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Archive for August, 2010

A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Adam Savage

Posted Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at 13:34pm

Ken Plume has a chat with the man, the Mythbuster, Mr. Adam Savage, about ghost chairs, zen painting litmus, and how to slice time…

BIG BROTHER Blog Report: The End

Posted Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at 6:33am

BIG BROTHER proper is over now, so a week later Aaron Poole sums up his thoughts on the winner and her decision to pack it all in…

Ken Plume & FRED’s DragonCon Schedule!

Posted Monday, August 30th, 2010 at 4:44am

Find out exactly what panels Ken Plume & FRED will be doing at this weekend’s supermegamassivegeekorama, DragonCon…

Soapbox: Our Last Best Hope

Posted Saturday, August 28th, 2010 at 10:20am

Simon Fitzgerald dives into the space epic BABYLON 5 for the first time and tells you what he thinks…

FREDagator: 2010-08-27

Posted Friday, August 27th, 2010 at 7:14am

Our (mostly) daily look at dandy discoveries and nifty finds from around this here interweb, UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY…

Weekend Shopping Guide 8/27/10: Boss Hurley

Posted Friday, August 27th, 2010 at 4:45am

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 Flight of the Conchords, Hurley, Locke, Terry Gilliam, Bob Hoskins, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Christopher Walken, The Dandy Warhols, Cary Grant, Darth Vader, and more…

Trailer Park: Yael Hersonski

Posted Friday, August 27th, 2010 at 4:45am

Christopher Stipp talks with filmmaker Yael Hersonski about her documentary feature, A FILM UNFINISHED, a movie that deals with Nazi filmmakers and their quest to make a piece of propaganda inside a Warsaw ghetto in 1942…

Contest Round-Up: 2010-08-26

Posted Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at 4:46am

In this week’s round up, we’re giving away Phill Jupitus’s GOOD MORNING NANTWICH, iCARLY: iSPACE OUT, EVIL DEAD, and the CELEBRATED WOMEN OF COLOR FILM COLLECTION…

Win CELEBRATED WOMEN OF COLOR FILM COLLECTION on DVD!

Posted Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at 4:44am

In conjunction with MGM Home Video, we’re giving away three (3) copies of CELEBRATED WOMEN OF COLOR FILM COLLECTION on DVD…

Win EVIL DEAD on Blu-Ray!

Posted Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at 4:35am

In conjunction with Anchor Bay Home Video, we’re giving away three (3) copies of EVIL DEAD on Blu-Ray…

Win iCARLY: iSPACE OUT on DVD!

Posted Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at 4:27am

In conjunction with Nickelodeon Home Video, we’re giving away three (3) copies of iCARLY: iSPACE OUT on DVD…

Win Phill Jupitus’s GOOD MORNING NANTWICH!

Posted Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at 4:15am

In conjunction with HarperCollins Entertainment, we’re giving away ten (10) copies of Phill Jupitus’s GOOD MORNING NANTWICH: ADVENTURES IN BREAKFAST RADIO…

Bagged & Boarded 66: Live! 2 – F*** Closets!

Posted Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at 3:29am

In which Matt is joined by his new Live! co-host Brendan Creecey, and the boys proceed to discuss Brendo’s insanely interesting past. Then everyone’s favorite bear, Malcolm Ingram, joins the conversation and one co-host is left forever different. Seriously. Like… Hardcore. Bagged and Boarded – Changing lives since 1632…

TV Or Not TV: 8/23 – 8/29

Posted Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 at 5:50am

Will, just like 50,000 other Internet folk, has seen the pilot for ABC’s new show NO ORDINARY FAMILY and talks about it before slipping into the murky darkness that is this late-summer TV schedule…

Hands Down #12

Posted Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at 6:20am

Welcome to Hands Down, FRED’s own look into the world of the folks that frequent this sordid world of geekery. This week; Colin has a run in with an arch nemesis…

FREDagator: 2010-08-23

Posted Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at 5:58am

Our (mostly) daily look at dandy discoveries and nifty finds from around this here interweb, UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY…

A Bit Of A Chat with Ken Plume & Tom Scharpling

Posted Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at 4:48am

Ken Plume has a chat with writer, performer, and the host behind WFMU’s legendary Best Show, Tom Scharpling, as they place Angela Lansbury in deadly peril…

BIG BROTHER Blog Report: Day 73

Posted Saturday, August 21st, 2010 at 11:23am

Aaron Poole is hanging in there with 4 days left of UK Big Brother. Well, until the Ultimate housemates enter…

FREDagator: 2010-08-21

Posted Saturday, August 21st, 2010 at 6:02am

Our (mostly) daily look at dandy discoveries and nifty finds from around this here interweb, UPDATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY…

TV News: Anticipation

Posted Friday, August 20th, 2010 at 14:53pm

Simon Fitzgerald trawls through the news from SDCC and chews threw the fat to give you a bumper update on HOUSE, DEXTER, STARGATE: UNIVERSE and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER…

Weekend Shopping Guide 8/20/10: That Trick Never Works

Posted Friday, August 20th, 2010 at 3:51am

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 Rocky, Bullwinkle, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Nanny McPhee, Kenneth Branagh, Claire Danes, Courtney Cox, Chernabog, and more…

Party Favors: Zenph Is My Co-Pilot

Posted Friday, August 20th, 2010 at 3:21am

Joe Corey journeys deep into the woods of Raleigh to find Glenn Gould’s legacy, looks at hardcore pawn, eats some Quisp, screams a bit, and looks at new home video releases…

Trailer Park: Innocence Mission

Posted Friday, August 20th, 2010 at 2:39am

Christopher Stipp interviews the band The Innocence Mission about their new album, MY ROOM IN THE TREES, and what its been like to fly comfortably under the radar for over two decades…

Contest Round-Up: 2010-08-19

Posted Thursday, August 19th, 2010 at 5:13am

In this week’s round up, we’re giving away ROCKY & BULLWINKLE: SEASON 4, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS: THE COMPLETE SERIES, PAWN STARS: THE COMPLETE SEASON TWO, AX MEN: THE COMPLETE SEASON THREE, GANGLAND: SEASON FIVE, THE UNIVERSE: OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, a History Channel INSTANT EXPERT DVD prize pack, TITAN MAXIMUM, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: TURTLES FOREVER, $5 A DAY, and THE SWITCH soundtrack…

Win $5 A DAY on DVD!

Posted Thursday, August 19th, 2010 at 5:10am

In conjunction with Image Entertainment, we’re giving away two (2) copies of $5 A DAY on DVD…