Fat Bidin

Zan just got back from his regular workshop filmmaking pilgrimage to the Borneo Eco Film Festival and he explains to Aizyl why community and indigenous filmmaking is so important to any society.

Zan and Aizyl discuss love letters revolving around Umno and its members. From legal matters to show cause responses, you can't tell if you're reading news or satire.

Zan and Aizyl watch a children's adventure movie which isn't really for children. Kevin Bacon stars alongside two kids who have never acted before (but do a terrific job!) and that lady from the TV show The Practice. Cop Car is directed by Jon Watts.

Is the best way to get the public off your back on corruption allegations by completely ignoring them? Seems like there are still no explanations to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) issue despite various leaders' repetitive, though slowly lessening, calls for clarification by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

Zan and Aizyl came to the realisation that all the TV shows on air are just long, drawn out soap operas - from The Walking Dead, to Game of Thrones and even Breaking Bad! Well, maybe not Breaking Bad.

Zan and Aizyl talk about how the red-shirt rally on Malaysia Day was plain and simple racist!

Looking at how Al Jazeera journalist, Mary Ann Jolley, was allegedly deported after producing an undesirable documentary regarding the death of Mongolian model, Altantuya Shaariibuu, although she had committed no crime, Zan and Aizyl discuss what can and cannot be reported by journalists in Malaysia. And where would local journalists be ‘deported’ to if they reported on ‘undesirable’ issues.

Zan and Aizyl talk about all the sex in the Australian independent film Strangerland starring Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes and Hugo Weaving. It's all about the sex folks! (How's that for click-bait?)

Zan missed Bersih 4, so Aizyl fills him in on what he missed, its effects, and what's to come now that the rally is over.

Zan and Aizyl Azlee talk about how much of an emotional roller-coaster the film INSIDE OUT is and if Zan really is a sociopath with no feelings.

How far along does the English media (print, broadcast, online, cinema, theatre, etc) play a role in nation-building? Does it even have a role in Malaysia?

Zan always wanted to be Kurt Cobain when he was in secondary school. He even made his two brothers, including Aizyl, play air drums and air bass while he played air guitar and sang Lithium into an air microphone when they were younger.

Apparently there's a BN MP who's planning to sign some Statutory Declaration and vote against the Prime Minister in a vote of no confidence in Parliament. And apparently that's undemocratic?

After three weeks of Aizyl's pestering, Zan finally watches Ant-Man. And... surprise surprise! They talk about it!

The #AtTheEdge rally saw about 200 people demonstrating for press freedom following the suspension of The Edge weekly and Financial Daily. Will this finally be the time the media gets what it's been asking for year after year? Probably not...

Zan and Aizyl are joined by their brother Izal as they talk about the one thing they can all agree on... the awesomeness of Sylvester Stallone's Rocky films! ADRIANNNNN!!!!!

Regardless of being in the right or in the wrong, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's administration doesn't seem to be placing any importance in managing the public's perception of allegations against Najib and the government. What can be done better?

Zan and Aizyl is NOT reviewing Ant-Man! Instead, they are talking about Michael Moore and his documentary films. They are shocked to find out that he has a new film out called 'Where to Invade Next'. His last film was six years ago and nobody knew he was working on a new one.

A whole episode condemning the decision to suspend The Edge. Aiyo… who are the ones who should be investigated here?

Zan and Aizyl discuss the issue of piracy in the film industry. It may be illegal and unethical, but it could also be really essential to the development of a film culture in countries like Malaysia.

News agencies were pranked by an NGO with little to its name last week. Zan and Aizyl also discuss the "racial" side of the Low Yat incident and what it means.

Law graduate Zahra got a chance to share her financial struggles to the Deputy Prime Minister, and she did, to some criticism for being "ungrateful".

'While we're young', an old film directed by Noah Baumbach, starring Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts from 2014 is only now playing in Malaysian cinemas. Zan and Aizyl talk about how it's taking the coming-of-age theme to neither here nor there... but okay lah. Or err... maybe not so okay lah.

Having avoided talking about what they don't understand all this while, Zan and Aizyl finally talk about the allegations of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal surrounding Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

The Fat Bidin Film Club discuss that latest instalment of that 'awesome' large dinosaur franchise... Jurassic World. But they mainly harp about how Ron Howard could have produce such a beautiful creature like Bryce Dallas Howard.