Join Odours of the Odeon for a weekly guided tour of the cinematic spice route. Whether you’re looking for an escape from the morbid mundanity of your weekly commute, desperately searching an alternative to mid-week small-talk with your significant other, or genuinely interested in unexplored cinem…
In an era of Fake News, what the people need is some True Lies! This week the Odours Team confront the flagrant misspending of public money, the quiet re-emergence of Holy War in the backwaters of suburban Holby City, and the poorly scripted ramblings of a frustrated Austrian artist.
In this week’s episode the Odours team wade through the convoluted mess that is 1995’s Congo!Undeterred by the films lead talking Gorilla declining an interview, the Odours team talk gender-fluidity amongst simians, the uncomfortable apex of diamond heists and colonialism, the unprecedented violence of Hungry Hippos, the mob-lynching of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, and doing the weekly-shop with Delroy Lindo at Tescos. Get some!
In this weeks episode the Odours Of The Odeon kick off 2019 with a look at 1993’s action-thriller classic, CliffHanger! With an exclusive interview with star of the film Craig Fairbrass, the Odours team discuss an action scene so dangerous it had Direct Line’s best under-writers sweating, the golden era of plane Highjacking, the unheralded importance of Morrison’s car parks to the silver screen, and Marco Gabbiadini as Sly Stallone’s understudy.If you’ve got the arsehole, tune in and listen now.
In this weeks Christmas Special, the Odours team discuss the best of the worst festive villains. Who will reign victorious in a seasonal hunger games that see’s Kevin McAllister, John McLane, The Wet Bandits, and Hans Gruber go toe-to-toe in blood-soaked auditions for a part in Leslie Grantham’s Dickensian Christmas Panto? Listen NOW to find out.
In this weeks episode the Odours team dive into 1989’s ‘How To Get Ahead In Advertising’! With a featured interview from the star of 2018 Blockbuster Hereditary, Milly Shapiro, and British institution Anneka Rice, the team discuss The Falklands War, Consumerism, Dogging, the rise of Yuppyism in Thatchers Britain, and the shared Twitter responsibilities of Richard E Grant and Jacob Rees Mogg.
In this weeks episode Odours of the Odeon review 1988’s gritty Carl Weathers-led crime caper.... Action Jackson!With an exclusive critique of the films original artwork from celeb CJ DeMooi, the Odours team discuss schlock one-liners, blaxploitation, Haitian President and totalitarian despot Papa Doc, an unexplored alternative life-path for OJ Simpson, and the necessity of bureaucratic protocol in law enforcement promotions.
In this weeks episode the Odours Of The Odeon discuss 1992’s Peter Jackson gore-fest... Braindead!The team are joined by lead Zombie and serial Jackson collaborator Jed Brophy, to discuss stuntmen overly-attached to their mustache’s, the AIDS epidemic, Brexit, shamanism, the custard/customs union, and enough gallons of blood to make the Dead Sea look like a vial of holy water.
In this weeks episode the Odours of the Odeon discuss 1986 B-movie... Eliminators! With a featured interview from the Eliminators lead star Patrick Reynolds, the Odours team discuss time-travel, the Roman Empire, Euthanasia, the perils of artificial intelligence, PTSD, modern-day Centaurs born in a B+Q warehouse, and the impact of the incestual Regan/Thatcher dynamic on the 1980’s silver-screen.
In this weeks episode Odours of the Odeon discuss 1981’s classic, CondorMan!With a featured interview from the films lead animator Michael Cedeno, the Odours team examine Disney’s approach to cold-war relations, trans-atlantic accents, re-used facial prosthetics, Reagan’s support of the Nicaraguan Contra’s, and the birth of Daft Punk.