A Podcast Called FRED #29
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Join Kendall and special guests Fulya and Wayne as they deliver the latest in nerdy news and geeky goodness in the pop culture podcast that refuses to behave—A Podcast Called FRED.
Nerdy News includes:
- James Gunn
- The latest addition to the Terminator franchise
- McDonald’s Monopoly
Trailer Park discussions:
This week, the team discuss animated shows that should NEVER be turned into live-action films, featuring suggestions from you!
Drinking Game: A shot for every time Wayne trolls Kendall by bagging Marvel/the MCU. Cheers!
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FRED Watch Quickie Film Review: Kong: Skull Island (2017)
LONG LIVE THE KING!
I’m a Wayne Stellini and welcome to FRED Watch, where we review everything from the mainstream to the obscure. Today’s film is Kong: Skull Island…
Warner Bros. Pictures
In 1973 and in the midst of the Vietnam War, United States government agent Bill Randa (John Goodman) hires former British Special Air Service Captain and skilled tracker James Conrad (Tom Hiddleston) to guide an expedition to map out the recently discovered Skull Island. Their military escort is a helicopter squadron led by Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard (Samuel L. Jackson), who are joined by photojournalist Mason Weaver (Brie Larson).
As soon as the expedition is underway, specially designed explosives are dropped in an apparent attempt to learn more of this uncharted territory. But everything is not what it seems and it is not long until the assorted inhabitants rise—most notably, Kong, king of Skull Island…
The latest in a string of King Kong remakes, Kong: Skull Island may not offer anything new to the monster movie genre, or anything all that significant to the lead creature’s mythology, but it is quite easily one of the more entertaining to be made in recent years.
Make no mistake about it, the film relies on just about every narrative trope and character archetype the genre has to offer, but so what? Unlike Godzilla (2014), the first entry in the MonsterVerse produced by Warner Bros., Legendary Entertainment, and Toho, Kong: Skull Island actually features the titular character fighting a slew of menacing monsters in a series of exciting, bad ass action sequences. This is not to say that the humans do not get their fair share of the biffo; Hiddleston, Larson, and an obnoxiously patriotic Jackson’s collective and respective screen time are not wasted.
With real-world themes weaved into the mix with as much subtly as a sledgehammer, director Jordan Vogt-Roberts delivers a good-looking, exciting, and suitably paced action caper starring one of cinema’s most loveable monsters. 4 / 5
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Jing Tian, Toby Kebbell, John Ortiz, Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Shea Whigham, Thomas Mann, Terry Notary, John C. Reilly.
Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts | Producers: Thomas Tull, Mary Parent, Jon Jashni, Alex Garcia | Writers: Dan Gilroy, Max Borenstein, Derek Connolly (Based on King Kong by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace) | Music: Henry Jackman | Cinematographer: Larry Fong | Editor: Richard Pearson
Available: DVD and Blu-ray
Let us know what you thought of this film in the comments!
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Collectible Chaos: Top Ten Harry Potter Moments
Join FRED the ALIEN Productions‘s pop culture queen Kendall Richardson for Collectible Chaos!
To mark iconic wizard Harry Potter’s birthday, Kendall counts down her favourite moments from the Harry Potter film franchise! Let us know your number one choice in the comments!
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A Podcast Called FRED #28
Join Kendall and Phillip as they deliver the latest in nerdy news and geeky goodness in the pop culture podcast that refuses to behave—A Podcast Called FRED.
This week, the team discuss the greatest sequels ever made, featuring suggestions from you!
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Incompetent Gamers: Civilization V—Boredom Begins
Join incompetent gamers DarthPudden and Sharpy as they take on civilisation itself! But will their efforts lead to all-out war or simple boredom in Civilization V?
Streamed live on YouTube, with all the foibles associated with such a broadcast, check it out ⬇
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FRED Watch Quickie Film Review: Glitter (2001)
MOST CERTAINLY NOT GOLD.
I’m a Wayne Stellini and welcome to FRED Watch, where we review everything from the mainstream to the obscure. Today’s film is Glitter…
20th Century Fox / Columbia Pictures
Set in 1982, back-up singer and dancer Billie Frank (Mariah Carey) meets DJ Julian “Dice” Black (Max Beesley) at a night club. While helping build her solo career, they fall in love…
A vehicle for one of American music history’s most successful singers, Glitter lives up to its infamous reputation. What is essentially yet another rendition of A Star is Born (1937; itself remade in 1954, 1976, and 2018), Mariah Carey unsurprisingly sounds and looks fantastic, but her acting is painfully monotone. For a better insight into Carey’s value as an entertainer, see her in Precious (2009) or any New Year’s Eve performance (particularly 2016 and 2017). Max Beesley does his best with undercooked material as Carey’s leading man, and Da Brat and Tia Texada are relatively fun as her best friends.
But there are too many things working against the film to pull Glitter through. The lacklustre pacing is established from the get-go with a dreary and overlong prologue, Vondie Curtis Hall’s direction is considerably pedestrian, Jeff Freeman‘s editing is sometimes annoying, and the costumes and set design don’t always scream the beautiful excess of the 1980s. Furthermore, what appears to be intended as the signature balled, ‘Never Too Far’ fails to deliver the gravitas that Whitney Houston achieved in The Bodyguard (1992) with ’I Have Nothing’ and, of course, ‘I Will Always Love You’.
As a result, Glitter is a considerably dull and pointless vanity project. 1 / 5
Starring: Mariah Carey, Max Beesley, Terrence Howard, Da Brat, Tia Texada, Eric Benét, Valarie Pettiford, Ann Magnuson, Dorian Harewood, Grant Nickalls, Padma Lakshmi, Kim Roberts, Bill Sage, Isabel Gomes, Lindsey Pickering, Courtnie Beceiro.
Director: Vondie Curtis Hall | Producer: Laurence Mark | Writer: Kate Lanier (story by Cheryl L. West) | Music: Terence Blanchard | Cinematographer: Geoffrey Simpson | Editor: Jeff Freeman
Available: Blu-ray
Let us know what you thought of this film in the comments!
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The Monthly @ WiniFRED’s #13
This month, Fulya and Kendall discuss their all-time favourite television sitcoms—including responses from you!
Have a listen and let us know what your favourite TV comedy series is and get ready to respond to the next Monthly question, revealed at the end of the episode ⬇
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A Podcast Called FRED #27
Armed with a $3 bottle of red and a microphone, Kendall, Ashley, and Phillip deliver the latest in nerdy news and geeky goodness in the pop culture podcast that refuses to behave—A Podcast Called FRED.
This week, the team discuss trailers and news coming out from the San Diego Comic-Con, as well as Disney’s sacking of Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn, your answers to the Popcorn Culture questions, and so much more!
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Incompetent Gamers: Civilization V—Frustration Begins
Join incompetent gamers DarthPudden and Sharpy as they continue to stumble their way through exploring uncharted territory and battle against low-grade internet to dominate land in Civilization V!
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Non-Scripted Ramblings #25
Kendall Richardson delves into the superhero blockbuster, Ant-Man and the Wasp. Here’s her spoiler review of the latest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe ⬇︎
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