The ‘Wits of Pod are all over the place this week! Brian lays out his new exercise regiment, utilizing The Couch-to-5K ® Running Plan, before they dash into the highly recommended documentary about the BBC series Sherlock entitled Unlocking Sherlock. Then the lads get into a spirited discussion about VFX pioneer and filmmaker Douglas Trumbull‘s new […]
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Adequate, at best?
Posted: 20th September 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Beer, Books, Celebrities, Electronics, Ernest Borgnine, Film, History, News, Podcast, Science Fiction, Software Review, Technology, TelevisionTags: #PodwitsBeer, Avatar, Douglas Trumbull, Elementary, James Cameron, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Steven Moffat, Unlocking Sherlock
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Peanut Butter and Horseradish
Posted: 28th September 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Agents of Shield, Avatar, Bacon Dogs, Burger King, Clark Gregg, Doctor Who, Earthsea, Ghost of the Grand Banks, Joel Grey, John Bennett, Looney Toons, Oscar Mayer, Rauchbier, Remo Williams, Talons of Weng Chiang, Texas Tommy, Thank You for Smoking, Ursula K. Le Guin
While Dion recuperates from the appendix transplant he insisted on getting (we told him it wasn’t necessary, but what can you do?), J and Brian dig deeper into the topics of their two recent posts—Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Oscar Mayer bacon dogs—before tackling the equally, ahem, meaty topic of retroactive censorship and what modern sensibilities may demand […]
Life of Pi is Technically Adept, Wonderfully Entertaining and Thematically Cogent.
Posted: 23rd November 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film ReviewTags: Alexander Schmemann, Ang Lee, Avatar, Ayush Tandon, Faith, God, James Cameron, Peter Pau, Yann Martel
Review by Luke Whitmire Ang Lee, that great chameleon among contemporary directors, confects a visual marvel about a shipwrecked teenage boy stranded with a Bengal tiger on a life boat. Lee weaves a compelling, enchanting fable from Yann Martel’s best-selling novel of the same title published in 2001 that sold over 7 million copies. Like […]