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Donovan’s Reef Blu-ray Review: Wild, Wayne, and Wonderful!

By Shawn Bourdo | Aug 5, 2025

The new Blu-ray release of Donovan's Reef (1963) by Kino Lorber, also available on 4K Ultra HD, is the most ...

The Beast to Die Blu-ray Review: Good Guy Gone Bad

By Steve Geise | Aug 4, 2025

By the start of the ‘80s, Yusaku Matsuda (Yokohama BJ Blues) had tired of his typical action hero roles and ...

Sands of Iwo Jima Blu-ray Review: John Wayne Storms the Beaches

By Joe Garcia III | Aug 3, 2025

Directed by Allan Dwan, Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) stars John Wayne as a grizzled WWII sergeant in charge of ...

From the Couch Hole: Breathless Drive on a Downtown Street

By Shawn Bourdo | Aug 3, 2025

Previously on FTCH, Superman had one summer dream of root beer float milk in Eddington. There was a double sin ...

Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible DVD Review: Alive and Kicking

By Steve Geise | Aug 2, 2025

Riding the New Wave to international fame in the ‘80s, Simple Minds has instantly recognizable hits even as the band ...

Get Carter (1971) Blu-ray Review: Birth of British Gangster Movies

By Kent Conrad | Aug 1, 2025

Jack Carter, a gangster in London, goes back to his own hometown to investigate the mysterious death of his brother. ...

His Kind of Woman Blu-ray Review: Film Noir Follies

By Kent Conrad | Jul 31, 2025

We open with the film-noir intrigue. A gangster wants access to his money. He's stuck in Italy and wants to ...

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: A Decent Vehicle For Clint’s Lighter Side

By Joe Garcia III | Jul 31, 2025

Before The Deer Hunter (1978) and Heaven's Gate (1980), writer-director Michael Cimino made his silver-screen debut writing and directing Thunderbolt ...

Book Review: Society Is Nix: Gleeful Anarchy at the Dawn of the American Comic Strip 1895-1915 Revised Edition

By Steve Geise | Jul 30, 2025

The latest Sunday Press release through Fantagraphics revisits the first 20 years of the American comic strip, compiling over 200 ...

Dark Victory Blu-ray Review: Bette Davis Has Never Been Better

By Mat Brewster | Jul 29, 2025

Dark Victory is a fairly conventional tear-jerking melodrama buoyed by a fantastic performance by Bette Davis. She plays Judy Traherne, ...

The 100: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: Post-Apocalyptic Lord of the Flies

By Steve Geise | Jul 29, 2025

After drifting out of print over the last decade, the first season of this sci-fi series is once again available ...

Lethal Weapon 4K UHD Review: Killer Chemistry

By Joe Keaton | Jul 28, 2025

The first Lethal Weapon is a satisfying cop caper, directed with a sure, slick hand by that old studio pro ...

Champagne & Caviar: Four Weimar Comedies Blu-ray Review: Two Slapsticks, Two Rom-Coms

By Steve Geise | Jul 27, 2025

This fascinating new collection compiles four German black and white comedies from the early years of the sound era, 1931-32. ...

By Mat Brewster | Jul 27, 2025

I grew up with Angela Lansbury. Not literally, of course, but as a child of the 1980s, she was a ...

From the Couch Hole: Deep Waters Flow, Out to the Sea

By Shawn Bourdo | Jul 27, 2025

Previously on FTCH, the people at the Institute said, "I wish you were here" during the long goodbye. Then 28 ...

Book Review: Atlas Comics Library No. 6: Shiver As You Read!

By Greg Hammond | Jul 26, 2025

Seattle-based Fantagraphics Publishing has released another beautiful anthology with Atlas Comics Library No. 6: Shiver As You Read! The collection ...

Cloud (2024) Movie Review: Internet Haters Go Gunning

By Kent Conrad | Jul 25, 2025

Yoshii is kind of a jerk. He's not a monster, nor violent, mean, or aggressive. He's just kind of callous, ...

Final Destination Bloodlines Blu-ray Review: The Road Less Travelled

By Greg Hammond | Jul 25, 2025

Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein’s Final Destination Bloodlines, the sixth and latest installment in the series, is a slightly different ...

21 Grams Blu-ray Review: Difficult to Enjoy

By Rons Reviews | Jul 24, 2025

I love movies. If someone calls me and asks if I want to see a movie, I say yes. Don’t ...

Final Destination 5 Movie Review: Death Returns in Fine Form

By Greg Hammond | Jul 24, 2025

There is no doubt that the Final Destination movies are, for the most part, top-tier slasher/horror/gore movies. The deaths are ...

Detonation! Violent Riders Blu-ray Review: Firing on All Cylinders

By Steve Geise | Jul 24, 2025

This 1975 Japanese bikersploitation film is a funk-fueled blast of fast-paced action and free-spirited youth. As directed and co-written by ...

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Review: A Fascinating Profile of an Enigmatic Man

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 23, 2025

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser is a documentary directed by Charlotte Zwerin about the famed jazz musician/composer. She was brought ...

The Final Destination Blu-ray Review: The Franchise Hits a Speed Bump

By Greg Hammond | Jul 22, 2025

The Final Destination is the fourth entry in the Final Destination franchise which now includes six films. If that isn’t ...

Book Review: Brain Damage by Shintaro Kago

By Steve Geise | Jul 22, 2025

Kago returns with a collection of four unrelated short manga stories originally published in Japan in 2017. The stories all ...

Cobra Blu-ray Review: An Action-Packed Product of its Time

By Joe Garcia III | Jul 21, 2025

Director George P. Cosmatos (Tombstone 1993) teams up with writer/star Sylvester Stallone once again to bring us the non-stop action ...

F/X | F/X 2 Double Feature Blu-ray Review: Solving Crimes with Movie Magic

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 21, 2025

KL Studio Classics presents the theatrical adventures of special-effects man Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) with the F/X | F/X 2 ...

From the Couch Hole: Did They Get You to Trade Your Heroes for Ghosts?

By Shawn Bourdo | Jul 20, 2025

Previously on FTCH, Parthenope was in Manchester by the Sea with twisted queso. The third-floor flat parasite said, "I'll be ...

Final Destination 3 Movie Review: Long-Running Series Stays Strong

By Greg Hammond | Jul 19, 2025

Produced, directed, and co-written (with Glen Morgan) by James Wong, Final Destination 3 continues the winning streak of entries in ...

Rosa la rose, fille publique Blu-ray Review: A Day in the Life of a French Sex Worker

By Mat Brewster | Jul 18, 2025

Rosa (Marianne Basler) is young, beautiful, and full of what the French call the joy of life. She's also a ...

Mr. Peabody & Sherman: The Complete Collection DVD Review: A Dog and His Boy

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 18, 2025

Produced by Jay Ward Productions, the animated adventures of Rocket J. (“Rocky”) Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose originally aired from ...

The Big Heat Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 17, 2025

Based on William P. McGivern's serial in The Saturday Evening Post, later published as a novel, Fritz Lang's The Big ...

Final Destination Movie Review: A Wonderfully Grotesque Beginning

By Greg Hammond | Jul 17, 2025

James Wong’s Final Destination is now a quarter of a century old. In that time, the franchise has grown to ...

Two Political Thrillers by Henri Verneuil: I… for Icarus & Mille Milliards de Dollars DVD Review

By Steve Geise | Jul 16, 2025

This double-feature DVD collection compiles suspenseful but unrelated films from writer/director Henri Verneuil. It’s perfect for fans of ‘70s conspiracy ...

Salem’s Lot (1979) DVD Review: Good Movie, Weird Release

By Mat Brewster | Jul 16, 2025

Stephen King has said that the idea for his novel 'Salem's Lot came to him during his teaching days. He'd ...

Looney Tunes: Collector’s Vault Volume 1 Review: Something Old, Something New to Blu-ray

By Gordon S. Miller | Jul 15, 2025

After four volumes of the Collector's Choice series, the Warner Archive Collection now presents Looney Tunes: Collector's Vault Volume 1, ...

Book Review: Raging Clouds by Yudori

By Steve Geise | Jul 14, 2025

While I read my fair share of manga and manhwa, I don’t particularly enjoy much of its mainstream output due ...

From the Couch Hole: Can You Feel The Light Shine?

By Shawn Bourdo | Jul 13, 2025

Previously on FTCH, the Bear and the Brutalist promised you a miracle. Then 28 weeks later they showed up at ...

The Blues Under the Skin Blu-ray Review: Trouble in Mind

By Steve Geise | Jul 12, 2025

Robert Manthoulis’s little-seen 1973 film is a curious combination of intimate music performances, documentary scenes of working-class poor, and scripted ...