Lolita (1962) DVD Review: She Was Lo, Plain Lo, In the Morning
By Greg Hammond |
Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita tells the tale of Humbert Humbert (James Mason), a professor of French literature who plans to vacation ...
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The Long Kiss Goodnight Blu-ray Review: An Enjoyable Ride
By Mat Brewster |
Someone ought to do one of those listicle things where they rank all the action movies set during the Christmas ...
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Sugar Hill Blu-ray Review: Supernatural Voodoo Woman
By Steve Geise |
Blaxploitation takes a trip to the voodoo bayou for this campy yarn. The story centers on a grieving woman named ...
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The Medium Blu-ray Review: A Lacking Message About the Supernatural World
By Joe Garcia III |
Directed by Silvio Amadio, The Medium (1980) is an Italian horror offering that stars Vincent Mannari Jr, Sherry Buchanan and ...
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Under Siege Blu-ray Review: Steven Seagal Is Hard to Kill on a Battleship
By Mat Brewster |
The huge success of Die Hard in 1988 changed the face of action films. Muscle-bound He-Men like Arnold Schwarzenegger and ...
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From the Couch Hole: And I Was in Crazy Motion
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the big sleep brought dreams of first steps and if you know how to love me, you'll ...
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Palindromes 4K UHD Review: Interesting Idea Falls Flat
By Greg Hammond |
Nine years after Todd Solondz’s highly acclaimed Welcome to the Dollhouse, he wrote and directed 2004’s Palindromes; a film that ...
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Bonjour Tristesse (2024) DVD Review: Mediterranean Summer Love
By Steve Geise |
At first glance, writer/director Durga Chew-Bose’s debut film seems similar to scores of other tales about young love near the ...
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The Invention of Lying Blu-ray Review: A Solid Comedy That Tells It Like It Is
By Greg Hammond |
Comedian Ricky Gervais and writer Matthew Robinson co-wrote and co-directed the wildly funny comedy/fantasy The Invention of Lying in 2009. ...
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Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex Movie Review: Glam’s First Cosmic Dancer
By Kent Conrad |
There's a tradition of enormously influential musicians in the U.K. just not making it in the U.S. Robbie Williams still ...
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The Lord of the Rings: Original Animated Classic Blu-ray Review: Ralph Bakshi’s Previz for Peter Jackson
By Steve Geise |
Long before Peter Jackson got the idea to create a cottage industry out of J.R.R. Tolkien’s literary works, underground animator ...
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The Cobweb Blu-ray Review: It’s All About the Drapes
By Joe Garcia III |
The Cobweb (1955) is a drama directed by Vincente Minnelli that centers around the staff and residents of a psychiatric ...
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Executive Suite Blu-ray Review: Succession in the 1950s
By Steve Geise |
Never got around to watching HBO’s Succession? Here’s a time-saving alternative: all the boardroom drama and backbiting condensed into one ...
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It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley Movie Review: Not Only a Curated Look at His Life but So Much More
By Darcy Staniforth |
I discovered Jeff Buckley as a college and community radio DJ in the late '90s. His album Grace was handed ...
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Grand Prix Blu-ray Review: Takes the Flag for Total Racing Immersion
By Steve Geise |
John Frankenheimer’s 1966 racing drama is so stacked with international stars that it might appear to be coasting on delivering ...
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Donovan’s Reef Blu-ray Review: Wild, Wayne, and Wonderful!
By Shawn Bourdo |
The new Blu-ray release of Donovan's Reef (1963) by Kino Lorber, also available on 4K Ultra HD, is the most ...
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The Beast to Die Blu-ray Review: Good Guy Gone Bad
By Steve Geise |
By the start of the ‘80s, Yusaku Matsuda (Yokohama BJ Blues) had tired of his typical action hero roles and ...
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Sands of Iwo Jima Blu-ray Review: John Wayne Storms the Beaches
By Joe Garcia III |
Directed by Allan Dwan, Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) stars John Wayne as a grizzled WWII sergeant in charge of ...
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From the Couch Hole: Breathless Drive on a Downtown Street
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Superman had one summer dream of root beer float milk in Eddington. There was a double sin ...
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Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible DVD Review: Alive and Kicking
By Steve Geise |
Riding the New Wave to international fame in the ‘80s, Simple Minds has instantly recognizable hits even as the band ...
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Get Carter (1971) Blu-ray Review: Birth of British Gangster Movies
By Kent Conrad |
Jack Carter, a gangster in London, goes back to his own hometown to investigate the mysterious death of his brother. ...
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His Kind of Woman Blu-ray Review: Film Noir Follies
By Kent Conrad |
We open with the film-noir intrigue. A gangster wants access to his money. He's stuck in Italy and wants to ...
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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: A Decent Vehicle For Clint’s Lighter Side
By Joe Garcia III |
Before The Deer Hunter (1978) and Heaven's Gate (1980), writer-director Michael Cimino made his silver-screen debut writing and directing Thunderbolt ...
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Book Review: Society Is Nix: Gleeful Anarchy at the Dawn of the American Comic Strip 1895-1915 Revised Edition
By Steve Geise |
The latest Sunday Press release through Fantagraphics revisits the first 20 years of the American comic strip, compiling over 200 ...
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Dark Victory Blu-ray Review: Bette Davis Has Never Been Better
By Mat Brewster |
Dark Victory is a fairly conventional tear-jerking melodrama buoyed by a fantastic performance by Bette Davis. She plays Judy Traherne, ...
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The 100: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: Post-Apocalyptic Lord of the Flies
By Steve Geise |
After drifting out of print over the last decade, the first season of this sci-fi series is once again available ...
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Lethal Weapon 4K UHD Review: Killer Chemistry
By Joe Keaton |
The first Lethal Weapon is a satisfying cop caper, directed with a sure, slick hand by that old studio pro ...
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Champagne & Caviar: Four Weimar Comedies Blu-ray Review: Two Slapsticks, Two Rom-Coms
By Steve Geise |
This fascinating new collection compiles four German black and white comedies from the early years of the sound era, 1931-32. ...
Read More A Life at Stake Blu-ray Review: You’ve Never Seen Angela Lansbury Like This
By Mat Brewster |
I grew up with Angela Lansbury. Not literally, of course, but as a child of the 1980s, she was a ...
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From the Couch Hole: Deep Waters Flow, Out to the Sea
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the people at the Institute said, "I wish you were here" during the long goodbye. Then 28 ...
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Book Review: Atlas Comics Library No. 6: Shiver As You Read!
By Greg Hammond |
Seattle-based Fantagraphics Publishing has released another beautiful anthology with Atlas Comics Library No. 6: Shiver As You Read! The collection ...
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Cloud (2024) Movie Review: Internet Haters Go Gunning
By Kent Conrad |
Yoshii is kind of a jerk. He's not a monster, nor violent, mean, or aggressive. He's just kind of callous, ...
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Final Destination Bloodlines Blu-ray Review: The Road Less Travelled
By Greg Hammond |
Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein’s Final Destination Bloodlines, the sixth and latest installment in the series, is a slightly different ...
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21 Grams Blu-ray Review: Difficult to Enjoy
By Rons Reviews |
I love movies. If someone calls me and asks if I want to see a movie, I say yes. Don’t ...
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Final Destination 5 Movie Review: Death Returns in Fine Form
By Greg Hammond |
There is no doubt that the Final Destination movies are, for the most part, top-tier slasher/horror/gore movies. The deaths are ...
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Detonation! Violent Riders Blu-ray Review: Firing on All Cylinders
By Steve Geise |
This 1975 Japanese bikersploitation film is a funk-fueled blast of fast-paced action and free-spirited youth. As directed and co-written by ...
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Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Review: A Fascinating Profile of an Enigmatic Man
By Gordon S. Miller |
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser is a documentary directed by Charlotte Zwerin about the famed jazz musician/composer. She was brought ...
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The Final Destination Blu-ray Review: The Franchise Hits a Speed Bump
By Greg Hammond |
The Final Destination is the fourth entry in the Final Destination franchise which now includes six films. If that isn’t ...
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Book Review: Brain Damage by Shintaro Kago
By Steve Geise |
Kago returns with a collection of four unrelated short manga stories originally published in Japan in 2017. The stories all ...
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Cobra Blu-ray Review: An Action-Packed Product of its Time
By Joe Garcia III |
Director George P. Cosmatos (Tombstone 1993) teams up with writer/star Sylvester Stallone once again to bring us the non-stop action ...
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F/X | F/X 2 Double Feature Blu-ray Review: Solving Crimes with Movie Magic
By Gordon S. Miller |
KL Studio Classics presents the theatrical adventures of special-effects man Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) with the F/X | F/X 2 ...
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From the Couch Hole: Did They Get You to Trade Your Heroes for Ghosts?
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Parthenope was in Manchester by the Sea with twisted queso. The third-floor flat parasite said, "I'll be ...
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Final Destination 3 Movie Review: Long-Running Series Stays Strong
By Greg Hammond |
Produced, directed, and co-written (with Glen Morgan) by James Wong, Final Destination 3 continues the winning streak of entries in ...
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Rosa la rose, fille publique Blu-ray Review: A Day in the Life of a French Sex Worker
By Mat Brewster |
Rosa (Marianne Basler) is young, beautiful, and full of what the French call the joy of life. She's also a ...
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Mr. Peabody & Sherman: The Complete Collection DVD Review: A Dog and His Boy
By Gordon S. Miller |
Produced by Jay Ward Productions, the animated adventures of Rocket J. (“Rocky”) Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose originally aired from ...
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The Big Heat Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on William P. McGivern's serial in The Saturday Evening Post, later published as a novel, Fritz Lang's The Big ...
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Final Destination Movie Review: A Wonderfully Grotesque Beginning
By Greg Hammond |
James Wong’s Final Destination is now a quarter of a century old. In that time, the franchise has grown to ...
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Two Political Thrillers by Henri Verneuil: I… for Icarus & Mille Milliards de Dollars DVD Review
By Steve Geise |
This double-feature DVD collection compiles suspenseful but unrelated films from writer/director Henri Verneuil. It’s perfect for fans of ‘70s conspiracy ...
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Salem’s Lot (1979) DVD Review: Good Movie, Weird Release
By Mat Brewster |
Stephen King has said that the idea for his novel 'Salem's Lot came to him during his teaching days. He'd ...
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Looney Tunes: Collector’s Vault Volume 1 Review: Something Old, Something New to Blu-ray
By Gordon S. Miller |
After four volumes of the Collector's Choice series, the Warner Archive Collection now presents Looney Tunes: Collector's Vault Volume 1, ...
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