Podside Picnic

What happens when an 11th-century knight is transported to 20th-century France? Hijinks, that's what. Also: who knew Jean Reno could be funny?

The Chronicles of The Chronicles of Riddick continues, as we discuss The Chronicles of Riddick Unrated Director's Cut (2004)

Houston, Houston. . . do you read? Aaron Thorpe returns to the Pod as we drift in an eccentric orbit around the first season of For All Mankind.

As Spring has turned to late Summer, the time has come to say our good-byes to Hazel & Co. Fare thee well, bunnies!

Today we discuss Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury to see if it answers the question: does it serve as a bridge between Pitch Black and Chronicles of Riddick? And the answer's a resounding, "sure, why not?"

Ever wanted to know all about a cool dude who got a shine job on his eyes in prison? Well, do we have the movie for you - 2000's Pitch Black, introducing us to galactic criminal, Richard B. Riddick

Beer run time is here again. Cheers, everyone!

Today we start talking about Naomi Kritzer's multi-award winner, Cat Pictures, Please and since it references Bruce Sterling's Maneki Neko we talk about that story, too! Check both stories out: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_01_15/ https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/maneki-neko/

We return with a crap book from the past (you might recognize the cover art from a previous crap book episode!) where sometimes being a bit of a fuckup makes for fun reading

Podside Radio returns, this time to learn about the proto-metal, proto-prog, semi-jam band. . . and their extensive lore. Tune in!

Time for another Dante! This time, it's The Burbs (1989) - a comedy about the horrors of living in suburbia with Tom Hanks

Spring has indeed sprung. What better time to talk about bunnies? Who are on an epic quest to find a new home?

Tai returns for Peeping Tom (1960), a whimsical movie about a harmless shutterbug

We talk about Michael Mann's historical epic, The Last of the Mohicans. Whatever may occur, Podside will find you!

We get together to wonder why Seinfeld's Netflix movie exists in the world, and talk a bit about Jenny Nicholson's video on the Galactic Cruiser experience

Get ready to study the blade with us as we talk Shogun (2024)

THE RETURN OF CRAP BOOKS! We are back with another Crap Books episode - this time it's Brian Daley's A Tapestry of Magics. Imagine Zelazny's Amber, but written for a Rifts adventure and you'll not be disappointed

It's standing room only here at Podside as we talk about Studio Ghibli's 1997 hit, Princess Mononoke

Pete returns for another Lucius Shepard short, Salvador

Today we talk about Douglas Trumbull's other film, Silent Running (1972). All about a guy named Lowell and his robot friends in their National Park in . . . SPACE

Get ready to study the blade with us as we talk Shogun (2024)

Pete comes back for a bit of a rambling discussion. Salud!

Ever wanted to know what it was like to play a text adventure back in the day? Join us as we poke around the edges of the Great Underground Empire and promptly get lost, stumped, and even die a few times.

Ten-HUT! Listen up, maggots: That pinko Joe Dante FINALLY made a movie about the REAL American heroes - Small Soldiers! You WILL listen to the new Podside episode, and you WILL like it! That's an ORDER

Get ready to play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon as we discuss the movie that ended Paul Verhoeven's streak of US-made movies, Hollow Man (2000)