Description
As part of our 10th Anniversary extravaganza, we are launching what could become a new podcast: Hwæt a Movie! It's a movie review podcast focusing on films with a medieval (or medieval adjacent) setting.
To get this little experiment off on the right foot, we are starting with a series on Beowulf movies. There are a lot of them and they aren't necessarily good representations of the poem. But that doesn't matter.
Join us as we discuss, review, and rate 1999's Beowulf, starring Christopher Lambert, Rhona Mitra, and Mac from Night Court!
Music Credits
Intro Music - Beowulf
Performed by Jonathan David Sloate (as Jonathan Sloate)
Written by Jonathan David Sloate (as Jonathan Sloate)
Published by Sorcerer's Apprentice Publishing Company
Segment and Outro Music - Guilty (Juno Reactor Mix)
Performed by Gravity Kills
Written by Gravity Kills
Published by TVT Music, Inc.
Gravity Kills appears courtesy of TVT Records
p1997 TVT Records
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We open with The Tale of the Story-wise Icelander...
Published 11/14/24
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