Review by Luke Whitmire After watching Star Trek Into Darkness, I know J.J. Abrams is going to make a brilliant Star Wars movie. Abrams is a perfect fit to direct the impending Episode VII. Mr. Abrams has solidified himself as a masterful, propulsive and visceral filmmaker along with James Cameron, Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg and [...]
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Star Trek Into Darkness is an Exhilarating, Emotionally Dense and Utterly Pleasurable Journey That Will Take the Fans to New Heights and Dimensions
Posted: May 16, 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film ReviewTags: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Pine, J.J. Abrams, Karl Urban, Peter Weller, Simon Pegg, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana
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The Great Gatsby is a Mad Circus of Visual Opulence That Overshadows the Narrative, But DiCaprio’s Portrayal of the Man is Outstanding
Posted: May 15, 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film ReviewTags: Australia, Buz Lurhmann, Carey Mulligan, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Joe Edgerton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Moulin Rouge!, Romeo & Juliet, The Great Gatsby, Tobey Maguire
Review by Luke Whitmire The Great Gatsby truly is a beautiful, rich spectacle that has gleaming and saturated colors with kinetic emotion. Buz Lurhmann’s visual style and palate has always been hypnotic, cinematic insanity, often beset with strong characters. Restraint isn’t his thing. In previous films like Romeo & Juliet, Moulin Rouge! and Australia, he used the [...]
Porn or Porno?
Posted: May 11, 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Comic Books, Film, PodcastTags: Angelina Jolie, Dwarno, Hal Holbrook, Iron Man, James Bond, Jon Voight, Lara Croft, Leonard Nimoy, Lynda Carter, Robert Downey Jr, Star Wars, The Avengers, The Empire Strikes Back, Tomb Raider, Zachary Quinto
The boys are at it again in a brand-spanking new edition of The Podwits Podcast! Join Dion, J. and Brian as they explore the hottest topics of today: can Robert Downey Jr. ever be replaced as the Invincible Iron Man? How far is too far to go in a comic-book movie? And what is the difference between [...]
Iron Man 3 is an Effective Machine Designed Solely to Entertain
Posted: May 3, 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film ReviewTags: Ben Kingsley, Brian Tyler, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man, Predator, Robert Downey Jr, Shane Black, The Avengers, The Dark Knight, The Last Boyscout, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Ty Simpkins
Review by Luke Whitmire This time Iron Man belongs to the prolific action screenwriter from the 80′s, Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Predator, The Long Kiss Goodnight, The Last Boy Scout, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), and his Iron Man is full of irreverent humor and wit that has turned him into one of the best screenwriters in the [...]
Eastwood at Tribeca
Posted: April 30, 2013 by Dion in Film, Film Review, NewsTags: Akira Kurosawa, Breezy, Clint Eastwood, Darren Aronofsky, Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story, Fatal Attraction, Fistful of Dollars, Lolita, Play Misty For Me, Richard Schickel, Sergio Leone, The Eiger Sanction, Tribeca Film Festival, William Holden, Yojimbo
Yorkshire Girl and I were lucky enough to attend the Clint Eastwood installment of the Director’s Series at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. After the theatrical premiere of the new documentary Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story, which discussed Eastwood as a director, a Q&A was held immediately afterward with Mr. Eastwood, which was moderated by director [...]
All Roads Lead To The Hoff!
Posted: April 20, 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, PodcastTags: Ballistic City, DC Comics, Joseph Kosinski, Joss Whedon, Man of Steel, Marvel Comics, Star Trek Into Darkness, Superman, The Avengers
After a brief trip to the Twlight-Zone that is NPR, the boys are back on form in a brand-new podcast designed to titillate your ears and warm your senses. The Podwits are introspective this week, looking to the future of their beloved genre offerings and striving to see if they will ever truly find genre [...]
What is a Podwit To Do?
Posted: March 9, 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Comic Books, Film, PodcastTags: Batman, Battleship, Captain America, Christopher Nolan, DC Comics, G.I.Joe, Iron Man, Joss Whedon, Superman, The Avengers, The Punisher, Thor, Zack Snyder
On the Podwits Podcast, we don’t examine the greater mysteries of life, the universe and everything. Mainly because the computer that we were using for such things was destroyed to make way for a hyperspace bypass, but we digress. Instead, we look at the bigger picture of pop culture; where our movies are going and [...]
With All Respect To Albert Brooks…
Posted: February 9, 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, PodcastTags: Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind, Foreign Films, Hardware Wars, Netflix, Post Office, Star Trek, Star Wars, Superman, UltraViolet, Vudu
This week The Podwits are podcasting minus one! Brian’s out sick with a note from the doctor, leaving Dion and J. to run the store for a week! You think you know movies? You haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen their half-as-good foreign remakes! And not all remakes are foreign as J and Dion recount [...]
The Podwits Challenge: 10 Films that Molded You
Posted: January 30, 2013 by Dion in Film, Film Review, Up on The Soap BoxTags: A Night to Remember, Charles Laughton, Dirty Harry, James Cagney, Randy Jurgensen, Sorcerer, The Black Hole, The Last Man on Earth, The Muppet Movie, The Night of the Hunter, the terminator, The Untouchables, Transformers the Movie, Wages of Fear
He’s a fun thing a friend passed on to me, contributor J Blake. Pick 10 movies. They don’t have to be good, or groundbreaking. You don’t even have to like them anymore. But these 10 movies are films that really sculpted you into who you are today, and really had an affect on you growing up. [...]