Dion and Podwit contributor J. Blake are back for their 2nd installment in the new Side-cast series. Today they zero in on Joe Bob Briggs’ 1990′s television show Monster Vision, and then dissect the 1970′s Italian genre known as Giallo. For any Horror fan out there, Italian Horror cinema is clutch, and who better to educate you [...]
Side-Casts: The Decline of the Horror Convention Part. 2: The Italian Giallo Phenomenon [ 51:08 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (21)A special edition of the Podwits podcast for this Wednesday has Dion and J. looking back at the history of animation. From the early days of “Steamboat Willie” on, it’s a cartoon cavalcade as only the Podwits themselves can offer (and they only get to scratch the surface in this… the first of a multi-part [...]
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 [...]
Last week La La Land Records released its 3-disc CD soundtrack to Star Trek: The Motion Picture. All I can say is, “it’s about time!”
**DANGER — SPOILERS AHEAD** This week marks the release of Superman vs The Elite, the latest direct-to-video film from Warner Bros. Home Video. The film, released on Blu-Ray and DVD on June 12, retells the classic story from Action Comics 775 from March 2001 called “What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way?”
Recently, retired NYPD legend turned actor, producer, and author Randy Jurgensen was asked to give a colloquium on his book, “Circle of Six: The True Story of New York’s Most Notorious Cop-Killer and The Cop Who Risked Everything to Catch Him“, at a ceremony in Westchester New York, followed by a Q & A moderated by the [...]
This week the masters of Wit and Pod are confronted with the shocking terror that is… The Feline Quadrocopter! The Podwits then try to escape the horrors of Herman Munster and film stories that won’t die! Is it Halloween? No, but these frightening tales are not for those with weak hearts! Listen… IF YOU DARE!!! [...]
“The difference between George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry is that Roddenberry had the good sense to die.” J. Marcus (1998-present) Yep, I have said that phrase out loud for more than a decade. What I mean by that, in a nutshell, is that Roddenberry had not only been marginalized by Paramount by the time Star [...]
Do you know who Bryan Fuller is? According to his IMDB page he is an accomplished figure in television. He’s not a Joss Whedon or a Steven Bochco or a Stephen J. Cannell or a Glen Larson or a Danny Thomas, etc. But he has been attached to some big-name shows in the past like [...]