On behalf of everyone at AM 331, welcome to yet another fun-filled adventure with The Podwits! This week’s episode is special because it’s not only a look back at the that old-timey invention called radio, but the podcast itself is being examined by top men… TOP…. MEN… So to those and to our brand-spanking […]
Archive for the ‘Film’ Category
Of Podcast Bondage
Posted: 20th October 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Film, PodcastTags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Blade Runner, Chip 'N Dale's Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, Duck Tales, James Cameron, Marx Brothers, Peta, Pokemon, Predator, Prometheus, Radio, Ridley Scott, Scrooge McDuck, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Seagal, Steven Spielberg, Tale Spin, Terminator, Twilight Zone
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How the Remakes Stack-Up, Part 3: Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Posted: 17th October 2012 by Dion in Film, Film ReviewTags: Art Hindle, Brooke Adams, Don Siegel, Donald Sutherland, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Jeff Goldblum, Kevin McCarthy, Leonard Nimoy, McCarthy Hearings, Remakes, Veronica Cartwright, Watergate
For part 3 of this series, I want to talk about one of my favorite horror films, Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Over the last 15 years there have been several retelling’s of the classic story of pod-people from another world, but for this post I will focus on the best, the 1956 original directed […]
Hitchcock Trailer Finally Released!
Posted: 10th October 2012 by Dion in Film, NewsTags: Alfred Hitchcock, Danny Huston, Ed Gein, Helen Mirren, Jessica Biel, Kurtwood Smith, Michael Wincott, Robert Bloch, Scarlett Johansson
With the first photo release of Anthony Hopkins as Hollywood legend Alfred Hitchcock found here, this film seemed like it could be the best and most exciting vehicle from Hopkins in almost twenty years.
How the Remakes Stack-up, Part 2: Night of the Living Dead
Posted: 8th October 2012 by Dion in Film, Film ReviewTags: Carnival of Souls, Dario Argento, George Romero, I Walked with a Zombie, Lucio Fulci, Night of the Living Dead, Remakes, Tom Savini, White Zombie, Zombie
So to usher in the Halloween season here is the second installment of this series, I figured I should do a real classic as well as one of my favorite horror films of all time: Night of the Living Dead. As stated in my last post, I try to search through all the muck and crap […]
How the Remakes Stack Up- Part 1: Cape Fear
Posted: 27th September 2012 by Dion in Film, Film ReviewTags: Alfred Hitchcock, Bernard Hermann, Cape Fear, Charles Laughton, Elmer Berstein, Gregory Peck, Illeana Douglas, J. Lee Thompson, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Martin Balsam, Martin Scorsese, Remakes, Robert DeNiro, Robert Mitchum, Telly Savalas, The Night of the Hunter, Torn Curtain
With Halloween just around the corner, my wife and I are starting our annual horror festival, where we watch a bunch of scary movies to usher in October 31st (we tend to do this for a lot of the holidays, which can be a boat-load of fun!). But this got me thinking- there are a ton, and […]
Facing Childhood Fears: Revisiting John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13
Posted: 21st September 2012 by Dion in Film, Film ReviewTags: Assault on Precinct 13, George C Scott, George Romero, Gregory Peck, Halloween, Howard Hawks, John Carpenter, Kim Richards, Night of the Living Dead, Quentin Tarantino, Rage, Rio Bravo, Sorcerer, The Boys From Brazil, The Fog, The Last Man on Earth, The Thing, Vincent Price, William Friedkin
It’s interesting what images stay with you from childhood, still crisp as the day they were viewed. I know like most kids growing up, in what sadly seems already like another time, I was exposed to a lot of television and film at a very early age, which made me into what I am today […]
Oh Fudge… What to Make of the A Christmas Story 2 Trailer…
Posted: 9th September 2012 by Dion in Christmas, Film, Up on The Soap BoxTags: A Christmas Story, A Christmas Story 2, Bob Clark, Daniel Stern, Darren McGavin, Peter Billingsley
I’m really at a loss for words on what to say after viewing the new trailer for the “Official Sequel” to the 1983 classic A Christmas Story. I want to be gung-ho for A Christmas Story 2, but it really seems to be pandering to the fans out there, only trying to capitalize on the glory […]
Side by Side
Posted: 2nd September 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film ReviewTags: 35mm, Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, David Lynch, Digtial Film, Docunmentary, James Cameron, Joel Schumacher, Keanu Reeves, Luke Whitmire, Martin Scorsese, Side by Side, Vhris Kenneally
by Luke Whitmire Anyone who loves the medium of filmmaking will love the compendious rhapsodizing on film vs digital technology in Side by Side. This docu examines the intrinsically fascinating technical specifications of the two formats that have dynamically altered the way we view and interpret art on screen. Over the last ten years, the […]
Ted is Raucous Fun!
Posted: 31st August 2012 by Dion in Film, Film ReviewTags: Aedin Mincks, Giovani Ribisi, Luke Whitmire, Mark Wahlberg, Milia Kunis, Seth MacFarkand, Ted
By Luke Whitmire For a film to center around a crass and sordid child’s toy–the titular teddy bear, wished to life on Christmas night by a child–it doesn’t feel like a generic device we have viewed before. What makes this fuzzy-wuzzy cinematic experience profound and compelling is, the wit and strong character dimensions given to Ted. […]
The Other Scott
Posted: 26th August 2012 by Dion in Film, News, Obituaries, UncategorizedTags: Beat the Devil, BMW Films, Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, Crimson Tide, Deja Vu, Dennis Hopper, Denzel Washington, Domino, Enemy of the State, Gary Oldman, Man on Fire, Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, Taking of the Pelham 1 2 3, The Hunger, The Last Boy Scout, Tom Cruise, Tony Scott, Top Gun, True Romance, Unstoppable, Val Kilmer
This week another great of the cinema world passed away; director and producer Tony Scott. Though commonly associated as Ridley’s younger brother and consequently often relegated to that role, Tony in his own right made some of the best action movies of the 1980’s and 90’s. He emerged on the scene in the early 80’s and […]