Kentucky Fried Critics

We're still on our little vacation and working hard at teaching ourselves some new techniques and banking a few episodes so we're more prepared for any issues in the future. With that being said we didn't want anyone to get worried that we weren't coming back and also to maybe talk a little bit about the behind the scenes and how/why we decided to do this podcast in the first place. No beer to adv...

It's celebration time. 50 episodes and (basically) a year at this podcasting thing, so we thought we'd do something special. We watched the winner of our poll of what movie you guys wanted us to cover the most, and it just so happens to be one of Beau's favorite movies too. That's right we're talking about the 1999 sci-fi meta comedy/Star Trek spoof, Galaxy Quest. It has a stellar cast and more sc...

This week we decided to take a look at the 1993 hilarious frenemy comedy Grumpy Old Men. Starring the original (and true) Odd Couple, Walter Matthau and Jack Lemon, with plenty of other literal acting legends popping up along the way. It's hard not to enjoy this movie as it hilariously defines the line between friendship and hatred in a decade long rivalry between neighbors. We were able to "drink...

After last week we decided to take the DeLorean for a spin back to 1999 and watch the raunchy teen classic American Pie (and maybe raid our closets for the perfect outfit for the occasion). It kicked off an empire of hilariously questionable movies, especially if you count all of the direct to DVD sequels, and helped launch the careers of most of the actors involved. Our drink of choice this week...

This week we decided to take a trip to the future, or to the past, or a future that is now the past. It's a whole mess of time travel shenanigans as we take a look at Back to the Future Part II. It's the one that introduced us to the hoverboard, alternate timelines, a flying DeLorean and a possible future that never came to pass. Our beer for this week was Against the Grains Haze Capacitor, a very...

This week we took a look at the 1999 lake horror/monster/suspense movie, Lake Placid. A giant oversized croc is loose in the wilderness of New England and it's up to a plucky group of strangers to figure out what's going on and how to stop it. The movie has plenty of scares, gore and laughs and even an appearance from the legendary Betty White. You really can't ask for much more than that. We know...

This week we took a dive into a world where darkness usually prevails and things do go bump in the night, Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy. It's the perfect blend of action, occult/scifi, and comic book dorkiness all in one movie. It's got Ron Perlman going back to his prosthetic face covered roots and Doug Jones showing off his amazing talents, and so much more we could barely stop talking. The very...

Our selection this week was the blast from the past (in more ways than one) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. That's the one that started it all and really pushed the crazy lengths Mike Myers will go to for a good character. Come along and get a taste of the swinging '60s, spy movies, and some humor that at times might be as questionable as Austin's teeth. Our beer of choice for the wee...

This week we watched the 2002 campy classic Bubba Ho-Tep, starring the legendary Bruce Campbell. Come with us as we follow along the bizarre adventure of a possible Elvis and former president as they track down an elusive soul sucking hillbilly mummy. It's a truly wild ride from start to finish. Our drink of choice this week was the perfectly fitting Elvis Juice by Brewdog. It's a grapefruit infus...

This week we decided to liven things up some with a little music(al), so we watched the 1986 remake of The Little Shop of Horrors, based on the stage musical. The songs are great, the puppetry is larger than life, too many celebrities to keep up with and a weird macabre sci-fi story and those are just the highlights. If you somehow have made it this far in your life and not watched this movie, con...

This week was a special episode for us with many things working in the background for a few months. You already know since we didn't do our usual game that we watched Punk's Dead: SLC Punk 2, our first time returning to a sequel (so our first sequel?) and of course we had to do it for writer/director James Merendino's crowd-funded follow up. Much like the last time around, one of us was familiar w...

We fought through many obstacles to get this episode out to everyone, and remember we were not able to do much editing this week, so if it sounds a little rough around the edges, it is. This week's episode we watched the rarely mentioned Wilder Napalm from 1993, starring Dennis Quaid, Arliss Howard and Debra Winger. If you are a pyro at heart or you are a fan of Firestarter and you haven't seen or...

This week we watched the wildly inappropriate but equally enjoyable SNL movie The Ladies Man starring Tim Meadows. It's a movie that follows beloved radio personality Leon Phelps as he has to try to stay appropriate long enough to find a new job while be hunted down by a group of jilted husbands. If you can handle having your sensibilities tested and boundaries pushed, then there are a lot of laug...

After all that time on the beach we needed to find some tunes, so we decided to watch the John Cusack classic, High Fidelity. It's even got Jack Black belting out a couple tunes and doing what he does best, a few years before he was really known for it. It's a journey through the world of music, vinyl, love and heartbreak all with a killer soundtrack. We drank the aptly named For the Record by Mir...

We decided to keep our dreams of the beach and summer alive for another week, this time with the 1987 vastly underrated Back to the Beach, starring original beach royalty Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello as comical interpretations of themselves. A return to the days of the beach movie craze of the 60s and then hilariously filtered through an 80s lens. Just like we kept our beach theme from las...

This week we decided to dream of warm weather and beaches, it's not quite summer but we're ready for it anyway. We watched the original Point Break from 1991 starring Keanu Reeves, doing some gunwork pre-John Wick, and Patrick Swayze after he learned how to do those big kicks on Roadhouse. The movie has surfing, bank robbing, even a gnarly looking Anthony Kiedis and plenty of warm summer vibes. Ou...

This week we decided to blast off into space with a wild movie from 1986, SpaceCamp. It's a cast with a ton of familiar faces from the 80's and even a super young Joaquin Phoenix (back in his Leaf years). If you love 80's teen/kid adventures and sci-fi, this movie has you covered. Our beer of choice for this movie was Lift Off by Daredevil Brewing, another West Coast-style IPA for us. This one was...

This week we decided to take on our mutual love of martial arts movies by watching the 2004 martial arts-comedy movie, Kung Fu Hustle. This is a Stephen Chow project all the way through, which means written, directed, and starring. Follow the journey of a hapless moron as he accidentally stumbles into a world of kung fu masters, vicious street gangs, and bloodthirsty crime bosses none of which tak...

This week's movie was another Pauly Shore classic, although one that gets a little less love than others, the 1995 court room satire Jury Duty. It's got a huge cast full of familiar faces constantly popping up. If you are a fan of court drama's and never gave this comedy a chance, you should really rethink that decision. Our beer of choice this time was Gavel Banger, an American IPA by Taft's Brew...

For this week's episode we are talking about Snake Eyes. No, not the GI Joe spin off movie, the 1998 Brian De Palma thriller starring Nic Cage and Gary Sinise. It's a tale about a gambler and how he ended up at the center of a crazy conspiracy. It's a wild ride highlighted by hurricanes, boxing, and some of the Nic Cage-iest Nic Cage you'll ever see. Our drink of choice for the week was to perfect...

For this week we decided to go back to our childhoods and watched something a little more kid-friendly, the 1994 re-imagining of The LIttle Rascals. Based on the classic Our Gang/Little Rascals shorts, it is a mash up of timeless comedy with a 90s touch. Keep your eyes peeled for the massive list of cameos that the movie has to offer, along with the wholesome fun time. Our drink of choice for this...

For this week's episode we decided to cover the 1970 comedy Hercules in New York. It is the first movie for Arnold Schwarzenegger when he was still new to the world of acting, and English. It's a crazy trip through 70's New York City filtered through the lens of Greek mythology and body builder physique. It seemed only fitting to honor a strongman like Arnold with an equally strong beer. We found...

For this week's episode we watched a movie from the mid 90's that is set in the late 70's and focuses on a group of teens as they drive around looking for parties. No, we're not talking about Dazed and Confused. We're talking about the much more obscure movie, The Stoned Age, a 1994 proto-buddy stoner movie. Our drink of choice for this week's episode comes right from the movie itself, some schnap...

This week we watched Toy Soldiers. No, not that movie about the toys that came to life. This is the rarely talked about 1991 action movie starring Sean Astin, Louis Gosset, Jr., and Wil Wheaton. Terrorists seize control of a boys prep school and a ragtag group of students trapped inside help take them down. Our drink of choice this week is...mouthwash. Well, not really. It's a special little cockt...

This week we're taking a trip back to the 70's, by way of the 90's. We watched the all but forgotten comedy from 1990, Spirit of '76, a comedy that follows a group of time travelers as they try to save the future by venturing through the bicentennial of the USA. Written and directed by Lucas Reiner, Carl Reiner's slightly less famous son and starring David Cassidy and Leif Garret, I'm sure you're...