The cold weather is seeping into the Podwits’ bones, as the boys do their best impression of grumpy old men. They’ve decided that the Lady Gaga & The Muppets Holiday Spectacular, the iPotty and MTV all basically add up to the impending end of Western civilization as we know it. Whether you agree with ’em […]
Posts Tagged ‘Blockbuster Video’
A Higher Quality of Foot Prophylactic
Posted: 15th December 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Agents of Shield, Almost Human, Blockbuster Video, Eddie Izzard, Edgar Wright, Ernest P. Worrell, Fuller's ESB, Goose Island Honker's Ale, iPotty, JIm Varney, Lady Gaga, Man of Steel, Miley Cyrus, MTV, Muppets, Netflix, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Spaced, Superman: The Movie
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Side-Casts: The Rise and Fall of the Video Store
Posted: 5th June 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Podcast, Side-Casts, Technology, Up on The Soap BoxTags: A History of Violence, Asylum Pictures, Betamax, Blockbuster Video, Bruce Campbell, Christopher Lambert, Columbia House, David Cronenberg, Day of the Dead, DVD plaver, Escape from New York, Full frame, Fullscreen, Hollywood Video, Ice T, Mean Guns, Michael Mann, Mister Roberts, Netflix, Redbox, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Streaming, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Burning, The Prowler, Tom Savini, Tombstone, VCR, VHS, Video Store, Video tape, Westcoast Video, Widescreen
In 2005, David Cronenberg‘s A History of Violence, marked the last time a film saw a mainstream VHS release. Along with the overwhelming popularity of companies like Netflix and Redbox, these mailbox and streaming entertainment services virtually spelled the end to the 25 year-old industry known as the video store, and only a handful of small, “Mom & Pop” stores […]