Fabulous Film & Friends

• Ep. #103 - We DUTIFULLY watched THUNDERBOLTS*

  Send us a textOn this, our 103rd episode, Marvel demanded it and we delivered. Like good corporate citizens, we dutifully marched to the local cineplex and went to see 2025’s Thunderbolts* directed by Jake Schreier and starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Lewis Pullman, Hannah John-Kamen, Geraldine Viswanathan and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Why? Because well, what else is playing in theaters that has any marquee value?My guests today are my two pals from the Treasure Valley that migrated to the great state of Utah, David Johnson DMD and Burton Brown.And before we get down to business the synopsis.In Thunderbolts, a rag tag group of misfits and vaguely criminal antiheroes are forced to work together to stop a calamitous, world-ending, threat.Are we just lock-stepping goons for watching this film or was it worth a damn?Find out! Watch the video podcast on Youtube:https://youtu.be/Sj7e5KzbH2s

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• Ep. # 102 - A MINECRAFT MOVIE v. Nacho Libre: The BEST of Jared Hess Part II-Enter Jack Black

  Send us a textWelcome to our 102nd Blockbuster Episode, The BEST of Jared Hess Part 2: Enter Jack Black where we will discuss and dissect the afore-mentioned actor and director pairings starting with 2006’s Nacho Libre starring Jack Black, Héctor Jiménez, Ana de la Reguera, Darius Rose and Peter Stormare compared to 2025’s megahit blockbuster A Minecraft Movie starring Black again, Jason Momoa, Emma Myers, Sebastian Eugene Hansen, Danielle Brooks Dawn, Jennifer Coolidge and  Jemaine Clement. My solitary guest tonight is the only muchacho bold enough to help me fill our pockets with cinematic diamonds — a man worthy of a hearty Roman forearm handshake. Please welcome fellow former Treasure Valley dweller and ultimate fighting challenge boss, Dr. David Johnson, DMD.Before we enter that rickety old mineshaft, the synopses: In Nacho Libre:Ignacio, A humble Mexican monastery cook  dreams of becoming a word famous luchador to earn respect and help the orphans he cares for. Against all odds — and with plenty of epic fails — he embraces his destiny in the wrestling ring.A Minecraft Movie (2025)Siblings Henry and Natalie, new residents in the town of Chuglass Idaho, along with has been gaming world champ Garrett Garrison and their realtor Dawn, arewhisked  into the blocky Overworld, where they must team up with Steve—a legendary Minecrafter—to survive and find their way home.  How do these two films rank in Jared Hess’ filmography?  Find out!   Watch the video on Youtube:https://youtu.be/-gj94ElQobk     

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• Ep. #101- How BAD Could They BE? Joker: Folie á Deux v. Kraven The Hunter

  Send us a textIt’s Episode 101 and while we’re gearing up to charge full speed ahead, we’re going to take a quick look back at the halcyon days of the fall/winter of 2024 when two earth-shattering comic book movie bombs were unleashed on the cinema going public. We’re talking Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie a Deux starring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Catherine Keener, Zazie Beets and Brendan Gleeson  up against JC Chandor’s – who are we kidding? Marvel/Sony’s Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor Johnson, Russell Crow, Ariana Debose, Fred Hechinger and Alessandro Nivola. I have assembled my team of elite assassins to pick off and pore over these two fearsome digital age fails, starting with my kid sis and charter member of the Sinatra/Silva Karate dojo Roseanne Caputi, Joe Field  hypnotist, psychologist author and quite the crooner, as well as the larger than life, accept-no-substitutes, KING of the real estate drone photography jungle, Gordon Alex Robertson. Before we commence wrestle with those CGI bears and saucy tripper chicks, the synopses. Joker: Folie á DeuxIn this follow up to the inexplicable 2019 mega-hit, The Joker, Arthur Fleck, barely subsists at Arkham State Hospital as he awaits trial for the five, technically six murders he committed in the last film.  However, he soon gets his zip back when he is allowed to attend a prison music therapy class and is introduced to fellow inmate Harley “Lee” Quinzel. Together, they share a passionate love affair fueled by music, mayhem and delusions of grandeur.Kraven the HunterAfter being  mauled to the point of death by a lion, Sergei Kravinoff, son of notorious Trophy hunter and drug kingpin Nicolai Kravinoff, gains enhanced jungle animal abilities and becomes Kraven The Hunter, a sort of bad guy who fights for the little guy against drug dealers.   On his quest to prove himself as the ultimate predator, he confronts his father and half-brother Demetri aka the shapeshifting Chameleon while also teaming up with Calypso, a voodoo potion wielding lawyer. Also, he goes up against The Rhino. So how BAD can they BE?Find out!Watch the podcast on Youtube:https://youtu.be/jRItWg1TTWg 

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• Ep. # 100 - The TOP 3 Comedies of ALL TIME- This is Spinal Tap, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Raising Arizona

  Send us a textWelcome to the monumental 100th Episode of Fabulous Film and Friends where we are going to discuss the TOP 3 Comedies of ALL TIME in this podcast host’s estimation. We’re talking about 1984’s Spinal Tap directed by Rob Reiner, starring Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Tony Hendra, June Chadwick and Bruno Kirby then 1985’s Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, starring Paul Ruebens, Elizabeth Daly, Mark Holton, Jan Hooks, Diane Salinger, Morgan Fairchild and James Brolin topped off with 1987’s Raising Arizona Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen starring Nicholas Cage, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Frances McDormand, Sam McMurray and Trey Wilson. I have an action-packed line up of guests starting with Kid sis and frustrated roadie Roseanne Caputi, children’s book author dentist and dance king David Johnson, DMD, author, producer and gadfly George Young, musician, editor burrito and pastry lover Kendrick Wright, author, hypnotherapist, teacher and musical theater aficionado Joe Field and our very own Gordon Alex Robertson letting it all go wild.   Before we commence with the back-clapping and drinks on me at the Moulin Rouge, the synopses:  Spinal Tap (1984):A rock mockumentary following the fictional British heavy metal band Spinal Tap, chronicling their disastrous American tour after a failed album six years ago. The tour forces them to come face-to-face with their age, egos, dwindling fame, and their crumbling careers.  Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985):The madcap Pee-Wee Herman embarks on a desperate cross-country journey to find his stolen bicycle, encountering a cadre of zany characters and bizarre situations along the way.  Raising Arizona (1987):H.I. McDunnough, an ex-con with a passion for robbing convenience stores and his police officer wife, Ed short for Edwina, are unable to conceive. When unpainted furniture kingpin Nathan Arizona’s wife gives birth to quintuplets, HI and Ed kidnap one of the babies, leading to a chaotic and life-changing, one might say life-affirming, series of events. Are these the greatest comedies of all time?Find out!Watch the podcast on Youtube!https://youtu.be/RE3Zn6iEB_o

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• Ep. # 99 - ALL the Captain Americas! (including Brave New World)

  Send us a textHello Loyal Film Fans, we’re busting out, shields first, with our 99th episode and wanted to do something both timely and topical so we’re going to look at Marvel’s Captain America films replete with the newly released Captain America Brave New World. I’m your host Gino Caputi and I am joined by Joe Field, author, hypnotherapist and comic book store royalty, named after his Uncle Joe who owns Flying Colors Comics in Concord California.  https://www.flyingcolorscomics.com/Welcome back Joe!Before we celebrate the red white and blue Avenger, Here’s the overall synopses of all the films. The Captain America story centers around two men, Stever Rogers and his friend Sam Wilson. In Captain America: The First Avenger, it’s 1940, World War II is in full swing and frail but determined Steve Rogers undergoes an experiment that transforms him into an American super-soldier, leading him to battle Hydra and its leader, Red Skull, before sacrificing himself in the Arctic.  Frozen for 70 years, Steve miraculously wakes up in the 21st Century. In The Winter Soldier Steve makes friends with fellow soldier Sam Wilson while struggling to adjust to the modern world. The pair, aided by the Avengers Black Widow, uncover a Hydra conspiracy within S.H.I.E.L.D. while facing the Winter Soldier who turns out to be his once loyal childhood friend, Bucky Barnes. In Civil War Steve turns against Tony Stark as the Avengers fracture over government oversight, forcing him and Sam to go on the run to protect Bucky. Now in Brave New World, Steve’s mantle is taken up by Sam, who faces political and global challenges while proving himself as the new Captain America.So do any of these films uphold the stars and stripes? Let’s find out! Follow the FFF Facebook page!https://www.facebook.com/groups/fabulousfilmandfriendswatch the episode on Youtube:https://youtu.be/Td_JpNeRtwU

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