Book Review: Breakthrough: Life on the Brink by Christopher Fink
By Darcy Staniforth |
Christopher Fink begins his autobiographical graphic novel, Breakthrough: Life on the Brink with an introduction that starts with the line, ...
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The Great Outdoors 4K UHD Review: Wisconsin Vacation
By Steve Geise |
Following their winning partnership on the classic ‘80s teen films Pretty in Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful, writer John ...
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Death Ship / Terror Train Double Feature DVD Review: Travel Terror Twofer
By Joe Garcia III |
Kino Lorber offers a double feature of travel terror on one DVD with Death Ship and Terror Train. Dread, panic, ...
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Book Review: Art & Beauty: Drawings by R. Crumb
By Darcy Staniforth |
I don’t know what first drew me to the art of R. Crumb. Aside from enjoying his style, I think ...
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Suburban Fury DVD Review: The Strange Case of Sara Jane Moore
By Joe Garcia III |
Suburban Fury (2024) directed by Robinson Devore tells the story of Sarah Jane Moore and that time she attempted to ...
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The Late Show (1977) Blu-ray Review: Soft-boiled
By Joe Keaton |
The 1970s had better private-eye movies. But The Late Show (1977; Dir. Robert Benton) may be the sweetest. The setup ...
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Book Review: Marvel Creator Collection No. 1: “Back to the Savage Land” – Barry Windsor-Smith at Marvel Vol. 1
By Gordon S. Miller |
Marvel Creator Collection No. 1: "Back to the Savage Land" - Barry Windsor-Smith at Marvel Vol. 1 is the first ...
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From the Couch Hole: Turned on Some Music to Start My Day
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, life on the Mississippi was a long goodbye because you are (not) alone. The new song was ...
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Vertigo for a Killer Blu-ray Review: A Dizzying Thriller
By Mat Brewster |
A car pulls up near a metro stop on the streets of Paris. A hitman screws a silencer onto his ...
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Speed Racer 4K UHD Review: A Spectacular Spectacle
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on the 1966 Japanese anime TV series, Speed Racer might be the most visually dazzling film writers/directors Lana and ...
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Brit Noir Collection I Blu-ray Review: London Calling
By Steve Geise |
Kino Lorber launches a fun new series with this debut release of three rarely seen noir films. While the stories ...
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Billy the Kid Versus Dracula Blu-ray Review: Fun Halloween Fare on a Low Budget
By Joe Garcia III |
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula released sometime in 1966, is a low-budget horror/western directed by B Movie veteran William Beaudine ...
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Book Review: A Century of Hitchcock: The Man, the Myths, the Legacy by Tony Lee Moral
By Shawn Bourdo |
I don't know the official statistics, but Alfred Hitchcock has to be one of the most written about and analyzed ...
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Birds of Prey (1968) Blu-ray Review: A Terrific (and Talkative) Thriller
By Mat Brewster |
For years and years now, I've been writing down all the movies I watch. I used to just do it ...
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Twinless Blu-ray Review: A Refreshingly Dark Comedy
By Davy |
We've all done crazy things for connection, love, and understanding. That is just one of the pieces of the puzzle ...
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The Garden of Eden (1928) Blu-ray Review: Frothy Silent Romantic Comedy
By Kent Conrad |
It's hard to know when a cliche starts. The scene that makes us roll our eyes with familiarity today might ...
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The Snowman 4K UHD Review: Stuck in a Scenic Snowdrift
By Steve Geise |
Detective Harry Hole (Michael Fassbender) is hot on the trail of a legendary serial killer in this 2017 adaptation of ...
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Africa Screams Blu-ray Review: Abbott and Costello on Safari…and Colorized
By Joe Garcia III |
Africa Screams (1949) is a comedy/adventure film that stars Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as they bumble into and through ...
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Fantasy Life DVD Review: A Charming Directorial Debut
By Davy |
Fantasy Life (2025) is actor Matthew Shear's low-key, charming, New York-set directorial debut about two people with severe mental health ...
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From the Couch Hole: Throw Off Your Mental Chains
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the end of Evangelion was a lady on fire who is dying for sex at Wuthering Heights ...
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The Himalayan Blu-ray Review: Lost in the Clouds
By Steve Geise |
This 1976 martial arts actioner was produced by Golden Harvest, not Shaw Brothers, and the difference is noticeable in its ...
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Follow Me Quietly Blu-ray Review: Surprisingly Thrilling
By Mat Brewster |
Follow Me Quietly is a tightly packaged, low-budget film noir that is surprisingly thrilling. The story is co-credited to Anthony ...
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Once Upon a Time (2017) Blu-ray Review: Fractured Fairy Tale
By Steve Geise |
Director Zhao Xiaoding’s lavish adaptation of a best-selling fantasy novel was released in 2017, but its eye-popping visuals appear brand ...
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Book Review: Raised by Ghosts by Briana Loewinsohn
By Greg Hammond |
Raised by Ghosts is a memoir in graphic novel form by Briana Loewinsohn aimed at young adults. It takes place ...
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Monogram Matinee Volume 3 Blu-ray Review: Two Western Yarns with Johnny Mack Brown
By Joe Garcia III |
Version 1.0.0 The latest from the Warner Archives Monogram Matinee series is a pair of B westerns featuring Johnny Mack ...
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The Amazing World of Gumball: The Complete Series DVD Review: Complete, with Reservations
By Steve Geise |
Welcome to Elmore, home of 12-year-old Gumball Watterson and his colorful family and friends. The animated series originally ran on ...
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Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations Volume 2 Blu-ray Review: Another Fine Collection
By Gordon S. Miller |
From Kit Parker Films comes Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations Volume 2, a two-disc set that contains nine of ...
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Nickelodeon Blu-ray Review: Bogdanovich’s Tribute to Early Silent Cinema
By Joe Garcia III |
Peter Bogdanovich’s Nickelodeon (1976) takes us from the early days of the dingy storefront nickelodeons which showed very short, single-reeled ...
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From the Couch Hole: So If You’re Tired of the Same Old Story, Oh, Turn Some Pages
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the Dunwich horror was mostly a dirty Mountain Dew which would call me by your name. Up ...
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (40th Anniversary) Blu-ray Review: 142 Mexican Whooping Llamas Can’t Be Wrong
By Greg Hammond |
Monty Python’s Flying Circus, a surreal British sketch-comedy show aired on BBC1 for four series starting in 1969 and ending ...
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu Movie Review: A Giant-size, Two-part TV Episode
By Gordon S. Miller |
After three seasons on Disney+,The Mandalorian TV series makes the jump to the silver screen with Star Wars: The Mandalorian ...
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Blue Thunder: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: The B-Team
By Steve Geise |
Twenty years after its DVD release, this 1984 TV series has finally made its way to Blu-ray. The short-lived adaptation ...
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The Angry River Blu-ray Review: This Release Will Make You Happy
By Mat Brewster |
The Shaw Brothers became the dominant studio in Hong Kong in the late 1960s through much of the 1970s. They ...
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Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Spider-Man: Homecoming by Eleni Roussos
By Gordon S. Miller |
Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Spider-Man: Homecoming is the 15th release in the 22-book Marvel Studios: ...
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International House Blu-ray Review: Quick Witted and Funny
By Joe Garcia III |
International House (1933) is a pre-Code comedy featuring an ensemble cast that keeps the laughs thick as the plot runs ...
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The Thing Expanded Movie Review: Exhaustive Look at Exemplary Film
By Kent Conrad |
John Carpenter's The Thing is one of my absolute favorite films. I find it a highlight of its genre, of ...
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Night World (1932) Blu-ray Review: A Little Gem of a Movie Available at Long Last
By Joe Garcia III |
Night World, directed by Hobart Henley, is a compact look at a single night's happenings that will alter many lives. ...
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Kill Me Again Blu-ray Review: A Neo-Noir in the Classic Tradition
By Mat Brewster |
You ever noticed how almost all private detectives in books, movies, and TV are down and out? Rarely are they ...
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From the Couch Hole: Straight Down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the little sister gave us the lowdown on the secret separation of Ultraman from Wall-E who was ...
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Book Review: Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant Sketchbooks: An Illustrated Memoir: Volume 2 by Brian M. Kane
By Steve Geise |
When last we left our intrepid cartoonists, exacting Prince Valiant creator Hal Foster was having some difficulty relinquishing any control ...
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Terror Train Blu-ray Review: Halloween on a Train
By Davy |
After the massive success of John Carpenter's game changing 1978 classic slasher Halloween, everyone tried to replicate its magic, but ...
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House of Cards (1968) Blu-ray Review: One Fascist Battle After Another
By Steve Geise |
When I was growing up in the 1970s, I’d frequently stumble across cheap paperbacks in bookstores from a long-running action ...
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The Cotton Club Encore Movie Review: Godfather the Musical
By Greg Hammond |
The Cotton Club Encore (2019) is a re-edited, re-vamped, and much stronger version of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Cotton Club ...
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Talk Radio Blu-ray Review: An Incredibly Tense Thriller
By Davy |
Sometimes the most unlikable characters are the most charismatic and you just can't ignore them, no matter how much you ...
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Rider on the Rain 4K UHD Review: A Subverting Thriller
By Mat Brewster |
In a seaside town in the South of France, a strange man gets off a bus in the pouring rain. ...
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Soul to Soul Blu-ray Review: Powerful from Start to Finish
By Joe Garcia III |
Soul to Soul (1971), directed by Denis Sanders (Elvis: That’s the Way It Is), is a concert movie/documentary filmed that ...
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Bend of the River Blu-ray Review: One of the Great Westerns of the 1950s
By Mat Brewster |
The old, wild west was a great place for new beginnings. One could leave the city behind and hunt for ...
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78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene Movie Review: Psycho Babble
By Greg Hammond |
The documentary 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene is an attempt to be the end-all discussion about the infamous shower scene in ...
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From the Couch Hole: We Are Passengers in Time
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the Dark Knight and King Sorrow say, "Welcome to Matheson," with very little sentimental value since I ...
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The Second Twin Blu-ray Review: Hossein Drifts Through a Wan Whodunit
By Steve Geise |
The U.S. title of Christian-Jaque’s 1966 crime drama promises a mysterious twist involving a twin, but it’s a total misdirection. ...
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