Interview with Terrence Martin and Dominique Braun about Get Away If You Can
By David Wangberg |
It’s a daunting task to direct your first feature film in Hollywood. It’s even more daunting when you also commit ...
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Neptune Frost Blu-ray Review: The Revolution Will Be Televised
By Steve Geise |
This feature film from recording artist Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman is undeniably ambitious, boasting an enticing amalgamation of Afrofuturist ...
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South Park: The Complete Twenty-Fourth Season Blu-ray Review: COVID Comes to Town
By Gordon S. Miller |
South Park: The Complete Twenty-Fourth Season is comprised of two extended episodes, which aired on Comedy Central. Trey Parker and ...
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Salt and Pepper / One More Time Blu-ray Review: Stay Away from the Spice Rack
By Rons Reviews |
Ten years before legendary director Richard Donner would bring the Lethal Weapon team to the big screen, he would make ...
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Man of a Thousand Faces Blu-ray Review: James Cagney Plays Lon Chaney
By Joe Garcia III |
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) from Universal International tells the tale of silent film star Lon Chaney, from vaudeville ...
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From the Couch Hole: With a Billion Stars All Around
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, in our house there was a doctor, a lawnmower man, a P.I., and a moonshine war. We were ...
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The Old Man Movie Blu-ray Review: Cows Udders End the World
By Kent Conrad |
When three Estonian kids are left in the country to spend the summer with their dairy farming grandpa, they expect ...
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The Thin Man Goes Home Blu-ray Review: Bring This Comic Mystery to Your Home
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945) is the fifth of the six Thin Man films starring William Powell and Myrna ...
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Terror Circus Blu-ray Review: Far More Disturbing Than Terrifying
By Rons Reviews |
I’ve seen a lot of good B movies. This may be the first C movie I’ve seen, and though director ...
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God Told Me To 4K UHD Review: Holy Mindscrew
By Rock London |
Larry Cohen, the writer-director of such cult faves as It’s Alive, Q: The Winged Serpent, and The Stuff, was a ...
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The Gilded Age: The Complete First Season DVD Review: Manhattan Abbey
By Steve Geise |
While this period drama originates on HBO and is based in New York, its DNA is wholly derived from the ...
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Event Horizon 4K UHD Review: Atmospheric Space Chiller
By Kent Conrad |
At first glance, Event Horizon looks like a rip-off of Alien. A crew in space, far from any aid, investigating ...
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Flying Guillotine Part II Blu-ray Review: Double the Guillotine, Double the Fun
By Mat Brewster |
In 1975, Shaw Brothers Studio released The Flying Guillotine. It is about an elite group of guards to the emperor ...
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Wild Rovers Blu-ray Review: William Holden and Ryan O’Neal Ride into the Sunset
By Joe Garcia III |
Wild Rovers (1971) starring William Holden, Ryan O’Neal and Karl Malden is a playful yet somber look at the lives ...
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From the Couch Hole: I’ll Light the Fire, You Place the Flowers in the Vase
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we were mellow and looked a life from both sides. We found Forrester, had soft snickerdoodles, hot peppers, ...
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Green Lantern: Beware My Power Blu-ray Review: An Action-packed, Enjoyable Adventure for John Stewart’s First Outing
By Gordon S. Miller |
Green Lantern: Beware My Power re-tells how John Stewart became the Green Lantern amidst a larger Justice League story. It ...
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Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo Blu-ray Review: A Made-for-TV Dud
By Rons Reviews |
This review is full of references that may be considered spoilers. Ultimately, there is nothing I can write that would ...
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Reno 911! The Hunt for QAnon DVD Review: Insanity Ensues
By Darcy Staniforth |
If you're a fan of the ridiculous and over-the-top comedy of the Reno 911! series, your fandom will only grow in ...
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Flatliners (1990) 4K UHD Review: Visually Stimulating Psychological Thriller
By Kent Conrad |
Doctors lead very exciting lives in movies. Every doctor I've known in real life has been a little dull. Intelligent, ...
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The Capote Tapes DVD Review: Other Voices Help Tell the Story of the Famous Author
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Capone Tapes is a documentary about the life of author Truman Capote (1924 – 1984). The titular tapes were ...
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Miami Blues Blu-ray Review: A Pastel Sleeper
By Rock London |
Based on the great Charles Willeford novel, Miami Blues (1990; dir. George Armitage) is a darkly comedic neo-noir. It sports ...
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From the Couch Hole: Don’t You Know I’m Feeling Mellow
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we spent time at the Amazing Kingdom of Thrills, went to the Moon, and had a fear of ...
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Edge of Sanity Blu-ray Review: Anthony Perkins as Dr. Jekyll and Jack ‘The Ripper’ Hyde
By Joe Garcia III |
Edge of Sanity (1988), starring Anthony Perkins and directed by Gérard Kikoïne, is a very 1980s take on Dr. Jekyll, ...
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Night Gallery: Season Two Blu-ray Review: The Gallery Expands
By Steve Geise |
If you started your Night Gallery Blu-ray collection with the Season One set (as I reviewed here), the first thing ...
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Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen Blu-ray Review: An Absolute Delight All the Way Through
By Davy |
I have seen lots of documentaries about the making of cherished films, but only a few of them really impressed ...
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My Old School Movie Review: Something Is Rotten in Scotland
By Steve Geise |
In 1993, a 16-year-old boy named Brandon Lee enrolled at a secondary school in an upscale neighborhood in Scotland. A ...
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Taza, Son of Cochise Blu-ray Review: Rock Hudson as an Apache Chief
By Joe Garcia III |
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954) is the highly fictionalized story of the Apache chief who takes over after his father’s ...
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DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: The Seventh and Final Season Blu-ray Review
By Mat Brewster |
DC's Legends of Tomorrow is a show that learned to break out of its genre's conventions and embrace the inherent ...
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Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Blu-ray Review: Sexy, Funny, and Highly Entertaining
By Davy |
Brazilian cinema isn't always on my radar, but when I actually see a Brazilian film, I realize that there is ...
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The Nan Movie Review: Bad Grandma
By Steve Geise |
Before Catherine Tate gained recognition in the U.S. with her turns as a Doctor Who companion and a boss in ...
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Planet of the Vampires Blu-ray Review: A Low Budget Masterpiece
By Mat Brewster |
Mario Bava's work as a special effects designer and cinematographer before he became a director is apparent in all the ...
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Giallo Essentials [Black Edition] Blu-ray Box Set Review: Back in Black
By Steve Geise |
Arrow Video is back with their third limited-edition box set exploring three lesser-known giallo films from the early 1970s. In ...
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From the Couch Hole: To Brighten up Even Your Darkest Night
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we captured love and thunder in a bottle. There were strawberries, apricots and a cuban sandwich to make ...
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The Righteous Blu-ray Review: An Audacious First Film
By Mat Brewster |
A married couple grieving for their lost daughter. A stranger at the door asking for help. Then asking for something ...
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The Frisco Kid Blu-ray Review: A Rabbi and a Bank Robber Ride West
By Joe Garcia III |
A Rabbi and a bank robber board a train… that’s where things get really wacky in director Robert Aldrich’s The ...
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The Sacred Spirit Blu-ray Review: Mostly yet Unsuccessfully Weird
By Davy |
Sometimes I do admire a slow-burn film, but only when it's done right. It has to have enough style, characterization, ...
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Devil in a Blue Dress Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Denzel Washington Makes Solving Mysteries Look Easy
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on Walter Mosley's 1990 novel of the same name, Carl Franklin's Devil in a Blue Dress is an engaging ...
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Martial Club Blu-ray Review: Come for the Action, Stay for the Moral Lessons
By Mat Brewster |
The more Shaw Brothers kung fu movies I watch the more I get into their grooves and understand their tropes. ...
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Desperate Hours Blu-ray Review: Hostage Thriller Boils Over
By Kent Conrad |
Desperate Hours is based on a classic thriller scenario: a family held hostage in their own home by a criminal. ...
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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: The Complete Season One and Two DVD Review
By Rons Reviews |
When the discussion of the first Reality TV series comes up, the inclusion of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ...
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Hell High Blu-ray Review: Watching It Is Pure Hell
By Mat Brewster |
The slasher subgenre of horror was in serious decline in 1989. Audiences, even the very forgiving horror hounds, had grown ...
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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender DVD Review: A Fun Essay
By Davy |
Sometimes I don't get Hollywood. It has an infamously tedious tendency to be really behind the times. It's not exactly ...
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From the Couch Hole: If I Had a Box Just for Wishes
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, there were stranger things afoot, a plan and execution, and a baby cart to Hades. Along with a ...
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Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema VIII Blu-ray Review
By Mat Brewster |
The thing about film noir is that it is a genre without definition. Unlike something like westerns or science-fiction, genres ...
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The Deer King Movie Review: Beautiful, If Overly Complicated Fantasy
By Kent Conrad |
Van, the protagonist of The Deer King, is a big man. Probably the biggest in the salt mine where he's ...
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Adventures of Don Juan (1948) Blu-ray Review: Come in with Flynn
By Mat Brewster |
One of the great joys of becoming a classic film enthusiast is discovering an actor or actress and then immediately ...
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Boomerang (1992) Blu-ray Review: A Hilarious Film That Is Still Challenging Stereotypes
By Darcy Staniforth |
I remember seeing Boomerang in theaters when it first came out. I have seen it many times since and still ...
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Phil Lynott Songs For While I’m Away + Thin Lizzy: The Boys Are Back In Town: Live at the Sydney Opera House October 1978 DVD Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Mercury Studios has paired the 2020 documentary Phil Lynott: Songs For While I’m Away, which aired on BBC Two,with the ...
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Hero (1997) Blu-ray Review: The Heroic Return of Shaw Brothers
By Steve Geise |
This classic Hong Kong action movie has two big draws for me: a star turn by Takeshi Kaneshiro and direction ...
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From the Couch Hole: If You Get Round to It
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, a couple weeks ago there was an odd assortment of berry lemonade chips, spicy pickle chips, and elotes ...
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