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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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Three Paths to the Same Destination
By Gordon S. Miller |
It's notable when a producer and/or studio takes a film away from the director before they have completed it. One ...
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Madame X (1966) Blu-ray Review: Lana Turner’s Dynasty
By Steve Geise |
Since its origin as a 1908 French play, the Madame X story has been remade more than any other film ...
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Captain Horatio Hornblower Blu-ray Review: A Thrilling, Seafaring Swashbuckler
By Gordon S. Miller |
Set during the Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, an officer in the British Royal Navy, was created by C. S. Forester, ...
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Sergeant Rutledge Blu-ray Review: An Important Entry in Ford’s Filmography
By Shawn Bourdo |
John Ford had started directing films in 1917. By 1960, including short features, the release of Sergeant Rutledge would mark ...
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Hell’s Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films Blu-ray Review: More Gore Than an ’80s Slasher
By Joe Garcia III |
Hell’s Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films written/directed/produced by Bret Wood, tells the story of those bloody drivers ...
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From the Couch Hole: Stay for Just a While
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Tony was a family man in the city of God. Mother Mary will bring us some Vanilla ...
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Long Beach Comic Con 2026 Saturday Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Thanks to Nerd Street Events, the Long Beach Comic Con has returned to Southern California for another two-day weekend at ...
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Auntie Mame 4K UHD Review: How Vivid!
By Joe Keaton |
From the start, Auntie Mame flaunts its taste for excess. Costumes, performances, sets—all are unapologetically big and bright. And Rosalind ...
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Oliver! Movie Review: Dickens’ Dark Tale Gets the Grand Musical Treatment
By Greg Hammond |
Carol Reed’s 1968 adaptation of Oliver! exudes the kind of confidence that only a gigantic, lavish musical can muster. Based ...
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Book Review: Uncle Scrooge: Clan McDuck Stories and Glories
By Kent Conrad |
I have an unabashed love for Duck comics. The major creators Carl Barks and Don Rosa (whose works are collected ...
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Confess, Fletch Movie Review: “No thanks, I ate yesterday.”
By Greg Hammond |
Confess, Fletch has one major problem that no amount of clever dialogue or talented supporting actors can overcome: it isn't ...
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Bonnie Scotland Blu-ray Review: Laurel and Hardy in Bonnie India
By Gordon S. Miller |
Bonnie Scotland is an interesting title for this Laurel and Hardy feature because, while the story certainly starts in Scotland, ...
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Book Review: The Crow: The Definitive History by Jeff Bond
By Joe Garcia III |
The Crow: The Definitive History by Jeff Bond is a beautiful, well-researched, 192-page coffee-table book that recaps the life of ...
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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 4K UHD Review: A Celebration of Ray Harryhausen’s Dynamation
By Gordon S. Miller |
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad is the first of three Sinbad films produced by Charles H. Schneer with special effects ...
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Deconstructing Harry Movie Review: “I’m a writer. I have to suffer for my work.”
By Greg Hammond |
There is a particular kind of artist who can turn his own neuroses into a career. Woody Allen has been ...
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From the Couch Hole: We Can Make This Whole Damn Thing Work Out
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Godzilla and Destoroyah showed how to make a killing on the eve of the Daleks. I'm almost ...
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Disclosure Day 4K UHD Review: Spielberg Returns to the Alien Well
By Mat Brewster |
There is an iconic moment in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Steven Spielberg's 1977 classic, where a little boy ...
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A Man for All Seasons Movie Review: “Would You Cut a Great Road Through the Law to Get After the Devil?”
By Greg Hammond |
Fred Zinnemann's A Man for All Seasons is a remarkable historical drama about conscience, integrity, and the price of refusing ...
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Book Review: The Art & Making of Highlander by Jonathan Melville
By Steve Geise |
Forty years after its theatrical debut, Highlander fandom finally has a lavish new artbook detailing the making of the cult ...
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You Can’t Take It with You Movie Review: A World Walt Disney Might Have Created
By Greg Hammond |
Frank Capra's You Can't Take It with You is one of those movies that seems almost impossibly optimistic by modern ...
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Book Review: Quacky by Jim Woodring: A Little Big Book
By Kent Conrad |
Jim Woodring, who has been cartooning for longer than I've been alive, is a unique voice in American comics. Since ...
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Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror Blu-ray Review: “It’s not a movie. It’s a way of life.”
By Gordon S. Miller |
Richard O'Brien is the legendary creator of The Rocky Horror Show and the lesser-known co-creator of Linus O'Brien, who directed ...
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Book Review: Prince Valiant Vol. 31: 1997-1998 by Hal Foster, John Cullen Murphy, and Cullen Murphy
By Steve Geise |
The latest two-year run of Prince Valiant strips kicks off with a royal abduction, as Val’s wife, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter ...
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The Devil Queen Blu-ray Review: Day of the Dead
By Steve Geise |
There are ample reasons that this 1974 Brazilian drama is on the Kino Cult imprint instead of the general Kino ...
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Practical Magic 4K UHD Review: Spellbinding
By Lorna Miller |
Practical Magic is a movie that has grown on me over time which I enjoy more with each viewing. The ...
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The Bad Seed (1956) Blu-ray Review: Sugar and Spice, a Murderous Delight
By Joe Garcia III |
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, The Bad Seed (1956) is a powerful psychological, horror thriller that stars Nancy Kelly and Patty ...
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The Stranger (2025) Blu-ray Review: Killing an Arab
By Steve Geise |
In the latest film adaptation of Albert Camus’ classic novel, director Francois Ozon (The Crime is Mine) remains remarkably faithful ...
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Jinsei Blu-ray Review: A Bold, Interesting Film
By Mat Brewster |
I consider myself to be a reasonably intelligent man. I've watched a lot of movies in my life. Some of ...
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From the Couch Hole: Almost Doing Things We Used to Do
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Space Godzilla met Kamen Rider and the mirror crack'd because they lacked patience. Trouble is my business ...
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Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Thor: Ragnarok by Eleni Roussos
By Gordon S. Miller |
Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Thor: Ragnarok is the 16th release in the 22-book Marvel Studios: ...
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The Silence of the Lambs Movie Review: Like Having an Old Friend for Dinner
By Greg Hammond |
Based on the novel by Thomas Harris, Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs is one of those rare films ...
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Book Review: Tiodora’s Letters: An Enslaved Woman’s Fight for Family and Freedom by Marcelo D’Salete
By Davy |
Being in this world for 41 years, I have obviously realized that history has so many dark sides to it. ...
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