Dion and contributor J. Blake are back for an all new, exciting episode of The Podwits’ Side Cast! The topic today is the man, the myth, the legend…. Bruce Campbell; and all things Mr. Campbell! The boys get into the nitty-gritty and talk about his mainstream successes like The Evil Dead and Burn Notice, but also get into some […]
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Side-Cast: The Fake Shemp – The Bruce Campbell Podcast
Posted: 30th July 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Books, Celebrities, Film, Film Review, History, Podcast, Recap, Side-Casts, TelevisionTags: Army of Darkness, Ash, Batman, Bill Bixby, Billy Drago, Blossom, Brian DePalma, Bruce Campbell, Bubba Ho-tep, Burn Notice, Burt Lancaster, Congo, Crime Wave, Dead Heat, Elmer Gantry, Ernest Borgnine, Evil Dead II, Excalibur, From Dusk Til Dawn 2, Hercules, High Spirits, If Chins could Kill, Jack of All Trades, Josh Becker, Liam Neeson, Maniac Cop, Marvel, Moon Trap, Ossie Davis, Pat Hingle, Robert Rodriguez, Rope, Running Time, Sam Raimi, Shawn of the Dead, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Spiderman, Star Trek, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., The Coen Brothers, The Dark Man, The Evil Dead, The Evil Dead II, The Phantom, The Protector, The Quick and the Dead, The Shadow, The X-Files, Tim Burton, Tony Jaa, True Detective, Walter Koenig, Xena: Warrior Princess
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Batman at 75 Part II!
Posted: 10th May 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Books, Cartoons, Comic Books, Film, Film Review, History, Literature, Podcast, Side-Casts, Television, The Comic SpinnerTags: A Death in the Family, Adam West, American Psycho, Bane, Batman, Batman Begins, Batman Beyond, Batman TV series, Batman: The Animated Series, Bill Dozier, Bill Finger, Bob Kane, Bruce Timm, Charles Bronson, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, D.C. Comics, Darwyn Cooke, Dean Kain, Deathwish, Dick Tracy, Dylan Baker, Heath Ledger, J.J. Abrams, Jack Nicholson, Joel Schumacher, Kevin Conroy, Matt Garrison, Michael Keaton, Patchwork, Peter Weller, Remakes, Robin, Sam Raimi, Sherlock Holmes, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Spiderman, Stan Lee, Star Trek, Superman, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight Trilogy, The New 52, The Punisher, The Rocketeer, The Shadow, Tim Burton
The Podwits bring your Part II of their Side Cast special exploring Batman’s 75th anniversary! Dion and contributor J. Blake continue on with memories of the Caped Crusader, and get into Tim Burton’s franchise versus Christopher Nolan’s, and also bring up what is going on the small screen by way of the amazing animated films D.C. Comics have been putting […]
Side-Cast: Horror Remakes Part 2
Posted: 30th October 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film Review, Podcast, Side-CastsTags: Betty Davis, Black Christmas, Bruce Campbell, Cape Fear, Carrie, Dawn of the Dead, Devil's Rain, Disney, Elijah Wood, Ennio Morricone, Fear.com, Frankenstein, Fright Night, Gregory Peck, Howard Hawks, I Am Legend, Invaders From Mars, Irreversible, Joe Spinell, John Carpenter, John Frankenheimer, Ju-on, Julianne Moore, Let Me In, Let the Right One In, Maniac, Martyrs, Michael Mann, Mirrors, Mystery of the Wax Museum, Nightmare on Elm Street, Nightshift, Omega Man, Piranha, Piranha 3D, Piranha 3DD, Poltergeist, Psycho, Ray Harryhausen, Richard Matheson, Sam Raimi, Scarface, Scream Factory, Shelley Long, Shutter, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Steven Spielberg, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The Amityville Horror, The Astronaut's Wife, The Black Hole, The Blob, The Cat People, The Devil and Max Devin, The Evil Dead, The Evil Dead II, The Exorcist, The Eye, The Fly, The Fog, The Grudge, The House of Wax, The Last Man on Earth, The Manchurian Candidate, The Mummy, The Omen, The Orphanage, The Ring, The Thing, The Thing From Another World, The Toolbox Murders, The Watcher in the Woods, The Wolfman, Tobe Hooper, Troll Hunter, Vincent Price, World War Z
Continuing to celebrate the festive Halloween season, Dion and contributor J. Blake are back with part two of their hugely insightful Side Cast on Horror Movie Remakes. They jump right back into the in’s and out’s of the genre, and see how their favorite modern intrepretations stack up to the classics and why. So grab a pen and paper (or you dang […]
Side-Cast: Adventures in Time
Posted: 11th September 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Podcast, Side-CastsTags: 12 Monkeys, Army of Darkness, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin Powers, Back To The Future, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Blade Runner, Bruce Willis, Cheers, Christopher Lloyd, Christopher Plummer, City on the Edge of Forever, Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, David Warner, Dead Ringers, Demolition Man, Disney, Donnie Darko, Forever Young, Groundhog Day, H.G. Wells, Harlan Ellison, Hot Tub Time Machine, James Cameron, Jeremy Irons, Joseph-Gordon Levitt, Jules Verne, la jetee, Lance Henriksen, Looper, Mad Max, Michael J. Fox, Moon, Mr. Boogedy, My Science Experiment, Oz the Great and Powerful, Peggy Sue Got Married, Planet of the Apes, Post Apocalyptic, Primer, Quantum Leap, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Robert Zemeckis, Rod Serling, Sam Raimi, Shelley Long, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Somewhere in Time, Star Trek, The Butterfly Effect, The Final Countdown, The Flight of the Navigator, The Jacket, The Seventh Seal, the terminator, The Time Machine, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Twilight Zone, Time After Time, Time Bandits, Time Travel, Time Trax, Timecop, Trancers
Dion and J. Blake are back for another exciting, hair-raising, and mind-blowing Side-Cast! This go around, the boys tackle the plot device known as time travel. They chat about their favorite films that revolve around going back or forth in time, the paradoxes some of the movies lay out, and highlight some screen gems that […]
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 […]
Bruce Campbell…The Interview!!!
Posted: 24th June 2013 by J. Blake in Film, Podwit Profile, Podwits Exclusive, TelevisionTags: Army of Darkness, Bruce Campbell, Burn Notice, Crime Wave, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Renaissance Films, Rob Tapert, Sam Raimi, The Clumsy Idiot
What can I say about Bruce Campbell that has not been already said? The man is loved and revered. He’s a living legend in the world of cult and “B” cinema and best of all… he is a good dude, a fact that I can personally vouch for. A couple of weeks ago, I shot […]
Any Given Story
Posted: 13th April 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: 61*, Any Given Sunday, Assault on Precinct 13, Big Trouble in Little China, Billy Crystal, Brisco County Jr., Bruce Campbell, Bubba Ho-tep, Bull Durham, City Slickers, Cornered, Daniel Stern, Debi Mazar, Eight Men Out, Fairuza Balk, Field of Dreams, Gary Busey, Hoosiers, Hostel, In the Mouth of Madness, Jack of All Trades, John Carpenter, John Cusack, Lori Petty, Major League, Martyrs, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Natural Born Killers, Nightmare on Elm Street, Oliver Stone, Rookie of the Year, Rudy, Sam Raimi, Saw, Scream, Slap Shot, Tank Girl, Ted Raimi, The Cutting Edge, The Evil Dead, The Evil Dead II, The Factory, The Fog, The Natural, The Orphanage, The Quick and the Dead, Tim Burton, Wes Craven, Xena: Warrior Princess
J, Brian and Dion cover a lot of ground this week, jumping from their love of anything Bruce Campbell, to (of all things!) sports films, and then round out the talk with a spirited debate on horror films. Are we out of our comfort zones this week? Has Dion ever seen a single sports film? […]
The Much Anticipated Evil Dead Remake Trailer is Finally Released!!!
Posted: 26th October 2012 by Dion in Film, NewsTags: Bruce Campbell, Evil Dead, Fede Alvarez, Jane Levy, Sam Raimi
After the hushed rumors for months and then the huge buzz created by the recently leaked Comic Con footage, it has finally arrived. The holy grail for 80’s horror fans, The Evil Dead, has been remade and the trailer has finally been released.
The Amazing Spider-Man : The “Ultimate” Spider-Man Film
Posted: 5th July 2012 by Brian in Comic Books, Film ReviewTags: Andrew Garfield, Brian Michael Bendis, Emma Stone, Kirsten Dunst, Marc Webb, Mark Bagley, Sam Raimi, The Amazing Spider-Man, Tobey Maguire, Ultimate Spider-Man
As The Amazing Spider-Man grew closer to its debut, the question just got louder and louder: With three madly successful Spider-Man films being released in just the last ten years, was it neccessary, or wise, to reboot the franchise and inflict a whole new Spider-Man on a public that was probably all Spider-Manned out? Did anyone […]
Superheroes on Celluloid!
Posted: 11th April 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Comic Books, Film, PodcastTags: Adam West, Ang Lee, Batman, Ben Affleck, Bill Bixby, Brandon Routh, Brett Ratner, Bryan Singer, Captain America, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Reeve, Daredevil, DC Comics, Dick Tracy, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Bana, Ernest Borgnine, George Clooney, Guillermo Del Toro, Hellboy, Iron Man, Joel Schumacher, Jon Favreau, Lou Ferrigno, Lynda Carter, Marvel Comics, Michael Keaton, Nick Nolte, Richard Donner, Robert Downey Jr, Ron Perlman, Sam Raimi, Samuel L. Jackson, Seth Rogen, Spider-Man, Super Fuzz, Supergirl, Superman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Avengers, The Green Hornet, The Incredible Hulk, The Lone Ranger, The Punisher, The Rocketeer, Thomas Jane, Thor, Tim Burton, Tobey Maguire, Val Kilmer, Wonder Woman, X-Men First Class, X3: X-Men United
KA-POW! WHAM! ZOWIE! Onomatopoeias start flying as the Podwits run down some of the best and worst representations of superheroes on film and television! So get out your cape, put on that mask and strap yourself in for this Podwits SPECIAL presentation… “Superheroes on Celluloid”