Dion and Brian are letting it all hang out this week! Dion’s been reading the classic Fu Manchu mysteries written a century ago by Sax Rohmer (real name: Arthur Henry Ward), and that’s got him and Brian biting into a heavy topic: could ol’ Fu, or other culturally problematic old heroes like Charlie Chan or Mr. Moto, have […]
Archive for October, 2014
New Podcast: Dressing to the Left
Posted: 26th October 2014 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Amos & Andy, Charlie Chan, Chow Yun Fat, Fu Manchu, G. Willow Wilson, Mr. Moto, Ms. Marvel, Sax Rohmer, Whitewash Jones, Yellow Peril, Young Allies
0
Side Cast: The Zombie Genre
Posted: 24th October 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film Review, History, News, Podcast, Side-Casts, UncategorizedTags: 28 Days Later, Carnival of Souls, City of the Living Dead, Dairy of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Dead Alive, Dead Snow, George Romero, House by the Cemetery, I Walked with a Zombie, Land of the Dead, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, Lucio Fulci, Night of the Living Dead, Nightmare City, Resident Evil, Return of the Living Dead, Scream, Serpent of the Rainbow, Shaun of the Dead, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Survival of the Dead, The Beyond, The Faculty, The Walking Dead, Val Lewton, White Zombie, Zack Snyder, Zombie
With the success of their last Halloween themed Side Cast and posting on Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers where J.Blake and Dion Baia recommend some horror films they both feel may have fallen through the cracks or have been overlooked, the boys meet back at the Podwits studios to record a quick cast about the zombie genre. […]
Legendary Horror Director Dario Argento & Iggy Pop Need You!
Posted: 21st October 2014 by J. Blake in Film, NewsTags: Dario Argento, Horror, Iggy Pop, Italian Horror
Two weeks ago an Indiegogo campaign went live, raising money for Italian horror master Dario Argento’s next film. Based on E.T.A Hoffman’s short story “The Sandman” the film will star punk rock legend Iggy Pop as a serial killer “who murders his victims with a lethally jagged melon spoon and claims their eyes as trophies.” […]
The Podwit Nemesis’s…Nemesises… Nemeses?
Posted: 18th October 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Comic Books, Doctor Who, News, Podcast, TelevisionTags: Comics, Doctor Who, IDW, Peter Capaldi, Red Bull, Titan Comics
This week’s Podwits Podcast is a battle royale between two titans of talk! In this corner we have the Sultan of Sage, The King Of K-nowledge, The Scion Of The Cerebellum… BRIAN ZINO! And in the other corner… The Master of Mediocrity, The Jack Of A Few Trades, The Ran Out Of Alliteration, J. MARCUS! (applause) […]
Check out Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers!
Posted: 17th October 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Anime, Art, Books, Cartoons, Celebrities, Comic Books, Cyber Mailbag, Ernest Borgnine, Film, Film Review, History, Literature, News, Podcast, Science Fiction, Technology, Television, Uncategorized, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers
Please pay a visit to our latest Podwits venture, Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers! Dion Baia and J. Blake of the Podwits fame highlight films from their youth that would have typically been rented for a weekend sleepover by you and your friends. A new movie may be thrown into the mix to spice it up, but cult […]
We Regret To Inform You…
Posted: 11th October 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Cartoons, Celebrities, Ernest Borgnine, Film, Film Review, Game Review, Games, History, News, Podcast, Podwits Exclusive, Software Review, Technology, Television, The Muppets, Up on The Soap BoxTags: A Pup Named Scooby Doo, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Back To The Future, Beetlejuice, Berenstain Bears, Bionic Six, Bravestarr, Captain Caveman, Captain Power, Count Duckula, Danger Mouse, David the Gnome, Denver the Last Dinosaur, Dragon's Lair, Ducktales, Family Guy, Fat Albert, Faye Grant, Fraggle Rock, G.I.Joe, Garfield, Ghostbusters, Gobots, Gumby Bears, Hair Bear Bunch, Hanna Barbara, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Heathcliff, Inhumanoids, Inspector Gadget, Jabberjaw, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, Jem, Jim Henson, Josie and the Pussycats, Keith Olberman, M.A.S.K., Mickey Mouse, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, Pac Man, Paddington Bear, Pole Position, Popples, Pound Puppies, Punky Brewster, Q*Bert, Rainbow, Rainbow Brite, Rear Window, Richie Rich, Robocop, Scooby Doo, Sesame Street, She-Ra, Shirt Tales, Sid the Science Kid, Snorks, Speed Racer, Spiderman and HIs Amazing Friends, Star Trek, Star Trek Trexels, Stephen Collins, Super Mario Bros, Superman, Teen Wolf, The Care Bears, The Centurion, The Complete Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley, The Flintstones, The Gary Coleman Show, The Littles, The Muppet Babies, The Muppets, The Peanuts, The Simpsons, The Super Friends, Thomas the Tank Engine, Thundarr the Barbarian, Thundercats, Top Cat, Transformers Prime, Turbo Teen, USA Cartoon Express, Voltron, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Winnie the Pooh
This week’s Podwits Podcast find the boys hitting every nuance of the emotional spectrum. They are thrilled as J. Marcus relays his reaction to the recent Simpsons/Family Guy crossover episode; they are stunned and appalled over the breaking news regarding actor Stephen Collins; and they reminisce on word that the era of Saturday morning cartoons has […]
Side Cast: October Horror Recommendations
Posted: 8th October 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Books, Celebrities, Comic Books, Film, History, Podcast, Side-Casts, TelevisionTags: Adrienne Barbeau, Andy Kaufman, Black Christmas, Black Sabbath, Bob Clark, Brad Dourif, Creepshow, Dawn of the Dead, don mancini, EC Comics, George Romero, God Told Me To, Hal Holbrook, Horror, Invaders From Mars, James Cagney, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Spinell, John Carpenter, John Carradine, Larry Cohen, Leslie Nielsen, Lucio Fulci, Maniac, Mario Bava, Martin, mike ploog, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead 1990, Peeping Tom, Peter Cushing, Randy Jurgensen, Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, Seed of Chucky, Sharon Mitchell, Shock waves, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Stephen King, Sylvester Stallone, Tales of the Crypt, Ted Danson, Tom Baker, Tom Savini, tony lo bianco, True Blood, Twilight, Vault of Horror, Vincent Price, William Lustig, William Powell, Zombie
To help get the word out about their new Podcast Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, Dion and J. Blake sit down to recommend 10 horror films for the Halloween season that they feel may be overlooked or forgotten in today’s times. The boys attempt to compile a list of amazing fright films that may not be […]
Every Podcast Has a Beginning…
Posted: 6th October 2014 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Agent Smith, Agents of Shield, Amanda Pays, Barry Allen, Batman, Ben McKenzie, Bruce Wayne, Camren Bicondova, Donal Logue, Gotham, Harvey Bullock, Jay Garrick, Jim Gordon, John Wesley Shipp, Mark Waid, Selina Kyle, Smallville, Superman, The Flash, The Matrix, Wally West
Are you watching the new FOX drama Gotham? The Podwits are! J. and Brian are here to talk about the show, how its timeline jibes (or doesn’t) with what we already know about the Batman and his mythos, and how they’re enjoying the dramatic proceedings. Add in a (speedy) left turn into both the televised and […]
It Has Been Brought to Our Attention…
Posted: 3rd October 2014 by Podwits Administrator in News, Podcast, Podwits Exclusive, Technology, Uncategorized, Up on The Soap BoxTags: iTunes, Podcast
NEW PODCASTS BELOW THIS POSTING!!! …That some of our fans are currently not able to find The Podwits Podcast on iTunes for whatever reason. While we have our crack IT team addressing this occurrence, PLEASE in the meantime you can type or paste this link (http://www.podwits.com/?feed=podcast) into the iTunes “Subscribe to Podcast” URL box, and away you go, onto […]