A weekly investigation into the strange filmographies of cinemas most fascinating careers.
Here's a first for the Travolting boys... Michael Keaton!! Very first movie covered with Michael Keaton in a leading role! A bit disappointing though since this film is a very by the numbers movie about salesman trying to learning the ins and outs of how to be great at their jobs. Nothing exciting happens during the last five minutes. Nothing. At. All.
A prequel to the 2008 remake "Journey to the Center of the Earth"? No... a film starring Fraser and Scott Glen as a father/son duo who runs a club-brothel in São Paulo, Brazil attempting to sell drugs but find themselves going against each other when personal vendettas come to light.
In 2005 a beautiful film showcasing the lives of people who undergo a heartfelt change of how they view themselves and the world around them in an environment filled with a culture of hate and prejudice. We laughed, we cried and we fell in love with these people on screen. That movie of course... is Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger. Oh? What's that? Sorry folks but there appears to have been a mix up, the movie we are actually covering and ended up winning t...
9 years after Space Jam, 18 years before Space Jam 2, was the ultimate Looney Tunes live action film where Brendan Fraser plays the stuntman for.... BRENDAN FRASER!?!?
This early 2000's comedy stars David Spade in the role as a washed out actor who was once a very popular child star who desires to be back in the spotlight, but in order to land this heavily desired role in a Rob Reiner movie, he first must understand what its like to grow up with a normal family. So what does he do? Hires a family to let him crash at their place for a while. What could go wrong!?
What first started as a 10 episode mini-series where each episode was 7-9 minutes long and the normal viewing option was vertical on your iphone is now an 84 minute movie in horizontal viewing mode. So you guys know what that means.... the Travolting boys are back with another John Travolta film to cover!
OUR BOY WON!!!!
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 discu...
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 l...
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...
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 Dudl...
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!
It's a cold January night in 2021. COVID-19 has been running rampant all over the world. Businesses shut down, supply shortages, unemployment at an all time; and through this chaotic time we find ourselves two unemployed filmmakers who during one night had the conversation: "Should we start a podcast about John Travolta?"
In this movie, Fraser really came out "swinging"! But alas, he did not hit a tree in his swing, he crushed the landing as the fun-loving jungle man we all have fond memories of him as. Join Jeff, Stuart, as well as special guests Anna Ragland and returning guest Adam Campbell as we dive deep into this late 90's classic that shaped our childhoods!
Our first retrospective episode of the Fraser's Edge is here! The boys talk about the unique rise to fame of Brendan Fraser while also discussing the similarities and differences between our old friend Travolta! Both started off as a featured extra, then a one-liner role, a lead role in a TV movie, a blockbuster lead role, and a lead role that exercises their acting chops. But where does it differ from there?
Believe it or not folks, Brendan Fraser does not have a single christmas movie in his catalog. We know.... we were shocked to discover this too, but what he DOES HAVE.... is a short clip from the 1999 White House Christmas Dinner with a very special guest. Hillary Clinton!
Ladies and Gentlemen, get ready for the steamiest, sweatiest, sexiest episode of the Fraser's Edge you've ever listened to. Brendan Fraser and Joanna Going, at their peak, creating a seducingly delicious erotic drama that also involves premonitions and visions. Think we're describing a fantasy fan-fiction? Nope. It's the 1997 film, Still Breathing. Texas... here we come.
Imagine a movie that ponders the question: "if I knew my baby was going to be born gay, should I abort it?". Now answer yourself this question: Are you watching said movie? Well unfortunately the boys are as they begrudgingly discuss the horrible themes and motifs of the 1996 film, Twilight of the Golds.
Looking at the title and poster of this movie, you'd think you were about to watch a rom-com Christmas Hallmark movie, right? Well you could not be further from the truth as Mrs. Winterbourne truly exposes the horrors people are willing to go through to fit into a society they thought their whole lives they could not be a part of. But hey... Fraser has some pretty neat hair in this.
Imagine a world where Canada's version of the SNL cast got together and made a wacko crazy movie that was full of intermittent skits and comedy sketches with a weak thread of a central theme that had some funny moments but as a whole didn't stand up and then after 27 years made a reboot tv series where the first scene was dedicated to making fun of how poorly this movie did? Well guess what, you're living in that world because Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy EXISTS!!
That's right we're back baby!! Travolting is back with another action packed delivery by the man that started this podcast, John Travolta. Joined by a now retired Bruce Willis, this film sort of has no surprises given the current career stage Travolta is in right now, none-the-less, the boys were excited, thrilled and maybe a little depressed to return to the discussion that began it all... How is Travolta's hair in this??
If we were to describe this movie as a group of women looking back on their childhood when they were preteens riding their bikes around Indiana investigating the mysterious death of a young boy via riding their bikes around town and fighting off a group of bullies while also coping with their rough home lives, you'd say were describing a Stephen King movie right?? Now and Then has a few interesting aspects to it which includes a short yet sweet performance by Fraser who does so much with so litt...
The boys had fun with this remake of their original Glory Daze episode as the original burnt to a crisp in the fiery pits of hell known as the "SD Card failing". But they still delivered a thorough examination of this remake of a remake that features all sorts of random stars including our own favorite boy, Fraser himself.
Cole Bradley, the king of hot movie takes returns to the Travolting family with his Fraser's Edge debut with many many many.... many... hot takes... BUT! One thing that all three of the boys agreed on: The Passion of Darkly Noon? Pretty good movie.... This episode comes out just in time for the spooky season and oh boy is this movie full of strange and scary images that the boys will talk about for hours and hour. Happy Halloween fellow Fraser Fans!
Imagine a movie that advertised Brendan Fraser as one of the best baseball players in the world. Now imagine Martin Brooks (Marlin from Finding Nemo) scouting that player but then discovering that Fraser has years of unpacked trauma that could endanger his mental and physical well being, and then we spend the rest of the 90 minutes not even mentioning baseball until the final scene. Well the boys and special guest Ang Gardner dive deep into what makes baseball such a cinematic sport and how conf...
The final chapter in our Pauly Shore side mission with the Fraser Campaign. Thank god.
