My first memories of Magic: The Gathering – the most seminal, burgeoning and ubiquitous of Trading Card games – are of walking into my local computer gaming store as an 11-year-old and wondering what all the fuss was at the back. It so happened, it was 1994, when the latest rages were all about […]
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Cinema Eclectica’s Top Movies of 2016
As with any year, the past 12 months have had their share of running themes. 2016 was far from a banner year for the superhero film, outside the fourth-wall-breaking filth of Deadpool (just missed out on a top 20 slot), there were an awful lot of middling to average films. […]
Classic Film Kid: Home Alone
Hi everyone, it’s me again, the Classic Film Kid, and I thought with Christmas less than a week away, we would review a classic festive adventure, and what better than Home Alone, the classic Christmas family comedy (without the family, like it says on the poster) starring a whole ton […]
Monopoly: Legendary for all the Wrong Reasons
I remember the first game of Monopoly I ever played. I loved it. The colourful board, the little car, dog, and old boot playing pieces. The fact that you had fake money and could buy stuff, that you could win second prize in a beauty contest. It was all so […]
Classic Film Kid: Stand by Me
Hi all, it’s me, the Classic Film Kid, and I’m back with a second review. What classic are we reviewing today?, I hear you ask. Well, I am looking at Stand By Me, directed by Rob Reiner, and based Stephen King’s short story (or novella, as the formal word is), […]
Classic Film Kid: Jaws
Hi everyone, you probably – no, definitely – won’t know who the heck I am. I’m an 11yr old kid, as well as a massive movie obsessive who is always wanting to see new films when they come out, I absolutely love talking about films, but some of the greatest […]
Hollywood’s Greatest Underdog
The French film Elle, recently selected for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nomination, is soon to be released next month in America, bringing the name Verhoeven back into the limelight — although, perhaps not in the way that we might expect. Paul Verhoeven elicits controversy. His films are rarely without contention, […]
4-Panel 58 – Doctor Doom's Department Store Nightmare
This week we’ve got a vigilante called Vigilante, casualties of Civil War II and marketing 101 by DC. Our featured comics are Venom: Spaceknight #1-8, Patsy Walker a.k.a. Hellcat #7, Marvel’s Exiles and Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises #1-2. Tune in to The Geek Show Podcast Network for all the […]
4-Panel 58 – Doctor Doom’s Department Store Nightmare
This week we’ve got a vigilante called Vigilante, casualties of Civil War II and marketing 101 by DC. Our featured comics are Venom: Spaceknight #1-8, Patsy Walker a.k.a. Hellcat #7, Marvel’s Exiles and Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises #1-2. Tune in to The Geek Show Podcast Network for all the […]
4-Panel 56 – Free Comic Book Day 2016 (Part 2)
After making it half way out from under the big pile of comics we had to take a short breather before we started round two of our FBCD Special. Our featured comics and manga Overstreet’s Comic Book Marketplace featuring The Spirit, Serenity, the Attack on Titan Anthology, Comics Lab, March, […]