From the Couch Hole: I Know a Thing or Two, I Learned from You
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Basquiat and Lady Blue listened to the Anderson Tapes with Barney Miller. All roads taste like salt ...
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Movie Review: One Flew East, One Flew West
By Greg Hammond |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a comedic-drama directed by Milos Forman (Amadeus) that takes place in a mental ...
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Book Review: Goes Like This by J. Crane
By Greg Hammond |
Fantagraphics has published Goes Like This by Jordan Crane. It is a splendid artistic compilation for adults and older teens ...
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Book Review: Beat It, Rufus by Noah Van Sciver
By Steve Geise |
Rufus Baxter never found fame as a rock star, but as he approaches old age he’s still striving toward his ...
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Sadie McKee Blu-ray Review: A Fine Joan Crawford Performance Saves the Film
By Mat Brewster |
Joan Crawford was born to suffer. I don't mean that literally, but as an actress, she had a face that ...
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The Last of Us: The Complete First Season 4K UHD Steelbook Review: The Best of TV
By Mat Brewster |
Who would have thought that Craig Mazin, writer of lowbrow comedies such as Scary Movie 3 & 4 and The ...
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Companion 4K UHD Review: Babe Runner
By David Wangberg |
The discussion of A.I. has been ongoing for years, and it’s certainly been a subject for many forms of art ...
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Flight Risk 4K UHD Review: Cleared for Landing
By David Wangberg |
It amazes me that, 20 years after the fact, marketing teams are still afraid to advertise a film as “From ...
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The Mask of Satan (1989) Blu-ray Review: Lamberto Bava’s Take on His Father’s ‘Black Sunday’
By Joe Garcia III |
The Mask of Satan (1989) finds writer/director Lamberto Bava (Demons) paying tribute to his father, Mario, and his 1960 gothic ...
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Hit Man (1972) Blu-ray Review: Tyrone in Action and Pam Grier’s Performance Make It Well Worth Watching
By Mat Brewster |
In 1971, Ted Lewis released Jack's Return Home, a novel about a London mob enforcer who returns to his hometown ...
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From the Couch Hole: You’re Showing Me a Different Side
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Anora was carrying her black bag when she boarded the Millionaire's Express saying, "I feel like makin' ...
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Hatari! Blu-ray Review: Fun in the Sun with Howard Hawks and John Wayne
By Mat Brewster |
Director Howard Hawks and John Wayne made five films together. Four of them were westerns. Two of them (Red River ...
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Book Review: The Third Man: The Official Story of the Film by John Walsh
By Gordon S. Miller |
In the Introduction to The Official Story of the Film, author John Walsh states Carol Reed's The Third Man “influenced ...
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He Dreams of Giants Blu-ray Review: Terry Gilliam Tilting at Windmills Again
By Gordon S. Miller |
After a decade of writing and development to adapt Cervantes' Don Quixote, Terry Gilliam first began production on The Man ...
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Thank You Very Much Movie Review: Andy Kaufman, Shaggy Dog
By Greg Hammond |
Thank You Very Much is a 2023 documentary film directed by Alex Braverman. It covers the childhood and short life ...
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From the Couch Hole: Watchin’ Winter Turn to Spring
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the fire woman showed us that we live in a time where all we imagine is light ...
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Book Review: Murderburg by Carol Lay
By Steve Geise |
Carol Lay’s second graphic novel for Fantagraphics collects a series of vignettes about the residents and visitors inhabiting a fictional ...
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Delicatessen 4K UHD Review: The Most Romantic Cannibal Horror Film Ever Made
By Mat Brewster |
Set in a post-apocalyptic France where jobs are scarce, food is scarcer, and currency is made of grain, Delicatessen, the ...
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Character Blu-ray Review: The Unforgettable Tale of Two Characters
By Steve Geise |
A rising young lawyer runs afoul of the police when he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the ...
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A Woman of Paris Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Search for Fulfillment During the Jazz Age
By Davy |
Charlie Chaplin, the genius actor, composer, and filmmaker, remains one of the most legendary and influential figures in the history ...
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Paddington 2 4K UHD Review: Great, Goofy Fun
By Greg Hammond |
Paddington 2 is a live-action/animated comedy directed by Paul King and written by King and Simon Farnaby. It is based ...
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Godzilla vs. Biollante Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Rose by Any Other Name
By Gordon S. Miller |
Godzilla vs. Biollante is the 17th film in the Godzilla franchise, the second of the Heisei period, and is the ...
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Wolf Man Blu-ray Review: Iconic Character Transforms into Modern, Body-Horror Tale
By Greg Hammond |
Wolf Man, directed by Leigh Whannell (The Invisible Man) and written by Whannell and Corbett Tuck, is a reboot of ...
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From the Couch Hole: Twistin’ Like a Flame in a Slow Dance
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, there was vengeance most fowl in the meaning of dreams. The flow of friendship described in the ...
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Book Review: John Cuneo’s Good Intentions
By Darcy Staniforth |
The frantically flowing pen strokes and exaggerated subjects of John Cuneo are nothing new to readers of publications like The ...
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Losing Ground Blu-ray Review: The New 4K Restoration Is a Marvel
By Davy |
Version 1.0.0 The late Kathleen Collins, poet, playwright, writer, filmmaker, director, civil rights activist, and educator, made only two films ...
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The Nice Guys 4K UHD Review: The Best Buddy Cop Movie in Years
By David Wangberg |
Shane Black’s The Nice Guys was one of those films that took a giant swing, and audiences – for some ...
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Venom (1981) 4K UHD Review: No Spider-Man Here, Just Deadly Snakes
By Mat Brewster |
Tobe Hooper was originally set to direct Venom. It is unclear exactly when he backed out. It was far enough ...
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Inserts Blu-ray Review: Blue Movie Babylon
By Rocky London |
Inserts (1975; dir. John Byrum), once rated X (now NC-17), is one of those weird, dirty little art movies that ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “The Pixilated Parrot” by Carl Barks
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “The Pixelated Parrot” is Volume 9 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. The book ...
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From the Couch Hole: Tell Me What the Problem Is
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Peter and Max took on Captain America in his brave new world that included Frosted Flakes ice ...
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Book Review: World Within the World: Collected Minicomix & Short Works 2010-2022 by Julia Gfrörer
By Steve Geise |
Julia Gfrörer’s new hardcover collects 30 of her short works exploring themes of sexuality and horror through the ages. She ...
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Seven Veils Movie Review: Two Egoyans
By Steve Geise |
Writer/director Atom Egoyan’s latest film is designed to allow him to marry both of his principal creative outlets into one ...
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Trick or Treat (1986) 4K UHD Review: Definitely a Treat
By Mat Brewster |
Eddie Weinbauer (Marc Price), or Ragman to his friends (I should write "friend" in the singular because he only has ...
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Book Review: Prince Valiant Vol. 29: 1993-1994 by John Cullen Murphy and Cullen Murphy
By Steve Geise |
Prince Valiant and friends continue their globetrotting wanderlust in the latest collection of two years of Sunday comic strips. With ...
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Scala!!! Or, The Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World’s Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits Blu-ray Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Scala!!! Or, The Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced a Mixed-up Generation ...
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Red One Blu-ray Review: Fun Sometimes
By Greg Hammond |
Jake Kasdan’s Christmas/action film, Red One, was written by Chris Morgan from an original story by Hiram Garcia. In the ...
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From the Couch Hole: It’s Getting Near Dawn
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Sherlock Jr was investigating some helter skelter at the summer's end. Charlie says, "Same spirits, new forms, ...
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My Girl 4K UHD Review: She’s Got Sunshine on a Cloudy Day
By Mat Brewster |
Getting old is weird. Beyond the failing eyesight and heightened blood pressure, the utter confusion of who anyone is at ...
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Amadeus 4K UHD Review: A Fight at the Opera
By Greg Hammond |
Milos Forman’s Amadeus is a fictional account of the relationship between two exceptional composers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) and ...
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The Cat (1988) Blu-ray Review: This Cat Toys with the Audience
By Steve Geise |
This 1988 German heist film has such a conventional first act that it seems almost miraculous when it develops into ...
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Constantine 4K UHD Review: God’s a Kid with an Ant Farm
By Greg Hammond |
Constantine, the directorial debut of Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, most of The Hunger Games series), stars Keanu Reeves as ...
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Werewolves (2024) Blu-ray Review: Strong Monster Effects Bolster Action-Horror Flick
By Greg Hammond |
The premise for Stephen C. Miller’s Werewolves is a strong supernatural action plot: one year ago, there was a supermoon ...
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I Love Lucy: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Arguably the Greatest Sitcom of All Time
By Gordon S. Miller |
After only the first two seasons were previously released on Blu-ray, I Love Lucy: The Complete Series now presents all ...
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Book Review: Marvel Studios’ The Infinity Saga – The Art of Captain America: The Winter Soldier by Marie Javins
By Gordon S. Miller |
Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the eighth release in the ...
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From the Couch Hole: Just Come on Home
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, there was a presence from the old days of Woe's Hollow. A different man with a sore ...
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Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters Blu-ray Review: Bustin’ and Cartoons Will Make You Feel Good
By Gordon S. Miller |
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters is a compilation movie of spooky Looney Tunes cartoons bridged together by a story in which Daffy ...
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Steven Wilson: Home Invasion: In Concert at the Royal Albert Hall 4K UHD Review
By Kent Conrad |
It's probably too much to say Steven Wilson single-handedly saved prog rock for the 21st century. Any musical movement is ...
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Wicked (2024) Blu-ray Review: The Cast and Crew Defy Gravity
By Gordon S. Miller |
Director Jon M. Chu's Wicked is an adaptation of the first act of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's 2003 stage ...
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Skateboard (1978) DVD Review: A Nostalgic Product of Its Time
By Joe Garcia III |
Before Thrashin’ (1986) or Gleaming the Cube (1989), there was Skateboard (1978), “the movie that defies gravity.” Directed by George ...
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