Hip hop heroes – ‘Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives’
❉ A film about two quirky friends who became unlikely hip hop legends by shaping the genre and breaking the biggest rap artists ever.
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Found Footage 101: ’84 Charlie MoPic’ (USA, 1989)
❉ We continue our ‘found footage’ retrospective with ’84 Charlie MoPic’. Out in the jungle, a mission goes horribly wrong…
Moviedrome Redux: ‘The Bank Job’ (2008)
❉ We Are Cult revives the spirit of BBC2’s fondly remembered Sunday night film series ‘Moviedrome’. This week, fact meets fiction in British heist flick ‘The Bank Job’ starring Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows.
Reflections on ‘My Neighbour Totoro’
❉An appreciation of ‘My Neighbour Totoro’, the heart-warming 1988 cult film from anime giant Studio Ghibli.
Late Night Double Feature: ‘Midnight Movie Monographs’
❉ We review the first two titles in this exciting new series, ‘Martin’ and ‘Theatre of Blood’.
Found Footage 101: ‘U.F.O. Abduction’ (USA, 1989)
❉ The first genuine ‘found footage’ film, and one so convincing that some people still believe it’s real.
Fear and Loathing in Walton on Thames: ‘Psychomania’
❉ Hell’s angels, frogs and Beryl Reid! A gang of bikers come back from the dead, and proceed to wreak havoc in suburban supermarkets.
‘The Man From Laramie’ coming to Blu-ray & DVD this December
❉ Eureka Entertainment to release Anthony Mann’s psychological revenge saga of Shakespearean proportions starring James Stewart.
Moviedrome Redux: ‘In Bruges’ (2008)
❉ We Are Cult revives the spirit of BBC2’s fondly remembered Sunday night film series ‘Moviedrome’. This week, the “gleefully profane” ‘In Bruges’.
It’s always fair weather: The musicals of Arthur Freed
❉ We look back on the work of Arthur Freed, producer of the most outstanding musicals of MGM.