2015 was a great year to be Franchise Fred. There were an unprecedented amount of franchise installments. In one sense, it was simply a practical matter. There are now more franchises to service that have been created in the past 50 years of cinema. However, it does also speak to the interest in continuing stories. […]
Bob Gale may be one of the reasons I became Franchise Fred. Growing up, I loved Back to the Future so much, it blew my mind when I got to see the story continue. If that was the inception, he might have also created a monster because I couldn’t stop at Back to the Future […]
This week everyone can finally see the movie that blew me away at Sundance. Zipper stars Patrick Wilson as a lawyer who becomes obsessed with an escort service. This is troubling enough for a married father, but even more so when his political ambitions put him under further scrutiny. Mora Stephens, who cowrote the […]
Hitman Agent 47 is an upcoming American thriller based of the widely popular video game Hitman. The film starts Rupert Friend, Zachary Quinto, Hannah Ware, and Thomas Kretschmann. While the video games have been around for many years, in this film we find our “Agent 47” is tasked with the job of finding the daughter […]