Book Review: The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick by John Bleasdale
By David Wangberg |
Terrence Malick is one of the most revered – and divisive – directors in cinematic history. Whether it’s in his ...
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Horrible History: Four Historical Epics by Chang Cheh Blu-ray Review: Heap of Punching, Dash of History
By Kent Conrad |
Horrible History sounds like a collection of serious dramas cataloging atrocities. A sober reflection on the brutal world of the ...
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Gone with the Wind Movie Review: He Looks Like He Knows What I Look Like Without My Shimmy
By Greg Hammond |
Victor Fleming’s Gone with the Wind (1939) is the filmed version of one of the most popular novels ever written ...
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Joker: Folie à Deux Blu-ray Review: Joker Face
By David Wangberg |
A lot has already been said about Joker: Folie à Deux in a not-so-positive way, that my expectations were fairly ...
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Jonny’s Golden Quest / Jonny Quest vs. the Cyber-Insects Blu-ray Review: Fun Throwbacks to Saturday-Morning Adventure Cartoons
By Gordon S. Miller |
Jonny Quest is an animated, science fiction/adventure series by Hanna-Barbera that originally ran for 26 episodes from September 18, 1964 ...
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The Sting Movie Review: Phenomenal Cast Leads Raucous Entertainment
By Greg Hammond |
George Roy Hill’s The Sting, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, was written by David S. Ward (Sleepless in Seattle). ...
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The Rolling Stones: Welcome to Shepherd’s Bush Blu-ray Review: A Welcome Mix of Songs Played Well
By Gordon S. Miller |
During the No Security Tour of 1999, the Rolling Stones were promoting No Security, a live album from their 1997–1998 ...
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Rock ‘n’ Roll High School 4K UHD Review: Do Your Parents Know You’re Ramones?
By Greg Hammond |
Allan Arkush’s Rock ‘n’ Roll High School stars P. J. Soles as Riff Randell, a high school student who is ...
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Running Scared (1986) Blu-ray Review: Buddy-Cop Comfort Food
By Gordon S. Miller |
Released in 1986 (as if the driving synth of the opening song, which is reminiscent of Harold Faltermeyer “Axel F,” ...
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Yokohama BJ Blues Blu-ray Review: BJ’s Long Goodbye
By Steve Geise |
Director Eiichi Kudo’s cheaply made ‘80s crime film takes its time to find its groove. We’re immediately introduced to BJ ...
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Book Review: Atlas Comics Library No. 4: War Comics Vol. 1
By Kent Conrad |
Before they more or less solidified as an superheroes only medium, American comics were always trend chasing, finding something new ...
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Dario Argento’s Deep Cuts Blu-ray Review: B-Sides from the Great Italian Director
By Mat Brewster |
A little less than ten years ago my wife and I bought our first house. Before then we'd lived in ...
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Shawscope: Volume Three Limited Edition Box Set Blu-ray Review: Box of Delights
By Steve Geise |
The latest edition of Arrow Video’s Shaw Brothers retrospective packs a whopping 14 newly restored films, bonus features, and a ...
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Book Review: Macanudo: The Way of the Penguin by Liniers
By Steve Geise |
Argentinian cartoonist Liniers returns with his third Fantagraphics collection of his ongoing comic strip, Macanudo. As always, the full-color strip ...
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The Beast with Five Fingers Blu-ray Review: Peter Lorre Does His Thing with Awesome Special Effects
By Joe Garcia III |
Before The Addams Family TV show gave us Thing, there was the murderous severed hand in The Beast with Five ...
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The Terminator 4K UHD Review: Tech Noir
By Jack Cormack |
The Terminator (1984; dir. James Cameron) is a suspenseful, A-tier B-movie—a “tech noir” crafted with cunning and care by a ...
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Book Review: War on Gaza by Joe Sacco
By Greg Hammond |
It is highly doubtful that anybody’s mind will be changed too dramatically after experiencing Joe Sacco’s War on Gaza, but ...
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Book Review: Disney Comics: Around the World in One Hundred Years: Deluxe Edition
By Steve Geise |
While The Walt Disney Company has been around since 1923, the comics didn’t get their start until Mickey Mouse’s first ...
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Evil Does Not Exist Blu-ray Review: Unpredictable and Highly Fascinating
By Davy |
Films can present so many labyrinth ideas where you're really not sure if you're watching one type of film or ...
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Top Cat: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Amusing in That ’60s-Sitcom Way
By Gordon S. Miller |
Following the success of The Flinstones, Hanna Barbera tried to replicate the formula by unofficially adapting another successful sitcom. For ...
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Book Review: Caravaggio: The Palette and the Sword: Book 1 by Milo Manara
By Greg Hammond |
It is the end of summer in 1592, and the great graphic novelist Milo Manara imagines the young artist Michelangelo ...
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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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The Walking Dead (1936) Blu-ray Review: You Can’t Watch This on AMC
By Mat Brewster |
Boris Karloff appeared in over 80 films before starring in James Whale's Frankenstein (1931) and becoming an overnight sensation. That ...
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Elton John: Never Too Late Movie Review: An Endearing Documentary
By writeonmusic |
Elton John has a hard time saying goodbye. Throughout his storied career he has announced his retirement for all manner ...
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The Return of Doctor X Blu-ray Review: Top of the Blood-Draining World, Ma!
By Joe Garcia III |
The Return of Doctor X is director Vincent Sherman’s (The Adventures of Don Juan [1948]) first time behind the camera ...
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The Block Island Sound 4K UHD Review: Something in the Water
By Kent Conrad |
You do not want your parents to succumb to the indignity of senescence. To lose their personalities to dementia, and ...
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Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus Blu-ray Review: Art is Long, Life is Short
By Steve Geise |
Not to be confused with Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda, the 2017 documentary about the Japanese composer’s life and career, Opus is ...
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The Addiction 4K UHD Review: Vampires, Philosophy, and More Vampires
By Kent Conrad |
The Addiction is about vampires. The Addiction is about evil and how it is connected to the human condition. The ...
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A Simple Plan Blu-ray Review: You Work for the American Dream. You Don’t Steal It.
By Greg Hammond |
A Simple Plan was directed by Sam Raimi and written by Scott B. Smith from his novel of the same ...
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Demolition Man 4K UHD Review: Frozen Ass-Kickers Against the Future
By Kent Conrad |
Sylvester Stallone is the good guy. He's the cop who does what the other cops won’t. He wears a beret, ...
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Book Review: Life Sucks by Jessica Abel
By Greg Hammond |
Life Sucks is a vampire drama written and drawn by Jessica Abel (La Perdida), Gabe Soria (Midnight Arcade), and Warren ...
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Book Review: Godzilla: The Official Cookbook by Kayce Baker
By Darcy Staniforth |
While Godzilla is definitely known for being a creature who causes destruction, what about the idea that he can be ...
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Super Spies and Secret Lies: Three Undercover Classics from Shaw Brothers Blu-ray Review: Yeah Baby, Yeah!
By Steve Geise |
Hong Kong’s Shaw Brothers Studio will always be most closely associated with their immense output of kung fu films, but ...
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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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Tomie Blu-ray Review: Strictly for Junji Ito Completionists
By Steve Geise |
There’s a reason this 1998 J-horror film is finally appearing on U.S. Blu-ray, and it has little to do with ...
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Crust Blu-ray Review: A Small-Budget Masterpiece With Cult-Classic Appeal
By Joe Garcia III |
Sock Monster, Attack! Kill! Kill! Kill! Crust is kind of like Basket Case meets Ghoulies, Gremlins, and Little Shop of ...
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) Blu-ray Review: They Don’t Make Them Like This Anymore
By Mat Brewster |
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is exactly the sort of movie people are talking about when they say, ...
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Watchmen Chapter 2 Blu-ray Review: The Watchmen on the Walls of Freedom
By Greg Hammond |
Watchmen Chapter 2 (read our review of Watchmen Chapter 1 here) is a faithful adaptation of the final six issues ...
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Galaxy Quest 4K UHD Steelbook Review: It Never Gave Up
By Kent Conrad |
Galaxy Quest does the neat trick of being both a satire of TV sci-fi, and an excellent sci-fi story itself. ...
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Book Review: Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund by Caitlin McGurk
By Steve Geise |
Barbara Shermund was a pioneering female cartoonist and feminist in an era when both were exceedingly rare. Twice married but ...
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The Sword (1980) Blu-ray Review: Thoughtful Kung Fu
By Mat Brewster |
The Sword is what you might call an arthouse take on the kung fu flick - call it New Wave ...
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The Last Video Store Blu-ray Review: A Delightfully Goofy Tribute
By Davy |
Being an incredibly dedicated movie lover, I always wanted to work in a video store but never got the chance ...
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Laurel & Hardy: Year Two – The Newly Restored 1928 Silents Blu-ray Review: A Must Have for Comedy Fans
By Gordon S. Miller |
Flicker Alley has followed up last year's Laurel & Hardy: Year One - The Newly Restored 1927 Silents with Year ...
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Valkyrie Blu-ray Review: Ensemble Cast Saves Middling Thriller
By Greg Hammond |
Directed by Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, Bohemian Rhapsody), and written by Christopher McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander, Valkyrie is the ...
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North by Northwest 4K UHD Review: A Masterpiece in Ultra High Definition
By Mat Brewster |
Like thousands of people across the nation, I had a heated argument with my family over Thanksgiving. We did not ...
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God 4K UHD Review: Herzog, The Beauty of a Filmmaker
By Mat Brewster |
A line of men snakes their way down a mountain, single-file like ants. Some are soldiers all decked out 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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Little Women (1994) 4K UHD Review: Little Women, Big Hearts, A Gorgeous New Transfer
By Mat Brewster |
My wife and I sometimes laugh about how very similar and yet somehow completely different our lives were growing up. ...
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1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! Blu-ray Review: They Make the Case
By Gordon S. Miller |
1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! started as a convention panel, became a film series at the American Cinematheque to celebrate ...
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 4K UHD Review: A Silent Masterpiece Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
By Mat Brewster |
I am a great lover of classic film noir and Italian giallo. Any discussion of those genres inevitably leads to ...
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