ultra-violence like a glove-carrying Asia Kate Dillon, we’ve got a Question of the Week where we ask for your favourite threequels. On the other side […]
Cinema Eclectica 205 – The Beast of Estonian Craggy Island
Three misfits alone in the dark empty vastness of a cinema showing a Claire Denis movie, Aidan, Sarah and Graham gather to review the French maverick’s latest epic voyage, “High Life”. We realise it may sound tempting, but do not allow Juliette Binoche to show you her box. A full […]
Cinema Eclectica 204 – The ADR Doggies Bite Back
Liberated from Hull, Graham settles in with Rob for a preview of perhaps the strangest sports movie ever made – Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt’s “Diamantino”, with its gene-tampering weirdness, lesbian drone pilots and floof bois. It’s not the last dog cameo on the show, but it’s surely the best. […]
Cinema Eclectica 203 – What Fresh Hull Is This!?
Graham’s stuck in the quantum realm, so it falls to Rob and Mick to travel way back in time through the many years they spent watching all of the movies leading up to “Avengers: Endgame”. It’s already made more money than there is in the world, but did the Eclectica […]
Cinema Eclectica 202 – Surprise Johnson Insertion
This week Mick and Graham go to “Hellboy” and back (which is pretty easy given that the cinema is just a short walk away), to report on Neil Marshall’s euphemistically-described troubled production. Is it as bad as the internet’s made out, or do they want to give it a big […]
Cinema Eclectica 201 – The Cult of Kim Newman’s Left Hand
While getting the maximum possible out of the name ‘Hermann Kermit Warm’, Tim and Graham head out West for a review of Jacques Audiard’s English-language debut “The Sisters Brothers”, and revive an old Eclectica staple with Question of the Week. While they were watching Joaquin Phoenix’s ongoing battles with enunciation, […]
Cinema Eclectica 200 – Tiny Jack Nicholson In My Pocket
Things have been pretty harmonious in Eclecticaville for … blimey … 200 episodes! Now that we’ve reached such a landmark, we thought it might be nice to risk a ruck for this special edition, and have the team cover each other’s favourite movies, First up, road movie hater Rob takes […]
Cinema Eclectica 199 – George Clinton’s Funky Disembodied Head
Sick of articles and YouTube nonsense that describe what movies mean? Well, you’ll get none of that here as, instead of all that nonsense, we dig into what could be the highlight of 2019’s horror calendar – Jordan Peele’s sophomore feature, “Us”. In the second half of the show we […]
Cinema Eclectica 198 – Stoner’s Guide to Super-Vacuity
A series of inscrutable clues leads Ryan, Graham, Sarah and Aidan to “Under the Silver Lake”, a film that makes you suspect David Robert Mitchell was definitely one of those kids who played with secret decoder rings as a child. Prepare for disagreements. Off the Shelf kicks off with a […]