J, Brian and Dion cover a lot of ground this week, jumping from their love of anything Bruce Campbell, to (of all things!) sports films, and then round out the talk with a spirited debate on horror films. Are we out of our comfort zones this week? Has Dion ever seen a single sports film? […]
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Any Given Story
Posted: 13th April 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: 61*, Any Given Sunday, Assault on Precinct 13, Big Trouble in Little China, Billy Crystal, Brisco County Jr., Bruce Campbell, Bubba Ho-tep, Bull Durham, City Slickers, Cornered, Daniel Stern, Debi Mazar, Eight Men Out, Fairuza Balk, Field of Dreams, Gary Busey, Hoosiers, Hostel, In the Mouth of Madness, Jack of All Trades, John Carpenter, John Cusack, Lori Petty, Major League, Martyrs, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Natural Born Killers, Nightmare on Elm Street, Oliver Stone, Rookie of the Year, Rudy, Sam Raimi, Saw, Scream, Slap Shot, Tank Girl, Ted Raimi, The Cutting Edge, The Evil Dead, The Evil Dead II, The Factory, The Fog, The Natural, The Orphanage, The Quick and the Dead, Tim Burton, Wes Craven, Xena: Warrior Princess
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Halloween II…Still The Night “He” Came Home
Posted: 30th October 2012 by J. Blake in Film, Film ReviewTags: Blu-ray Review, Donald Pleasance, Film, Film Review, Halloween, Halloween 2, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter
One could argue that few film franchises are more polarizing among horror fans than the HALLOWEEN series and of the installments featuring Michael Myers, it is HALLOWEEN II that is, perhaps, the most controversial. Considered by some to be a worthy follow-up to its now legendary predecessor and by others to be a steamy pile […]
Facing Childhood Fears: Revisiting John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13
Posted: 21st September 2012 by Dion in Film, Film ReviewTags: Assault on Precinct 13, George C Scott, George Romero, Gregory Peck, Halloween, Howard Hawks, John Carpenter, Kim Richards, Night of the Living Dead, Quentin Tarantino, Rage, Rio Bravo, Sorcerer, The Boys From Brazil, The Fog, The Last Man on Earth, The Thing, Vincent Price, William Friedkin
It’s interesting what images stay with you from childhood, still crisp as the day they were viewed. I know like most kids growing up, in what sadly seems already like another time, I was exposed to a lot of television and film at a very early age, which made me into what I am today […]
The Podwits – Episode IV: Mr. Crankypants Goes to the Movies
Posted: 10th December 2011 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Podcast, Science Fiction, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Cabin in the Woods, Drew Goddard, Ernest Borgnine, Farrelly Brothers, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, George Lucas, Howard Hawks, John Carpenter, John W. Campbell Jr., Joss Whedon, Paul Verhoeven, Remakes, Robert A. Heinlein, Shatfish, Square Enix, Star Trek, Star Wars, Starship Troopers, The Thing, Three Stooges
Brian’s got a chip on his shoulder and a bug up his butt about some new remakes in the Hollywood pipeline, J. and Dion try to talk him off the ledge, and many film buff hijinks ensue. Plus listener comments and your Borgnine fix. Getcher red hot Podcast right hee-yah!
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