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Pop Screen is The Geek Show's new podcast tackling movies starring, about or by pop stars - and that's all genres, from rock to hip-hop, jazz to disco. Each week Graham and one of his stable of trusty... more
FAQs about Pop Screen:How many episodes does Pop Screen have?The podcast currently has 453 episodes available.
April 15, 2016Midnight Special - Sam Bass & Calamity Jane + Culloden - Eclectica #63Golden-Era Crazy EyesBack to Golden Age in more ways than one this week. Off the Shelf sees us delve into Golden Era Hollywood and BBC with Bengal Brigade, Sam Bass and Calamity Jane, Back to God's country and a continuation of last week's look at Peter Watkins BBC docs with the award-winning Culloden. Our feature presentation was Midnight Special....more1h 10minPlay
April 07, 201610 Cloverfield Lane + Rocco and His Brothers + The War Game - Eclectica #62Themes and RoundaboutsAnother go on the merry-go-round of trailers and films that never fully joined club Eclectica. Off the Shelf featured Italian neo-realism with Rocco and his Brothers, forgotten David Lean in The Sound Barrier, lesser Ealing in Pink String and Sealing Wax before closing out with the controversial Peter Watkins documentary The War Game. We also revisit some Second Run titles, Batman and an Apocalypse bunker....more1h 9minPlay
March 31, 2016Zootopia + Fox and the Hound + Hunchback of Notre Dame + Destino - Eclectica #61Disney DeniersThis week we discover that Disney Deniers exist and are among us. In a change from the regularly scheduled programming we turn out a Disney special, with on the shelf dropped for a celebration of all things from the house of mouse. We look at the Fox and the Hound, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and the lost oddity of a Disney Short, Salvadore Dali's Destino. Our Feature Presentation is the wonderful Zootopia or Zootropolis - we just can't keep up....more1h 8minPlay
March 24, 2016High-Rise + Eureka + the American Friend + The House is Black - Eclectica #60WalesploitationWe collect our podcast pension this week and just to keep up will all you whippersnappers we change things up. It's a Brave New World of Extreme Violence Modern Art and European Cowboys. Off the Shelf featured Nic Roeg's Eureka, Wim Wenders the American Friend sandwiching Evil Aliens and Iranian short doc, the House is Black. This week's feature presentation is Ben Wheatley's adaptation of J.G Ballard's High-Rise....more1h 8minPlay
March 18, 2016The Witch + White Dog + World of Kanako + Five Dolls for an August Moon - Eclectica #59Hard-Boiled TeletubbiesThis week we have a narrator, that's cinema Eclectica - forever breaking new grounds. We also see the return of Aidan making for a full-strength off the shelf. Rob got messed up with the World of Kanako, Graham got classy with Shooting Stars (not that one), Ryan got done in the kitchen with a candle holder in Five Dolls for an August Moon and Aidan closed out with Samuel Fuller's White Dog. Our film of the week was the terrifying (the) Witch....more1h 7minPlay
March 10, 2016Hail, Caesar! + Sheeba Baby + Songs from the Second Floor + Goodnight Mommy - Eclectica #58Pre-School AuditionThis week we discover that the witch is actually the most serious episode of Scooby-Doo ever. In off the shelf, we look at blaxploitation icon Pam Griers in Sheeba Baby, Swedish Surrealism in Songs from the Second Floor and new horror icon Goodnight Mommy. Our film of the week was the lavish ode to Hollywood in Hail, Caesar!...more1h 13minPlay
March 03, 2016Grimsby + Tehran Taxi + Tomorrow I'll wake up and scold myself with Tea + Audition - Eclectica #57Post-Oscar S&M Tea PartyThis week, we look over this year's Oscar ceremony and its lame-duck cousin - the Razzies. In a classy bit of counterprogramming, off the shelf unfolds with Graham tackling Absurd Czech New Wave comedy, the amazingly titled Tomorrow I’ll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea, Rob waxes lyrical about Panahi's Tehran Taxi and Ryan revisits one of his favourites in Miike's Audition. Film of the Week continues the alternative theme with Sacha Baron Cohen's Grimsby....more1h 9minPlay
February 25, 2016Triple 9 + Something Different + Hawks and Sparrows + Bula Quo - Eclectica #56Dai Impossible, Welsh SuperspyThis week we are down a Ryan but gain a surprising amount of Comic trivia along the way. In off the Shelf, we continue our look at the filmography of Vera Chytilova with Second Run's release of Something Different, Rob looked at the baffling Marxist crow of a film that is Pasolini's Hawks and Sparrows before Aidan subjected himself to the outright horror that is Bula Quo. Our film of the week was John Hillcoat's Triple 9 - a very misleading title for us Brits....more1h 8minPlay
February 20, 2016Deadpool + Hard Boiled + Nina Forever + For all Mankind - Eclectica #55Wrong Kind of Calendar GirlsThis week we have no news to contend with so instead we grapple with the BAFTAs. In off the shelf, we look at space documentary For all Mankind, British horror romance Nina Forever, Samuel Fuller war movie Fixed Bayonets before closing on the legendary 90s action picture, John Woo's Hard Boiled. Film of the Week is Deadpool....more1h 16minPlay
February 12, 2016Trumbo (2015) + Band of Outsiders + Lavender Hill Mob + Uzumasa Limelight - Eclectica #54Mummies Aren't DaddiesThis week on the show we learn about the birds and bees of Monster Movies. In off the Shelf, we looked at Third Window's Uzumasa Limelight, Classic Ealing comedy the Lavender Hill Mob and Godard's Band of Outsiders. We also have a ringer. Our film of the week was Jay Roach's Trumbo....more1h 7minPlay
FAQs about Pop Screen:How many episodes does Pop Screen have?The podcast currently has 453 episodes available.