Hello there! J. Marcus here. So, my friends did the best thing possible and got me “Man Of Steel” for Christmas. This means I finally get to see it, and bring my critique to the world. Before I can do that, though, I’m left with the question of… Can I be unbiased? I have professed […]
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Back when the MUPPETS were Great: A Merry Christmas From The Muppets
Posted: 23rd December 2013 by Dion in Christmas, Television, The Muppets, UncategorizedTags: Christmas, Disney, Fraggle Rock, Jim Henson, Lady Gaga, Sesame Street, The Muppet Movie, The Muppets
(After watching the horrible 2013 Muppet Special entitled Lady Gaga & The Muppets’ Holiday Spectacular, I wanted to republish an article that ran on Podwits.com in 2011 about one of the best Christmas Specials of all time, the 1987 A Muppet Family Christmas. This may have been the last great thing Mr. Henson put out before […]
Alan Jones: Dario Argento & Beyond…
Posted: 31st October 2013 by J. Blake in Film, Film Review, News, Podwits Exclusive, UncategorizedTags: ABBA, Alfred Hitchcock, All The Colors Of The Dark, Amer, BBC, Brian DePalma, Bruno Forzani, Cat Of Nine Tails, Dancing Queen, Dario Argento, David Cronenberg, Deep Red, Diabolique, disco, Dracula 3D, Eleonora Giorgi, Eli Roth, Frenzy, George Romero, Giallo, Goblin, Hélène Cattet, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Horror, Inferno, John Carpenter, Johnny Rotten, Julie Andrews, Leon Cunningham, Lucio Fulci, Macbeth, Mario Bava, Martyrs, Michele Soavi, Mondo Argento, Mother of Tears, Nicholas Winding Refn, Phantom Of The Opera, Phenomena, Profondo Agento, Psycho, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Corman, Sergio Martino, Sid Vicious, Sleepless, Stendhal Syndrome, Strange Colors of Your Body's Tears, Suspiria, Tenebre, The Bird With Crystal Plumage, The Card Player, The Conjuring, The Day Britain Turned Disco, The Joy of Disco, the Ramones, The Sex Pistols, The Tubes, The Wax Mask, Thomas Kretschmann, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Two Evil Eyes, White Punks on Dopw, William Castle
Halloween is here, Italian horror maestro Dario Argento’s latest film, Dracula 3D, has finally received distribution in the U.S.A. (through IFC Midnight) and the band Goblin, who contributed so many great scores to Argento’s earlier films (as well as many other Italian horror classics) is finishing up the first leg of their recent American tour. […]
Side-Casts: The Decline of the Horror Convention Part. 2: The Italian Giallo Phenomenon
Posted: 1st May 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Podcast, Side-Casts, UncategorizedTags: Albert DeSalvo, Anchor Bay, Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Black Sunday, Bruce Dern, Burt Lancaster, Dario Argento, Dawn of the Dead, Deep Red, Die Hard, Ennio Morricone, George Romero, Giallo, Halloween 2, Henry Fonda, Horror, Horror Conventions, Italian Horror, Joe Bob Briggs, John Frankenheimer, Lucio Fulci, Mario Bava, Monster Vision, Once Upon a Time in the West, Robert Shaw, Rock Hudson, Seconds, Side-Cast, Sidecast, The Boston Strangler, The Girl Who Knew too Much, The Train, The Warriors, Tony Curtis, Walter Hill, Zombie
Dion and Podwit contributor J. Blake are back for their 2nd installment in the new Side-cast series. Today they zero in on Joe Bob Briggs‘ 1990’s television show Monster Vision, and then dissect the 1970’s Italian genre known as Giallo. For any Horror fan out there, Italian Horror cinema is clutch, and who better to educate you […]
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Posted: 5th September 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Podcast, UncategorizedTags: Animaniacs, Betty Boop, Bugs Bunny, Chuck Jones, Clutch Cargo, Daffy Duck, Gertie the Dinosaur, Hayes Code, Joesph Barbera, Jonny Quest, June Foray, Looney Toons, Max Fleischer, Mel Blanc, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, Michigan J. Frog, Mickey Mouse, Popeye, Porky Pig, S.n.a.f.u., Scooby Doo, Serials, shorts, Snow White, Space Ghost, Superman, Tiny Toons, Tom & Jerry, Walt Disney, Warner Bros., William Hanna
A special edition of the Podwits podcast for this Wednesday has Dion and J. looking back at the history of animation. From the early days of “Steamboat Willie” on, it’s a cartoon cavalcade as only the Podwits themselves can offer (and they only get to scratch the surface in this… the first of a multi-part […]
The Other Scott
Posted: 26th August 2012 by Dion in Film, News, Obituaries, UncategorizedTags: Beat the Devil, BMW Films, Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, Crimson Tide, Deja Vu, Dennis Hopper, Denzel Washington, Domino, Enemy of the State, Gary Oldman, Man on Fire, Quentin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, Taking of the Pelham 1 2 3, The Hunger, The Last Boy Scout, Tom Cruise, Tony Scott, Top Gun, True Romance, Unstoppable, Val Kilmer
This week another great of the cinema world passed away; director and producer Tony Scott. Though commonly associated as Ridley’s younger brother and consequently often relegated to that role, Tony in his own right made some of the best action movies of the 1980’s and 90’s. He emerged on the scene in the early 80’s and […]
The Aural Adventure Is Just Beginning
Posted: 19th June 2012 by J. Marcus in Music, Music Review, UncategorizedTags: Alexander Courage, Fred Steiner, Jerry Goldsmith, Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Last week La La Land Records released its 3-disc CD soundtrack to Star Trek: The Motion Picture. All I can say is, “it’s about time!”
Superman vs The Elite or “What Happened To Warner Bros. Animation?
Posted: 15th June 2012 by J. Marcus in Film, Film Review, UncategorizedTags: Action Comics, Cartoons, DC Universe, Superman, Superman vs The Elite, Warner Bros. Animation
**DANGER — SPOILERS AHEAD** This week marks the release of Superman vs The Elite, the latest direct-to-video film from Warner Bros. Home Video. The film, released on Blu-Ray and DVD on June 12, retells the classic story from Action Comics 775 from March 2001 called “What’s So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way?”
It’s Alive… ALIVE!!!
Posted: 9th June 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Podcast, Television, UncategorizedTags: Al Lewis, Eddie Izzard, Ernest Borgnine, Feline Quadrocopter, Jerry O'Connell, Peter Falk, Psycho, Ray Bradbury, Red Shirts, Remakes, Robocop, Star Trek, Taxidermy, The Munsters, Total Recall
This week the masters of Wit and Pod are confronted with the shocking terror that is… The Feline Quadrocopter! The Podwits then try to escape the horrors of Herman Munster and film stories that won’t die! Is it Halloween? No, but these frightening tales are not for those with weak hearts! Listen… IF YOU DARE!!! […]