Book Review: Death in Trieste by Jason
By Steve Geise |
Veteran Norwegian cartoonist Jason returns with an all-new collection of three short graphic stories rendered in his impeccably clear line ...
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Jurassic World Rebirth Blu-ray Review: High Adventure Returns to a Jurassic World
By Greg Hammond |
The opening of Jurassic World Rebirth has an unfortunate start. Yet somehow it pulls itself out of the muck quickly ...
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From the Couch Hole: When It’s All Too Late, It’s All Too Late
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we said farewell, my lovely in Terminus to the Chips Ahoy weapons. The opus of toffee creamer ...
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The White Lotus: The Complete Third Season DVD Review: Thai Spice
By Steve Geise |
HBO’s buzzy limited series continues with its third iteration, this time traveling to an idyllic resort in Thailand. As in ...
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Night of the Juggler Blu-ray Review: A Time Capsule of Ancient New York Grime
By Davy |
New York in the late 1970s and early '80s was not the best place to be. It was full of ...
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Airport 1975 4K UHD Review: A Disaster of a Disaster Movie
By Mat Brewster |
In between the release of Airport (1970) and Airport 1975 (1974), there had already been a slew of disaster movies ...
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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues – On, Off, and Around the Record – IMAX Live Q&A Event Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
As the audience took their seats, the original trailer, which focuses on a cheese festival rather than the band and ...
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The Lords of Discipline Blu-ray Review: Struggles to Find Its Marching Rhythm
By Rons Reviews |
David Keith had some very distinctive roles in The Great Santini and Brubaker to name a few, but it was ...
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City on Fire (1987) UHD Review: Who Do You Trust?
By Gordon S. Miller |
Ringo Lam's City on Fire is a gritty crime drama that takes place on the streets of Hong Kong where ...
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Book Review: Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant Sketchbooks: An Illustrated Memoir: Volume 1 by Brian M. Kane
By Steve Geise |
Fantagraphics kicks off a new six-volume look behind the scenes of Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant comic strip with this initial ...
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PAW Patrol: Fire Rescue DVD Review: Adventure Bay Has a Fire Problem
By Greg Hammond |
Welcome to Adventure Bay, the town where PAW Patrol: Fire Rescue takes place. Ryder is the boy who runs the ...
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Martial Law: Lo Wei’s Wuxia World Blu-ray Review: The Brotherhood of Shaw Brothers
By Steve Geise |
We’ve had an abundance of far-ranging Shaw Brothers box sets in the past few years, but this one narrows the ...
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Book Review: These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World (Revised and Expanded Edition) by Grady Hendrix & Chris Poggiali
By Gordon S. Miller |
Coming four years after its original release, the Revised and Expanded Edition of These Fists Break Bricks is a fascinating ...
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Naked Ambition Movie Review: The Story of a Renaissance Woman who Transcended the Societal Barriers of Mid-Century America
By Jade Blackmore |
Naked Ambition explores the life and extraordinary career of Bunny Yeager, the woman who brought Bettie Page to mainstream notoriety, ...
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Book Review: I Like People That Can’t Sing: Paul Nelson Interviews Lucinda Williams & Leonard Cohen or Leonard Cohen Buys Paul Nelson a Cheeseburger but Lucinda Williams Won’t, edited by Kevin Avery
By writeonmusic |
When rock and pop-culture critic Paul Nelson was commissioned by LA Weekly in early 1991 to profile Lucinda Williams and ...
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When We Went MAD! The Unauthorized Story of MAD Magazine Blu-ray Review: What, Me Worry?
By Greg Hammond |
When We Went MAD! The Unauthorized Story of MAD Magazine was directed by Alan Bernstein and co-written by Bernstein, Nate ...
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From the Couch Hole: Show Me a River That’s So Deep
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, on Alien Earth, Shin Godzilla was at square one with fudge stripes. The timecop said the hard ...
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CrimeCon 2025: Denver – Day One Review
By Darcy Staniforth |
CrimeCon 2025 is off to a roaring start in Denver, Colorado. I am excited to be back among the fans, ...
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Airport (1970) 4K UHD Review: The Disaster Movie That Started Them All
By Mat Brewster |
In the same way John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) didn't invent the slasher movie but rather popularized it and created the ...
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Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Ant-Man by Jacob Johnston
By Gordon S. Miller |
Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Ant-Man is the 11th release in the 22-book Marvel Studios: The ...
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition) 5-Disc Set Review: Frodo Sets Out
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Fellowship of the Ring is spread across two Blu-ray discs. It opens with the story of the Dark Lord ...
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Book Review: Jaws: Memories From Martha’s Vineyard (Rev. and Updated) by Matt Taylor
By Shawn Bourdo |
The 50th Anniversary of Jaws (1975) has kicked the marketing machine for the film into overdrive. There have been LEGOs, ...
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The Cat (1992) Blu-ray Review: Goofy, Goopy Fun
By Mat Brewster |
There is a scene in the middle of The Cat, Lam Ngai Kai's goofy, goopy sci-fi flick from 1992, where a ...
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The Great Gatsby (1949) Blu-ray Review: Alan Ladd Sets a High Bar for All Future Gatsbys
By Steve Geise |
While this 1949 adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel isn’t the first movie version, it is the earliest surviving ...
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Xanadu 4K UHD/Blu-ray Review: You Have to Believe Movie Musical Magic
By Lorna Miller |
Xanadu is a film I watch every couple of years. I was a fan from the start while the film ...
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From the Couch Hole: You Can’t Say What You Don’t Know
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the bear said, "Farewell, my lovely," but hold on if you are in the mood for love ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold” by Carl Barks
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold” is Volume 1 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. ...
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Bring Her Back Blu-ray Review: Tackles Trauma and Grief with a Refreshingly Unsettling Tone
By Davy |
Anyone who says that the horror genre is growing stale probably hasn't seen an A24 film. They continue to unleash ...
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Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror Blu-ray Review: Light on Frankenstein but Heavy on the Fun
By Mat Brewster |
Spanish writer/director/actor Paul Naschy is best known for his portrayal of Count Waldemar Daninsky, a man who inevitably is bitten ...
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Two Weeks with Love Blu-ray Review: I’ve Had the Time of My Life
By Steve Geise |
A naive 17-year-old girl spends summer vacation in the Catskills with her family, where she falls under the spell of ...
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Melinda Blu-ray Review: Frankie Says Relax
By Steve Geise |
Frankie J. is a smooth-talking L.A. DJ on the prowl for ladies and fun, at least until his latest conquest ...
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The Conjuring 4K UHD Review: Great Actors in Search of a Scary Story
By Greg Hammond |
James Wan’s The Conjuring, starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as supernatural investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, has spawned cinema’s ...
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Book Review: Buff Soul by Moa Romanova
By Steve Geise |
When Swedish cartoonist Moa Romanova gets the chance to accompany her aspiring rock-star friends on their mini U.S. tour, their ...
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Looney Tunes: Platinum Collection, Volume Two Blu-ray Review: Rabbit Season, Duck Season, Cartoon Season
By Gordon S. Miller |
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume Two has been reissued. Of the 50 main cartoons, 6 are from the 1930s, 22 ...
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From the Couch Hole: Are You the One You Want to Be?
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, sinners never flinch when they say there will be blood. And so it goes, there will be ...
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The Tale of Oiwa’s Ghost Blu-ray Review: Classy, Not Trashy
By Steve Geise |
Director Tai Kato’s 1961 ghost story adapts a classic Japanese tale about a scorned and deceived wife who exacts her ...
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Save the Tiger Blu-ray Review: An Intensely Emotional Time Capsule About Masculinity
By Davy |
As we know, the great Jack Lemmon could do anything. He was one of those actors who just could sit ...
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Book Review: Lost Marvels No. 2: Howard Chaykin Vol. 1: Dominic Fortune, Monark Starstalker, and Phantom Eagle
By Kent Conrad |
Howard Chaykin is a comic book artist who came to his powers when the industry was in flux. He started ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “The Black Pearls of Tabu Yama” by Carl Barks
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “The Black Pearls of Tabu Yama” is Volume 19 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney ...
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Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman – The Complete Series Blu-ray Box Set Review
By Steve Geise |
Not to be confused with the recently concluded Superman & Lois series, this new Blu-ray box set compiles the full ...
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Gung Ho (1986) Blu-ray Review: Team Work Makes the Dream Work
By Joe Garcia III |
Gung Ho, directed by Ron Howard, is a comedy/drama that finds Micheal Keaton and Gedde Watanabe learning to work together ...
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Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXVI Blu-ray Review: These Sets Continue to Surprise and Delight
By Mat Brewster |
I've watched and reviewed a lot of these film noir sets from Kino Lorber. I come to them with eyes ...
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From the Couch Hole: And You’re the Only One Who Knows
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, on Sunset Boulevard in 'Salem's Lot there was an incredible theft. Something so right came in the ...
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See: Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Blind Game of Thrones
By Steve Geise |
You know how it’s generally annoying whenever a sighted actor plays a blind character? Now imagine an entire cast fumbling ...
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Through and Through Blu-ray Review: A Truthful Tale of Society’s Victims Becoming Its Villains
By Davy |
In terms of films that feature outsiders on the outskirts of society, Polish filmmaker Grzegorz Krolikiewicz's stark 1973 film, Through ...
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Looney Tunes Platinum Collection, Volume One Blu-ray Review: When You’re Jonesing for Chuck Jones
By Gordon S. Miller |
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume One has been reissued. Of the 50 main cartoons, 3 are from the 1930s, 17 ...
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Gigi Blu-ray Review: A Beautiful, Morally Complicated Musical
By Mat Brewster |
It is difficult to know what to do with a film like Gigi. On one hand, it is impeccably made. ...
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A Date with Judy Blu-ray Review: The Goody-Good, the Baddie, and the Beery
By Steve Geise |
This classic MGM musical combines the golly-gee innocence of high school hijinks with the sizzle of Carmen Miranda, forbidden love ...
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Book Review: Caravaggio: The Palette and the Sword: Book 2 by Milo Manara
By Greg Hammond |
It is now the summer of 1606, and 14 years have passed since Caravaggio first arrived in Rome in the ...
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Town Without Pity Blu-ray Review: Kirk Douglas Without Compassion
By Mat Brewster |
In occupied West Germany, 16-year-old Karin Steinhof (Christine Kaufmann) lies by the river with her boyfriend, Frank Borgmann (Gerhart Lippert). ...
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