Viva La Muerte! Blu-ray Review: A Hypnotically Demented Ride
By Davy |
Once in a while, a film comes along and completely leaves me flabbergasted. In the case of Spanish filmmaker Fernando ...
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My Love Affair with Marriage Blu-ray Review: Animation, Songs, and Science
By Steve Geise |
Writer/director Signe Baumane spent over seven years creating this whimsical animated feature film about a young woman’s struggles with romantic ...
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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 |
In January 1964, filmgoers could see a Cold War story about the frantic negotiations between the United States and the ...
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The Alaskans: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: The Man with the Golden Dream
By Steve Geise |
It’s common knowledge that Roger Moore rose to fame as the star of the British TV series The Saint before ...
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From the Couch Hole: You’ve Got to Put on That Party Dress
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the Alien on Romulus is versus the Predator who is wondering where the lions are. The robot ...
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Book Review: Pinocchio: An Illuminated Edition by Carlo Collodi, Mike Mignola, and Lemony Snicket
By Steve Geise |
If you’re unfamiliar with the ongoing series of Illuminated Editions published by Beehive Books, they’re gloriously oversized, slipcased, and boxed ...
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Arctic Circle: Season 1-3 DVD Review: Panic in Lapland
By Steve Geise |
This Finnish crime series has two big draws: an eerily prescient focus in 2018 on an emerging global pandemic, and ...
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Dark Night of the Scarecrows 1 & 2 Blu-ray Review: A Decent Set for Diehard Fans
By Davy |
Ever since I first saw Frank DeFelitta's 1981 made-for-TV horror/suspense cult classic Dark Night of a Scarecrow, I never forgot ...
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Hanna-Barbera Double Feature: Scooby-Doo! and the Witch’s Ghost / Scooby-Doo! and the Alien Invaders Blu-ray Review
By Shawn Bourdo |
The Warner Archive Collection has released a Hanna-Barbera Double Feature bringing together two Scooby-Doo! movies to Blu-ray for the first ...
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The Boy and the Heron Blu-ray Review: The Return of the King (of Animation)
By Gordon S. Miller |
Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, his first feature film in 10 years since announcing his retirement after The Wind ...
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Hard Miles Movie Review: 762 Miles to Freedom
By David Wangberg |
The uplifting sports biopic genre has a lot of murky waters to wade through to win the hearts of the ...
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The Watchers (2024) Blu-ray Review: Weak Plot but Strong Direction from Ishana Night Shyamalan
By Greg Hammond |
The Watchers marks the directorial debut of Ishana Night Shyamalan, the daughter of M. Night Shyamalan, who produced. The movie ...
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Knuckles Blu-ray Review: Strong TV Show Bolsters Sonic Universe
By Greg Hammond |
Knuckles is a limited TV series consisting of six total episodes following the story of Knuckles the Echidna (voiced by ...
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Book Review: Kate Carew: America’s First Great Woman Cartoonist by Eddie Campbell
By Steve Geise |
At the start of the 20th century, when female employment of any kind was a rarity, Kate Carew was an ...
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Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Iron Man 3 by Marie Javins & Stuart Moore
By Gordon S. Miller |
Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Iron Man 3 is the sixth release in the 24-book Marvel ...
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From the Couch Hole: The World Survives Into Another Day
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the bad monkey would jump at the alien resurrection. We would speak no evil about Korean-style Ruffles ...
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Call My Agent!: The Complete Series DVD Review: Wonderfully Fun
By Mat Brewster |
As far back as I can remember, I always loved the movies. Some of my fondest memories are of going ...
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Prison Walls: Abashiri Prison I-III Blu-ray Review: Yakuza Behind Bars
By Kent Conrad |
Like courtroom dramas and police procedurals, prison stories have the convenience of ready-made conflict. Prisoners versus guards. Gangs versus gangs. ...
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A Queen’s Ransom Blu-ray Review: James Bond and The One-Armed Swordsman Can’t Save This Stinker
By Mat Brewster |
In May of 1975, Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Phillip became the first reigning English monarchs to visit ...
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Black Mask Blu-ray Review: Ridiculous Fun
By Mat Brewster |
Black Mask begins with Jet Li being surrounded by a couple of dozen soldiers with heavy firepower. He's asked to ...
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Book Review: Delights: A Story of Hieronymus Bosch by Guy Colwell
By Kent Conrad |
The Garden of Earthly Delights, by Hieronymus Bosch, is one of the most famous pieces of art in the history ...
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A Man Called Tiger Blu-ray Review: The Action Is Well Made and Worth Watching
By Mat Brewster |
Bruce Lee and director Lo Wei worked together on two films, The Big Boss (1971) and Fist of Fury (1972). ...
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Empire of the Ants Special Edition Blu-ray Review: Beware of Them Man-made Monsters!
By Joe Garcia III |
From producer Samuel Z Arkoff and director Bert I. Gordon, who brought you the cult classic The Food of the ...
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Doubt (2008) Blu-ray Review: A Masterclass of Acting
By Davy |
Sometimes in life there are things that make you question everything you thought you knew, and that will cause serious ...
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Tokijiro: The Lonely Yakuza Blu-ray Review: Romance and Bloodshed in 18th Century Japan
By Mat Brewster |
My expectations going into Tokijiro: The Lonely Yakuza were that it was going to be a fairly typical lone warrior-type ...
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From the Couch Hole: I Get Up and Nothin’ Gets Me Down
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the sharper cuckoo wasn't sunny because he was lost without your love. The three aliens played a ...
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Game Night 4K UHD Review: Game of Life Offers Monopoly of Laughs
By Greg Hammond |
Co-directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, Game Night is a comedy-kidnap-caper film starring Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams ...
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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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