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 Jack Cormack |
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 24-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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Challengers Blu-ray Review: A Sexy but Shallow Jules & Jim Tennis Epic
By Davy |
There are many films about love triangles, ones that actually have something to say about male ego, masculinity, masochism, and ...
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Rebecca (1940) Movie Review: Last Night I Dreamt I Went to Manderley Again
By Greg Hammond |
Rebecca is Alfred Hitchcock’s lovingly crafted ghost story, a haunted house suspense thriller where the ghost is Rebecca herself. She ...
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Monk: Season Eight Blu-ray Review: Monk’s Journey Comes to an End
By Davy |
With Season Eight, our favorite agoraphobic detective's journey (emotional, physical, and mental) comes to an end, with tears and all. ...
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The Mask of Fu Manchu Blu-ray Review: Pre-Code Lunacy with Boris Karloff and Myrna Loy
By Joe Garcia III |
The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932), directed by Charles Brabin, is a melodramatic pre-Code horror movie that stars Boris Karloff ...
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Le samouraï Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Well-Executed French Neo-noir
By Gordon S. Miller |
Directed and co-written by Jean-Pierre Melville, Le samouraï stars Alain Delon, as professional hitman Jef Costello, whose detached coolness, which ...
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Blu-ray Review: Together Again for the First Time
By Gordon S. Miller |
Adam Wingard's Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is the fifth film in the Monsterverse franchise, and for those keeping ...
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Bandits of Orgosolo Blu-ray Review: It Don’t Feel Good to Be a Bandit
By Mat Brewster |
Orgosolo is a tiny village on the Italian island of Sardinia. Recent tourism has raised the island's economic prospects, but ...
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Prey (2022) Movie Review: A Great Script and Talented Cast Breathe New Life into an Aging Franchise
By Greg Hammond |
Dan Trachtenberg’s Prey (2022) is the fifth film in the Predator franchise, and seventh in the complete franchise. It serves ...
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Class Blu-ray Review: Pre-Brat Pack Comedy Drama That Pops Like Flat Champagne
By Joe Garcia III |
Class (1983) directed by Lewis John Carlino and featuring music by Elmer Bernstein is an unbalanced comedy drama that finds ...
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Justice League Dark Movie Review: I Will Take You There, So You Are No Longer Here
By Greg Hammond |
Justice League Dark is an animated DC superhero film which holds the spot as the 28th film of the DC ...
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Tribeca 2024 Review: Missing from Fire Trail Road
By Gordon S. Miller |
May Ellen Johnson-Davis disappeared from the Tulalip Indian reservation near Seattle on November 25, 2020. Two years later, director Sabrina ...
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Teen Titans: The Judas Contract Movie Review: A Fast-Paced Action Thriller
By Greg Hammond |
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract is an animated DC superhero film which holds the spot as the 29th film of ...
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Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Captain America: The First Avenger by Matthew K. Manning
By Gordon S. Miller |
Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Captain America: The First Avenger is the fourth release in the ...
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Dexter’s Laboratory: The Complete Series DVD Review: As Inventive As Its Main Character
By Gordon S. Miller |
With its origins in an animated short film he made while attending CalArts, Genndy Tartakovsky created Dexter's Laboratory, a sci-fi ...
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Batman: The Killing Joke Movie Review: Two Guys Are in a Mental Asylum
By Greg Hammond |
Sam Liu’s Batman: The Killing Joke is the 27th of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies. It was written by ...
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Orlando, My Political Biography Blu-ray Review: A Highly Original Celebration of Personal Identity
By Davy |
Virginia Woolf's Orlando (1928) remains one of the seminal literary works of the twentieth century. One of the first of ...
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Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XIX Blu-ray Review: Loads of Stars, Tons of Thrills
By Mat Brewster |
Kino Lorber continues their excellent series of releasing relatively obscure film noirs. For this, their 19th set in the series, ...
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From the Couch Hole: I’ll Never Find a Better Prize
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Deadpool couldn't fight the feeling that he liked the Police and Nashville Hot pretzels. Wolverine's origin came ...
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Tribeca 2024 Review: The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) was conducted by Dr. Philip Zimbardo at Stanford University in August 1971. It was intended ...
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Victims of Sin Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Zoot Suit Riot
By Steve Geise |
If you’re new to Mexico’s rumbera musical genre, imagine classic Hollywood musical tropes filtered through a crime-ridden back alley, removing ...
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Son of Batman Movie Review: I Owe My Grandfather a Death
By Greg Hammond |
Son of Batman is an animated DC superhero film which holds the spot as the 20th film of the DC ...
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Revival69: The Concert that Rocked the World Movie Review: Deep Dive into a Historic Concert
By Kit O'Toole |
In September 1969, Toronto experienced their own Woodstock: the Toronto Rock ’N Roll Revival Festival, a landmark event featuring music ...
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Arthur Dong’s LGBTQ Stories Blu-ray Review: Necessary Documents
By Davy |
Although Pride month will be over in just a few days, our endless fight to as LGBTQ individuals will never ...
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