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Franchise Fred Interview: Jacob Bertrand, Cobra Kai’s Hawk
Franchise Fred isn’t the only one who approves Cobra Kai. It became YouTube’s biggest hit and both ‘80s kids and new fans have loved revisiting Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence today. We’ve also lov...
Crank: High Voltage 10 Year Anniversary – Make Love, Not Sense
I always say I want movies to make less sense. They’re not real life. Following the guidelines of reality inhibits creativity in a medium where everything should be possible. Neveldine and Taylor hear...
The Curse of La Llorona Review – La Lloroh No!
The Curse of La Llorona does the same sort of set pieces all the other Conjuringverse movies do, so fans of Annabelle and The Nun will probably enjoy this too. It’s better than the first Annabelle but...
Hellboy Movie Review: What the Hell, Boy?
It’s remarkable to me that the studios decided that a Hellboy 3 would not make enough money to justify the cost of making it with Ron Perlman and Academy Award winner Guillermo del Toro. But somehow a...
Pet Sematary Spoiler Review: You Can’t Cheat Death
A lot of what I liked about the new Pet Sematary was how it diverged from the source material and faithful 1989 movie. I didn’t want to spoil those surprises for the fans, and I didn’t even want to hi...
Major League 30th Anniversary: The Franchise Is 1-2
Major League was one of my favorite comedies growing up, and it turns 30 today. I saw it in theaters (but unfortunately two years before I started saving my ticket stubs) and then over and over again ...
Pet Sematary Movie Review: Sometimes Franchise Fred Is Better
You know me, I’d rather watch Pet Sematary 3 than a remake of Pet Sematary, but in a way Pet Sematary 2019 can be both. If it were really up to me, Pet Sematary 3 would have come out in the ‘90s and w...
Dumbo Movie Review: Elephantastic!
Dumbo is the Star is Born of flying elephant movies. It’s about the crushing demands of success on a burgeoning talent, only because it’s Disney there’s no tragic romance. Instead, there’s a scary gro...
Franchise Fred Interview: Jade Chynoweth on Step Up: High Water
Franchise Fred approves Step Up: High Water, the TV series spinoff of the dance franchise. Unfortunately, Moose does not make a cameo appearance to connect it to the films, but the stories of aspiring...