The Dancing Hawk Blu-ray Review: Polish Cinema Gets Weird
By Mat Brewster |
Nearly every review of The Dancing Hawk will tell you that the narrative of the film is fairly straightforward and ...
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Scooby’s All-Star Laff-A-Lympics Complete Collection Blu-ray Review: Games Cartoon Animals Play
By Gordon S. Miller |
Interesting that this collection is titled Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics, as that is the name of the Hanna-Barbera program block that ...
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Book Review: Martin Scorsese: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work by Ian Nathan
By Gordon S. Miller |
Martin Scorsese: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work explores the career of a man, who author Ian Nathan refers to ...
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A Bridge Too Far 4K UHD Review: An Hour Too Long
By Mat Brewster |
Operation Market Garden was a hugely ambitious military mission conceived by Field Marshal Montgomery as a means for the Allied ...
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Jack Benny Comedy Classics: Artists and Models/Man About Town Blu-ray Review
By Steve Geise |
Jack Benny’s comedy career flourished in his long-running radio and TV show, but he also found time to be a ...
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Once a Thief 4K UHD Review: Action-packed Comedy
By Mat Brewster |
John Woo is the auteur of cool. He crystallized the heroic bloodshed genre into something Hollywood is still emulating today. ...
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From the Couch Hole: Until the TV’s Dead and Gone
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, R.J. Decker was witness to a murder most foul by Hamnet. There was a closed casket because ...
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Maigret Sees Red Blu-ray Review: Jean Gabin Plays Maigret One Last Time
By Mat Brewster |
Between 1931 and 1972, Belgian author Georges Simenon wrote some 75 novels and 28 short stories featuring his famed Parisian ...
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Scott Joplin Blu-ray Review: Rags to Riches to Rags
By Steve Geise |
The famous American ragtime composer was at the peak of his popularity at the time of this 1977 biopic movie, ...
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A Bucket of Blood / The Little Shop of Horrors Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: Twice the Fun
By Greg Hammond |
Both A Bucket of Blood and The Little Shop of Horrors were produced and directed by Roger Corman and written ...
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From the Couch Hole: Fast As Wheels Can Turn
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, there was a murder at the gallop, and the secret agent had to wise up about the ...
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Hercules and the Captive Women Blu-ray Review: Mistitled but Fun
By Joe Garcia III |
Hercules and the Captive Women is an Italian sword-and-sandals adventure starring Reg Park as the titular strong man. This escapade ...
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Dead Again 4K UHD Review: Mysteries in the Past and Present
By Mat Brewster |
While watching Dead Again, I kept thinking about a couple of other films with Kenneth Branagh. The first was his ...
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Merrily We Roll Along Blu-ray Review: Auld Lang Syne
By Steve Geise |
Stephen Sondheim’s failed 1981 musical was redeemed as a Tony-winning Broadway revival success in 2023, largely due to the massive ...
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Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators: Season Five DVD Review: A Delightful & Cozy Mystery Series
By Mat Brewster |
I love a good cozy mystery. There is something lovely about coming home after a hard day and putting on ...
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The Man Who Wasn’t There Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Unintended Consequences of Dry Cleaning
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Coen Brothers' The Who Man Who Wasn't There is a mesmerizing, modern neo-noir that shows how fragile one's station ...
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Book Review: All the Living by Roman Muradov
By Steve Geise |
Roman Muradov’s second graphic novel for Fantagraphics starts off with a bang, as a young woman plummets to hell after ...
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Port of Shadows 4K UHD Review: Poetic Realism at Its Finest
By Mat Brewster |
I've come to love a movie that brings together a group of disparate and desperate souls who come together and ...
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From the Couch Hole: It’s Not What You Thought When You First Began It
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Frankenstein was the smashing machine who said hello again in 1923. Answer the black phone to find ...
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The Black Raven Blu-ray Review: Murder Mystery on the Canadian Border
By Joe Garcia III |
The Black Raven (1943) directed by Sam Newfield is an old, dark house murder mystery that stars George Zucco, Wanda ...
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She Was Here DVD Review: Sets the Record Straight
By Davy |
The highly talented Heather O'Rourke (1975-1987) was one of the brightest child actresses of her time, becoming a star with ...
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The Optimist Movie Review: Stories Are Healing
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on a true story, writer/director Finn Taylor's The Optimist tells how Holocaust survivor Herbert Heller sharing his story helps ...
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Somewhere in Time 4K UHD Review: Love and Time Travel
By Mat Brewster |
Somewhere in Time is a deeply romantic movie filled with longing glances, passionate embraces, and grand declarations of love. It ...
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Trifole Blu-ray Review: Swing and a Miss
By Steve Geise |
Gabriele Fabbro’s earnest family drama transports viewers to Italy’s pastoral Piedmont region as a young English woman attempts to reconnect ...
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Forrest Gump Movie Review: Shrimp Is the Fruit of the Sea
By Greg Hammond |
Forrest Gump, from the novel by Winston Groom and directed by Robert Zemeckis, stars Tom Hanks in the title role ...
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Cinderella in Concert Blu-ray Review: A Rockin’ Good Time
By Joe Garcia III |
Cinderella in Concert captures the band at their rocking best in 1991 during the Heartbreak Station Tour before personal and ...
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From the Couch Hole: Just Called to Say Hello
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the ballad of Wallis Island was a song to the siren of train dreams. The motto was ...
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The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection Blu-ray Review: Geared More for the Serious Animation Collector
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection features 25 digitally remastered cartoons from the Walter Lantz Archive, from The ...
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Book Review: Disney Epic Mickey: The Comics Collection
By Greg Hammond |
Disney has produced two high-calibre video games starring Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: Disney Epic Mickey and Disney ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: Tales of Andold Wild Duck: Disney Masters Vol. 26
By Kent Conrad |
What makes Donald Duck an interesting foil in any adventure is his combination of absolute confidence, a hair-trigger temper, and ...
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Book Review: Lost Marvels No. 3: Savage Tales of the 1980s
By Steve Geise |
Fantagraphics continues their series of archival Marvel reprints with the largest entry to date, a whopping 544-page monstrosity that reprints ...
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Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (Unleashed Edition) Blu-ray Review: The Toys Are Out of the Box
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by M. J. Washington Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the pizzeria, Blumhouse and ...
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The New Fred and Barney Show: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Bedrock Faultlines
By Steve Geise |
Almost 20 years after their groundbreaking prime-time series triumph, the Flintstones gang attempted to recapture the magic in this revival ...
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Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 by Jacob Johnston
By Gordon S. Miller |
Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is the 14th release in ...
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Book Review: A Book (Expanded Edition) by Desi Arnaz
By Joe Garcia III |
A Book by Desi Arnaz has finally been republished after 50 years by the good folks at Running Press. This ...
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Mogambo Blu-ray Review: Clark Gable Goes Back to Africa
By Mat Brewster |
Some 21 years after Red Dust (1932) premiered, MGM remade the film (which itself had been an adaptation of a ...
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From the Couch Hole: I Did All My Best to Smile
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, this woman's work was to send help to the Muppet Show at the bone temple. We got ...
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2026 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films Review
By Darcy Staniforth |
The 2026 Oscar-nominated Short Films are available in theaters. This is the only opportunity for audiences to watch all of ...
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Blades of the Guardians Movie Review: Return of the Masters
By Steve Geise |
Any new movie from legendary action director Yuen Woo-Ping is cause for celebration, and this one is particularly memorable with ...
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Stranger on the Third Floor Blu-ray Review: The First Film Noir
By Mat Brewster |
Stranger on the Third Floor is often cited as the first true film noir. With that and the fact that ...
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Song Sung Blue (2025) Blu-ray Review: The Lack of Depth Is Frustrating
By Rons Reviews |
Chronicling the lives and careers of the Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning and Thunder, Song Sung Blue, based on the ...
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Iphigenia Blu-ray Review: A Tragic Greek Masterpiece
By Mat Brewster |
I am not at all well versed in Greek history or its mythology. I know the basics. I read The ...
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2026 Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Short Films Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Starting February 20, the 2026 Oscar-nominated Short Films will be available in theaters. This is the only opportunity for audiences ...
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By the Light of the Silvery Moon Blu-ray Review: Return to Moonlight Bay
By Steve Geise |
Two years after their onscreen pairing in On Moonlight Bay, Doris Day and Gordon MacRae returned as the same characters ...
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Song Sung Blue Album Review: Lightning and Thunder Strike on Wax
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by M. J. Washington Every once in a while, a movie comes along that reminds us why we fell ...
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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse 4K UHD Review: There and Back Again
By Gordon S. Miller |
Eleanor Coppola accompanied her husband Francis to the Philippines, and at his request, shot behind-the-scenes footage during principal photography of ...
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Ben-Hur 4K UHD Review: A Chariot Race for the Ages
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by M. J. Washington When it comes to the "golden age" of Hollywood epics, few films loom as large ...
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2026 Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Starting February 20, the 2026 Oscar-nominated Short Films will be available in theaters. This is the only opportunity for audiences ...
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The Mirror Crack’d 4K UHD Review: The Mystery Slack’d
By Steve Geise |
When a Hollywood film production invades a quaint English village and circumstances quickly lead to murder, it’s up to Agatha ...
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Spencer Tracy 4-Film Collection Blu-ray Review: Another Great Set from Warner Archive
By Mat Brewster |
Spencer Tracy is generally considered one of the greatest classic Hollywood actors. He was nominated for nine Academy Awards and ...
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