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| A.C. Film Club #158 – A Colt Is My Passport | 09 nov. 2026 | 01:20:35 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at Takashi Nomura's Yakuza thriller A Colt Is My Passport ahead of the release of its upcoming remake by Gareth Evans (The Raid). Here Jo Shishido plays a hitman who having completed a job and then finds himself now the target when he is betrayed by him employer who has now sided with the gang whose leader has just been assassinated. Review: 00:52:39 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| A.C. Film Club #157 - Charisma | 02 nov. 2026 | 01:14:01 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at Kiyoshi Kurosawa's philosophical drama Charisma in which police negotiator Goro heads to the woods when a hostage negotiation goes wrong. Here he finds himself in the middle of a conflict regarding a tree called Charisma which is believed to be killing the surrounding forest. Review: 00:38:25 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| A.C. Film Club #156 - From Beijing With Love | 09 oct. 2026 | 01:09:21 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at the Stephen Chow spoof of James Bond From Beijing With Love as Chow plays a former spy turned butcher who is called back into action to find a missing dinosaur skull. Review: 00:32:44 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| WCFC #29 - Unicorn Wars | 17 sept. 2026 | 00:54:34 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at the highly unique animated war movie Unicorn Wars as the Teddy Bears wage war against the Unicorns believing the one who drinks the blood of the last unicorn will rise up as the chosen one. Directed by Alberto Vázquez who draws inspiration from Apocalypse Now, Bambi and The Bible to create a war movie that is somehow both familiar and unlike anything else you've seen. | |||
| A.C. Film Club #155 - Eagle Shooting Heroes | 28 août 2026 | 01:15:53 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at the Hong Kong wuxia comedy Eagle Shooting Heroes as a madcap quest for a mystical tome of kung fu brings together a stellar cast which includes Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Karina Lau, Tony Leung Ka-fai, and Jacky Cheung Review: 00:38:10 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| A.C. Film Club #154 - The Night is Short, Walk On Girl | 25 juil. 2026 | 01:02:27 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at Masaaki Yuasa (Devilman Crybaby) one crazy night anime The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl as a night out on the town for two university students leads to a string of encounters with the town's more unusual residents. Review: 00:30:29 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| WCFC #28 - Withnail and I | 12 juil. 2026 | 01:16:11 | |
Originally planned to mark #25 but now appearing at #28 because we apparently can't count this cult British comedy about two out of work actors going to the countryside and maybe having a drink or two along the way in what would also prove to the breakout role for Richard E. Grant. We look at the films legacy, drinking game and how it avoided a questionable ending. | |||
| A.C. Film Club #153 - Robotrix | 03 juil. 2026 | 01:16:47 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at the CAT III answer to Robocop....Robotrix! When a mad scientist transfers his mind into the body of a powerful cyborg it falls to police officer Selina Lam to stop him after she is killed in the line of duty and resurrected as a cyborg super cop. Review: 00:30:50 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| A.C. Film Club #152 - The Corpse Washer | 26 mai 2026 | 01:19:28 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at the Indonesian ghost story "The Corpse Washer" as Lela is tasked with picking up her families mortuary duties when her mother mysteriously dies. But when other women in the village suffer a similar fate she begins to investigate who or what is behind their deaths. --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| WCFC #27 - Pan's Labyrinth | 14 mai 2026 | 00:53:24 | |
Elwood and Stephen venture into Pan's Labyrinth to look at the film which many consider to Guillermo Del Toro's breakout film as set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War a young girl Ofelia meets a mysterious Faun who informs her that she is actually the princess of the underworld and now requires her to complete three tasks to be able to return to her kingdom. | |||
| A.C. Film Club #151 - Her Fatal Ways | 16 avr. 2026 | 01:02:29 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at the crime comedy Her Fatal Ways in which Carol Cheng plays a mainland Chinese MPS officer forced to team up with Tony Leung's Hong Kong Police Inspector to track down a drug dealer on the run while dealing with their own conflicting ideals. Review: 00:29:18 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| A.C. Film Club #150 - In The Mood For Love + 2046 | 15 mars 2026 | 01:55:57 | |
Elwood and Stephen celebrate another podcasting milestone with a Wong Kar-Wai double feature looking at both In The Mood For Love and it's unique sequel 2046 Review: In The Mood For Love - 00:11:53 2046 - 00:56:34 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| WCFC #26 - Blood and Black Lace | 02 mars 2026 | 00:43:58 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at Mario Bava's Giallo Blood and Black Lace in which the models of a fashion house find themselves falling victim to a masked killer attempting to find a scandal revealing diary. --- Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- | |||
| Top Asian Cinema - Round 6 | 02 févr. 2026 | 02:31:16 | |
Elwood and Stephen add another 50 titles on their Top Asian Cinema list as they bring their total to 300! --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| A.C. Film Club #150 - The Bird People In China | 21 janv. 2026 | 01:13:33 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at Takashi Miike's "The Bird People in China" in which a Japanese businessman named Mr. Wada is sent to assess a vein of jade in a remote village in Yunnan, China. Accompanied by the yakuza member Ujiie and his guide Mr. Wada what initially appeared to be a simple job soon turns into a journey of discovery for the trio. Review: 00:29:05 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| Kaiju Christmas - Attack of the Super Monsters | 22 déc. 2025 | 01:15:30 | |
It's Christmas which of course means its time for Elwood's favourite show of the year as it's Kaiju Christmas!! This time Stephen and Elwood look at Attack of the Super Monsters which is really just an amalgamation of the first four episodes of Dinosaur War Izenborg and sees super intelligent dinosaurs declaring war on humanity when they are released from their underground tomb. | |||
| WCFC #25 - The Worst Person In The World | 20 déc. 2025 | 01:06:21 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at Joachim Trier's anti-romcom "The Worst Person In The World" and the final film in his Oslo trilogy as the film follows Julie a woman who changes career paths as often as she does lovers as she tries to find the person much like the career which is right for her as part of her journey to find her true self. | |||
| A.C. Film Club #149 - Centre Stage / The Ballad of Narayama | 01 déc. 2025 | 01:48:46 | |
Elwood and Stephen take on a double feature starting with Stanley Kwan's award winning but Oscar snubbed biography of Ruan Lingyu Centre Stage charting her life and career. Listener Marcus completes the double bill with his The Ballard of Narayama by director Shōhei Imamura following the lives of a small mountain village and in particular the elder Orin as she prepares to be taken up the mountain while attempting to get her life in order. --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| A.C. Film Club #148 - Welcome to Dongmakgol | 18 nov. 2025 | 01:00:16 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at the comedic war drama Welcome to Dongmakgol as in the midst of the Korean war a group of north and south korean soldiers discover a secluded village, they soon learn its inhabitants have no contact with the outside world. They then unite to protect it from external threats. Review: 00:21:46 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| WCFC #24 - Atlantics | 27 oct. 2025 | 00:58:53 | |
Rashmi Menon (Yesteryear Ballyhoo Revue) joins Stephen and Elwood again this time to look at the African ghost story Atlantics. Set along the Atlantic coast, a soon-to-be-inaugurated futuristic tower looms over a suburb of Dakar. Ada, 17, is in love with Souleiman, a young construction worker. But she has been promised to another man. When Souleiman and his co-workers leave the country by sea, in hope of a better future several days later, a fire ruins Ada's wedding and a mysterious fever starts to spread. Little does Ada know that Souleiman has returned | |||
| Raiding The Closet - Arrow Video | 26 sept. 2025 | 01:22:26 | |
Elwood and Stephen are raiding the collection of another of their favourite boutique labels and revealing their top five picks as this time they look at Arrow Video Opening / Closing Theme - "Little Dreams" - The Kidd Electric | |||
| A.C. Film Club #147 - So Close | 17 sept. 2025 | 01:34:29 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at the action thriller "So Close" as a pair of assassin sisters find themselves on the run from the same criminals who hired them aswell as an high-kicking cop! Review: 00:42:07 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| A.C. Film Club #146 - Whisper of the Heart | 25 août 2025 | 01:13:09 | |
Stephen and Elwood look at one of the more overlooked titles in the Studio Ghibli catalogue as they review "Whisper of the Heart" a coming of age romantic drama and the only film to be directed by Yoshifumi Kondō. Review: 00:34:22 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| Raiding The Closet - The Criterion Collection | 09 août 2025 | 01:21:23 | |
Elwood and Stephen are raiding the collections of their favourite boutique labels and revealing their top five picks as they kick things off with the iconic Criterion Collection. Opening / Closing Theme - "Little Dreams" - The Kidd Electric | |||
| A.C. Film Club #145 - Enter The Dragon | 27 juil. 2025 | 01:18:59 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at the legendary martial arts film "Enter The Dragon" as Bruce Lee plays Lee a martial artist from the Shaolin Temple hired by British intelligence to infiltrate the island of the crime lord Han under the guise of competing in his Martial Arts Tournament. We breakdown the films legacy, the stacked cast and it's skillfull blending of genres. Review: 00:18:23 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| A.C. Film Club #144 - Gothic and Lolita Psycho | 15 juil. 2025 | 01:21:22 | |
Stephen and Elwood take a recommendation from Dustin (@thatkaijukidd) and look at the Splatterpunk revenge-o-matic Gothic and Lolita Psycho as seeking revenge on the assassins who killed her mother and injured her father Yuki (Rina Akiyama) turns herself into a weapon of vengeance in this highly unique viewing experience. Review: 00:40:02 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| WCFC #23 - Three Colours: Red | 26 juin 2025 | 00:37:28 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at the final film in Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colours trilogy in which model Valentine (Irène Jacob) meets a retired judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) who lives in her neighborhood after she runs over his dog with the pair soon discovering they share an unusual bond | |||
| A.C. Film Club #143 - The Wayward Cloud | 07 juin 2025 | 01:26:30 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at the erotic musical The Wayward Cloud set in a drought stricken Taipei were the lack of water has caused the sale of watermelons to skyrocket and were pornstar Hsiao-kang reconnects with Shiang-chyi a woman he knew in his previous life as a watch salesman. But how will she feel when she discovers his new vocation? A highly unique film featuring watermelon sex, spontaneous musical sequences and dreamlike cinematography as we attempt to unravel what it all means. Review: 00:44:57 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| A.C. Film Club #142 - Paprika | 26 mai 2025 | 01:30:20 | |
Nick Rehak joins Elwood and Stephen as they complete their Satoshi Kon set with the surreal thriller "Paprika" in which Dr. Atsuko Chiba lives a double life working as a scientist by day and as the dream detective Paprika at night. But when the DC Mini is stolen which allows psychiatrists to enter the dreams of their patients the line between reality and dreams begins to blur Review: 00:22:31 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| WCFC #22 - Y Tu Mamá También | 16 mai 2025 | 00:49:34 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at Alfonso Cuarón's coming of age comedy road trip movie "Y tu mamá también" as best friends Julio and Tenoch take a road trip with Luisa the wife of Tenoch's cousin who is in search of her own purpose. | |||
| A.C. Film Club #141- Bedevilled | 06 mai 2025 | 01:11:44 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at the South Korean revenge thriller Bedevilled as bank clerk Hae-won returns to the island she spent her childhood on after a public meltdown at her work put her on enforced leave. Now reconnecting with her childhood friend Bok-nam she slowly starts to realise the backwards nature of the island and how close her friend is to reaching breaking point. Review: 00:34:28 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| A.C. Film Club #140 - Buddha's Palm | 23 avr. 2025 | 01:10:59 | |
Elwood and Stephen take in another dose of Kung Fu weird from Shaw Bros. as they look at Buddha's Palm Review - 00:41:24 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Buy us a coffee and support the showCheck out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage | |||
| WCFC #21 - Three Colours: White | 08 avr. 2025 | 00:38:56 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at the second film in Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colours trilogy, Polish immigrant Karol Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski) finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique (Julie Delpy), divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Now smuggled back to his homeland Karol plot his revenge. | |||
| A.C. Film Club #104 - The Hidden Fortress | 02 avr. 2025 | 01:07:28 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress a film best known for being a key inspiration for George Lucas when he created Star Wars but how much did he actually take from the film? We find out on this episode as a pair of Peasants find themselves recruited to help to help a rogue general and a princess on the run while trying to get their share of the gold the pair are transporting. Review - 00:23:25 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Buy us a coffee and support the show | |||
| A.C. Film Club #103 - Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky | 02 avr. 2025 | 01:58:32 | |
Scott (The Church of Tarantino) joins Elwood and Stephen to look at the deliriously bonkers slice of Kung-fu weird that is Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky which sees the superhuman fighter Ricky having to battle through a corrupt prison complete with a sadistic warden and four martial arts masters all keen to take him out in this cult favourite. Review - 00:38:21--- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Buy us a coffee and support the show | |||
| A.C. Film Club #102 - As Tears Go By + Taboo | 02 avr. 2025 | 01:18:43 | |
It's a double feature episode as Elwood and Stephen look at Wong Kai Wai's Mean Streets influenced As Tears Go By as Andy Lau plays Wah a triad enforcer who spends all his time getting his best friend and triad brother Fly (Jackie Cheung) out of trouble while finding his life only getting more complex when he fall for his cousin Ngor (Maggie Cheung). Taboo Review - 00:17:19 As Tears Go By Review - 00:36:35 Buy us a coffee and support the show | |||
| A.C. Film Club #99 - Memories of Murder | 01 avr. 2025 | 01:03:17 | |
As we draw ever closer to Episode #100 Stephen has a pretty stellar pick for #99 as we look at Bong Joon Ho's Memories of Murder loosely based on the true story of Korea's first ever serial killer as two small town detectives attempt to solve a brutal murder while being assisted on the case by Seoul detective Seo Tae-yoon. But facing conflicting approaches to investigation and a police force ill equipped to deal with the case will they be able to track down the killer before he strikes again. Review - 00:22:54 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Buy us a coffee and support the show | |||
| A.C. Film Club #100 - Godzilla | 01 avr. 2025 | 01:55:37 | |
Stephen and Elwood celebrate this milestone episode with the original Godzilla looking at the legacy and impact the film has had since it's release while also looking back at their favourite episodes on the road to #100! Review: 00:58:25
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| Halloween Special - Dream Home | 01 avr. 2025 | 00:48:03 | |
Good Evening boils and ghouls and welcome to our Halloween special where we put our viewing fate in the hands of the listeners who this year decided we would watch "Dream Home". --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Buy us a coffee and support the show | |||
| A.C. Film Club #94 - The Seventh Curse | 01 avr. 2025 | 01:06:30 | |
Elwood and Stephen check out the horror adventure "The Seventh Curse in which adventurer Dr. Yuen must find a curse for his blood curse after he rescues a young girl from being sacrificed. A utterly bonkers movie featuring a kung fu skeleton, a rip off xenomorph, killer worms and shameless self promotion! Review - 00:23:05
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| A.C. Film Club #90 - Zu Warriors From Magic Mountain | 01 avr. 2025 | 00:54:32 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at Tsui Harks Wuxia fantasy as a solider on the run finds himself caught in a battle between good and evil as he joins the fight against the blood devil and a quest to find the dual swords which will vanquish the evil forever in a film which features both jaw dropping martial arts action and special effects from the team behind Star Wars and Ghostbusters
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| A.C. Film Club #89 - The Bullet Train | 01 avr. 2025 | 01:04:44 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at The Bullet Train which not only gave us an entry from Japan into the disaster movie genre but also inspired the cult classic Speed as a group of terrorists plant a bomb on a bullet train and demand $5 million, adding that the bomb will detonate if the train's speed for any reason dips below 80 kph! --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- | |||
| A.C. Film Club #86 - Love In A Puff | 01 avr. 2025 | 01:16:34 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at the CAT III romantic comedy Love In A Puff which earned it's rating based on the theme of smoking which runs throughout the film as the smoking ban in Hong Kong provides a chance for Jimmy and Advertising Exec to meet the cosmetics sales girl Cherie in this unique romantic comedy.
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| A.C. Film Club #84 - Pale Flower | 31 mars 2025 | 01:36:44 | |
Elwood and Stephen are joined by Rashmi to look at Mashahiro Shindoa's Noir "Pale Flower" in which Ryô Ikebe plays the recently released gangster Muraki finding that both organized crime and the real world have moved on without him. While reunited with his Yakuza family he now spends his time in gambling dens, where he meets rich thrill seeker Saeko (Mariko Kaga) only to soon discover that her destructive, hedonistic urges will likely mean the end for both of them.
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| A.C. Film Club #79 - The Handmaiden | 31 mars 2025 | 01:47:44 | |
Elwood and Stephen look at Park Chan-Wook's "The Handmaiden" an erotic thriller based on the Sarah Waters novel "Fingersmith" in which an attempt to defraud a Heiress becomes a twisting tale of double crosses and surprising romantic connections.
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| A.C. Film Club #78 - R-Point + Tartan Asia Extreme | 31 mars 2025 | 01:02:48 | |
Elwood and Stephen check out the South Korean ghost story "R-Pont" set during the Vietnam War as a squad are dispatched to find a group of soldiers whose squad mysteriously disappeared at R-Point, only to find themselves plagued by the mysterious presence. We also look at the legacy of Tartan and their Asia Extreme Label as well as the part it played in the rival of interest in Asian cinema | |||
| Anthony Wong Month - Recap #5 | 31 mars 2025 | 01:02:33 | |
Wrapping up our month long celebration of the filmography of Anthony Wong on this finale recap we look at the films which made up the final picks of the season including - Armageddon | |||
| Anthony Wong Month - Recap #1 | 31 mars 2025 | 00:52:34 | |
Elwood kicks off another month long challenge as he sets out to watch 31 Anthony Wong movies in 31 days! | |||
| A.C. Film Club #72 - Sister Street Fighter | 31 mars 2025 | 00:58:00 | |
The first film in a spin off series from Sonny Chiba's Streetfighter trilogy as Sue Shiomi stars as the titular martial artist trying to track down her missing brother while having to battle a sadistic drugs kingpin and his army of fighters in this wonderfully bonkers slice of kung fu weird. Review - 00:29:26 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- | |||
| A.C. Film Club #66 - Chocolate | 30 mars 2025 | 00:40:08 | |
Zen's mother Zin was previously a feared gangster who retired to give birth to Zen. However when is diagnosed with cancer Zen takes it upon herself to collect her mother's debts, while also being able to replicate martial arts just by watching them. --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- | |||