Scary Movie (2026) 4K UHD Review: Kooky Season
By Steve Geise |
This horror-films-parody series seemingly refuses to die, resurfacing with its sixth installment 13 years after its predecessor. With the Wayans ...
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A Shot in the Dark (1964) 4K UHD Review: No Mystery Why This Is So Funny
By Gordon S. Miller |
Directed by Blake Edwards, who co-wrote the screenplay with William Peter Blatty. A Shot in the Dark is the technically ...
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The Bridge on the River Kwai Movie Review: The Fragile Architecture of Pride
By Greg Hammond |
David Lean’s The Bridge on the River Kwai is the kind of film that can make a spectacular achievement feel ...
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Boorman and the Devil Movie Review: Follywood
By Joe Keaton |
I love it when somebody or something inspires me to revisit a movie I thought I’d never want to see ...
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Book Review: Comet Club by Yi Yang
By Mat Brewster |
Yang Kuaikuai and his best friend Li Yu are struggling. They are 14 years old, on the cusp of adulthood. ...
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Johnny Handsome 4K UHD Review: Does the Face Make the Man?
By Kent Conrad |
Johnny Handsome's name is, of course, ironic. He was deformed at birth, and an early surgery made it worse. His ...
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Corruption (1963) Blu-ray Review: Sins of the Father
By Steve Geise |
When the scion of a wealthy Italian family decides on an unconventional career path, his unscrupulous father takes steps to ...
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Some Like It Hot Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: Nobody’s Perfect but This Release Comes Close
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Criterion Collection presents Billy Wilder's cross-dressing comedy Some Like It Hot in a two-disc set, one 4K UHD and ...
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Red Sun (1970) Blu-ray Review: Birth of an Assassination Nation
By Steve Geise |
When a degenerate drifter named Thomas runs across an old flame named Peggy in Munich, he latches onto her, immediately ...
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From the Couch Hole: I Can Stare for a Thousand Years
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Strawberry letter 23 arrived in Poodle Springs at 7:00pm from the resident evil. This week we finally ...
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Book Review: Marvel Dimensions by Alex Ross
By Gordon S. Miller |
Marvel Dimensions is a new Abrams ComicArts release by Alex Ross, the artist notable for his photorealistic illustrations. The book ...
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CODA Movie Review: Finding Your Voice
By Greg Hammond |
There is something almost suspiciously wholesome about CODA, the 2021 film that became the first streaming movie to win the ...
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Hamlet (1948) Movie Review: A Dark Study of Grief and Obsession
By Greg Hammond |
Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet is one of those movies that arrives carrying an enormous reputation, and in this case, the reputation ...
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The Bubble (1966) Blu-ray Review: Twilight Zone-style Weirdness
By Kent Conrad |
Arch Oboler worked in media for decades and was the secret influence for many of the 20th century's major mavens ...
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MobLand: Season One DVD Review: The Best TV Series You’re Not Watching
By Steve Geise |
Imagine if Guy Ritchie created a riveting new crime drama starring Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, and Helen Mirren, but instead ...
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Ken Burns America Collection DVD Review: Seven Compelling Stories That Are Uniquely American
By Gordon S. Miller |
Ken Burns became a household name when his landmark, nine-part documentary The Civil War first aired on PBS in 1990. ...
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Boys Town Blu-ray Review: Tracy and Rooney; The Priest and the Knucklehead
By Joe Garcia III |
Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney star in Boys Town (1938). Directed by Norman Taurog, this is the highly fictionalized story ...
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Movie Review: They Are Back, Baby
By Greg Hammond |
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has the difficult job of following a surprisingly entertaining first movie without simply repeating it. Fortunately, ...
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From the Couch Hole: Red Magic Satin Playing Near Too
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the hidden fortress had a good hearted woman who was a ghost hunter. After a long take, ...
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Book Review: The Complete Crepax: Surreal Stories: Volume 10 by Guido Crepax
By Steve Geise |
Legendary Italian cartoonist Guido Crepax will always be most closely associated with Valentina, his most famous character, but this volume ...
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Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Review: Can’t Be Heard Over the Sound of Its Awesomeness
By Greg Hammond |
A movie based on a video-game character who looks like a blue hedgehog, runs really fast, and collects golden rings ...
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Perfect Strangers: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Bosom Cousins
By Gordon S. Miller |
Perfect Strangers: The Complete Series collects the 150 episodes that aired over eight seasons on ABC from March 25, 1986, ...
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Brit Noir Collection IV Blu-ray Review: The British Are Coming
By Mat Brewster |
Kino Lorber continues their fabulous series of obscure post-war British film noirs. I suspect most noir fans have never heard ...
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The Magnificent Cuckold Blu-ray Review: The Magnificent Cardinale
By Steve Geise |
Sensational title aside, this 1964 Italian film takes a humorous look at society’s rapidly changing views on monogamy and gender ...
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I Love Boosters Blu-ray Review: Deliriously Entertaining
By Davy |
As a weird person myself, I'm always looking for films that can't be placed in boxes. They contain elements, themes, ...
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Anora Movie Review: Slipperless Cinderella
By Greg Hammond |
Sean Baker’s Anora is the kind of movie that practically begs to be loved. It is funny, energetic, vulgar-ish, unexpectedly ...
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TIFF 2026 Review: Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple
By Gordon S. Miller |
Since 1974, Rush has been trio of vocalist/bassist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer Neil Peart. The latter hired ...
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Patton Movie Review: George C. Scott Takes Command
By Greg Hammond |
There are plenty of war movies that want us to admire their heroes. Patton is more complicated. It wants us ...
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The Hot Spot Blu-ray Review: A Dark, Sweaty Film Noir
By Mat Brewster |
Dennis Hopper knew film noir. He came of age in the 1940s and 1950s, the genre's peak. His first film ...
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From the Couch Hole: A Long Time Forgotten the Dreams That Just Fell by the Way
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the coyote vs. Acme case was a free fall in crimson. Hey, little girl, there is only ...
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Italo-Crime Collection 4K UHD Review: Italian Action from Across the Globe
By Mat Brewster |
Kino Lorber presents three Italian crime films from the 1970s. Unlike a lot of these types of releases, I wouldn't ...
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Twiggy: The Woman Behind the Icon DVD Review: A Look at the Legendary Model’s Life, On and Off-Camera
By Jade Blackmore |
There were other groovy Brit models in the 1960s, (Jean Shrimpton, Pattie Boyd, Penelope Tree, etc.) but Twiggy’s gamine figure; ...
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Book Review: Queen of Cosmos Comix Trilogy by Barbara “Willy” Mendes
By Steve Geise |
“I think God appointed me to call attention to the fact that the patriarchy is bogus and that men are ...
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Yakuza Graveyard Blu-ray Review: A Gritty, Grim Japanese Gangster Film
By Mat Brewster |
Kinji Fukasaku directed some 60 films in his storied career. He made films in nearly every genre, but he's best ...
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Crash (2004) Movie Review: “You think you know who you are? You have no idea.”
By Greg Hammond |
Paul Haggis's Crash, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, is the sort of movie that practically begs to ...
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Dracula Has Risen from the Grave Blu-ray Review: Doesn’t Rise to Lee’s Best but Don’t Count It Out
By Gordon S. Miller |
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave is Christopher Lee's third time playing Count Dracula for Hammer Film Productions and their ...
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Broadway Melody of 1938 Blu-ray Review: Powell Leads the Way, Ebsen Hoofs Away
By Steve Geise |
Although the 1938 edition of the musical series boasts Robert Taylor and Eleanor Powell as its top-billed stars, the real ...
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Django Unchained Movie Review: The Road to Vengeance
By Greg Hammond |
Quentin Tarantino has always been fascinated by the movies that shaped him, and with Django Unchained, he turns that fascination ...
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Last Summer (1969) Blu-ray Review: Innocence Lost
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on the Evan Hunter novel of the same name, director Frank Perry's Last Summer is a brutal teen drama ...
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Book Review: The Art & Craft of Stephen King by Guy Astic and Frank Lafond
By Shawn Bourdo |
Stephen King published Carrie in 1974. In the 52 years since then, he has been one of our most prolific ...
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The Inugami Family Blu-ray Review: A Japanese Agatha Christie Story
By Mat Brewster |
When the patriarch of the Inugami family dies, his children, other family members, and hangers-on gather for the will reading. ...
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Blindfold Blu-ray Review: Hudson Struggles to See Past Cardinale’s Distraction
By Steve Geise |
Cold-War paranoia drives the intrigue of director/co-writer Philip Dunne’s 1965 film, but his attempt to merge it with rom-com elements ...
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Around the World in 80 Days (1956) Movie Review: Hollywood Takes the Scenic Route
By Greg Hammond |
If you ever wondered what would happen if Hollywood decided that a Jules Verne adventure needs to be approximately the ...
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All Through the Night Blu-ray Review: Bogie Knocks Those Heels Back on Their Axis
By Steve Geise |
Even though the U.S. had entered WWII by 1942, “Gloves” Donahue (Humphrey Bogart) is too busy scheming for cash in ...
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From the Couch Hole: Sometimes It Makes No Sense
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Pillion and Harry Potter were in a tangled web on a September morn with a step up ...
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Taxi Driver Movie Review: Travis Bickle’s Lonely Ride
By Greg Hammond |
Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver is one of those films that seems to grow darker the longer you think about it. ...
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Unforgiven Movie Review: Clint Eastwood’s Dark Revisionist Western
By Greg Hammond |
Unforgiven is a Western about violence, but not the kind of violence usually found in Westerns. There are no clean-cut ...
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Book Review: The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers: In the 21st Century and Other Follies (Volume 5) by Gilbert Shelton, Paul Mavrides & Dave Sheridan
By Gordon S. Miller |
Created by Gilbert Shelton, The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers was a popular underground comix that presented the wacky, drug-fueled (or ...
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Book Review: Giger’s Alien by H. R. Giger
By Joe Keaton |
Forty-seven years after it first burst into our nightmares, H. R. Giger’s Alien still looks icky and sleek, and somehow ...
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Driving Miss Daisy Movie Review: Thirty Years of Slow Change
By Greg Hammond |
Driving Miss Daisy, directed by Bruce Beresford, is the kind of movie that sneaks up on you. There are no ...
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