From the Couch Hole: Straight Down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the little sister gave us the lowdown on the secret separation of Ultraman from Wall-E who was ...
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From the Couch Hole: We Are Passengers in Time
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the Dark Knight and King Sorrow say, "Welcome to Matheson," with very little sentimental value since I ...
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From the Couch Hole: ‘Cause When You’re Not Here Nothing’s Any Fun
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Batman begins on the dark side of genius during the night of the owl. The family plot ...
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From the Couch Hole: You Never Let Me Down Before
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, during life on the Mississippi there was lightning that was a killer for five nights of such ...
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From the Couch Hole: Cool As the Water Melting from the Winter Snows
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, there was a body in the library and it was a sleeping murder of my lagan love ...
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From the Couch Hole: When Rainy Nights Are Soft with Tears
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, stand by me and I'll keep a long story short for eternity. Keep pushin' the zodiac predictions ...
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From the Couch Hole: And I’m Gettin’ to Know Myself a Little Bit Better
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Kassa was drinking cherry sakura and killing faith. The undertone was that you and I and tu ...
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From the Couch Hole: But You and Me Ain’t No Movie Stars
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the wolf of Wall Street was driving F1 to the Pitt when he shouted, "I never cry. ...
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From the Couch Hole: Until the TV’s Dead and Gone
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, R.J. Decker was witness to a murder most foul by Hamnet. There was a closed casket because ...
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From the Couch Hole: Fast As Wheels Can Turn
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, there was a murder at the gallop, and the secret agent had to wise up about the ...
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From the Couch Hole: It’s Not What You Thought When You First Began It
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Frankenstein was the smashing machine who said hello again in 1923. Answer the black phone to find ...
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From the Couch Hole: Just Called to Say Hello
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the ballad of Wallis Island was a song to the siren of train dreams. The motto was ...
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From the Couch Hole: I Did All My Best to Smile
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, this woman's work was to send help to the Muppet Show at the bone temple. We got ...
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From the Couch Hole: Ooh, It’s Hard on the Man
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the lady in the lake fought one battle after another for the family and a right and ...
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From the Couch Hole: When Your Day Is Long
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, murder, she said, because everybody's got to learn sometime about the monogram murders. The seven dials were ...
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From the Couch Hole: Change Your Heart, Look Around You
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, I got the time to kill because I saw the Christmas invasion from the high window. The ...
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From the Couch Hole: When I’m Feeling Slow, You Gimme Rock ‘n Roll
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, seasons come, seasons go for Marty Supreme during adolescence. It was time to get Shorty and some ...
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From the Couch Hole: A Tender Blade of New Green Grass
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the voice was shining darker than amber against the dreadful lemon sky. There were stranger things afoot ...
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From the Couch Hole: Won’t You Take Me Back to School
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, last year was on both sides now for poker face. The dead man had knives out on ...
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From the Couch Hole: Best of the Rest 2025 – The Days Grow Short, the Nights Are Gone
By Shawn Bourdo |
From 2005-2013 and 2014-2020, I punctuated each year with an ever increasingly complex Best of List. In 2021, I returned ...
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From the Couch Hole: Best of Streaming/TV 2025 – Marshmallows Are for Team Players
By Shawn Bourdo |
From 2005-2013 and 2017-2020, I punctuated each year with an ever increasingly complex Best-Of List. In 2021, I returned to ...
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From the Couch Hole: Best of Film 2025 – This Might Get Unpleasant… Or More Unpleasant
By Shawn Bourdo |
From 2005 through 2013 and then, after a brief hiatus, again from 2017-2024, I have punctuated each year with an ...
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From the Couch Hole: And Ice Cream Castles in the Air
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the wicked sorcerer was spirited away after stealing banana caramel Cheerios while claiming no one is to ...
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Season 3 Digital Code Giveaway
By Cinema Sentries |
Cinema Sentries has teamed up with Paramount Home Media to award three lucky readers a digital code for Star Trek: ...
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From the Couch Hole: You Can Look at the Menu, but You Just Can’t Eat
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the nice Indian boy obeyed the rule of Jenny Pen and met the unquiet dead for Cinnamon ...
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From the Couch Hole: I Hear You Calling, but I Can’t Come Home Right Now
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, on the road to Omaha, the running man found love so right. His companion carried the works ...
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Book Review: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock: The Making of the Classic Film by John Tenuto and Maria Jose Tenuto
By Gordon S. Miller |
Authors John Tenuto and Maria Jose Tenuto have followed up their book Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: The ...
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From the Couch Hole: Start Living for the Moment
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Rocky had a return to innocence when he went back to the future to the happy days ...
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From the Couch Hole: And If You Want, Then Start to Laugh
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Bugonia lived in a house of dynamite because who wants to live forever. We went beyond the ...
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From the Couch Hole: The World Has Only One Sweet Moment Set Aside for Us
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we said welcome to Derry even though it's no country for old men. Honey don't forget that ...
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From the Couch Hole: You’re Gonna Hear Me on Your Radio
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the silent phone didn't warn us about the substance that came with your love. The ghoul gave ...
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Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (Terror Time Collector’s Edition) Blu-ray Review: Spooky Dooby Doo
By Joe Garcia III |
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) is the franchise's first direct-to-video feature and it kickstarted the Scoocy-Doo crew's major resurgence, boosting ...
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From the Couch Hole: I’ve Got to Know What You’re Doin’
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the chair company was in the deep red after Godzilla vs. Mothra destroyed Tokyo. The situation called ...
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From the Couch Hole: Moving Through the Doorway of a Nation
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the dream on becoming a guinea fowl went from highest to lowest for Stranger pizza Doritos. The ...
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From the Couch Hole: One Half Won’t Do
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the trilogy of terror happened when you shut your eyes and you dreamed of electric sheep. Ultraman ...
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From the Couch Hole: Shut Your Eyes and Think of Somewhere
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the Time Lord was on the road to Gandolfo for his trial. The monkey heard the rhythm ...
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Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair to Be Released in Theaters Nationwide for First Time Ever from Lionsgate December 5, 2025
By Cinema Sentries |
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair—Quentin Tarantino’s presentation of the revenge epic that was originally presented in two volumes—will be ...
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From the Couch Hole: I’ll Wait Out of Time with You in My Heart
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah vs. the legend of Ochi was to see who was looking for #1. ...
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From the Couch Hole: Every Day Is an Endless Train
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the sign o' the times was a clue to the change unearthed in the time capsule. Jaws ...
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From the Couch Hole: When It’s All Too Late, It’s All Too Late
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we said farewell, my lovely in Terminus to the Chips Ahoy weapons. The opus of toffee creamer ...
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CrimeCon 2025: Denver – Day Two Review
By Darcy Staniforth |
When I first mention CrimeCon to folks, oftentimes they assume that this convention is a pulp magazine come to life, ...
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From the Couch Hole: Show Me a River That’s So Deep
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, on Alien Earth, Shin Godzilla was at square one with fudge stripes. The timecop said the hard ...
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CrimeCon 2025: Denver – Day One Review
By Darcy Staniforth |
CrimeCon 2025 is off to a roaring start in Denver, Colorado. I am excited to be back among the fans, ...
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From the Couch Hole: You Can’t Say What You Don’t Know
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the bear said, "Farewell, my lovely," but hold on if you are in the mood for love ...
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From the Couch Hole: Are You the One You Want to Be?
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, sinners never flinch when they say there will be blood. And so it goes, there will be ...
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From the Couch Hole: And You’re the Only One Who Knows
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, on Sunset Boulevard in 'Salem's Lot there was an incredible theft. Something so right came in the ...
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From the Couch Hole: And I Was in Crazy Motion
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the big sleep brought dreams of first steps and if you know how to love me, you'll ...
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From the Couch Hole: Breathless Drive on a Downtown Street
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Superman had one summer dream of root beer float milk in Eddington. There was a double sin ...
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San Diego Comic-Con 2025 Review: Days of Lines and Panels
By Gordon S. Miller |
Preview Night Spider-Man Deck Swings into MAGIC – The folks in charge of Magic the Gathering threw a launch party ...
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From the Couch Hole: Deep Waters Flow, Out to the Sea
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the people at the Institute said, "I wish you were here" during the long goodbye. Then 28 ...
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