Welcome to this week’s all-new edition of The Podwits Podcast! Thanks to a spectacular technical error on behalf of the engineering staff, this week’s podcast was recorded TWICE! Though, you’ll only have to listen to the second, new and improved version. In an effort to capture lightning in a bottle, Dion and J. try to hit all […]
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The Podwits’ Speed Round!!!
Posted: 17th January 2015 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Alan Howarth, Amazon.com, Christmas, Dark Star, Escape From LA, Escape from New York, John Carpenter, John Williams, Radio Shack, Shirley Walker, Thanksgiving, The Lego Movie, The Thing
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Side Casts: Post-Apocalyptic Cinema
Posted: 24th July 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Podcast, Side-CastsTags: 12 Monkeys, 1990: The Bronx Warriors, 2019: After the Fall of New York, 9, After Earth, Battle Royale, Blade Runner, Book of Eli, Buster Keaton, Castlefreak, Charlie Chan, Children of Men, Christopher Lambert, Cyborg, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Deathrace 2000, Elysium, End Game, Ender's Game, Ernest Borgnine, Escape from New York, Firefly, Fortress, Fritz Lang, Fritz Lang's Metropolis, George Miller, I Am Legend, Italian Cinema, James Mason, Jeffery Combs, John Carpenter, Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, la jetee, Logan's Run, Mad Max, Mel Gibson, Metropolis, Mind Warp, New Barbarians, Night of the Living Dead, Omega Man, Pacific Rim, Peter Weller, Planet of the Apes, Post Apocalyptic, Reign of Fire, Richard Matheson, Robocop, Robocop 2, Rod Serling, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Silent Films, Soylent Green, Star Trek, Stuart Gordon, Terminator, Terminator 2, The Day After Tomorrow, The Hughes Brothers, The Hunger Games, The Last Man on Earth, The Postman, The Purge, The Road, The Road Warrior, The Stand, The Thing, The Time Machine, The Walking Dead, The Warriors, This is the End, Time Travel, Total Recall, Trancers, Warner Oland, Waterworld, World War Z
Dion and contributor J. Blake are back for another edition of the Podwits’ Side Cast. This time they take on a very weighty topic in the lore of cinema, the Post-Apocalyptic film. Believe it or not, a lot more movies than you may think end up inhabiting this horror/sci-fi/fantasy genre, and you may be surprised what Dion […]
Side Casts: The Action Movie Genre
Posted: 3rd July 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Podcast, Side-CastsTags: 48 hours, Akira Kurosawa, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Alien, Aliens, Andy Robinson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Art Carney, Assassins, Beverly Hills Cop, brigitte nielsen, Bruce Lee, Bruce Willis, Bullitt, Cary Grant, Charade, Chuck Norris, Cliffhanger, Clint Eastwood, Cobra, Commando, Danny Trejo, David Carradine, David Patrick Kelly, David Suchet, Demolition Man, Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Die Hard 3, Dirty Harry, Dolph Lundgren, Eddie Murphy, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Eli Wallach, Enter the Dragon, Eraser, Escape from New York, Executive Decision, Game of Death, George P. Cosmatos, Guy Ritchie, Hard Target, Hark Tsui, Hero, Ian Fleming, Ice T, Jackie Chan, James Bond, James Cameron, James Coburn, Jason Statham, Jean Claude Van Damme, Jett Lee, Joe Spinell, John Woo, Judge Dredd, Knock Off, Last Action Hero, Lethal Weapon, Lone Wolf McQuade, Luc Besson, Mad Max, Mel Gibson, Missing in Action, New Years Evil, Nighthawks, Noel Carroll, Passenger 57, Predator, Rae Dong Chong, Rambo, Rambo 3, Rambo First Blood, Rambo First Blood Part Two, Randy Jurgensen, Reni Santoni, Renny Harlin, Return of the Dragon, Richard Donner, Richard Lynch, Rob Schneider, Rocky, Rutger Hauer, Sam Raimi, Shane Black, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Silent Rage, Sledge Hammer, Speed, Stan Winston, Steve McQueen, Steven Seagal, Sudden Death, Surviving the Game, Sylvester Stallone, Tango and Cash, Terminator 2, The Chinese Connection, The Following, The Road Warrior, The Seven Ups, The Specialist, the terminator, Timecop, Transporter, True Lies, Under Siege, Unvasion USA, Vernon Wells, Vin Diesel, William Sadler
Dion and Contributor J. Blake are back at it again, this time they sit down for a super-long chat about one of their favorite topics, the heyday of the Action Movie Genre. The two Podwits reminisce about some of their favorite films, while mapping out a route through a highly populated neighborhood of the 1970s, 1980s and […]
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 […]