Career Opportunities 4K UHD Review: More Than Just Jennifer Connelly in a White Tank Top
By Mat Brewster |
Jennifer Connelly wearing a white tank top while riding a mechanical horse. It is an iconic scene. It is probably ...
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Book Review: TCM Imports: Timeless Favorites and Hidden Gems of World Cinema by Alicia Malone
By Davy |
I know it isn't always easy to engage in international cinema, especially because of subtitles. However, if you don't take ...
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From the Couch Hole: It’s Like Sugar Sometimes
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the Righteous Gemstones went to Tom Lake looking for the beautiful loser. The death of a unicorn ...
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The Shining Movie Review: Still Scary After All These Years
By Greg Hammond |
Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, co-written with Diane Johnson, and based on the novel by Stephen King is nearing a half ...
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Kramer vs. Kramer Movie Review: 1970’s Courtroom Drama Still Enthralls
By Greg Hammond |
Robert Benton’s (Nobody’s Fool) Kramer vs. Kramer is a drama based on the novel of the same name written by ...
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Neil Young: Coastal Movie Review: The Song Selection Will Surely Please Die-Hard fans
By Gordon S. Miller |
Directed by his wife Daryl Hannah, their fourth project together, Neil Young: Coastal was recorded during his 2023 solo tour, ...
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Blue Sunshine 4K UHD Review: A Bald Head-trip
By Joe Keaton |
Some horror flicks don’t want to scare the bejesus out of you. They just want to leave a thumbprint on ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Terror of the Beagle Boys” by Carl Barks
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Terror of the Beagle Boys” is Volume 10 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. ...
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Book Review: Santos Sisters, Volume 1 by Greg & Fake
By Darcy Staniforth |
Being a woman can be really challenging. Some days you and your sister just need to go to the beach ...
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Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXV Blu-ray Review: This Series Continues to Delight
By Mat Brewster |
Kino Lorber has now released 25 sets in its Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema series. At three films ...
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From the Couch Hole: You Realize You Just Can’t Have It All
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Medusa was in Cold Harbor with Aguirre. The four Musketeers discovered that love hurts but late-night jalapeno ...
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The Wind Rises Blu-ray Review: An Atypical Miyazaki Story with the Typical Miyazaki Artwork
By Gordon S. Miller |
Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his 2009 manga of the same name, The Wind Rises tells a ...
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I’m All Right Jack Blu-ray Review: Come for the Stars, Stay for the Sparkling Satire
By Steve Geise |
This 1959 British comedy boasts an impressive array of acting talent headlined by Peter Sellers, but its true strength is ...
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Lead Belly: The Man Who Invented Rock & Roll DVD Review: A Fascinating Look at His Life
By Joe Garcia III |
Huddie Ledbetter better known as "Lead Belly" contributed more to modern music than most folks realize. Throughout music genres like ...
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Winchester ’73 Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Guns Don’t Kill People, People Kill People
By Gordon S. Miller |
Director Anthony Mann and James Stewart had a prolific partnership, releasing eight films in five years. The first was Winchester ...
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The Long Kiss Goodnight 4K UHD Review: Aggressively Entertaining, Aggressively Stupid
By Kent Conrad |
The Long Kiss Goodnight is constantly at war with itself, and I blame the director. Renny Harlin is better known ...
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Hardboiled: Three Pulp Thrillers by Alain Corneau Blu-ray Box Set Review: Legendary Actors Elevate Classy Genre Films
By Steve Geise |
French director Alain Corneau helmed this trio of hardboiled crime dramas featuring top-tier acting talent and gritty scripts. The new ...
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Joan Baez: I Am a Noise Blu-ray Review: A Portrait of the Artist as a Woman
By Gordon S. Miller |
Directed by Miri Navasky, Karen O'Connor, and Maeve O'Boyle, Joan Baez: I Am a Noise tells the story of the ...
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Becoming Led Zeppelin Movie Review: Answers How They Turned into a Rock Behemoth
By Jade Blackmore |
What do you think of when you hear the name "Led Zeppelin"? You might classify them as the heaviest of ...
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Book Review: Baby Blue by Bim Eriksson
By Steve Geise |
“You’re an odd duck, which is actually a remarkable thing.” This is how Betty’s drug dealer describes her early in ...
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From the Couch Hole: I Know a Thing or Two, I Learned from You
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Basquiat and Lady Blue listened to the Anderson Tapes with Barney Miller. All roads taste like salt ...
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Movie Review: One Flew East, One Flew West
By Greg Hammond |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a comedic-drama directed by Milos Forman (Amadeus) that takes place in a mental ...
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Book Review: Goes Like This by J. Crane
By Greg Hammond |
Fantagraphics has published Goes Like This by Jordan Crane. It is a splendid artistic compilation for adults and older teens ...
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Book Review: Beat It, Rufus by Noah Van Sciver
By Steve Geise |
Rufus Baxter never found fame as a rock star, but as he approaches old age he’s still striving toward his ...
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Sadie McKee Blu-ray Review: A Fine Joan Crawford Performance Saves the Film
By Mat Brewster |
Joan Crawford was born to suffer. I don't mean that literally, but as an actress, she had a face that ...
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The Last of Us: The Complete First Season 4K UHD Steelbook Review: The Best of TV
By Mat Brewster |
Who would have thought that Craig Mazin, writer of lowbrow comedies such as Scary Movie 3 & 4 and The ...
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Companion 4K UHD Review: Babe Runner
By David Wangberg |
The discussion of A.I. has been ongoing for years, and it’s certainly been a subject for many forms of art ...
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Flight Risk 4K UHD Review: Cleared for Landing
By David Wangberg |
It amazes me that, 20 years after the fact, marketing teams are still afraid to advertise a film as “From ...
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The Mask of Satan (1989) Blu-ray Review: Lamberto Bava’s Take on His Father’s ‘Black Sunday’
By Joe Garcia III |
The Mask of Satan (1989) finds writer/director Lamberto Bava (Demons) paying tribute to his father, Mario, and his 1960 gothic ...
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Hit Man (1972) Blu-ray Review: Tyrone in Action and Pam Grier’s Performance Make It Well Worth Watching
By Mat Brewster |
In 1971, Ted Lewis released Jack's Return Home, a novel about a London mob enforcer who returns to his hometown ...
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From the Couch Hole: You’re Showing Me a Different Side
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Anora was carrying her black bag when she boarded the Millionaire's Express saying, "I feel like makin' ...
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Hatari! Blu-ray Review: Fun in the Sun with Howard Hawks and John Wayne
By Mat Brewster |
Director Howard Hawks and John Wayne made five films together. Four of them were westerns. Two of them (Red River ...
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Book Review: The Third Man: The Official Story of the Film by John Walsh
By Gordon S. Miller |
In the Introduction to The Official Story of the Film, author John Walsh states Carol Reed's The Third Man “influenced ...
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He Dreams of Giants Blu-ray Review: Terry Gilliam Tilting at Windmills Again
By Gordon S. Miller |
After a decade of writing and development to adapt Cervantes' Don Quixote, Terry Gilliam first began production on The Man ...
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Thank You Very Much Movie Review: Andy Kaufman, Shaggy Dog
By Greg Hammond |
Thank You Very Much is a 2023 documentary film directed by Alex Braverman. It covers the childhood and short life ...
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From the Couch Hole: Watchin’ Winter Turn to Spring
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the fire woman showed us that we live in a time where all we imagine is light ...
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Book Review: Murderburg by Carol Lay
By Steve Geise |
Carol Lay’s second graphic novel for Fantagraphics collects a series of vignettes about the residents and visitors inhabiting a fictional ...
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Delicatessen 4K UHD Review: The Most Romantic Cannibal Horror Film Ever Made
By Mat Brewster |
Set in a post-apocalyptic France where jobs are scarce, food is scarcer, and currency is made of grain, Delicatessen, the ...
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Character Blu-ray Review: The Unforgettable Tale of Two Characters
By Steve Geise |
A rising young lawyer runs afoul of the police when he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the ...
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A Woman of Paris Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Search for Fulfillment During the Jazz Age
By Davy |
Charlie Chaplin, the genius actor, composer, and filmmaker, remains one of the most legendary and influential figures in the history ...
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Paddington 2 4K UHD Review: Great, Goofy Fun
By Greg Hammond |
Paddington 2 is a live-action/animated comedy directed by Paul King and written by King and Simon Farnaby. It is based ...
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Godzilla vs. Biollante Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Rose by Any Other Name
By Gordon S. Miller |
Godzilla vs. Biollante is the 17th film in the Godzilla franchise, the second of the Heisei period, and is the ...
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Wolf Man Blu-ray Review: Iconic Character Transforms into Modern, Body-Horror Tale
By Greg Hammond |
Wolf Man, directed by Leigh Whannell (The Invisible Man) and written by Whannell and Corbett Tuck, is a reboot of ...
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From the Couch Hole: Twistin’ Like a Flame in a Slow Dance
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, there was vengeance most fowl in the meaning of dreams. The flow of friendship described in the ...
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Book Review: John Cuneo’s Good Intentions
By Darcy Staniforth |
The frantically flowing pen strokes and exaggerated subjects of John Cuneo are nothing new to readers of publications like The ...
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Losing Ground Blu-ray Review: The New 4K Restoration Is a Marvel
By Davy |
Version 1.0.0 The late Kathleen Collins, poet, playwright, writer, filmmaker, director, civil rights activist, and educator, made only two films ...
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The Nice Guys 4K UHD Review: The Best Buddy Cop Movie in Years
By David Wangberg |
Shane Black’s The Nice Guys was one of those films that took a giant swing, and audiences – for some ...
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Venom (1981) 4K UHD Review: No Spider-Man Here, Just Deadly Snakes
By Mat Brewster |
Tobe Hooper was originally set to direct Venom. It is unclear exactly when he backed out. It was far enough ...
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Inserts Blu-ray Review: Blue Movie Babylon
By Joe Keaton |
Inserts (1975; dir. John Byrum), once rated X (now NC-17), is one of those weird, dirty little art movies that ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “The Pixilated Parrot” by Carl Barks
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “The Pixelated Parrot” is Volume 9 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. The book ...
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