We’ve never been accused of being political, but this week we had no choice in the matter. Join us as we talk movie presidents and Pablo Larrain’s American debut “Jackie”, followed by a big old chat about Woody Allen featuring “Zelig”, “Stardust Memories”, and a “Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy”. Tune […]
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Cinema Eclectica 98 – Skeletor’s Leaning Tower of Rocks
Cinema Eclectica 98 – Skeletor's Leaning Tower of Rocks
Cinema Eclectica Episode 97 – A Very Special Star Wars Christmas
Christmas is a-coming, and here we are with our annual special episode! We take this opportunity to look a selection of films set around the 25th December (or thereabouts), but with a slightly skewed take on the festive season including “Blast of Silence”, “Krampus”, “Three Wishes for Cinderella” and “Santa’s […]
Cinema Eclectica 96 – Jeremy Corbyn Eating a Waffle (2016 in Review)
Cinema Eclectica 95 – BIFAs, Barbies and Brexit
This week marks the beginning of yet another awards season. When will they ever end? Aside from the shiny things we also look at Steve Martin’s “Roxanne”, the skateboarding documentary “Lords of Dogtown”, Tom Hanks’ latest attempt at being a real boy in “Sully”, and the triumphant return of Adam […]
Cinema Eclectica Episode 94 – Opening a Can of Kevin Smith
We have our second ever photonegative show featuring lots of new releases from all over the world. The choice cuts are Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Creepy”, Botswanan drama “A United Kingdom”, Robert Zemeckis’ “Allied” and hysteria-laden Korean horror “The Wailing”. Staying with South Korea, Kim Jee-Woon is the target of this week’s […]
Cinema Eclectica 93 – High Voltage: Carlos Danger
The weather was as bad as Carlos Danger this week so we apologise for the inconsistent audio. The Director’s Lottery returns for another innings, but before that we take a look at the hilarious political documentary “Weiner” and the early John Carpenter classic “Assault on Precinct 13”. We then give […]
Cinema Eclectica 92 – Understanding Forest Whitaker
Cinema Eclectica 91 – Smackhead School Reunion
All hail our new Lizard Overlord! On this week’s episode we have a rather eventful Trailerwatch and Question of the Week, and Off The Shelf includes “Two Women” starring Sophia Loren, Werner Herzog’s volcanic documentary “Into the Inferno”, and European depress-’em-up “Aloys”. This week’s Feature Presentation is “Nocturnal Animals”. Tune […]