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Tarzan of the Apes (1918) Blu-ray Review: A Stealth Elmo Lincoln Double Feature

Film Masters presents Tarzan of the Apes. Based on the first part of Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1912 novel of the ...
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Book Review: Reflections on Cinematography by Roger Deakins

For those interested in how movies look, the cinematographer, or director of photography, is an integral crew member in helping ...
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Relay Blu-ray Review: Long Live Conspiracy Thrillers

Relay hearkens back to the paranoia thrillers of the 1970s, despite its present-day setting. Riz Ahmed stars as a shadowy ...
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From the Couch Hole: The World Has Only One Sweet Moment Set Aside for Us

Previously on FTCH, we said welcome to Derry even though it's no country for old men. Honey don't forget that ...
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Frightmare (1974) Blu-ray Review: Cannibal Mother on the Loose

Frightmare is a British, pre-slasher horror movie directed by Pete Walker and stars Sheila Keith as a cannibal mother recently ...
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Love, Brooklyn DVD Review: A Portrait of a Rapidly Changing City

When it comes to love, some people just really have to grow up, and that's the basis of Love, Brooklyn, ...
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Matter of Time Movie Review: Eddie Vedder Concert Raises Funds in Search of a Cure for Epidermolysis Bullosa

Matt Finlin’s documentary of Eddie Vedder’s 2023 solo concert in Seattle to raise money to cure the skin disease epidermolysis-bullosa ...
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X Trilogy: Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Box Set Review: Half Bad Over, and Over, and Over Again

Ti West decided to make a horror trilogy which pays homage to the likes of Texas Chain Saw Massacre: X, ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Goofy: “Super Goof and the Strange Case of Dr. Syclocks”

Walt Disney’s Goofy “Super Goof and the Strange Case of Dr. Syclocks” collects stories from Super Goof #1-6 plus select ...
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Dan Curtis’ Dead of Night (1977) Blu-ray Review: Trilogy of Terror Redux

Throughout the '70s, Dan Curtis was the go-to man for network TV horror. From Dark Shadows to The Night Stalker ...
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Shari & Lamb Chop DVD Review: A Comedy Team of One

Director Lisa D'Apolito follows up her documentary Love, Gilda with another film about a female television icon. Shari & Lamb ...
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Book Review: Nocturnos by Laura Pérez

In Laura Pérez’s ethereal third U.S. graphic novel, characters and colors swirl through a nighttime setting with no clear dividing ...
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Touché Turtle and Dum Dum: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: A Fun Cartoon Filled with Heroic Slapstick

Touché Turtle and Dum Dum is one of three cartoons, along with Wally Gator and Lippy the Lion and Hardy ...
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The Curse of Frankenstein 4K UHD Movie Review: The Dawn of Hammer Films

Terence Fisher’s The Curse of Frankenstein, stars Peter Cushing as Victor Frankenstein. It was the first Hammer horror film in ...
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Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Captain America: Civil War by Jacob Johnston

Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Captain America: Civil War is the 12th release in the 22-book ...
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From the Couch Hole: You’re Gonna Hear Me on Your Radio

Previously on FTCH, the silent phone didn't warn us about the substance that came with your love. The ghoul gave ...
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Airplane II: The Sequel Blu-ray Review: More Like Airplane II: The Remake

Nineteen eighty-two was quite the year for Ken Finkleman, a Canadian comedy writer and performer on radio and television. He ...
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Dan Curtis’ Classic Monsters Blu-ray Review: Made-for-TV Mayhem

Dan Curtis was a television producer and director of the '60s and '70s. While his actual output was varied, he ...
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Spinal Tap: The End Continues Album Review

Spinal Tap: The End Continues is the soundtrack to Spinal Tap II: The End Continues and the band's first studio ...
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Cop or Hood Blu-ray Review: Belmondo Star Vehicle Mostly Crashes

When a small-town police chief is murdered, a witty Parisian commissioner is dispatched to investigate. He’s not above using irregular ...
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Joan Crawford Collection Blu-ray Review: Four of Joan’s Best

There is this store in Nashville, TN, called McKay's. It is a huge place, and it sells used DVDs, CDs, ...
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Deep Crimson Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Beauty of Crude Realism

Deep Crimson (1998) aka Profundo Carmesi stars Daniel Gimenez Cocho and Regina Orozco in Mexican director Arturo Ripstein’s reworking of ...
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The Cat and the Canary (1927) 4K UHD Review: Silently Delightful

I've seen something like 40 silent films in my life. That isn't a lot considering the hundreds of silents that ...
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Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (Terror Time Collector’s Edition) Blu-ray Review: Spooky Dooby Doo

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) is the franchise's first direct-to-video feature and it kickstarted the Scoocy-Doo crew's major resurgence, boosting ...
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From the Couch Hole: I’ve Got to Know What You’re Doin’

Previously on FTCH, the chair company was in the deep red after Godzilla vs. Mothra destroyed Tokyo. The situation called ...
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Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex DVD Review: Teenage Dream

The latest film about glam rock star Marc Bolan is an odd amalgamation of archival footage and new tribute performances. ...
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Weapons 4K UHD Review: Don’t Fall for the Hype

Weapons, the second thriller/horror film from Zack Cregger (Barbarian), tells the story of a mid-size, Northeastern town where 17 third-graders, ...
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Eddington Blu-ray Review: A Wonderfully Pointed Vision of 2020

Eddington is a neo-western/thriller/dark comedy from writer/director Ari Aster (Midsommar) and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, and Austin ...
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Knight Rider (1982): The Complete Series 4K UHD Review: Boy Meets Car

Glen A. Larson had a prolific career in television as a writer and producer in a variety of genres, and ...
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50s Sci-Fi Collection Blu-ray Review: Enough Entertainment to Justify Adding This Collection to Yours

Monsters, mutants, and mayhem, sure to make a Merry Halloween! From the Warner Archive Collection comes four creature features from the ...
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Free Time DVD Review: Hilarious and Unexpectedly Insightful

Sometimes in life, you don't always know what to do, no matter what you age are. Life's unpredictable like that. ...
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Rampage (1987) 4K UHD Review: Murder Thriller Almost Gets It

William Friedkin did not have an easy '80s. From the giddy heights of The Exorcist, his prestige had fallen with ...
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Souleymane’s Story Blu-ray Review: Abou Sangare Delivers a Marvelous Breakout Performance

During today's very troubling times where immigrants are kidnapped and disappeared, I think it's important that their stories remain told, ...
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Boomerang (1976) Blu-ray Review: Alain Delon Loses His Cool

By the mid-’70s, French megastar Alain Delon was easing into the early stages of a career shift to middle-aged roles. ...
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Book Review: Photographic Memory: William Henry Jackson and the American West by Bill Griffith

Photographic Memory: William Henry Jackson and the American West, A Graphic Biography by His Great-Grandson finds cartoonist Bill Griffith taking a ...
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Spenser: For Hire: The Complete Series DVD Review: Robert Urich Is on the Case

Based on Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels, Spenser: For Hire is a Boston-based detective series starring Robert Urich as the ...
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La Femme Nikita: The Complete Series DVD Box Set Review: Viva Peta

I’ve watched every iteration of the Nikita spy character except the ‘97-’01 TV series, making this new box set a ...
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Book Review: Peanuts Every Sunday: 1952-1955: Paperback Edition by Charles M. Schulz

The Peanuts Every Sunday series was released in hardcover by Fantagraphics starting in 2013. The ten-book series released the Sunday ...
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 7-Film Collection 4K UHD Review: A Dream Come True

When I was in seventh or eighth grade, I had an 8-foot tall poster of Freddy Krueger that I displayed ...
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From the Couch Hole: Moving Through the Doorway of a Nation

Previously on FTCH, the dream on becoming a guinea fowl went from highest to lowest for Stranger pizza Doritos. The ...
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Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore Blu-ray Review: Entertaining, Educational, and Essential

The great Marlee Matlin, Academy Award-winning actress, activist, and author, made history as the first Deaf individual to win an ...
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7 Women Blu-ray Review: Seven Who Defied What No Man Dared

The 50-year directing career of John Ford didn't end in Monument Valley as would have been appropriate. He finished his ...
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Daiei Gothic Vol. 2: Japanese Ghost Stories Blu-ray Box Set Review: Ghoulish Delights

Just in time for spooky season, Radiance brings us their second volume of classic Japanese supernatural films from the vaults ...
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Radioland Murders Blu-ray Review: Goes Down Like Cotton Candy

Radioland Murders is a throwback to the days when radio ruled the air and television was still years away. It ...
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Tormented (1960) Special Edition Blu-ray Review: You’ll Lose Your Head Over It

Writer/director Bert I. Gordon (Empire of the Ants, Food of the Gods) steps away from giant insects and mutated monsters ...
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Errol Flynn Collection Blu-ray Review: A Wonderful Overview of a Fine Actor

"In like Flynn" they used to say. Or so they say they used to say. I don't actually remember people ...
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Black Samson Blu-ray Review: There’s a Riot Goin’ On

As the unelected ruler of a Los Angeles neighborhood, Samson (Rockne Tarkington) speaks softly and carries a big, big stick. ...
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The Nun II Review: Nun of the Fun of the First Movie

Michael Chaves directed The Nun II, a direct sequel to The Nun, and the eighth iteration of the Conjuring Universe ...
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The Bad Guys 2 Collector’s Edition 4K UHD Review: A Sequel That Strikes Gold

The Bad Guys are a quintet of five traditionally bad animals: Wolf (Sam Rockwell), Tarantula (Awkwafina), Snake (Marc Maron), Shark ...
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F1 The Movie 4K UHD Review: Brad Pitt Feels the Need for Speed

What is it about veteran actors and racing movies? With F1, Brad Pitt joins a club including James Garner in ...
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