Our favorite redvine reviewer is back! Flick Chick Vique discusses the new Five Nights at Freddy's movie and more with Brad today on the Mix. For more Flick Chick reviews visit aztv.com
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00:00 It is time to talk movies with our favorite movie critic.
00:04 That's Vicki Rojas, the flick chick, Red Vine reviewer.
00:07 Let's really quick remind people
00:09 why they call you the Red Vine reviewer.
00:11 That's how I rate my movies, five being the best of the best.
00:14 One, I am sparing you a whole lot of pain, don't go.
00:17 Yeah, I'm gonna say, Vicki, I'm kind of surprised
00:19 there was not more horror movies out this season.
00:22 They kind of trickled out, you know?
00:24 And then of course, it's kind of crazy
00:26 that there's actually one coming out on Thanksgiving.
00:28 A really big one coming out on Thanksgiving.
00:30 Yeah, that's, I don't understand.
00:32 'Cause it's called Thanksgiving.
00:33 There it is. But still.
00:34 I love it.
00:35 Okay, this one is actually very interesting
00:37 'cause it was a video game.
00:38 It was a video game, did you ever play it?
00:39 I did not, but my kids did,
00:41 and I didn't really understand,
00:42 like, I didn't know what they were playing.
00:43 It actually came out in 2014,
00:44 and they're still turning out new games.
00:47 So there is a series of games.
00:49 It really, I will say that this movie,
00:52 which they based on the game itself,
00:56 it takes a lot of, some license, you know?
00:58 'Cause you've got, you have to
01:00 when you're turning a game into a movie.
01:02 But it's really interesting
01:04 because it's really made for the fan base,
01:07 I really believe.
01:08 And me, having not played it,
01:10 and not knowing it, and not being age-free,
01:13 but I will still give you my honest opinion on it.
01:15 And make sure people know, it's Five Nights at Freddy's.
01:19 And what it is, is that Freddy's was the name
01:21 of a pizza arcade/parlor
01:25 that was very popular in the '80s.
01:28 And this movie has a very '80s flavor.
01:31 But a bunch of kids went, disappeared from the place,
01:34 and the place ended up being closed down.
01:36 This movie is about a young man suffering from PTSD
01:40 who takes a job as the night watchman
01:42 to make sure that the property doesn't get disturbed.
01:45 Because the big selling factor at this place
01:47 were all these animatronics that they had.
01:50 And so they wanna keep all this stuff protected.
01:53 But the secret of Freddy's is that these animatronics
01:57 come to life at night,
01:59 and they kinda have a murderous agenda.
02:02 So my feeling is, this movie has a few jump scares,
02:07 and it is scary, and it is violent.
02:11 But because it's made for a young demo,
02:14 they kinda consider it like a gateway movie for horror
02:17 for young tweens and teens, yeah.
02:20 So even though there's a lot of violence,
02:22 almost none of it happens on camera.
02:24 - Wow.
02:25 - So, and actually, I didn't realize that was their agenda,
02:28 but I appreciated that because I took
02:31 my 12 and 17-year-old nieces to it,
02:35 and I wasn't so worried about the 17-year-old.
02:37 But I was really worried 'cause it is PG-13, like,
02:40 ooh, I hope I'm not taking this 12-year-old
02:42 to something she shouldn't see.
02:42 There they are at the screening.
02:44 There we are together.
02:46 These little fans loved this movie.
02:50 I'm telling you, they are in cloud nine today.
02:53 The youngest one went to see the movie last night
02:56 at 10 o'clock with her old family
02:58 'cause she couldn't stop talking about it.
03:00 The 17-year-old is going today after school
03:03 with a bunch of her high school friends.
03:05 - Oh my gosh.
03:06 - She can't stop talking about it,
03:07 and they are talking about the fact that it's on Peacock.
03:09 They'll be ordering pizza because the 17-year-old
03:12 already informed her mom that they're gonna be watching it
03:14 all weekend long.
03:15 - Over and over.
03:16 - Over and over, and they did actually give me some reviews.
03:18 - Okay.
03:19 - We recorded the audio there, and it was insanity.
03:21 So I just want, I don't wanna get their reviews wrong.
03:24 But the 12-year-old, Molly, said, "I really love the movie.
03:27 "I think it was five red vines."
03:29 - Wow.
03:30 - And the other one, Giselle, the 17-year-old said,
03:33 "I think it deserves five red vines.
03:35 "It stayed true to the story, and new fans will love it."
03:39 - All right.
03:39 - So that's them.
03:40 I give it three red vines.
03:42 It's a decent movie,
03:43 and I think it's a great family horror movie.
03:46 And when have I ever said that?
03:48 That doesn't happen very often.
03:48 - No, and I think also what's really great is that, again,
03:52 it's those kids who grew up with the game
03:55 are now gonna watch it, and now it's a big thing.
03:55 - They grew up with it, and they were crazy about it.
03:57 I can't tell you how many times I read the word perfect
03:59 on the ride home.
04:00 - I love it.
04:01 - Perfect, perfect, perfect.
04:02 - So there you go.
04:03 All right, so now I wanna switch gears
04:04 and talk about a little independent film
04:06 that's coming out called "Mantis."
04:09 And it is actually written and directed by Conor Ray,
04:12 who is part of my son's Spider-Byte Entertainment team.
04:15 And so this is a short that they actually put together.
04:18 Each year, my son does horror movies for Halloween,
04:20 little short ones.
04:21 And so this is the one they picked right here, "Mantis Do."
04:24 Conor's debut, directed and stuff.
04:27 - I love the retro style.
04:28 - Exactly, retro style.
04:29 And what it's about is actually,
04:31 let's just say you gotta look up what a mantis does.
04:34 And a mantis actually eats its male counterpart.
04:38 I'm gonna leave it at that right there as this.
04:41 But it's great.
04:42 - Talk about a smack down, huh?
04:44 - Comes out on Halloween,
04:46 that's when they launch them
04:47 on spiderbyteentertainment.com projects.
04:51 And then it's going into film festivals.
04:53 So they had to do it and get it ready for a film festival.
04:55 So they have the shortcut that goes in film festival,
04:58 and then the long version will be online.
05:00 - And that, a film festival,
05:02 is your springboard for everything else.
05:04 - Yes, and so I'm very proud of my son
05:06 and his team on this one,
05:07 and Conor for his first time writing
05:09 and directing a movie in my son's time.
05:10 - So exciting.
05:11 - And I get to announce right now that with this,
05:14 my son's new short that he's doing called "Skins"
05:18 has been fully funded by Marlon Williams.
05:21 - Whoa.
05:22 - So Marlon Williams actually is executive producer.
05:24 - Breaking news, that's amazing.
05:25 - Breaking news is executive producer
05:27 in helping him with his next short film
05:29 that will lead into a feature film.
05:31 So this is good.
05:32 So please go support, of course, local films.
05:34 Go support the movies that we have here.
05:36 It's very important right now, especially with the strike on.
05:38 - Support Brad's son?
05:38 - So my son, Tanner, so and his team.
05:40 - That's wonderful, wonderful.
05:42 - So all right.
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