Barbie Blu-ray Review: When Worlds Collide
By Gordon S. Miller |
Director/co-writer Greta Gerwig was granted access to Mattel's Barbie franchise and created a subversive blockbuster that explores gender politics, but ...
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Face/Off 4K UHD Review: Great Performances and a Fun Sci-Fi Script
By Greg Hammond |
In John Woo’s Face/Off, FBI Special Agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) holds a particularly personal grudge against no-good-nic Castor Troy ...
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Mondo New York Blu-ray Review: A Time Capsule Full of Uninhibited Freedom and Expression
By Davy |
Performance art, for many, is something that most people will take with a grain of salt, or twenty. However, it ...
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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 4K UHD Review: Cimino Rising
By Jack Cormack |
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is of note for two reasons. The first is that it was the directorial debut of Michael ...
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Grave Images Blu-ray Review: A Low Budget “Tales from the Crypt” Knock-Off
By Joe Garcia III |
Grave Images (1991) has a very cool name but is a very low budget Tales from the Crypt (1972) knock-off. ...
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The Sorrow and the Pity Blu-ray Review: A Multi-perspective Essay on the German Occupation of France
By Jack Cormack |
It’s 259 minutes long, it’s a bunch of interviews with folks who resisted (and others who collaborated with) the German ...
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Pet Sematary: Bloodlines Blu-ray Review: Bring Out Your Dead
By Greg Hammond |
The premise of Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (Lindsey Anderson Beer’s directorial debut) is that there is a local Pet Sematary (misspelled ...
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Farscape: The Complete Series 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Review: Wild Ride in Outer and Inner Space
By Kent Conrad |
Westerns were a big thing for a very long time. The West (capital W very much intended) meant the frontier. ...
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Shaun the Sheep: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: A Cracking Collection of Agricultural Mayhem
By Steve Geise |
Just in time for your last-minute holiday shopping needs, Shout! Factory has released a new Blu-ray box set of the ...
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Clue 4K UHD Review: Who Farted?
By Jack Cormack |
Clue (1985; dir. Jonathan Lynn), based on the beloved board game, sucks like a lamprey. Regarded by many as a ...
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Dumb Money Blu-ray Review: Fascinating to Watch Because of the Plot and Entertaining Because of the Cast
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on Ben Mezrich's The Antisocial Network, Dumb Money tells the true story of the GameStop short squeeze when Keith ...
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The Quatermass Xperiment Blu-ray Review: The Beginnings of Hammer Horror
By Mat Brewster |
Our beloved Hammer Studios didn't always make beautifully designed gothic horror films. For their first decade-plus of existence, they made ...
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Immediate Family (2023) Movie Review: A Must-watch for Music Lovers
By Darcy Staniforth |
Denny Tedesco introduced the world to the Wrecking Crew with the release of his film of the same name. Now Tedesco ...
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2 Days in the Valley Blu-ray Review: Not Quite Pulp Fiction
By Kent Conrad |
It's hard to overstate the change that Pulp Fiction made on mid-budgeted filmmaking in the early '90s. It's not like ...
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Book Review: The Complete Peanuts 1989-1990: Wait — Charlie Brown Gets a Girlfriend?
By generaljabbo |
Charles M. Schulz wrote and illustrated nearly 18,000 of his beloved Peanuts (a name he was never fond of) comic ...
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From the Couch Hole: We’ve Got Good Vibes
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Napoleon and the duellists met the boogeyman. The Muppet family and the scientist made a coldplay for ...
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Showdown (1993) Blu-ray Review: It’s High School Bloodsport
By Joe Garcia III |
Before Never Back Down (2008) there was Showdown (1993)! A high school senior in a new city gets bullied, finds ...
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The Life of Emile Zola Blu-ray Review: Paul Muni Gives a Great Performance in the Lead Role
By Gordon S. Miller |
Starring Paul Muni, The Life of Emile Zola is part biopic, part courtroom drama as it tells the story of ...
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Goodbye, Dragon Inn Blu-ray Review: An Ode to Going to the Movies
By Mat Brewster |
One of my earliest memories is seeing Return of the Jedi at the cinema. I would have been seven years ...
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Days of Heaven Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: Blue Harvest
By Jack Cormack |
The Criterion Collection has released Days of Heaven (1978; dir. Terrence Malick) in 4K as part of a 4K UHD/Blu-ray ...
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Book Review: Everywhere an Oink Oink by David Mamet
By Steve Geise |
When presented with a new Hollywood memoir by lauded playwright/screenwriter/director David Mamet, one might logically expect the results to follow ...
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Marty Movie Review: A Classic Best Picture You Must Seek Out
By Greg Hammond |
In Delbert Mann’s Oscar winner for Best Picture, Marty, starring Ernest Borgnine, you will find yourself cheering for Marty during ...
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Book Review: The Wicker Man: The Official Story of the Film by John Walsh
By Davy |
Robin Hardy's 1973 British folk horror masterpiece, The Wicked Man, is a seminal and truly nightmarish depiction of the dark ...
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Far from the Apple Tree DVD Review: Amazing Visuals Upgrade an Average Story
By Greg Hammond |
In Grant McPhee’s Far from the Apple Tree, Judith (Sorcha Groundsell) is a visual artist who is given the opportunity ...
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The Color Purple (1985) 4K UHD Review: Ms. Celie’s Blues
By Jack Cormack |
Steven Spielberg’s 1985 adaptation of the famed Alice Walker novel—about the journey a poor black woman, Celie (Whoopi Goldberg), takes ...
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Book Review: Prince Valiant Vol. 27: 1989-1990 by Hal Foster, John Cullen Murphy, and Cullen Murphy
By Steve Geise |
More than 50 years after its 1937 newspaper debut and years after the departure of its original creator, Prince Valiant ...
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The Exiles (1961) Blu-ray Review: This Film Is a Revelation
By Davy |
Fish-out-of-water stories are pretty common and now cliched; they feature characters who usually leave their home, especially for better lives ...
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Titanic 4K UHD Limited-Edition Collector’s Boxed Set Review: A Must-Have for Titanic Lovers
By Greg Hammond |
James Cameron’s Titanic is 25 years old this year. To celebrate, 20th Century Fox and Paramount Pictures have put together ...
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Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer Movie Review: The Master Becomes the Subject
By Steve Geise |
After a lifetime of training his lens on other fictional and real subjects, Werner Herzog is now the subject of ...
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Silver Bullet 4K UHD Review: A Reasonably Creepy Creature Feature
By Greg Hammond |
Based on Stephen King’s novellette The Cycle of the Werewolf, and with a screenplay also by King, one would expect ...
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From the Couch Hole: Pulling the Puzzles Apart
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Holly was one of the warriors with poems, prayers, and promises. The Muppets were long riders on ...
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Book Review: Milky Way by Miguel Vila
By Greg Hammond |
Milky Way by Miguel Vila is a truly exceptional graphic novel for adults who aren’t bothered by artistic nudity and ...
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The Office (2005): Complete Christmas Collection DVD Review: Ain’t No Party Like a Dunder Mifflin Party
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on the highly acclaimed British TV series created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, The Office is a mockumentary ...
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Moonage Daydream Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Phantasmagoric Journey Through the Art and Mind of David Bowie
By Gordon S. Miller |
Taking its title from a David Bowie song of the same name originally recorded by his band Arnold Corns then ...
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The Last Tycoon (1976) Blu-ray Review: Uneven Goodness
By Greg Hammond |
In The Last Tycoon (Elia Kazan’s final film), it is the Great Depression and Robert De Niro plays stratospheric Hollywood ...
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Spin: The Complete Series DVD Review: French Political Intrigue
By Steve Geise |
This French TV series takes a look into the halls of power at the top tier of French government. Our ...
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Monk: Season One Blu-ray Review: An Engaging, Grounded Comic Mystery Series
By Davy |
Honestly, there are way too many detective/cop shows on TV, especially those that are rough, brutal, and too adult for ...
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The Lady from Shanghai Blu-ray Review: Forget It, Michael. It’s Chinatown
By Gordon S. Miller |
Irish sailor Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles, who also wrote, directed, and produced) is the film's narrator and he tells the ...
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Le Combat Dans L’ile Blu-ray Review: An Overlooked Surprise by an Underrated Filmmaker
By Davy |
I love film noir and always enjoy its complex, seedy characters; straightforward but nonetheless entertaining plots; and shadowy atmosphere. This ...
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From the Couch Hole: How Long It’s Been Since Yesterday
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Priscilla told a horse's tale about the bling ring. The lullaby was a cure and it was ...
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The Fog of War Blu-ray Review: Robert McNamara Tells All
By David Wangberg |
Although I’ve never held a role in politics, nor do I intend to, there’s no doubt that they come with ...
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Laurel & Hardy: Year One – The Newly Restored 1927 Silents Blu-ray Review: A Standout Release
By Gordon S. Miller |
Flicker Alley has followed up their Laurel or Hardy: Early Solo Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy with Laurel ...
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Blackhat Blu-ray Review: A Rare Miss For Michael Mann
By Mat Brewster |
A super hacker, or "blackhat" if you will, plants a computer virus in the Chicago Stock Exchange, causing soy prices ...
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Shaw Brothers Classics Vol. Three Blu-ray Review: The Formula Remains Strong, Even As the Stars Disappear
By Steve Geise |
Shout! Factory continues their torrid pace of classic martial arts releases with this latest installment of restored Shaw Brothers films. ...
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Book Review: The Complete Alien Collection: Symphony of Death by Alex White and Tim Waggoner
By Steve Geise |
Following on the heels of their initial Alien omnibus collection at the start of the year, Titan Books is closing ...
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Gator Blu-ray Review: A Charming Burt Reynolds Elevates This Ridiculous Sequel
By Mat Brewster |
With the success of White Lightning, the studio was clamoring for a sequel. Burt Reynolds had never been in a ...
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The Fugitive (1993) 4K UHD Review: Non-Stop Action and Thrills
By Greg Hammond |
Andrew Davis’ The Fugitive is a non-stop action roller coaster that will leave you breathless. It is based on the ...
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Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind DVD Review: An Intimate Conversation with a Living Legend
By Greg Hammond |
In just 89 minutes, Stig Bjorkman, the director, brings us the life of one of America’s most prolific writers (over ...
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Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection Blu-ray Review: Charming, Entertaining, and Imaginative
By Gordon S. Miller |
Wallace & Gromit are a claymation comedic duo created by writer/director Nick Park and produced by Aardman Animations. Wallace (voiced ...
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From the Couch Hole: Softly Through the Shadow of the Evening Sun
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we found ourselves in Y3000 sitting in the rockin' chair for a time of changes. In Cut ...
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