Travolting

Based on a book written in 1955 warning us about the dangers of American involvement in other country's affairs. Can you guess where the story is set? Vietnam... Michael Caine plays a British reporter living in Saigon alongside Brendan Fraser who plays an American with large ideas for Vietnam. Jeff and Stuart had a great time discussing all of the subtexts between Caine's neutral and impartial position and Fraser's American exceptionalism.

Fraser returns as Ricochet O'Connell in the 2001 sequel to the 1999 action-packed blockbuster The Mummy! The sequel to the film that skyrocketed Fraser's stardom is also rejoined by stunning Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, John Hannah, Oded Fehr, and introducing a brand new face you have never seen on screen before.... DWAYNE THE ROCK JOHNSON!?!?!? That's right. Jeff, Stuart, and first time guest Jill Sweeney get to deep dive into The Rock's cinematic introduction as the scorpion king as well discuss the good, the bad, and the decayed in this Stephen Sommers Monsters Universal Sequel.

You folks remember that early 2000's movie about two people switching bodies and it becomes a whole fiasco of them trying to get back into their original bodies and chaos ensues and affects their families and careers? We're not talking about the 2003 film Freaky Friday, we're actually talking about the 2001 Henry Selick film, Monkeybone. Brought to you by the director of Nightmare before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, and Coraline; is an odd mix of stop-motion animation, puppetry, and a live-action Brendan Fraser as he attempts to reason with the will of the fates and reclaim his life that was lost. Oh and there's a perverted farting monkey in it.

In this 21st century comedy, Brendan Fraser plays a down-on-his-luck but lovable goof that we all know and love. His desire? A girlfriend. His problem? Too socially awkward. The solution? Sell your soul to the devil for seven wishes but each wish comes with a caveat that ruins the whole experience until he figures out for himself that the key to true happiness is to be selfless. Truly an experience I think we can all relate to right?

Picture this: it's christmas morning, 2001. You wake up and go look under the tree and you see a gift with your name on it. You hastily open it to reveal the gift that will define your childhood and adulthood: The Nintendo GameCube. You put in the first game you get, Metroid Prime. The TV screen flickers and the opening scene begins to play. You are in awe at the revolutionary graphics involved making this game. Now.... imagine if that opening scene.... was instead an 80 minute long feature film.... a feature film about Sinbad.... nope, not the sinbad movie you're thinking of... this version of sinbad is voiced by Brendan Fraser and features some of the most haunting "return the slab" computer graphics ever witnessed. Be warned.

After being a heroic treasure hunter in The Mummy, Fraser returns to his roots that we've seen in films like George of the Jungle and Blast from the Past where he takes on the sort of... "lovable goofball" persona. Only this time he's playing a Canadian Mountie with a sentient horse companion who's town gets taken over by Alfred Molina pre-Spiderman 2 and eventually fights a war with an indigenous tribe that's from Brooklyn New York against tanks and machine guns. Dudley Do-Right? More like Dudley Do-NOT!!

The movie that defined Fraser's career as well as a whole generation for action/adventure fans. The Mummy is hot, steamy, sandy, romantic, intense and all around an enjoyable film that will forever live in our hearts. The boys and our graphic designer, Rebecca Johnson, talk about the dynamic duo of Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz in this 1999 action/adventure masterpiece.

After being sheltered in a nuclear bunker for 35 years, Brendan Fraser emerges into Los Angeles in the 90's where he and Alicia Silverstone search for two things: supplies and a wife. Jeff, Stuart and first time guest Savannah Olson discuss the trajectory of Fraser's career and what is bound to come.

Before he was Gandalf, before he was Magneto, before he was Gus in the 2019 masterpiece, Cats... Ian McKellen played The Whale... No not that whale, a different whale. JIMMY WHALE, the director who made classics like Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. Gods and Monsters explores the later days of Jimmy Whale's life alongside his yardworker played by the one and only.... Brendan Fraser. Watching these two act together side by side is a sight to behold!