Invasion of the Poddy Casters

05/08/2022

So... What has everyone opted for today? Prey on Disney+ or Sandman on Netflix?

04/06/2022

Tune in to Horror Channel tonight for the best Rio Bravo/Night of the Living Dead hybrid you’ll ever see!

11/05/2022

What would a Sopranos-style show about the life of Mike Ashley look like? We have an answer.

Listen to our latest episode on Anchor or on your favourite podcasting app! https://anchor.fm/invasion-of-the-poddy-casters/episodes/Episode-37---The-Many-Saints-of-Newcastle-e1h7p0t

04/05/2022

HEAVY METAL ALERT!

Rock documentaries and stories of perseverance don't get much better than this. This Is Not Spinal Tap. Anvil! The story of Anvil starts on Sky Arts at 21:00.

27/04/2022

MUSIC DOCO'S ALERT!!!

Great night for music fans with two fantastic documentaries on Sky Arts. Searching for Sugar Man at 21:00 and Muscle Shoals at 23:40.

26/04/2022

Scott wants to see subterranean Newcastle brought to life in our new episode, which you can find on Anchor or your favourite podcasting platform!

https://anchor.fm/invasion-of-the-poddy-casters/episodes/Episode-37---The-Many-Saints-of-Newcastle-e1h7p0t

24/04/2022

Laura's suggestion for a Newcastle story brings back one of the most loathsome protagonists of all time...in a rom-com!

Listen to our latest episode on Anchor or on your favourite podcasting app!

https://anchor.fm/invasion-of-the-poddy-casters/episodes/Episode-37---The-Many-Saints-of-Newcastle-e1h7p0t

15/04/2022

North East movies, Springsteen on stage, Abel Ferrara and films to go off the deep end with: the Poddy Casters are back with their regular programming!

https://anchor.fm/invasion-of-the-poddy-casters/episodes/Episode-37---The-Many-Saints-of-Newcastle-e1h7p0t

12/04/2022

Your suggestions about great films made in the North East were taken and very gratefully added into our brand-new episode…coming very soon!

Shout-our to our betters at Athletico Mince for their wonderful Geordie Heat merch, available at their Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/AthleticoMinceShop

06/04/2022

In addition to our favourite North East movies feature, we're asking you what type of stories you would want told in our wonderful region. The possibilities are endless, so leave your brainstorms in the comments for the future of Northern cinema!

06/04/2022

Make sure you all catch this sleepy summer sleaze-fest on All 4 in the next month: from the triumphant return of Martin Lawrence to the most McConaughey Matthew McConaughey has ever been, this one has it all!

Our comedy week lives on through the night with a future cult classic! Matthew McConaughey is only out for a good time in Harmony Korine’s blissed-out The Beach Bum tonight at 11.20pm and on All 4 after.

04/04/2022

FILMS ON THE TYNE ALERT!

With a new episode incoming, we're looking at films set in and use locations of our hometown Newcastle upon Tyne. Get in touch with your suggestions. The more obscure the better!

16/03/2022

GUILLERMO DEL TORO ALERT!

Marvel may be getting the headlines with its Netflix productions of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Punisher, Iron Fist and The Defenders having moved to Disney+. Del Toro's 2021 noir chiller Nightmare Alley has also arrived on the service today. Let us know what you make of it.

11/03/2022

END OF AN ERA ALERT!

It's usually at this time where we post about a film coming up to watch. But there has been some shocking news announced today that the BBC's flagship film review show Kermode & Mayo's Film Review aka Wittertainment, is to end on the 1st April at its home on BBC 5 Live where it's been a constant in the ever changing radio schedules for 21 years. Hoping for an announcement on when/where it will return. So a sad farewell to a show that has moved far beyond simply reviewing films and a farewell to Jason.

10/03/2022

I AM NOT A NUMBER, I AM A FREE MAN ALERT!

Iconic 1960's drama The Prisoner starts on the Horror Channel tonight from 6pm and is showing each weeknight.

08/03/2022

Happy International Women's Day #2!

Had to add a second post to include these iconic roles.

08/03/2022

Happy International Women's Day!

Let us know your favourite female characters.

08/03/2022

FILM PICK ALERT!

The true story of biographer come literary forger Lee Israel is on Film4 tonight at 9pm. Also available on Disney Plus. Brilliant performances from Melissa McCarthy and Richard E Grant, bringing his best latter-day Withnail to the role.

04/03/2022

MASTER OF THE MACABRE ALERT!

The first in the run of seven Edgar Allan Poe adaptations by Roger Corman featuring Vincent Price, The Fall of the House of Usher starts tonight at 21:05 on Talking Pictures TV Sky 328 Freeview 82 Freesat 306 Virgin 445

25/02/2022

MASTER OF THE MACABRE ALERT!

Following on from The Abominable Dr. Phibes and The Pit and the Pendulum Talking Pictures TV Sky 328 Freeview 82 Freesat 306 Virgin 445 is showing the gloriously daft Theatre of Blood tonight from 21:05.

25/02/2022

THE ULTIMATE IN ALIEN TERROR ALERT!

John Carpenter's 1982 Sci-Fi horror classic The Thing starts on Horror Channel tonight at 21:00.

23/02/2022

DID YOU EVER PICK YOUR FEET IN POUGHKEEPSIE ALERT!

Classic crime thriller The French Connection starts tonight at 21:05 on Talking Pictures TV Sky 328 Freeview 82 Freesat 306 Virgin 445

14/02/2022

OR you could head elsewhere for some festival favourites: across to Arrow Player for the epic-length Love Exposure, to MUBI for the fantastical Undine, or to MUBI and BFI Player for the tender Asako I & II from fresh Oscar-nominee Ryusuke Hamaguchi!

Happy Valentine's everyone!

14/02/2022

However (and this post is straight from the heart), you also could go for an international family-friendly classic OR a no-holds-barred erotic musical crime story from the Wizard of Weird himself...that's right: Whisper of the Heart is streaming on Netflix, and Wild at Heart is streaming on Now TV!

14/02/2022

Need a heartwarming Valentine's Day flick to help you digest some haute cuisine and fine wine tonight? Look no further than Jean-Pierre Jeunet's quirky romance, Amélie, currently streaming on Netflix AND Amazon Prime Video.

11/02/2022

CLASSIC VINCENT PRICE ALERT!

The second of Vincent Price's collaborations with Roger Corman adapting Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum is on Talking Pictures TV Sky 328 Freeview 82 Freesat 306 Virgin 445 tonight from 21:00.

08/02/2022

Wedding Crashers seems like a very long time ago when you watch Vince Vaughn’s transformative performance in Brawl in Cell Block 99, on Film4 tonight at 11.25pm.

Vince Vaughn beats up a car (and then everyone and everything else!) in Brawl in Cell Block 99, tonight at 11.25pm.

30/01/2022

WE'RE BACK!

In a new interview special, Graeme and Simon interview North East-based filmmaker Gabriel Brown about his first feature film (Finding Your True Self), with a bonus discussion about an enticing death-match: Rear Window vs The Magic Roundabout (2005).

https://anchor.fm/invasion-of-the-poddy-casters/episodes/Episode-36---Finding-Your-True-Self-e1dm7rg

30/01/2022

CLASSIC HORROR ALERT!

Spoilt for choice with two great early horror films later today with Night of the Demon on Horror Channel at 18:35 and Dead of Night on Talking Pictures TV Sky 328 Freeview 81 Freesat 306 Virgin 445 at 19:00.