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 […]
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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
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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 […]
Straight From The Hippie-Dippy!
Posted: 1st June 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Podcast, Science Fiction, TelevisionTags: A Knight's Tale, Alan Tudyk, Bill Cosby, Creation Entertainment, George Lucas, Guy Williams, Heather Graham, I Spy, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, June Lockhart, Leonard Nimoy, Liberace, Lost in Space, Lynda Carter, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Robert Culp, Shia LeBouf, Star Trek, Steven Spielberg, The Great Vegetable Rebellion, The Promised Planet, Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil, Twitter
5…4…3…2…1… Blast-0ff with The Podwits as they take another flight of fancy through pop culture, through your ears, beyond nostalgia and landing at the soft, chewy bit that is the pleasure center of your brain! This week J and Dion have to go it alone against such powerful forces as hippy villains and wax nostalgic […]
You Have to Know Your Audience
Posted: 25th May 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: 321 Contact, Alfred Hitchcock, Bloodhound Gang, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Jane Henson, Jeff Bridges, Jim Henson, Jose Ferrer, Joss Whedon, Looney Toons, Men in Black, Michael Bay, Miguel Ferrer, R.I.P.D, Ray Manzarek, Rosemary Clooney, Ryan Reynolds, Space Jam, Star Trek, The Doors, The Muppets, The Wilhelm Scream, Transformers
What is a Podwit to do in this crazy, maddening, evolving (for better or for worse) world?! Do the classics in film (or any art for that matter) age like a fine wine or do they deserve to be torn down and placed against what is now called a “classic” by today’s critics? Also, do franchises suffer or […]
Fandom Into Darkness
Posted: 23rd May 2013 by J. Marcus in Doctor Who, Film Review, Science Fiction, Television, Watching the DoctorTags: Doctor Who, Jenna-Louise Coleman, Matt Smith, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Steven Moffat, The Name of the Doctor
The weekend of May 18, 2013 will live long in my consciousness. It will stand for quite some time as the weekend that two of my favorite franchises tried to hit one out of the park… and failed miserably. You can count my “favorite” franchises on one hand. Among them are Doctor Who, Superman and Star Trek (not […]
Star Trek Into Darkness is an Exhilarating, Emotionally Dense and Utterly Pleasurable Journey That Will Take the Fans to New Heights and Dimensions
Posted: 16th May 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film ReviewTags: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Pine, J.J. Abrams, Karl Urban, Peter Weller, Simon Pegg, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana
Review by Luke Whitmire After watching Star Trek Into Darkness, I know J.J. Abrams is going to make a brilliant Star Wars movie. Abrams is a perfect fit to direct the impending Episode VII. Mr. Abrams has solidified himself as a masterful, propulsive and visceral filmmaker along with James Cameron, Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg and […]
The Many Uses Of Monkey Semen
Posted: 4th May 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Alfred Hitchcock, Buster Keaton, Darkon, Doctor Who, Dogfish Head, Fritz Lang, James Mason, Lon Chaney, London After Midnight, Metropolis, Midas Touch, River's Edge, Shoot to Kill, Silent movies, Star Trek, Steam Punk, The River Wild, White Chapel, White Water Summer, Zombie, Zork
The boys are at it again, firing off on all cylinders this week! They discuss the technological ‘advancements‘ J has made in his methods of recording, Dion’s improv review that tours the convalescent-home circuit, and Brian getting back to nature with his upcoming weekend camping excursion… and it’s Free Comic Book Day! Give the old vinyl a […]
Cartoons, Cartoons… Cartoons!!!
Posted: 23rd February 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Anime, Cartoons, PodcastTags: Adam West, Alex Toth, Banana Man, Batman, Bill Lava, Bravestarr, Bugs Bunny, Burt Ward, Captain America, Carl Stalling, Casey Kasem, Chip 'N Dale's Rescue Rangers, Chuck Jones, Count Duckula, Daffy Duck, Danger Mouse, Depatie Freleng, Dinomutt, Disney, Droids, Duck Tales, Fantastic Four, Fat Albert, Filmation, Frank Wells, Friz Freleng, G.I.Joe, Garfield, Ghostbusters, Godzilla, Hanna Barbera, Harveytoons, He-Man, Heathcliff, Henry Mancini, Herculoids, Inspector Clouseau, Iron Man, J Michael Straczynski, Joesph Barbera, Keye Luke, M.A.S.K., Mel Blanc, MGM, Mr. T, Olan Soule, Pac Man, Pink Panther, Pixar, Pole Position, Popeye, Richie Rich, Robocop, Roger Rabbit, Ruby Spears, Scooby Doo, Scrappy Doo, She-Ra, Sir David Jason, Speed Racer, Spider-Man, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Star Blazers, Star Trek, Superman, Tale Spin, Terrytoons, Tex Avery, The Amazing Chan and Chan Clan, The Flinstones, The Incredible Hulk, The Jetsons, The Muppet Babies, The Real Ghostbusters, The Transformers, Thimble Theater, Thundarr the Barbarian, Tom & Jerry, Voltron, Warner Bros., Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, William Hanna, Wind and the Willows, Windsor McCay, Woody Woodpecker, Zelda
The boys are back with another special edition of The Podwits Podcast. This week it’s part two of our cartoons special, focusing on the changing era of animation from the 1960-90’s. This time around they chat about all the old cartoons they grew up with and loved as children. Come take a stroll down Memory Lane to […]
With All Respect To Albert Brooks…
Posted: 9th February 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, PodcastTags: Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind, Foreign Films, Hardware Wars, Netflix, Post Office, Star Trek, Star Wars, Superman, UltraViolet, Vudu
This week The Podwits are podcasting minus one! Brian’s out sick with a note from the doctor, leaving Dion and J. to run the store for a week! You think you know movies? You haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen their half-as-good foreign remakes! And not all remakes are foreign as J and Dion recount […]
It’s Deplorable, Charlie Brown
Posted: 26th January 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Charlie Brown, Chuck Schultz, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Conan, Diamonds Are Forever, Eon Productions, George Lazenby, James Bond, James Cameron, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Peter Lorre, Peter Robbins, Roger Moore, Sean Connery, Star Trek, Terminator, Terminator 2, Terminator 3, The Abyss, The Last Stand, Thunderball, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, William Shatner, You Only Live Twice
The jazz trio are at it again, jumping right into the headlines of the week, discussing the “Charlie Brown” arrest; then they hit the ‘bridge’, and chat about Arnold’s future career after the bombing of his latest film in the box office; before ‘soloing’ on the genius that is James Cameron. The lads then take the whole thing back to the ‘head’ by discussing the […]