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Book Review: The Farewell Song of Marcel Labrume by Attilio Micheluzzi

By Steve Geise | Sep 24, 2024

I consider myself to be fairly well versed in the world’s finest cartoonists, and yet prior to this graphic novel, ...

From the Couch Hole: I Gotta Be Cool, Relax

By Shawn Bourdo | Sep 22, 2024

Previously on FTCH, it wasn't just sunny, it was aftersun even though you like it darker. You can roll me ...

Surf Nazis Must Die Blu-ray Review: As Silly As It Sounds

By Joe Garcia III | Sep 21, 2024

What happens when you take Mad Max and A Clockwork Orange and throw them into one of those large 1980s ...

Torso 4K UHD Review: ‘The Bodies Bear Traces of Carnal Violence’

By Joe Keaton | Sep 21, 2024

Torso (1973; dir. Sergio Martino) is pure, unfiltered giallo—a movie drenched in blood, nudity, and unapologetic sleaze. It’s rough around ...

The Strangers (2008) 4K UHD Review: Remarkably Taut Suspense Thriller

By Kent Conrad | Sep 20, 2024

The basic outline of The Strangers is absolutely nothing new: bad guys attack people in a house. Doesn't go well. ...

A Man on His Knees Blu-ray Review: You’ll Stand Up and Applaud

By Mat Brewster | Sep 20, 2024

Running a small business is hard. The cost of materials constantly goes up while the demand that you keep your ...

Book Review: Foul Play and Other Stories, Illustrated by Jack Davis

By Darcy Staniforth | Sep 19, 2024

If you are a comic reader and I mention Tales From the Crypt to you, I’m sure some very clear ...

Book Review: Ocultos by Laura Pérez

By Darcy Staniforth | Sep 18, 2024

Our material and natural world is sometimes interrupted or even complimented by the supernatural. Sometimes these incidents are a one-time ...

Friday the 13th (2009) 4K UHD Review: Remake Exceeds Low Expectations

By Kent Conrad | Sep 18, 2024

The most famous visual of Friday the 13th is Jason Voorhees in a hockey mask. But Jason wasn't the villain ...

The Chronicles of Riddick 4K UHD Review: An Unexpected Expanded Treasure

By Kent Conrad | Sep 17, 2024

Pitch Black did not seem like a movie that deserved a sequel. It was a serviceable action-horror sci-fi picture that ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald and Mickey in Metropolis and Faust by Francesco Artibani, Paolo Mottura, Carlo Chendi, and Luciano Bottaro

By Steve Geise | Sep 17, 2024

Fantagraphics continues their line of Disney adaptations of classic tales with this pairing of Metropolis and Faust. The comics are ...

Book Review: Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet

By Greg Hammond | Sep 17, 2024

In the opening of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet, there isn’t much road to ...

Clockwatchers Blu-ray Review: An Unsettlingly Honest Film

By Davy | Sep 16, 2024

I've never held a job in my entire life, but I'm kind of glad I've never had a job in ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Mystery of the Swamp” by Carl Barks

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 16, 2024

Walt Disney's Donald Duck "Mystery of the Swamp" is Volume 3 in Fantagraphics's The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. The ...

From the Couch Hole: I’m Just a Vagabond

By Shawn Bourdo | Sep 15, 2024

Previously on FTCH, the American refugee witnessed Mary Jane's last dance to a passage for trumpet on the causeway. The ...

England Is Mine Blu-ray Review: The Story of a Young Man With a Shyness That Is Criminal and Vulgar

By Joe Garcia III | Sep 14, 2024

England Is Mine (2017), directed and co-written by Mark Gill, is the story of one Steven Patrick Morrissey, who would ...

Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XX Blu-ray Review: A Couple of Terrific Alan Ladd Vehicles (and a Not-So-Great Film Without Him)

By Mat Brewster | Sep 14, 2024

Alan Ladd will probably always be remembered for his award-winning performance in Shane, one of the greatest westerns ever made. ...

Book Review: Total Recall: The Official Story of the Film by Simon Braund

By Kent Conrad | Sep 13, 2024

Total Recall is one of those movies whose spectacle convinced critics it was dumber than it was. It's a brash ...

Totem Blu-ray Review: A Lyrical Celebration of Life Amidst Impending Tragedy

By Davy | Sep 12, 2024

We've all gone through death, guilt, grief, and acceptance, the things that life unfortunately brings to us all. There have ...

Book Review: Elise and the New Partisans by Dominique Grange and Tardi

By Steve Geise | Sep 11, 2024

Shortly after a young pop singer arrives in 1950s Paris to find fame, she becomes aware of the political crisis ...

A World Without Thieves Blu-ray Review: Larceny on the Chinese Express

By Steve Geise | Sep 11, 2024

Andy Lau is the main attraction in this 2004 Chinese action drama, but its well-crafted plot is the true champion. ...

Boulevard Nights Blu-ray Review: Let’s Take a Trip Down Whittier Blvd.

By Joe Garcia III | Sep 10, 2024

Danny De La Paz and Richrd Yniguez star as the brothers Avila, young men on two different paths in Boulevard ...

Book Review: The De Palma Decade by Laurent Bouzereau: A Breezy Tribute to a Master Provocateur

By Joe Keaton | Sep 10, 2024

Laurent Bouzereau’s The De Palma Decade (Running Press) is a valentine to director Brian De Palma’s provocative 1970s run. Divided ...

Viva La Muerte! Blu-ray Review: A Hypnotically Demented Ride

By Davy | Sep 9, 2024

Once in a while, a film comes along and completely leaves me flabbergasted. In the case of Spanish filmmaker Fernando ...

My Love Affair with Marriage Blu-ray Review: Animation, Songs, and Science

By Steve Geise | Sep 9, 2024

Writer/director Signe Baumane spent over seven years creating this whimsical animated feature film about a young woman’s struggles with romantic ...

Fail Safe Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: It’s the End of the World as They Know It (and No One Feels Fine)

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 8, 2024

In January 1964, filmgoers could see a Cold War story about the frantic negotiations between the United States and the ...

The Alaskans: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: The Man with the Golden Dream

By Steve Geise | Sep 8, 2024

It’s common knowledge that Roger Moore rose to fame as the star of the British TV series The Saint before ...

From the Couch Hole: You’ve Got to Put on That Party Dress

By Shawn Bourdo | Sep 8, 2024

Previously on FTCH, the Alien on Romulus is versus the Predator who is wondering where the lions are. The robot ...

Book Review: Pinocchio: An Illuminated Edition by Carlo Collodi, Mike Mignola, and Lemony Snicket

By Steve Geise | Sep 7, 2024

If you’re unfamiliar with the ongoing series of Illuminated Editions published by Beehive Books, they’re gloriously oversized, slipcased, and boxed ...

Arctic Circle: Season 1-3 DVD Review: Panic in Lapland

By Steve Geise | Sep 6, 2024

This Finnish crime series has two big draws: an eerily prescient focus in 2018 on an emerging global pandemic, and ...

Dark Night of the Scarecrows 1 & 2 Blu-ray Review: A Decent Set for Diehard Fans

By Davy | Sep 6, 2024

Ever since I first saw Frank DeFelitta's 1981 made-for-TV horror/suspense cult classic Dark Night of a Scarecrow, I never forgot ...

Hanna-Barbera Double Feature: Scooby-Doo! and the Witch’s Ghost / Scooby-Doo! and the Alien Invaders Blu-ray Review

By Shawn Bourdo | Sep 4, 2024

The Warner Archive Collection has released a Hanna-Barbera Double Feature bringing together two Scooby-Doo! movies to Blu-ray for the first ...

The Boy and the Heron Blu-ray Review: The Return of the King (of Animation)

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 4, 2024

Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, his first feature film in 10 years since announcing his retirement after The Wind ...

Hard Miles Movie Review: 762 Miles to Freedom

By David Wangberg | Sep 3, 2024

The uplifting sports biopic genre has a lot of murky waters to wade through to win the hearts of the ...

The Watchers (2024) Blu-ray Review: Weak Plot but Strong Direction from Ishana Night Shyamalan

By Greg Hammond | Sep 3, 2024

The Watchers marks the directorial debut of Ishana Night Shyamalan, the daughter of M. Night Shyamalan, who produced. The movie ...

Knuckles Blu-ray Review: Strong TV Show Bolsters Sonic Universe

By Greg Hammond | Sep 3, 2024

Knuckles is a limited TV series consisting of six total episodes following the story of Knuckles the Echidna (voiced by ...

Book Review: Kate Carew: America’s First Great Woman Cartoonist by Eddie Campbell

By Steve Geise | Sep 2, 2024

At the start of the 20th century, when female employment of any kind was a rarity, Kate Carew was an ...

Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Iron Man 3 by Marie Javins & Stuart Moore

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 2, 2024

Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Iron Man 3 is the sixth release in the 22-book Marvel ...

From the Couch Hole: The World Survives Into Another Day

By Shawn Bourdo | Sep 1, 2024

Previously on FTCH, the bad monkey would jump at the alien resurrection. We would speak no evil about Korean-style Ruffles ...

Call My Agent!: The Complete Series DVD Review: Wonderfully Fun

By Mat Brewster | Aug 31, 2024

As far back as I can remember, I always loved the movies. Some of my fondest memories are of going ...

Prison Walls: Abashiri Prison I-III Blu-ray Review: Yakuza Behind Bars

By Kent Conrad | Aug 30, 2024

Like courtroom dramas and police procedurals, prison stories have the convenience of ready-made conflict. Prisoners versus guards. Gangs versus gangs. ...