Well, people, after an almost-15-year boycott of seeing new films on opening day (Sex and the City 2 doesn’t count because I was dragged to the cinema by the fiancée), I went to see Prometheus last night and boy, was I impressed. Talking about a film for the rest of the night is proof for me that […]
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The 2 SECRET Companion Shorts to Ridley Scott’s New Film, Prometheus
Posted: 9th June 2012 by Dion in Film, Film Review, News, Science Fiction, TechnologyTags: Alien, David, Guy Pearce, Michael Fassbender, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, Ted 2023, Weyland Industries
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The Zombie Apocalypse is Upon Us….
Posted: 6th June 2012 by Dion in News, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Cannibalism, Center for Disease Control, Night of the Living Dead, Walking Dead, Zombie, Zombie Apocalypse
Okay, over the past week or so, my worst fears have started to be confirmed. It seems the world is starting to go to pot, and a possible zombie apocalypse could be upon us. Why do I think so, you ask? Well, just ask the Center for Disease Control.
Siri Tells John Malkovich a “Better” Joke…
Posted: 29th May 2012 by Dion in Celebrities, Electronics, TechnologyTags: Apple iPod, John Malkovich, Sirri, The Aristocrats
In the popular new iPhone ads, John Malkovich asks Siri two one-word questions, to which she replies about the meaning of life, the weather, and then a joke. But in this parody courtesy of the Slacktory channel on YouTube, Mr. Malkovich is not impressed by her two jokes, so Siri decides to recite the stand-alone classic “The Aristocrats”, as applied […]
A Short Doc on John Baldessari
Posted: 24th May 2012 by Dion in Art, Celebrities, Film, NewsTags: John Baldessari, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Tom Waits
I stumbled across this and couldn’t believe how marvelous it was. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art commissioned this film for a night honoring photographer and artist John Baldessari and Clint Eastwood, narrated by the man, the myth, the legend: Tom Waits. I wish filmmakers would use this as an example of how good a short […]
Anchorman 2 Teaser Released
Posted: 22nd May 2012 by Dion in Film, NewsTags: Anchorman 2, funnyordie.com, Will Ferrell
Over at Will Ferrell’s site FunnyorDie.com, a teaser trailer for his upcoming 2013 sequel to Anchorman was posted and it looks interesting to say the least.
Podwit Profile: Jackie Gleason
Posted: 18th May 2012 by Dion in Celebrities, Music, Podwit ProfileTags: Bobby Hatchett, Frank Sinatra, Jackie Gleason
Here at the Podwits, we try our best to bring our interests to you, the reader (and listener), while trying to then attach our spin on the subject, and perhaps shed light on something our audience might not have been aware of. Today’s subject is a profile on a man who, unless you’ve lived under a […]
The Passing Of a Legend: MCA Dead at 47
Posted: 5th May 2012 by Dion in Music, News, ObituariesTags: Adam Yauch, MCA, The Beastie Boys
Adam Yauch—better known to the world as MCA, one-third of the hugely influential hip-hop group the Beastie Boys—died early Friday morning in his native New York City. He’d been battling cancer in his salivary gland since being diagnosed in 2009.
So What Ship REALLY Sank That Fateful “Night to Remember”?
Posted: 28th April 2012 by Dion in Books, History, Literature, NewsTags: Californian, Conspriacy Thoeries, Disasters, HMS Hawke, RMS Olympic, RMS Titanic, White Star Line
With the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic this month, fellow Podwit Brian and I decided to indulge our fascination with nautical disasters, releasing the first part of our Podwits Podcast Disaster special, with Part Two to drop very soon. In researching these specials, I came across an age-old conspiracy theory linked to […]
Revealing the Identity of “The Phantom” in One of the Most Notorious After-Death Jim Morrison Conspiracies
Posted: 25th April 2012 by Dion in History, Music, Music ReviewTags: Iggy Pop, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger, The Doors, The Phantom, The Phantom's Divine Comedy Part 1
It was back in 1997 in the now-defunct “Record Explosion”, a record store chain in New York City that had a large amount of hard to find music and bootleg material, that I first came across one of the weirdest albums of the 1970’s: Phantom’s Divine Comedy, Part 1. This album may ring a bell for […]
First Look at NEW Alfred Hitchcock Film!
Posted: 23rd April 2012 by Dion in Film, NewsTags: Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Hopkins, Hitchcock, Psycho, Sienna Miller, The Birds, The Girl, Toby Jones
Can you spot who this is? Here’s the first look at Anthony Hopkins filling the shoes of one of the greatest directors of all time in the upcoming film Hitchcock.