This week we have a narrator! That’s Cinema Eclectica for you – forever breaking new ground. Aidan’s return makes for a full strength Off The Shelf. Rob gets messed up with “The World of Kanako”, Graham gets classy with “Shooting Stars” (no, not that one), Ryan gets done in the […]
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Keyframe 42 – We Need More Serious Bear!
We return once more to the animated world with trailers for Klaus and Kuma Miko: Girl Meets Bear before heading off into the wild blue yonder aboard Mecha Gromit while OreImo’s Kousaka Kirino tries to encourage young people to vote. True story. Our featured anime are OreImo (Ore no Imouto […]
4-Panel Episode 45 – The Faeces Sandwich Of Comics
In a week where Deadpool in a strait-jacket and boxer shorts is strewn across a highway in Ohio, the strangest things to happen are DC’s plans for “Rebirth”. We also caught the trailer for season 2 of Daredevil, and other stuff happened as well. Our featured comics and manga are […]
Cinema Eclectica 58 – Pre-School Audition
This week we discover that The Witch is actually the most serious episode of Scooby Doo there ever was. In “Off The Shelf” we look at Blaxploitation icon Pam Grier in “Sheba, Baby”, Swedish surrealism in “Songs from the Second Floor” and new horror icon “Goodnight Mommy”. Our Film Of […]
World Wide Weeab Pilot
Welcome to World Wide Weeab. With the continuing rise of anime and manga, conventions sprouting like weeds and the never-ending quest for the best waifu, we take you through some of the news and events from the realms of the otaku. As this is a pilot episode we would love […]
Literary Loitering 37 – The Erms and Whys of Entropy Nerds
We open this week’s show with the sad news that Harper Lee and Umberto Eco had passed away. In other news, the Devon town of Tiverton influenced J. D. Salinger’s Catcher In The Rye, One Direction fan-fiction author Anna Todd starts an app for her fans, and as is our […]
Cinema Eclectica 57 – Post-Oscar S&M Tea Party
This week we examine the Oscars for 2016 and their lame-duck cousins the Razzies. In a classy example of counterprogramming, Off The Shelf unfolds with Graham tackling the amazingly-titled absurd Czech new-wave comedy “Tomorrow I’ll Wake Up And Scald Myself With Tea”, Rob waxes lyrical about Jafar Panahi’s “Taxi Tehran” […]
Cinema Eclectica 57 – Post-Oscar S&M Tea Party
This week we examine the Oscars for 2016 and their lame-duck cousins the Razzies. In a classy example of counterprogramming, Off The Shelf unfolds with Graham tackling the amazingly-titled absurd Czech new-wave comedy “Tomorrow I’ll Wake Up And Scald Myself With Tea”, Rob waxes lyrical about Jafar Panahi’s “Taxi Tehran” […]
Keyframe 41 – Ken’s Award-Winning Chocolate Volleyballs
It’s awards season so this week we kick things off with the winners of the 43rd Annie Awards. In other news, Korean webcomic Noblesse gets an OVA, self-help author James Altucher thinks animation is easy money and more. Our featured anime are Tokyo Ghoul Season 1 and Haikyu!! Season 1 […]
4-Panel 44 – Darkseid Versus The Fat Controller
It’s time for comics and manga again, and this week we discuss Anthony Mendes’ motion comic, the strange world of DC superheroes and supervillains in their Thomas The Tank Engine form (this is real – we kid you not), and more. Our featured comics and manga are Lazarus #1, The […]