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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…

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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…

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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…

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Contest Round-Up: 2010-01-20

Posted Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 5:47pm

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…

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

Posted Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 5:42pm

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

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Win WHIP IT on DVD!

Posted Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 5:35pm

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

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Win MI-5: VOLUME 7 on DVD!

Posted Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 5:29pm

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

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Win WHITEOUT on Blu-Ray & DVD!

Posted Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 5:21pm

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

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Win THE INVENTION OF LYING on Blu-Ray & DVD

Posted Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 5:15pm

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

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Win THE DEAD: SPECIMENS from Sideshow Collectibles!

Posted Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 5:04pm

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

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Toy Box: Cover Girls of the DCU – Zatanna

Posted Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 3:59am

Adam Hughes produces some of the most beatiful women in the DC Universe, and now DC Direct is immortalizing these designs in their line of statues called Cover Girls of the DCU. Michael checks out Zatanna tonight in anticipation of the upcoming release of Power Girl!

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Bagged & Boarded 45: Someone Finally Got A Modem

Posted Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 3:59am

In which Matt and Jesse – That’s right, Jesse’s back! – are triumphantly reunited, and the gents discuss the current state of comic books, the Golden Globes, and their top 20 films of the decade! It’s the one you’ve been saving yourself for…

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Party Favors: Walk Like A Man

Posted Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 at 3:03am

Joe Corey returns with a look into the 16mm films that used to be unspooled in schools and the research center now housing them, criticizes CBS’s post- Super Bowl scheduling, remembers the shows of yesteryear, and more…

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Soapbox: Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais, AVATAR, & A Few Other Buzzwords

Posted Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at 7:20am

Jacob Michael deconstructs this year’s Golden Globes ceremony, and lights upon a way to bring social interaction into its boozified air…

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Comics in Context #229: Outfoxed

Posted Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at 5:02am

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, starting with THE FOX AND THE CROW’s treatment in comics & animation…

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Soapbox: FourthMeal, FifthMeal, SixthMeal

Posted Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at 3:58am

Jacob Michael makes a run from the border and takes Taco Bell to task for its presumptuous declaration of another meal in the eating day…

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Opinion In A Haystack: THE LOVELY BONES

Posted Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at 2:04am

Bob Rose reviews Peter Jackson’s THE LOVELY BONES for Twitter fans, followed by a review for “normal” people…

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TV Or Not TV: 1/18 – 1/24

Posted Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 5:32am

Will takes a look at this week’s TV programming options…

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Masters Of Song Fu #5: The Winner Revealed!

Posted Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 5:18am

Masters of Song Fu #5 has come to a close, and we announce our winner and new Master, and debut his final round song… Plus, an announcement about Masters of Song Fu #6!

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FROM THE VAULT: An Interview with Stephen Colbert

Posted Saturday, January 16th, 2010 at 10:02am

FROM THE VAULT: Ken Plume has an in-depth chat with a pre-COLBERT SHOW Stephen at the height of his DAILY SHOW fame…

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Please take a moment to DONATE

Posted Saturday, January 16th, 2010 at 6:58am

If you enjoy all of the podcasts, interviews, live events, articles, and columns here at FRED and would like to see them keep going, please take a moment to make a donation…

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Weekend Shopping Guide 1/15/10: Yellow Fever

Posted Friday, January 15th, 2010 at 4:55am

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 Jeremy Clarkson, James May, Richard Hammond, Homer Simpson, George Lucas, Kenny Loggins, Elvis Costello, Heath Ledger, Mighty Mouse, Ted Danson, Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze, Optimus Prime, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, The Rocketeer, and more…

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Ken P. D. Snyde-Cast #130: Exciting And New

Posted Friday, January 15th, 2010 at 4:10am

Ken & Dana return with lingering colds and faux-pep aplenty, and what starts out on the wrong foot quickly boards a ship and journeys into a discussion about love. On a boat. You could call it a Love Boat…

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Trailer Park: Zachary Levi – Part 2

Posted Friday, January 15th, 2010 at 4:07am

Christopher Stipp reviews the Oscar winner DEPARTURES as it makes its bow on DVD, and then finishes up his interview with Zachary Levi as they talk CHUCK and its future…

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Musical MySpace Tour #4

Posted Friday, January 15th, 2010 at 3:59am

Aaron Poole returns with his unique music review column, in which he dives headfirst into the maelstrom that is MySpace’s music scene, looking for gems amongst the stones… This week, it’s Abacay, Freddy Williams, 5 Sadows, Femmepop, & The Airplane Game…

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