Limousines! Kylie! CGI rubber dragon sex! It can only be Leos Carax’s “Holy Motors” getting the Eclectica treatment from Aidan, Sarah and Graham. Deep thoughts will be had about religion, cinema and literature. Less-deep thoughts will be had about Denis Lavant’s old chap. Elsewhere, there are new releases to be […]
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Superman’s Bizarre Powers – 4-Panel Vol. 2, Issue 50
Sometimes you don’t have to look far to see just how weird comics can get, and in this episode we’re looking no further than Superman, who probably has the strangest collection of powers and abilities of any character in comics. Now relatively speaking, flight, super-strength, super-speed, heat vision, X-ray vision, […]
Cinema Eclectica 222 – The Method Toolbox of Dustin Hoffman
The Future Of The Justice League – 4-Panel Vol. 2, Issue 49
It’s our 200th episode, but rather than celebrating this milestone of podcasting, Andrew and Rob decided to try and figure out where the DC could take their premier superhero team now that Bat-fleck and Super-Cavill have hung up their capes. Get ready for a barrage of lesser-known DC characters as […]
Cinema Eclectica 221 – Load Bearing Clown
Is it Pensive Staring Chapter Two or Creepy Spooky Fun Time With Bill Skarsgård, Chapter Two? Whatever we think of our feature film, this week, Andrew, Prob and Aidan talk the blockbuster horror release of the summer in “It: Chapter Two”: The Revengening. After that, Aidan talks about BFI’s release […]
Cinema Eclectica 220 – Alien Yuppie Slugs Just Wanna Have Fun
It came from beyond the stars, or at least from South of Yorkshire – which is the same thing for us. Second Sight’s new Blu-Ray restoration of “Flight of the Navigator” prompts an ’80s sci-fi special, with Tim tackling Randal Kleiser’s children’s classic while Rob covers John Sayles’s “Brother From […]
Hellboy and Supernatural Pest Control – 4-Panel Vol. 2, Issue 48
Hellboy is arguably one of the most recognisable comic-book characters that aren’t part of the Marvel of DC multiverses, and Mike Mignola’s creation has been preventing all manner of occult shenanigans, mystical hijinks and supernatural tomfoolery for twenty five years. Which means it’s a good time to find out more […]
Cinema Eclectica 219 – Where’s My Mamma Roma in Your Pain & Glory?
This week Graham and Aidan tackle Pedro Almodóvar’s new semi-autobiographical film “Pain and Glory”, but even though it’s one of his most garlanded films in ages, we have to wonder how much pain we’re talking about, and what percentage is glorious? Off the Shelf has a Second Run double-bill, with […]