The Purge Blu-ray Review: A Great Premise that Falls Short of the Mark
By Greg Hammond |
The Purge, written and directed by James DeMonaco, is the first of a franchise consisting of five Purge movies and ...
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The New Adventures of Tarzan Blu-ray Review: Spirited Action and Unintended Laughs Make for an Entertaining Serial
By Gordon S. Miller |
Available to watch altogether or as individual chapters, The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935) is a 12-part serial starring Herman ...
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The Outlaw Josey Wales 4K UHD Review: The Weary Gunslinger
By Joe Keaton |
A Missouri farmer goes guerrilla after Union raiders kill his family—that’s the basic setup of The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976; ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Secret of Hondorica” by Carl Barks
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Secret of Hondorica” is Volume 17 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. The book ...
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How to Get Ahead in Advertising Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Two Heads Are Not Better than One
By Greg Hammond |
How to Get Ahead in Advertising is an unusual (though not unheard of) amalgamation of absurdist humor and body horror ...
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From the Couch Hole: When the Singer’s Gone / Let the Song Go On
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the Blade Runner believes in miracles of the dragons domain. The impossible mission of the ghost protocol ...
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Book Review: Night Drive by Richard Sala: Inkshot
By Joe Keaton |
I first saw illustrator Richard Sala’s work behind glass—enshrined in a columbarium niche at the Chapel of the Chimes in ...
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The Magilla Gorilla Show: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: This Monkey’s Gone to Heaven
By Steve Geise |
This classic Hanna-Barbera series finally gets a Blu-ray release, and the results should finally satisfy fans disappointed by previous DVD ...
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Book Review: Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television by Todd S. Purdum
By Joe Garcia III |
Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television is the first full biography solely about Desi in many years. Desi’s own ...
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A Clockwork Orange Movie Review: Bezoomny Droogs and Horrorshow Bitvas
By Greg Hammond |
Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange, starring Malcolm McDowell and based on the novel by Anthony Burgess, takes place in a ...
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Book Review: The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1928-1930
By Kent Conrad |
I do not receive a daily newspaper. Nor have I for over a decade. I used to pay attention to ...
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Book Review: Buz Sawyer Vol. 5: Island of the Lotus Eaters by Roy Crane
By Steve Geise |
After a publishing gap of over eight years, Fantagraphics continues their collected editions of Roy Crane’s long-running adventure comic strip. ...
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The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers: Two Films by Richard Lester Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Fun for All, and All for Fun
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Three Musketeers (1973) is star-studded, comic swashbuckler based on Alexandre Dumas’s 19th century classic novel of the same name. ...
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Tom and Jerry: The Complete CinemaScope Collection Blu-ray Review: The Animated Pair’s Trademark Slapstick Violence Goes Widescreen
By Gordon S. Miller |
As part of the 85th anniversary celebration of Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry franchise, which began with their first cartoon, Puss ...
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From the Couch Hole: I’ve Been So Many Places, I’ve Seen Some Things
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the blue eyes crying in the rain fed the seeds of doom. The mission impossible was Goldfinger ...
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Terror in the Fog: The Wallace Krimi at CCC Blu-ray Box Set Review: Big, Beautiful Box of Krimi
By Steve Geise |
Eureka’s new Masters of Cinema Blu-ray box set collects a selection of 1960s West German crime films, aka krimis. Bridging ...
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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Movie Review: The Past and Future Collide
By Gordon S. Miller |
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, the seventh film in the franchise, sees the Impossible Mission Force deal with both Ethan ...
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Killer of Sheep Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Lyrical Portrait of Urban Decay
By Davy |
There are some films that possess the power to wash over you; to make you think, feel, and see the ...
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Dune: Prophecy: The Complete First Season 4K UHD Review: Spice World
By David Wangberg |
The resurgence of Dune in the cultural lexicon has been awesome to see in recent years, thanks to Denis Villeneuve’s ...
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Book Review: The Cabbie: Definitive Edition Vols. 1 & 2 by Marti
By Steve Geise |
A lone wolf taxi driver takes the law into his own hands as he patrols the bleak streets of 1980s ...
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Love in the Time of Big Brother
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on George Orwell's classic novel of the same name, writer-director Michael Radford's Nineteen Eighty-Four tells the story of one ...
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Mission: Impossible 2 Movie Review: A Weak Entry in the Series
By Greg Hammond |
Mission: Impossible 2, a spy action thriller directed by John Woo and starring Tom Cruise, is the second installment in ...
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The New Boy Movie Review: Woefully Disappointing
By David Wangberg |
After the surprise that was Sweet Country, I was all in for the next film from director Warwick Thornton. Just ...
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Looney Tunes Super Stars – Porky & Friends: Hilarious Ham DVD Review: Get Yourself a Helping
By Gordon S. Miller |
Originally released in 2012, Looney Tunes Super Stars - Porky & Friends: Hilarious Ham presents 18 Looney Tunes / Merrie ...
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From the Couch Hole: In a Land That Knows No Parting
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the Thunderbolts* upon inspection became the New Avengers for the good times. The escape artist grabbed the ...
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The Old Woman with the Knife Movie Review: Kill Bill Vol. 3
By Steve Geise |
Writer/director Min Kyu-dong’s new action drama inverts the vengeance genre by focusing on the target, not the killer. That’s not ...
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Themroc Blu-ray Review: A Highly Unorthodox and Disturbing Comedy
By Davy |
Sometimes life really is bizarre. You don't know what's going on most of the time. The uncertainty grows and grows ...
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Better Man 4K UHD Review: Robbie Williams Is a Monkey
By Kent Conrad |
Reviewing this film, it is hard to separate the art from the commercial. Because if I was to contemplate the ...
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Book Review: Dark City Dames: The Women Who Defined Film Noir (Revised and Expanded Edition) by Eddie Muller
By Gordon S. Miller |
Originally published in 2001 and spun off from his Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir, Eddie Muller's Dark ...
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Landman: Season One Blu-ray Review: Billy Bob Thornton Hits a Gusher
By Steve Geise |
Following the successes of his Yellowstone universe, as well as Mayor of Kingstown, Tulsa King, and Lioness, Taylor Sheridan’s latest ...
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Juliet & Romeo Movie Review: A Forgettable Musical Adaptation of Shakespeare’s Classic
By David Wangberg |
You can tweak the title all you want, but that won’t change the fact that this is a bad movie. ...
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TCM Classic Film Festival 2025 Review: Fantastic Worlds on Film
By Lorna Miller |
The 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival took place April 24-27 in Hollywood, CA. The central theme for the 16th annual ...
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Hung Up on a Dream: The Zombies Movie Review: The Zombies Have Resurrected
By Kent Conrad |
The Zombies were the also-rans of the '60s. While the Beatles got the accolades and the Rolling Stones got the ...
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Vince Guaraldi Trio: Jazz Impressions of “A Boy Named Charlie Brown” (Expanded Edition) Album Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
I don't know how kids learn about things nowadays but growing up as a Gen X-er, most the kids I ...
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From the Couch Hole: Let’s Just Be Glad We Had Some Time Together
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Tuck everlasting and the eternal daughter had an Alpha child. The wolf man took it one day ...
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Book Review: Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins
By Steve Geise |
Suzanne Collins continues her expansion of the Hunger Games mythology with this dive into the backstory of Haymitch Abernathy. If ...
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A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness Blu-ray Review: A (Golf) Star Is Born
By Steve Geise |
After director Seijun Suzuki was fired by Nikkatsu for the sheer audaciousness of Branded to Kill, he didn’t permanently abandon ...
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Room 666 / Room 999 Blu-ray Review: Capturing the State of Cinema
By Davy |
When it comes to cinema, there is always the unfortunate realization that it will come to an end (just like ...
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Book Review: Skin by Sabien Clement and Mieke Versyp
By Steve Geise |
Casting about for purpose in the aftermath of becoming an empty nester, Rita impulsively signs up to be a nude ...
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Eraserhead Movie Review: David Lynch Steps Out on Stage
By Greg Hammond |
David Lynch’s first feature-length film was the black-and-white, enigmatic and beguiling, Eraserhead. It is considered a classic of horror and ...
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Girl with a Suitcase Blu-ray Review: Impossible Beauty Meets Improbable Love
By Steve Geise |
Two years before her rise to worldwide recognition in both 8 ½ and The Pink Panther, Claudia Cardinale stunned Italy ...
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Pale Rider 4K UHD Review: Horseman is Drawing Nearer
By David Wangberg |
For the true Western genre fans out there, it’s not hard to see that Pale Rider is, essentially, an updated ...
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Earth II Blu-ray Review: A Science Fiction Pilot That Fails to Engage
By Gordon S. Miller |
Earth II (1971) is a television pilot that didn't make it to series. Within the TV movie, Earth II is ...
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Book Review: The Sincerest Form of Parody: The Best 1950s Mad Inspired Satirical Comics by John Benson
By Gordon S. Miller |
Debuting in 1952, Mad is one of the most influential American magazines of the 20th Century. Although it dealt in ...
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From the Couch Hole: Is Good for You, You, You
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, when love breaks down there is time enough for love during warfare. You gotta have fun during ...
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Alien: Romulus Movie Review: The Stars are Beginning to Fade
By Greg Hammond |
Fede Alvarez’ Alien: Romulus is part of the Alien franchise and takes place chronologically between the first movie entry, Ridley ...
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Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Guardians of the Galaxy by Marie Javins
By Gordon S. Miller |
Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Guardians of the Galaxy is the ninth release in the 22-book ...
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Insomnia (2002) Movie Review: Pacino and Williams Salvage a Weak Script
By Greg Hammond |
Insomnia is Christopher Nolan’s third feature film and first studio-backed production. It stars big names like Al Pacino, Robin Williams, ...
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Heavens Above! Blu-ray Review: Peter Sellers Plays It Straight
By Steve Geise |
Following the release earlier this month of I’m All Right Jack, Kino Lorber continues their exploration of mid-career Peter Sellers ...
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Memento Movie Review: Remember That You Have to Die
By Greg Hammond |
Memento was written and directed by Christopher Nolan based loosely on a short story, “Memento Mori,” by his brother Jonathan ...
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