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Archive for January, 2010

Masters Of Song Fu #6: Round 1 Challengers and Challenge Revealed

Posted Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at 23:58pm

The entries are in, the Challengers have been selected, and now the Round 1 Challenge is announced! Who will prevail? Only you can decide…

Weekend Shopping Guide 1/29/10: In The Loop

Posted Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at 15:04pm

It’s time once again for the FRED Weekend Shopping Guide – your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted… This week featuring Armando Iannucci, Parker Lewis, Charlie Brown, Drew Barrymore, Jonathan Creek, John F. Kennedy, Abbott & Costello, Tim Conway, Robert Pattinson, The Jonas Brothers, and more…

Trailer Park: The Wolfman Cometh

Posted Friday, January 29th, 2010 at 9:31am

Christopher Stipp jam packs this week’s column with reviews of WWII IN HD, SMALL WONDER: SEASON ONE, PONTYPOOL, THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL and, in anticipation of next month’s THE WOLFMAN, an essay about the evolution of cinema’s greatest lupine…

Ken P. D. Snyde-Cast #132: iSnyde

Posted Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 23:26pm

Ken & Dana return with the obligatory discussion about Apple’s latest life-saving device, then change subjects and talk fast food for far too long, and wind up on pretty ladies…

Comics in Context #230: The Dark Lulu Saga

Posted Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 14:44pm

Comics historian extraordinaire Peter Sanderson makes his triumphant return to FRED with an article delving into the history of kiddie comics as featured in ComicArts’ THE TOON TREASURY OF CLASSIC CHILDREN’S COMICS, this week looking John Stanley’s comic book tales of Marge Henderson Buell’s LITTLE LULU…

Cabin Fever 84: Because We Felt Like It

Posted Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 9:07am

Aaron and Brian return from their winter holiday to… complain about their winter holiday. It’s the first episode of Cabin Fever in the era of FRED but unfortunately it’s the same old rubbish you’ve come to expect…

Contest Round-Up: 2010-01-27

Posted Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 20:25pm

In this week’s round up, we’re giving away DOCTOR WHO: THE COMPLETE SPECIALS, NEW TRICKS: SEASON 2, JONATHAN CREEK: SEASON 4, an ARCHER poster, and THE QI: BOOK OF THE DEAD…

Win THE QI: BOOK OF THE DEAD!

Posted Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 20:22pm

In conjunction with Faber & Faber, we’re giving away four (4) copies of THE QI: BOOK OF THE DEAD…

Win an ARCHER poster!

Posted Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 20:14pm

In conjunction with FX, we’re giving away five (5) copies of ARCHER posters…

Win JONATHAN CREEK: SEASON 4 on DVD!

Posted Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 19:59pm

In conjunction with BBC Home Video, we’re giving away three (3) copies of JONATHAN CREEK: SEASON 4 on DVD…

Win NEW TRICKS: SEASON 2 on DVD!

Posted Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 19:51pm

In conjunction with BBC Home Video, we’re giving away three (3) copies of NEW TRICKS: SEASON 2 on DVD…

Win DOCTOR WHO: THE SPECIALS on DVD & Blu-Ray!

Posted Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 19:10pm

In conjunction with BBC Home Video, we’re giving away three (3) copies each of DOCTOR WHO: THE COMPLETE SPECIALS on Blu-Ray, DOCTOR WHO: THE COMPLETE SPECIALS on DVD, DOCTOR WHO: THE WATERS OF MARS on DVD, and DOCTOR WHO: THE END OF TIME on DVD…

TV Or Not TV: 1/25 – 1/31

Posted Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 12:45pm

Will talks briefly about the end of DOLLHOUSE and goes off on a major geek tangent over LOST before taking a look at this week’s viewing potential…

Soapbox: Timing Is Everything

Posted Monday, January 25th, 2010 at 6:24am

Jacob Michael on the art of telling a joke to “the younger generation”, with their spikes and leather and piercings and eyeliner and gah! Kids!

Masters Of Song Fu #6: Sign-Up Begins…

Posted Monday, January 25th, 2010 at 5:52am

We’ve launched the sixth edition of MASTERS OF SONG FU, so here’s your chance to be one of the brave souls who will enter the ring and see if you have what it takes to be a Master of Song Fu…

Weekend Shopping Guide 1/22/10: If I’m Lying

Posted Friday, January 22nd, 2010 at 7:57am

It’s time once again for the FRED Weekend Shopping Guide – your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted… This week featuring Ricky Gervais, William Shatner, Aziz Ansari, Gerard Butler, Paul Thomas Anderson, Dominick Dunne, Matt Damon, Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Glenn Close, Gobo Fraggle, Kate Beckinsdale, Cloris Leachman, Dabney Coleman, Ned Beatty, and more…

Ken P. D. Snyde-Cast #131: It Pours

Posted Friday, January 22nd, 2010 at 1:40am

Ken & Dana return with tales of weather gone mad, which then veers into travel talk and suitcases before launching into an anecdote of Christmas Eve just past…

Soapbox: So, AVATAR…

Posted Thursday, January 21st, 2010 at 2:55am

Jacob Michael takes a look at James Cameron’s massive undertaking and comes away with quite a few questions, even though he thinks the pictures are quite pretty…

Contest Round-Up: 2010-01-20

Posted Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 17:47pm

In this week’s round up, we’re giving away THE DEAD: SPECIMENS, THE INVENTION OF LYING, WHITEOUT, MI-5: VOLUME 7, WHIP IT, and PARKER LEWIS CAN’T LOSE: SEASON 2…

Win PARKER LEWIS CAN’T LOSE: SEASON 2 on DVD!

Posted Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 17:42pm

In conjunction with Shout Factory Home Video, we’re giving away three (3) copies of PARKER LEWIS CAN’T LOSE: SEASON 2 on DVD…

Win WHIP IT on DVD!

Posted Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 17:35pm

In conjunction with Fox Home Video, we’re giving away two (2) copies of WHIP IT on DVD…

Win MI-5: VOLUME 7 on DVD!

Posted Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 17:29pm

In conjunction with BBC Home Video, we’re giving away three (3) copies of MI-5: VOLUME 7 on DVD…

Win WHITEOUT on Blu-Ray & DVD!

Posted Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 17:21pm

In conjunction with Warner Bros. Home Video, we’re giving away five (5) copies of WHITEOUT on both Blu-Ray & DVD…

Win THE INVENTION OF LYING on Blu-Ray & DVD

Posted Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 17:15pm

In conjunction with Warner Bros. Home Video, we’re giving away five (5) copies of THE INVENTION OF LYING on both Blu-Ray & DVD…

Win THE DEAD: SPECIMENS from Sideshow Collectibles!

Posted Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 17:04pm

In conjunction with Sideshow Collectibles, we’re giving away THE DEAD: SPECIMENS…