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The Hustle Movie Review: 2 Dirty 2 Rotten
Franchise Fred is fine with The Hustle. I don’t expect anything to be as good as Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and it doesn’t have to be. It only needs to be also good for me to be happy that there is anoth...
The Mummy 20th Anniversary: Pharaoh Yeah!
When I saw The Mummy I thought it was the second coming of Indiana Jones. It was a pre-30s serial style adventure with sense of humor. The series didn’t end up going that way, leaning heavily into the...
Freditorial: How To Talk About Movies Post-Avengers: Endgame
So we survived the mad rush to get Avengers Endgame tickets and make it to screenings without being spoiled. Now was supposed to be the fun part: sharing it. Only I’ve been talking about Avengers Endg...
Detective Pikachu Movie Review: Forget it, Jake. It’s Pokemon.
Seeing a live-action Detective Pikachu movie will probably be for Pokemon fans what seeing the first Transformers was for me, or seeing Dolph Lundgren as He-Man. Pokemon doesn’t mean that much to me b...
UglyDolls Movie Review: Toy Story Without The Kid
I had never heard of UglyDolls before they made a movie about them, but it’s clear they’re a franchise. UglyDolls is essentially Toy Story without Andy. It’s a world of dolls before they even get to c...
Franchise Fred Interview: Xolo Mariduena on Cobra Kai Season 2
When Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) reopened Cobra Kai, the world of The Karate Kid got a lot bigger. Johnny taught a new generation of high schoolers, but he was closest with Miguel (Xolo Mariduena)...
Franchise Fred Interview: William Zabka on Cobra Kai Season 2
The long awaited second season of Cobra Kai is finally here and William Zabka really gets to shine in it. Season one gave us more Johnny Lawrence than a movie ever could by making him a main character...
Avengers: Endgame Review – Some Other Beginning’s End
Marvel fans have waited 364 days to find out what happens after Avengers: Infinity War. For the remaining heroes of Avengers: Endgame it’s only been a few weeks. Endgame starts at Infinity War and sti...
Franchise Fred Interview: Martin Kove on Cobra Kai and John Kreese
Cobra Kai sure knows how to keep us in suspense. They ended the first season with the return of the series’ most formidable villain, John Kreese (Martin Kove). It was even more unexpected since Kreese...