Archive for December, 2011

With all the buzz surrounding Zack Snyder’s new Superman film “The Man of Steel”, it’s almost amazing that we haven’t seen any actual footage yet.  The excitement from the studio seems almost palpable.  The first still of Henry Cavill as Superman hit the net and polarized the audience.  Half of the public felt at long […]

Another great Muppet Christmas Special to be highlighted in this series, is one of the earliest, the Emmy Award-winning Christmas Eve on Sesame Street. It originally aired on PBS on Sunday, December 3, 1978,  and sadly is another one of the great Muppet specials that hasn’t been aired probably in 20 years.

J. and Dion present you with this special early Christmas present!  A look into the world of toys and action figures through the years.  From the most beloved toys of our youth to the newest thing to hit the shelves, The Podwits bring you a heaping spoonful of nostalgia on a blister card!

Smurf Village

Posted: 20th December 2011 by Yorkshire Girl in Film, News
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A Spanish village painted blue for the filming of ‘Smurfs The Movie’ has decided to keep the color!

If you’ve listened to this week’s Podwits Podcast, you heard a lot of tasty bits to keep your earholes happy! But there’s so much you didn’t get a chance to see… Like this for example!

I like the Muppets! I think they lost their edge after the 1979 release of The Muppet Movie, but that happens when you go main stream… Before that, Jim Henson was making big plans for his company.  The Muppets were on Sesame Street.  They had their own TV show, The Muppet Show.  They had made numerous […]

I have come to the conclusion that there are two time-frames when concerning the Muppets. Pre-Jim Henson’s Death and Post-Jim Henson’s Death. Sadly, the latter has not been as rewarding and fruitful in the world of the Muppets since Mr. Henson’s passing. Who or what is to blame? That is a debate for another day. […]

In this week’s episode of The Podwits Podcast we discover that even superheroines need to examine their own breasts.  J. steps into the wayback machine and brings back the technologies of yesterday!  A top ten list strikes a sour note with Dion!  Brian tries desperately not to throttle them both!  And can one man bring […]

Final Fantasy  Film Follow-up

Posted: 16th December 2011 by Brian in Film
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Hi, everyone. Well, we Podwits are nothing if not self-correcting. In our last podcast I spoke somewhat ill of the 2001 film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, voicing my theory, based on the film’s apparent lack of relation to the vaunted Final Fantasy video game series, that Square (the production company) had produced a fairly independent science-fiction […]

Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the film’s release, Intrada records is issuing a new special edition soundtrack CD for the most popular Star Trek film of all time, STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME. It’s been a good couple of years to be a Star Trek soundtrack fan.  In the past few […]