From the Couch Hole: Best of Film 2024 – Where Are You Going, So Full of Hope?
By Shawn Bourdo |
From 2005 through 2013 and then, after a brief hiatus, again from 2017-2023, I have punctuated each year with an ...
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From the Couch Hole: Our Conversation Was Short and Sweet
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the wolfs stole this old heart of mine with a blitz to Burger King for the fried ...
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From the Couch Hole: I’m Not Too Proud to Shout It
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the limey gave us an ode to a boy and chocolate Chex. The Penguin was wicked in ...
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From the Couch Hole: Exaggeration on the Truth
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the bad monkey met up with the baby driver who said, "Open your eyes and squeeze me." ...
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From the Couch Hole: Let Me Show You the Light
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the postman rang twice, once for the lemon pepper potato chips and a second time for the ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: The Art of Glenn Hetrick’s Alchemy Studios
By Darcy Staniforth |
Since 1966, Star Trek has been taking its viewers along as Starfleet has explored "Space, the final frontier." In 2017, Star ...
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From the Couch Hole: It’s Quiet When the Tide is Low
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Baby Jane was watching "I Love Lucy" while eating Chex. The Adventures of Tintin couldn't hold a ...
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From the Couch Hole: Now You’re Moving in High Society
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the hot fuzz was looking for Shaun of the Dead who escaped on a lifeboat. The wild ...
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From the Couch Hole: I Will Be Your Storm at Seas
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the oddity returned from beyond the grave on Sugar Hill. Shirley Temple gave us the genesis of ...
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Separated Movie Review: Harm to the Children Was Part of the Point
By Greg Hammond |
Errol Morris continues his streak of astonishingly edge-of-your-seat storytelling and filmmaking in his latest documentary, Separated, based on the book ...
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From the Couch Hole: Before They Turn the Summer into Dust
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, last week out in Stumptown, the Joker found that love is a stranger with Plucky Duck and ...
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Dallas Fan Festival 2024 Review
By Shawn Bourdo |
It was as intimate an experience as you can have in pop-culture fandom with 15,000 of your friends at the ...
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From the Couch Hole: To Tempt You In and Drive You Far Away
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, at Salem's Lot, Carrie went down the old Spanish trail for some night ghoulery. It ended up ...
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Hanna-Barbera’s Superstars 10 Blu-ray Review: A Good Collection for Young Cartoon-Watchers
By Gordon S. Miller |
Hanna-Barbera's Superstars 10 collects 10 made-for-TV animated films that aired on The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera, a syndicated program that ...
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From the Couch Hole: Let Me Tell You a Tale
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the God Emperor of Dune was on the carefree highway with bad Ronald. They ate Coca-Cola Oreos ...
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From the Couch Hole: Let Me Slip Away on You
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the humans would fade into you. It wasn't imaginary that young Frankenstein showed up with the Monster ...
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From the Couch Hole: Strange You Never Knew
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we called out "Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice" and got an American honey with a case of a crazy little ...
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Los Angeles Comic Con 2024 Programming Highlights
By Gordon S. Miller |
LA Comic Con 2024 returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center from October 4-6, 2024. Tickets are currently on sale ...
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From the Couch Hole: I Gotta Be Cool, Relax
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, it wasn't just sunny, it was aftersun even though you like it darker. You can roll me ...
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From the Couch Hole: I’m Just a Vagabond
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the American refugee witnessed Mary Jane's last dance to a passage for trumpet on the causeway. The ...
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From the Couch Hole: You’ve Got to Put on That Party Dress
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the Alien on Romulus is versus the Predator who is wondering where the lions are. The robot ...
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Hanna-Barbera Double Feature: Scooby-Doo! and the Witch’s Ghost / Scooby-Doo! and the Alien Invaders Blu-ray Review
By Shawn Bourdo |
The Warner Archive Collection has released a Hanna-Barbera Double Feature bringing together two Scooby-Doo! movies to Blu-ray for the first ...
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From the Couch Hole: The World Survives Into Another Day
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the bad monkey would jump at the alien resurrection. We would speak no evil about Korean-style Ruffles ...
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From the Couch Hole: I Get Up and Nothin’ Gets Me Down
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the sharper cuckoo wasn't sunny because he was lost without your love. The three aliens played a ...
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From the Couch Hole: I Can’t Believe It’s Real
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Didi and the Hellcats found a higher love at the point break with a star-spangled splash. The ...
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From the Couch Hole: Facing Our Fear and Standing Out There Alone
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the chaser alien met Deadpool and Wolverine but there was no surrender to the power of love ...
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From the Couch Hole: Don’t Need No Credit Card to Ride This Train
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Oppenheimer was a problemista who took a liberty chill. Longlegs said love lies bleeding, but our lips ...
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From the Couch Hole: Pay No Mind to What They Say
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, on Janet Planet, Maxxxine went to the United States of Tara to have s'mores and churros. Garlic ...
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From the Couch Hole: Slow Down You’re Doing Fine
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Logan and the Bear came straight from the heart to the quiet place. They were back in ...
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San Diego Comic Con 2024: Sunday Preview
By Shawn Bourdo |
San Diego Comic Con returns to the San Diego Convention Center and surrounding area. Sunday's programming schedule has been revealed ...
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San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Sunday Programming Highlights
By Gordon S. Miller |
San Diego Comic Con returns to the San Diego Convention Center and surrounding area. Sunday's programming schedule has been revealed ...
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From the Couch Hole: And All My Words Would Just Fall Out of Line
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Wolverine and Deadpool were the children of dune and together in electric dreams. It was the night ...
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San Diego Comic-Con 2024 Saturday Programming Highlights
By Gordon S. Miller |
San Diego Comic Con returns to the San Diego Convention Center and surrounding area. Saturday's programming schedule has been revealed ...
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San Diego Comic-Con 2024: Saturday Preview
By Shawn Bourdo |
San Diego Comic Con returns to the San Diego Convention Center and surrounding area. Saturday's programming schedule has been revealed ...
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San Diego Comic-Con 2024: Friday Preview
By Shawn Bourdo |
San Diego Comic Con returns to the San Diego Convention Center and surrounding area. Friday's programming schedule has been revealed ...
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San Diego Comic-Con 2024: Friday Programming Highlights
By Gordon S. Miller |
San Diego Comic Con returns to the San Diego Convention Center and surrounding area. Friday's programming schedule has been revealed ...
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San Diego Comic-Con 2024: Thursday Programming Highlights
By Gordon S. Miller |
San Diego Comic Con returns to the San Diego Convention Center and surrounding area. Thursday’s programming schedule has been revealed ...
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San Diego Comic-Con 2024: Thursday Preview
By Shawn Bourdo |
San Diego Comic Con returns to the San Diego Convention Center and surrounding area. Thursday's programming schedule has been revealed ...
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From the Couch Hole: I’ll Never Find a Better Prize
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Deadpool couldn't fight the feeling that he liked the Police and Nashville Hot pretzels. Wolverine's origin came ...
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From the Couch Hole: It’s Time to Bring This Ship Into the Shore
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Frankie went to Hollywood in a Ferrari during a purple rain. The crime story was about the ...
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From the Couch Hole: Keep the Vampires from Your Door
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Furiosa met with the Idea Man to say, "Please let me get what I want." That included ...
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Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker Is the Pick of the Week
By Mat Brewster |
It seems completely crazy to me now, but for years the BBC did little to no archiving of their television ...
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From the Couch Hole: Good Times for a Change
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, I played your song out on Fury Road. I saw the TV glow in a quiet place ...
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CrimeCon 2024 Review: Wrap Up
By Darcy Staniforth |
I have returned from a packed weekend at CrimeCon 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. Outside of the speakers, creators, and exhibitors, ...
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From the Couch Hole: Or a Man Who Makes Potions in a Travelin’ Show
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the ring of terror was beyond Thunderdome over the cheeseburger melts. Madame Web took the sweet child ...
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CrimeCon 2024 Review: Day Two
By Darcy Staniforth |
CrimeCon Day 2 started earlier and felt much busier. Today, the numbers of attendees were evident by the packed Main ...
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CrimeCon 2024 Review: Day One
By Darcy Staniforth |
I’ve just completed Day One of CrimeCon 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. This is my first year attending this con, but ...
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From the Couch Hole: Where Do We Go Now?
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, from me to you the Earth Mama makes the best root beer floats. The Road Warrior was ...
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From the Couch Hole: If There’s Anything That You Want
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Mad Max said, "One day I'll fly away. So talk to me." The Sympathizer stocked the house ...
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Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) and Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island (2019) Blu-ray Review: Wallow in the Warmth of a 20-Year Story Arc
By Greg Hammond |
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island starts with the gang (Scooby-Doo/Scott Innes, Shaggy Rogers/Billy West, Daphne Blake/Mary Kay Bergman, Fred Jones/Frank Welker, ...
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