Assignment in Brittany DVD Review: Vive La Resistance!
By Joe Garcia III |
Assignment in Brittany, directed by Jack Conway (Viva Villa, 1932), is a 1943 World War II espionage thriller that's got ...
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High Crime (1973) 4K UHD Review: The Italian Connection
By Mat Brewster |
Made during the infamous Italian Years of Lead (a decades-long period of political turmoil and heavy street violence), High Crime ...
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Door-to-Door Maniac Blu-ray Review: Come for Johnny Cash, Stay for the Devil
By Mat Brewster |
"Hello, I'm Johnny Cash, and I'm here to kill you". That is not the way the famed country and western ...
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Book Review: What We Mean By Yesterday, Vol. 1 by Benjamin Marra
By Greg Hammond |
Fantagraphics continues its streak of high-quality graphic art for adult audiences with What We Mean By Yesterday, Vol. 1 by ...
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Black Mass (2015) 4K UHD Review: Government-Approved Gangsterism
By Kent Conrad |
Gangster movies tend to hang on loyalty. Gangs tend to hang on loyalty. The lower thugs not giving up their ...
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The Food of the Gods (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: A Goofy Cult Classic with a Message
By Davy |
Bert I. Gordon (1922-2023) was kind of a wunderkind, creating sci-fi and B-horror movies with often low-budgets. He was also ...
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Man on the Moon Blu-ray Review: Jim Carrey Brings Andy Kaufman to Life
By Gordon S. Miller |
After working together on The People vs Larry Flynt, director Milos Forman reteamed with screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski ...
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From the Couch Hole: I Can’t Believe It’s Real
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Didi and the Hellcats found a higher love at the point break with a star-spangled splash. The ...
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The Apartment (1996) Blu-ray Review: No, Not the Billy Wilder One
By Steve Geise |
Despite sharing a title with an all-time Hollywood classic, this 1996 French production has no other similarities to the Jack ...
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IF 4K UHD Review: The Opposite of a Magical Adventure
By Greg Hammond |
John Krasinski directed, co-wrote, and co-starred in 2018’s dark thriller A Quiet Place. In 2020, Krasinski wrote and directed A ...
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Book Review: Iris: A Novel for Viewers by Lo Hartog van Banda and Thé Tjong-Khing
By Steve Geise |
Iris wants to be a pop star. Toiling away at the bottom rungs of the entertainment industry, she seizes a ...
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Book Review: Donald Duck: The 90th Anniversary Collection
By Kent Conrad |
Donald Duck is an interesting character, because he's a good guy. Only his inflated ego drives him to do bad ...
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Book Review: Atlas Comics Library No. 3: In the Days of the Rockets!
By Kent Conrad |
Comics does not need to mean superheroes. In America, it mostly does, but in the rest of the world, there's ...
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My Penguin Friend Movie Review: Homeward Bound in the Southern Hemisphere
By Steve Geise |
Joao is a humble old fisherman eking out a living with his wife on the rural coast of Brazil, both ...
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Blu-ray Review: Captures the Film’s Visual and Auditory Thrills
By Gordon S. Miller |
As stated in my review of the movie, “Director George Miller makes an epic return to the Wasteland for Furiosa: ...
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Book Review: Future by Tommi Musturi
By Steve Geise |
If you’re looking for a long-form graphic novel with a linear narrative, this is not the book for you. Instead, ...
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Observe and Report Blu-ray Review: Two Jokes and Ray Liotta
By Greg Hammond |
Written and directed by Jody Hill, Observe and Report concerns itself with the security detail at the Forest Ridge Mall ...
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Navajo Joe (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: Burt Reynolds Works with the Other Sergio on This Unique Spaghetti Western
By Joe Garcia III |
Sergio (no, the other one) Corbucci directs and Burt Reynolds stars in Navajo Joe (1966), a violent Spaghetti Western that ...
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From the Couch Hole: Facing Our Fear and Standing Out There Alone
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the chaser alien met Deadpool and Wolverine but there was no surrender to the power of love ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “A Christmas For Shacktown” by Carl Barks
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney's Donald Duck "A Christmas For Shacktown" is Volume 11 in Fantagraphics' The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. The ...
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The Lady from Shanghai 4K UHD Review: Twisty, Twisted Noir Classic
By Kent Conrad |
Except maybe Citizen Kane, everything Orson Welles directed has a kind of asterisk by its name. However good the movie ...
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Squirm (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: The Best Southern Gothic, Killer-Worm Flick Ever Made
By Davy |
The 1970s just might be the greatest decade for horror movies. There were so many types of horror back then: ...
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Bless Their Little Hearts Blu-ray Review: A Testament to the Importance of Socially Conscious Filmmaking
By Davy |
As an incredibly loyal film lover, I'm always looking for that great cinematic discovery; something that represents a crucial step ...
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Swan Song (2023) DVD Review: Revelatory All-Access Pass to the Creation of a Ballet
By Steve Geise |
Nope, this isn’t the Mahershala Ali Apple TV+ movie. It’s also not the indie starring Udo Kier in drag. Instead, ...
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Warehouse 13: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: All of the Artifacts in One Place
By Steve Geise |
Version 1.0.0 A decade after the conclusion of its five-season broadcast run, Warehouse 13 has finally been compiled into one ...
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True Detective: Night Country Blu-ray Review: Frozen Over
By David Wangberg |
When True Detective first premiered in 2014, it was unlike anything that had been on television at the time. Two ...
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From the Couch Hole: Don’t Need No Credit Card to Ride This Train
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Oppenheimer was a problemista who took a liberty chill. Longlegs said love lies bleeding, but our lips ...
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Demons & Demons 2 4K UHD Review: Completely Bonkers in the Best Possible Way
By Mat Brewster |
From his debut film, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, in 1970 to Opera, his last great film, made in ...
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Eighteen Years in Prison Blu-ray Review: Life After the War
By Kent Conrad |
One of the most effective themes of the recent Godzilla Minus One, which was the most successful Japanese language film ...
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Book Review: Kommix by Charles Burns: A Black Box of Strange
By Joe Keaton |
Charles Burns’s latest creation, Kommix (Fantagraphics Books), isn’t your run-of-the-mill graphic novel. Picture it as a bizarre mixtape of 80 ...
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The Seduction (1982) Blu-ray Review: Better Than the Razzie Awards Would Have One Think
By Joe Garcia III |
The Seduction, written and directed by David Schmoeller, stars Morgan Fairchild as a popular news anchor and Andrew Stevens as ...
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Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of The Avengers by Jason Surrell
By Gordon S. Miller |
Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of The Avengers is the fifth release in the 22-book Marvel Studios: ...
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Scab Vendor: Confessions of a Tattoo Artist Movie Review: An Artistic and Fascinating Journey
By Darcy Staniforth |
Obsession, drive, and demons. All three things can both fuel a person's life or destroy it. Tattooist, artist, and writer ...
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Deadpool & Wolverine Movie Review: Welcome to the MCFU
By Gordon S. Miller |
The merc with the (filthy) mouth returns in yet another multiverse mash-up that bids farewell to the Fox Marvel Universe ...
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Risky Business Criterion Collection Review: Introducing Tom Cruise and Guido the Killer Pimp
By Greg Hammond |
Written and directed by Paul Brickman, 1983’s Risky Business turned Tom Cruise into a superstar. And it isn’t just dancing ...
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From the Couch Hole: Pay No Mind to What They Say
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, on Janet Planet, Maxxxine went to the United States of Tara to have s'mores and churros. Garlic ...
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Tchao Pantin Blu-ray Review: Funny Name, Fantastic Film
By Mat Brewster |
Tchao Pantin (or So Long, Stooge as it is sometimes called) doesn't do anything fresh or original within the noir ...
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The Lost Weekend Movie Review: Don the Writer; Don the Drunk
By Greg Hammond |
The Lost Weekend was co-written by director Billy Wilder and Charles Bracket, author of the novel of the same name. ...
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The Linguini Incident (Director’s Cut) Blu-ray Review: The Bowie Film That Almost Got Away
By Steve Geise |
Once upon a time, David Bowie played a romantic lead in a U.S. feature film that received virtually no theatrical ...
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The Fall Guy (2024) Blu-ray Review: An Entertaining Industry Send-Up
By Gordon S. Miller |
Ryan Gosling stars in The Fall Guy as stunt man Colt Seavers, recreating the role of Lee Majors played in ...
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Book Review: Braba: A Brazilian Comics Anthology
By Steve Geise |
Fantagraphics ventures deep into South America with this new graphic novel anthology featuring short works by 16 Brazilian artists. The ...
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From the Couch Hole: Slow Down You’re Doing Fine
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Logan and the Bear came straight from the heart to the quiet place. They were back in ...
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Birdman (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Movie Review: What We Talk About When We Talk About Fame
By Greg Hammond |
Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Birdman (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won four, including ...
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Anselm Blu-ray Review: Wim Wenders Continues His Fascination with the Arts
By Steve Geise |
Director Wim Wenders is the rare creator able to shift between narrative and documentary features as he wishes, excelling in ...
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Book Review: The Killing Hole by Steve Niles and Trevor Denham
By Mat Brewster |
Horror hounds are a strange breed. I know because I am one of them. We'll sit through the stupidest stuff ...
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Black God, White Devil Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Could Not Be More Relevant
By Davy |
Once in a while, a film comes along and redefines my perception of the limitless possibilities of filmmaking. Influential Brazilian ...
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Under Western Stars Blu-ray Review: Mr. Rogers Rides to Washington in His First Starring Role
By Joe Garcia III |
Under Western Stars (1938) from Republic Pictures finds Roy Rogers taking the lead reins in his first starring role. The ...
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The Flash: The Original Series Blu-ray Review: A Flashback to a Simpler Time for Superheroes
By Gordon S. Miller |
Coming out a year after Tim Burton's Batman (1989) helped elevate the comic book genre to be taken more seriously ...
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DogMan Blu-ray Review: The Silence of the Dogs
By Steve Geise |
Writer/director Luc Besson’s latest effort focuses on the jailhouse interactions between a deranged criminal and the psychiatrist assigned to his ...
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From the Couch Hole: And All My Words Would Just Fall Out of Line
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Wolverine and Deadpool were the children of dune and together in electric dreams. It was the night ...
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