This week we take a look at the trailers for Angry Birds: The Movie and Trolls. We also discuss the live-action version of Seirei no Moribito (Guardian of the Sacred Spirit), the prequel to Barakamon, Isao Takahata declining to join the Academy and more. Our featured anime are Future Diary […]
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Keyframe 40 – Trump's Chocolate Diary
This week we take a look at the trailers for Angry Birds: The Movie and Trolls. We also discuss the live-action version of Seirei no Moribito (Guardian of the Sacred Spirit), the prequel to Barakamon, Isao Takahata declining to join the Academy and more. Our featured anime are Future Diary […]
Literary Loitering 36 – The Shnonsense Has Hit The Fan
We go off into the wild blue yonder once again with discussions about the eighth Harry Potter book, Dracula’s West Country origins, dealing with drunk family members coming back from an orgy (yes, you read that right), and more. Our featured book is The Complete Aliens Omnibus volume 1, which […]
Cinema Eclectica 56 – Dai Impossible: Welsh Superspy
This week we’re down a Ryan but gain a surprising amount of Comic trivia along the way. In Off The Shelf we continue our look at the filmography of Vera Chytilova with Second Run’s release of “Something Different”. Rob looks at the baffling Marxist crow of a film that is […]
S12E06 – Time For Some Navel Action?
This week we head to the high seas with a Yar-Har and Fiddle-dee-dee. It’s time dress flamboyantly and drink lots of grog as we get down and dirty with pirates. Reviews – Vinland Saga volume 7, Legend of Legacy (3DS), Earth Defence Force 2 (PS Vita), Street Fighter V (PS4). […]
4-Panel 43 – The Mister Potato-Head of Superpowers
But before that we discuss the new Justice League Action cartoon series, Superman’s new “power”, the cancellation of several Marvel and DC titles, weird comic-book crossovers and the secret history of Howard The Duck. Our featured comics and manga are Tsubasa World Chronicle: Nirai Kanai-hen volume 1, The Hellboy Winter […]
Cinema Eclectica 55 – Wrong Kind Of Calendar Girls
This week we have no news to contend with so instead we grapple with the BAFTAs. In Off The Shelf we look at the space documentary “For All Mankind”, British horror romance “Nina Forever”, and Samuel Fuller’s war movie “Fixed Bayonets!” before closing with the legendary ’90s action picture – […]
Keyframe 39 – Sasami-san At The Boundary
The big news this week is that Japanese voice actress Orikasa Fumiko (Bleach, Code Geass, Hellsing, Great Teacher Onizuka), will be a guest at Sunnycon 5 in June 2016. After that it’s business as usual as we discuss the trailers forDofus – Book 1: Julith and Long Way North, The […]
S12E05 – Space Rats Take 'Roids
This week we dive into the past to uncover our childhood favourites. Along the way we talk about the classics and things lost in the mists of time, and from there we make some startling discoveries about our younger days. Well … Rob does. Reviews – Yakuza 5 (PS3) Tune […]
S12E05 – Space Rats Take ‘Roids
This week we dive into the past to uncover our childhood favourites. Along the way we talk about the classics and things lost in the mists of time, and from there we make some startling discoveries about our younger days. Well … Rob does. Reviews – Yakuza 5 (PS3) Tune […]