Review by Luke Whitmire Twenty five years ago in the genesis of her career, a young Kathryn Bigelow was a protege to a high caliber filmmaker (James Cameron), and she soon became a great visionary for directing big-budget action films. She started her career as a filmmaker whose work consisted only in the artifice realm. […]
Archive for December, 2012
Jessica Chastain Takes Charge in the Taut, Stark and Unconventional Zero Dark Thirty
Posted: 27th December 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film ReviewTags: Greig Fraser, Jessica Chastain, Karthryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Oscars, Point Break, Seal Team Six, Strange Days, The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty
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Mayan Culpa
Posted: 22nd December 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Comic Books, Games, History, PodcastTags: Apple, Comics Code Authority, Ghost Rider, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Mayan Apocalypse, PC, Punisher, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Superman
And so the world didn’t end. Take that Mayans! So how do the Podwits celebrate the world continuing to spin? By taking a look back at computers through the ages and the history of their beloved comic books (no Marvel vs DC talk here, we promise!) So kick back with your favorite cup o’ egg […]
An UnExpected Treat For Christmas
Posted: 20th December 2012 by Dion in ChristmasTags: Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, Christmas, Eddie Hodges, Frances Langford, Jackie Gleason, Joyce Randolph, The Great One, the Honeymooners
For those of you out there in Podwit land who don’t already know, I am a huge Honeymooners fan. TV Guide called it the best sitcom of all time, and I completely agree. Without Jackie Gleason and his quintessential show, we wouldn’t have the modern sitcom; and people who purport that Seinfeld is the best TV show of all […]
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Posted: 17th December 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film ReviewTags: Cate Blanchet, Christopher Lee, Gollum, Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellen, J.R.R. Tolkien, Martin Freeman, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit
Review by Luke Whitmire The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey takes place sixty years before the events of The Lord of the Rings. The Rings trilogy was a dynamic, pulsating fantasy story that roused audiences, and changed the landscape for epic spectacles. A brief history: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again—better known by its abbreviated […]
Science!!!
Posted: 15th December 2012 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Alan Alda, Back To The Future, Bob Gale, Flame Challenge, Peter Jackson, Spider-Man, The Asylum, The Hobbit
Yes, with visions of Thomas Dolby dancing in their heads, Dion and Brian chew over Alan Alda’s Flame Challenge II, the Asylum’s laughable defense of their Hobbit knockoff, film and TV writers “slumming it” in comic books, and all manners of other whatnot and frippery. The Podwits Podcast: laughing in the face of the Mayan Apoca>BOOM<
When Brian is on Holiday, The Podwits Will Play…
Posted: 8th December 2012 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Amazon Prime, Burger King, Creation Entertainment, Disney, Elmo, Hess Truck, Kevin Clash, Netflix, Pepsi Throwback, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, William Shatner
With Brian south of the border, the remaining lads rap about automation within the fast food industry, the decline of the Christmas Hess Truck, the Elmo controversy, Netflix vs. Amazon Prime and the newly released teaser trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness. There’s going the be some bitching, complaining and hugging this time around…
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Posted: 7th December 2012 by Dion in Technology, Television, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Argos, Bing Crosby, CGI, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Steve McQueen
My favorite time of the year brings all kinds of things. For me, I love the old TV Christmas Specials that for the most part, are luckily still aired. But a couple of years back I was in England and my mind was blown away by an advert which, I think is almost completely unknown back here […]
Killing Them Softly Is A Vicious, Sordid and Violent Darwinian Blood-Sport
Posted: 3rd December 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film ReviewTags: Andrew Dominik, Ben Mendelsohn, Brad Pitt, Johnny Cash, Killing Them Softly, Obama, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, Scoot McNairy
Review by Luke Whitmire The plot goes like this: Two lowlife, crack-addict, brain-dead criminals (Scoot McNairy & Ben Mendelsohn) are recruited to knock off Markie Trattman’s (Ray Liotta) high-stakes underground casino. A porcine thug who has knocked off one of his own games in the past and got away with it, Markie knows he […]
Dion Drowned, Brian Died and J. is a Banana
Posted: 1st December 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Christmas, Film, Podcast, Science Fiction, TelevisionTags: Batman, Christmas, Christopher Nolan, Doritos, holiday foods, Joss Whedon, Justice League, Man of Steel, Porn, pringles, Punisher, The Avengers, XXX, YouTube, Zack Snyder
In this week’s podcast, our boys take one step beyond into the tantalizing world of holiday foods gone wrong. With a brief detour into madness, the wits of Pod once again ask the question, “is Porn truly the greatest example of audience-driven entertainment?” All that plus the latest skinny on the possible Justice League film […]