This week, Mark, Rob and Graham travel back in time to ask you what films from the 80s and 90s you want to see sequels to. Since Graham normally wields a furious banhammer over any 80s nostalgia, this can only mean one thing: it’s Bill and Ted Face the Music! […]
Netflix
I’m thinking of ending things – Cinema Eclectica 271
Settle in for your next long, long car drive with Cinema Eclectica! This week, Rob and Graham are reviewing Charlie Kaufman’s Netflix original, I’m Thinking of Ending Things. Opening up questions like “What is the nature of time?”, “Are any of us truly unique?” and “What’s with the pig anyway?”, […]
Spirited Away – Classic Film Kid
The Old Guard – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 264
A tale of two action movies on this week’s Eclectica. On the one hand, you have the huge Netflix-funded star vehicle The Old Guard, starring Charlize Theron and Chiwetel Ejiofor. On the other, you have the smaller, foreign-language judo film Throw Down, directed by Johnnie To and released on Blu-Ray […]
Wasp Network – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 260
Fans of podcasts where two people can’t agree on a single film, your ship has come in, because this week Graham and Tim are reviewing Olivier Assayas’s divisive Netflix original Wasp Network! Which reviewer compared it to “a Communist version of The A-Team”? And, more importantly, did they mean it […]
La Strada – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 259
Bong Joon-Ho Special – Cinema Eclectica 254
Final boss of the Oscars and forever king of our hearts Bong Joon-ho gets an Eclectica special to celebrate the news that Snowpiercer is finally, finally getting a physical media release in the UK from Lionsgate. Originally shot in… what, about 1872? Shortly before the invention of cinema? It’s held […]
Why Don’t You Just Die! – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 252
Given the current *waves hand around to indicate everything*, streaming has quickly become an even more central part of the cinema release calendar. With that in mind, Cinema Eclectica presents its first streaming special, with interweb-based reviews from Rob, Mick and – until his Virgin Media signal collapses – Graham! […]