Welcome to this week’s all-new edition of The Podwits Podcast! Thanks to a spectacular technical error on behalf of the engineering staff, this week’s podcast was recorded TWICE! Though, you’ll only have to listen to the second, new and improved version. In an effort to capture lightning in a bottle, Dion and J. try to hit all […]
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The Podwits’ Speed Round!!!
Posted: 17th January 2015 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Alan Howarth, Amazon.com, Christmas, Dark Star, Escape From LA, Escape from New York, John Carpenter, John Williams, Radio Shack, Shirley Walker, Thanksgiving, The Lego Movie, The Thing
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Side Cast: October Horror Recommendations
Posted: 8th October 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Books, Celebrities, Comic Books, Film, History, Podcast, Side-Casts, TelevisionTags: Adrienne Barbeau, Andy Kaufman, Black Christmas, Black Sabbath, Bob Clark, Brad Dourif, Creepshow, Dawn of the Dead, don mancini, EC Comics, George Romero, God Told Me To, Hal Holbrook, Horror, Invaders From Mars, James Cagney, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Spinell, John Carpenter, John Carradine, Larry Cohen, Leslie Nielsen, Lucio Fulci, Maniac, Mario Bava, Martin, mike ploog, Night of the Living Dead, Night of the Living Dead 1990, Peeping Tom, Peter Cushing, Randy Jurgensen, Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, Seed of Chucky, Sharon Mitchell, Shock waves, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Stephen King, Sylvester Stallone, Tales of the Crypt, Ted Danson, Tom Baker, Tom Savini, tony lo bianco, True Blood, Twilight, Vault of Horror, Vincent Price, William Lustig, William Powell, Zombie
To help get the word out about their new Podcast Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers, Dion and J. Blake sit down to recommend 10 horror films for the Halloween season that they feel may be overlooked or forgotten in today’s times. The boys attempt to compile a list of amazing fright films that may not be […]
RIP Hollywood Make-up Legend Dick Smith
Posted: 1st August 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Art, Celebrities, Film, History, News, Obituaries, Technology, Television, UncategorizedTags: Altered States, Amadeus, David Bowie, Dick Smith, Dustin Hoffman, Ghost Story, Jack Pierce, James Caan, John Carpenter, Linda Blair, Little Big Man, Marathon Man, Martin Scorsese, Max Von Sydow, Nighthawks, Quentin Tarantino, Rick Baker, Stan Winston, Starman, Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, The Exorcist, The Godfather, The Hunger, The Stepford Wifes, Tom Savini, William Friedkin, William Hurt
The Podwits were saddened to learn that Oscar-winning make-up icon Dick Smith, who defined generations with his pioneering makeup effects, passed away July 30th at age 92. Before CGI was common place, Smith practically invented techniques that are still used to this day, and is credited by Special Effects legends like Rick Baker and Tom Savini in spearheading where Universal Studios […]
Side-Cast: Fotonovels & Novelizations
Posted: 8th January 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Electronics, Film, History, Literature, Podcast, Side-Casts, TechnologyTags: 8MM, Alfred Hitchcock, Assault on Precinct 13, Batman, Cassette Tape, Choose Your Own Adventures, Coffee, Dean Koontz, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, fotonovels, Funhouse, Gremlins, Halloween, Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, Harry and the Hendersons, iCloud, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, iTunes, James Cameron, John Carpenter, LUX Radio Theater, MP3 Player, Psycho, Record, Rocky, Rocky 2, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Star Trek, Star Wars, Suspense, The Abyss, The Omen, the terminator, VCR, Viewmaster, Vincent Price
Dion and contributor J. Blake are back and ready to kick 2014 off with a duesy of a topic: Before you had the DVD, VCR, or even the Multiplex, how else could fans continue to digest their favorite films after seeing them in the theater? Well the duo discuss the short-lived 1970’s genre called the fotonovel, and film novelizations. The […]
A Merry Side-Cast Christmas
Posted: 18th December 2013 by Dion in Cartoons, Celebrities, Christmas, Film, History, News, Podcast, Side-Casts, Television, The Muppets, Up on The Soap BoxTags: A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Story, A Christmas Story 2, A Muppet Family Christmas, A Very Brady Christmas, Buster and Chauncey's Silent Night, Cheers, Child's Play, Christmas, Coronation Street, East Enders, Father Christmas, Gene Autry, Good Times, Hanukkah, Holiday Affair, It's A Living, Jehovah's Witness, Jingle all the Way, John Carpenter, Krampus, Miracle on 34th St., National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Neighbors, Patrick Stewart, Perfect Strangers, Phil Hartman, Railroad Alaska, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Snoopy, Star Wars Christmas Special, T.I.G.F., Thanksgiving, The Brady Bunch, The Muppets, The Thing, Tom Akins, Twas The Night Before Christmas, Whittier Alaska, Zombies
Dion and contributor J. Blake are back for what is probably their BIGGEST (and LONGEST) Side Cast yet! After an extended intro of probably the duo’s worst college drinking story, they ease into the Christmas Spirit by way of Whittier Alaska, the Krampus (Saint Nick‘s long-lost brother), and the posthumously released Phil Hartman animated Christmas movie. Nothing is off […]
Side-Cast: “You Wanna See Something REALLY Scary…?”
Posted: 20th November 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film Review, Podcast, Side-Casts, TelevisionTags: Aliens, Amazing Stories, American Werewolf in London, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Ben, Big Trouble in Little China, Black Sabbath, Bridge Across Time, Child's Play, Christine, Dark Crystal, Freddy's Nightmares, Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th The Series, Gremlins, Halloween, Harry and the Hendersons, Horror, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Jaws, John Carpenter, Keye Luke, Michael Jackson, Nightmare on Elm Street, Ozzy Osbourne, Poltergeist, Robocop, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Silver Bullet, Tales From the Crypt, Tales From the Darkside, Tan Hill Pub, Terminator, Terror at London Bridge, The Conjuring, The Goonies, The Howling, The Last Man on Earth, The Neverending Story, The Night of the Creeps, The Outer Limits, The Shining, The Thing, The Twilight Zones, Thriller, Vic Morrow, Vincent Price, Werewolf, Willard, Wolf
Well Dion and J. Blake are back again for another round in a late Fall (and pseudo) part 3 edition of their hugely popular “Horror Remakes” Side-Casts—but this time around, instead of tackling the reinterpretations of classic fright films, the lads instead discuss what really scared them specifically as children; what films and television, and the […]
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-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: Horror Remakes Part 1
Posted: 16th October 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film Review, Podcast, Side-CastsTags: 13 Ghosts, 28 Days Later, Assault on Precinct 13, Bob Clark, Bullitt, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Deadly Blessing, Don Siegel, Don't Look Now, Donald Sutherland, Ed Gein, Friday the 13th, Funny Games, George Romero, Halloween, Halloween 2, House on Haunted Hill, I Spit on Your Grave, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Irreversible, John Carpenter, John Saxon, Kevin Williamson, Last House on the Left, Monica Bellucci, Murder By Decree, My Bloody Valentine, Night of the Living Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street, Phil Kaufman, Psycho, Robert Duvall, Scream, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Straw Dogs, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Beyond, The Crazies, The Evil Dead, The Faculty, The Fly, The Haunting, The Strangers, The Thing, Tony Todd, When a Stranger Calls, William Castle, World's End
‘Tis the season of witches, ghosts and goblins, and the Podwits are full of the Halloween spirit! Contributor J. Blake and Dion sit down in this edition of the Side Cast to discuss their favorite remakes in the horror film genre! They get into the nuts and bolts and see how their faves stack up […]
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 […]