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Drug Smuggling: Tetris Edition

This week it's "Halloween" (the movie, not the day), and Graham, Aidan and slasher superfan Ryan are assessing the shape of things with David Gordon Green's new reboot ... sequel(?) ... thing? Mark is here as well to explain what the new Halloween's historic opening weekend means for horror movie casting in the future.

Off the Shelf has Aidan going ape, and coincidentally also has Arrow Video's reissue of Terry Gilliam's "Twelve Monkeys" to look at, while Graham makes a difficult voyage to get back in touch with his inner lad with Signature Entertainment's "Gangsta". 

Join us next week for Halloween (the date, not the movie), when we're returning with Evil Dead (it's better than Evil Dead 2 - Rob). Yes, it's confusing, so until then, don't watch anything we wouldn't!

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Stan Lee is Fozzie Bear

Two mysterious drifters converge on a lonely podcast to cover "Bad Times at The El Royale". Drew Goddard's follow-up to "The Cabin in the Woods" has an enviable cast, but can it escape from under the big-chinned shadow of Tarantino?

This week's Off the Shelf has a theme, and that is beloved human cartoon characters. Graham explores the strange wonders of the new Blu-Ray release of Jackie Chan's "City Hunter" from Eureka, while Mark considers the parallels between Tom Hardy and Nicolas Cage - and if that whets your appetite for a spot of the old Cage rage then strap in because Ryan's doing Panos Cosmatos's instant cult film "Mandy". Yikes.

Three Movies, and all of them align with the occult in some way, shape or form - which means this is a bit of an odd week on Eclectica.

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When Life Gives you Razor Blades

It's time for another superhero(?), which means that our usual gang have been waylaid (again), and 4-Panel have stealthily taken over. Together this grizzled, rag-tag and hard-hitting team take on the might of "Venom", and like all the washed-up journalists in the Last Chance Saloon they spill ink all over the place.

After that it's over to Off The Shelf for the Thai boxing drama "A Prayer Before Dawn", the Joan Jett documentary "Bad Reputation", cheesy horror in "Night of the Creeps" (which is a favourite of someone who isn't on the show this week), and the troublesome history of cinematic Dr. Who.

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"Here We See The Wild Billy Connolly …"

This week we're covering Jeremy Saulnier's "Hold the Dark" - a film where the icy Alaskan atmospherics are so persuasive, Rob and Graham catch a cold out of sympathy. Fortunately we have a healthy Aidan on hand to guide them through the Blue Ruin director's latest offering on Netflix.

Off the Shelf has a diverse range of entertainment options for a dark night in, with Rob striking "gold" with the gold-painted weirdos of Teruo Ishii's "Horrors of Malformed Men" from Arrow Video. Meanwhile, Aidan checks out Indicator's latest rediscovery - "Absolution" - which stars Richard Burton and Billy Connolly, and wrapping up is Graham with Signature Entertainment's "The Captain". 

Tune in next week, and remember - if we got anything wrong this week then it's the fault of the virus.

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Alejandro Jodorowsky's Exciting Bus Journey

Are you into shame, but not in a weird sex way? If so, this is the Eclectica for you.

Prompted by the recent re-release of Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather", Rob, Aidan and Mick are looking at the original gangster saga (some of them, it turns out, for the first time), and asking what makes a favourite film anyway?

The humiliation continues in Off the Shelf with the first blow landing on Mick - who until now had never watched "Rocky". The hits keep coming as Aidan fills in a significant hole in his animation knowledge with Hayao Miyazaki's Oscar-winning modern classic "Spirited Away", before Rob finally gets clobbered with "Eraserhead" - which leaves him seeing stars, amongst other things.

If you've seen it then you know what to expect. If you haven't then nothing can prepare you.

We also have some new release reviews, with Mark dropping by to assail "doyles" while talking about Paul Feig's "A Simple Favour", but then it's time for us to prepare for next week as we don our cinema survival gear and head out into the wilderness that is Netflix.

We may be some time …

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Turtle or No Turtle

Graham and Aidan are in luck this week with, er, "Lucky" as Film of the Week. As the last lead role for the legendary Harry Dean Stanton, it's got pathos, humour and a very odd suggestion on what to do with a lollipop.

Shane Black has a new film out as well in the form of "The Predator", which sends Mark off on a trek through his previous blockbuster work. Meanwhile, Off the Shelf has Graham captivated by Indicator's Blu-Ray of "The Collector", while Aidan gets himself to a Nunnery with StudioCanal's 4K remaster of Jacques Rivette's once-banned "The Nun".

Save your Conjuring jokes, we've already made them.

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Drunken Sake Shenanigans

On this episode our Film of the Week is the hotly-tipped adaptation of a cult British novel about gangland youth, and although Graham is on hand to nurse Mick through his "Absolute Beginners" flashbacks, Idris Elba's directorial debut "Yardie" is a very different proposition. Bonus fact - star Aml Ameen was one of the kids on stage when Jarvis Cocker interrupted Michael Jackson's performance at the 1996 Brit Awards.

After that we have two very different films for Off the Shelf, with the first being from our new friends at Network, who have kindly supplied Graham with the long-lost grindhouse loonfest "Miss Leslie's Dolls". On the other hand Mick dons his reading glasses for Arrow's release of the samurai classic "Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji!" - which is apparently very charming for seventy four minutes then deeply disturbing for another twenty.

So it's a bit like this podcast then. Only longer.

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