Hendrie DVD Review: A Portrait of the Artist as a Radio Man
By Gordon S. Miller |
Hendrie tells the story of Phil Hendrie, whose call-in radio show spoofed call-in radio shows and revealed his lightning-quick, improv ...
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The Rain People Blu-ray Review: She’s Driving Her Life Away
By Joe Garcia III |
The Rain People (1969) is a stylish road drama written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola that stars Shirley Knight, ...
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Lorenzo’s Oil Blu-ray Review: We Leave Science to Its Own Concerns
By Greg Hammond |
George Miller’s Lorenzo’s Oil is for a limited audience: those who want to watch a child suffer horrifically for two ...
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The Crow: 30th Anniversary Edition (1994) 4K UHD Steelbook Review: Grim Classic Adaptation Returns
By Kent Conrad |
There's no getting around Brandon Lee's death when discussing The Crow. An actor's death during the production or release of ...
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Book Review: Forbidden Cocktails: Libations Inspired by the World of Pre-Code Hollywood by André Darlington
By Darcy Staniforth |
Sex. Scandal. Drinking. These are just a few of the titillating things that made pre-Code Hollywood movies so good. But ...
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The Beekeeper (2024) Blu-ray Review: Jason Statham Packs a Sting
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Beekeeper is the latest addition in a long line of movies starring Jason Statham as a man tasked with ...
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From the Couch Hole: I’ll Book Myself Into a Soul Asylum
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the 13th apostle was the sympathizer for the war on the Planet of the Apes. There was ...
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Over the Edge Blu-ray Review: It’s (Not) Only Teenage Wasteland
By Joe Garcia III |
Over the Edge (1979) directed by Jonathan Kaplan, features Michael Kramer, Pamela Ludwid, Vincent Spano, and Matt Dillon, in his ...
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Book Review: Nobody’s Angel by Jack Clark
By Kent Conrad |
When you're a movie fan and reading a taxi driver story, it's easy to have a certain film foremost in ...
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Book Review: Into the Night by Cornell Woolrich and Lawrence Block
By Mat Brewster |
Madeline sits in her small room in the dark. She turns off the radio so she can hear her thoughts. ...
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The Border (1982) Blu-ray Review: Great Stars in Search of a Script
By Greg Hammond |
Jack Nicholson stars as Charlie Smith in Tony Richardson’s The Border. Charlie is a border agent in California living with ...
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Tormented (1960) Blu-ray Review: Tom Stewart Killed Me!
By Kent Conrad |
Tormented is not a good film. Let's get that right out the gate. Despite its length (74 mins), the pace ...
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Resistance – They Fought Back Movie Review: A Captivating Look at the Jewish Uprising
By David Wangberg |
The Jewish resistance that took place during the Holocaust is something that isn’t as heavily discussed or documented in history ...
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The Church (1989) Blu-ray Review: Demons Take Hold of a Gothic Cathedral
By Joe Garcia III |
Dario Argento presents The Church (1989) aka La Chiesa directed by his protege Michele Soavi (The Sect, Cemetery Man) and ...
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Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg Movie Review: More than the Stones’ Muse
By Jade Blackmore |
Anita Pallenberg is usually referred to as the Rolling Stones’ muse, or as Keith Richards’ longtime partner. That’s how she’s ...
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TCM Classic Film Festival 2024 Review
By Lorna Miller |
The 2024 Turner Classic Film Festival offered a variety of programming options focused on the central theme of “Most Wanted: ...
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From the Couch Hole: All My Little Plans and Schemes
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, there was a civil war because of the Martian chronicles about the best limited television show of ...
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Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Iron Man 2 by John Barber
By Gordon S. Miller |
Skipping over Louis Leterrier's The Incredible Hulk, the second movie in The Infinity Saga, Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – ...
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Phantasmagoria DVD Review: Great Music and Visuals in Search of a Story
By Greg Hammond |
Cosmotropia de Xam’s Phantasmagoria is based on the novel The Omen Complex by Sue R. Lizm. It stars Rachel Audrey ...
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Mean Girls (2004) and Mean Girls (2024) 4K UHDs Review: So Fetch They’re Grool
By Greg Hammond |
It is interesting that the book Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boys, and the New ...
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Cathy’s Curse Blu-ray Review: Here She Comes, It’s Cathy’s Cursed Rag Doll
By Joe Garcia III |
I stumbled upon Cathy’s Curse (1977) in one of those legendary 50 horror movie sets from Mill Creek that included ...
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High Noon (Special Edition) Blu-ray Review: Gary Cooper Stands Alone
By Mat Brewster |
I knew who Gary Cooper was years before I'd ever seen one of his movies. He was famous even to ...
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3 Godfathers (1948) Blu-ray Review: Director John Ford in Living Color
By Shawn Bourdo |
The Warner Archive Collection has released John Ford's 3 Godfathers (1948). This is the director's third independently produced film and ...
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Rolling Thunder 4K UHD Review: Dead Inside
By Jack Cormack |
In director John Flynn’s Rolling Thunder (1977), Major Charles Rane (William Devane) has just come home to San Antonio after ...
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The Peasants Blu-ray Review: Drama with a Fresh Coat of Paint
By Steve Geise |
The latest film from married writers/directors DK and Hugh Welchman follows the formula of their breakout prior effort, Loving Vincent. ...
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All That Money Can Buy (aka The Devil and Daniel Webster) Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
By Davy |
The ancient tale of man selling his soul to the Devil in exchange for wealth and prosperity has been adapted ...
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The Coffee Table DVD Review: I Said the Smartest Thing to Do Was Get a Vasectomy
By Greg Hammond |
Caye Casas’ The Coffee Table (La Mesita del Comedor) opens with brand new parents, María (Estefania de los Santos) and ...
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Nostalghia 4K UHD Review: Out, Out, Brief Candle
By Jack Cormack |
In director Andrei Tarkovsky’s Nostalghia (1983), a glum Russian poet, Andrei (Oleg Yankovsky), treks the Italian countryside with his comely ...
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Run Silent, Run Deep Blu-ray Review: Furious ’50s Sub Action
By Kent Conrad |
Run Silent, Run Deep (1958) is the story of two frustrated men. We open with the first man's frustration. Commander ...
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From the Couch Hole: Sat by the River and It Made Me Complete
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, there was a zone of interest about the rise of the planet of the apes who said, ...
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Midnight Cowboy Movie Review: I Only Get Car Sick on Boats
By Greg Hammond |
John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy (1969) is based on the novel by James Leo Herlihy and adapted by Waldo Salt. In ...
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Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker Blu-ray Review: A Nutball’s (Further) Descent into Madness
By Joe Garcia III |
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981) was directed by William Asher and stars Jimmy McNichol (brother of Kristy), Susan Tyrrell, and ...
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Interview with Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black on The Spiderwick Chronicles
By David Wangberg |
From 2003 through 2004, Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black released a series of five children's fantasy books called The Spiderwick ...
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Book Review: Atlas Comics Library No. 2: Venus Vol. 2
By Kent Conrad |
Venus tells a very revealing story - not about its characters or world, but about the world of comic book ...
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Over the Edge Blu-ray Review: Hits Close to Home
By Davy |
It was a banner year in 1979 for trouble youth-oriented films, such as The Warriors, The Wanderers, and Walk Proud, ...
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Looney Tunes Collector’s Choice Vol. 3 Blu-ray Review: Another Choice Collection of Classic Cartoons
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Warner Archive Collection has gone back through the vaults to present the Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Vol. 3. This ...
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From the Couch Hole: The Calendar on Your Wall Was Ticking the Days Off
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, last week the eclipse was just a jade in the shade in the New Empire. The Baja ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge “Only a Poor Old Man” by Carl Barks
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge “Only a Poor Old Man” is Volume 12 in Fantagraphics' The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. ...
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Arcadian Movie Review: Let Nicolas Out of His Cage
By Greg Hammond |
Ben Brewer’s Arcadian opens with Paul (Nicolas Cage) running for his life in what appears to be an apocalypse-level event ...
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Gigi Movie Review: Weak Heads and Careless Bodies
By Greg Hammond |
Gigi (1958), a musical romantic comedy, won all nine of its Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and Best Director ...
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A Day at the Races Blu-ray Review: Better Than a Bowl of Tootsie-Fruitsie Ice Cream
By Gordon S. Miller |
After A Night at the Opera, the Marx brothers spent A Day at the Races, their seventh film and second ...
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Book Review: Blessed Be by Rick Altergott
By Greg Hammond |
In the opening of Rick Altergott’s first graphic novel, Blessed Be, a Flowertown judge sentences Tommy Cottonwood, a local drug ...
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Lisa Frankenstein Blu-ray Review: Captures How Life and Death Everything Feels As a Teenager
By Darcy Staniforth |
Being a teenage girl is already rough. But it gets rougher if you aren’t like the other girls and tend ...
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From the Couch Hole: Time Can Erase the Things We Said
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, last week the Ghostbusters were called in by the mysterious stranger. They went to Skull Island and ...
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They Drive by Night Blu-ray Review: They Live by Day
By Mat Brewster |
One of the interesting things about becoming a classic movie fan is how you wind up just wandering around an ...
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Coup de Chance Movie Review: He Caught His Wife Having an Affair with Their Marriage Counselor
By Greg Hammond |
Woody Allen’s 50th feature film, Coup de Chance (Stroke of Luck), is a comedic thriller that opens, of course, with ...
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Heroes: The Complete Collection Blu-ray Review: Save the Cardboard, Save the World
By Steve Geise |
“Save the cheerleader, save the world.” With that simple theme, NBC’s superhero TV series captured the nation’s attention years before ...
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A Fistful of Dynamite Blu-ray Review: Viva la Sergio Leone Revolucion
By Kent Conrad |
For many filmgoers, Sergio Leone made four movies, four Westerns that helped to define the perception of the Spaghetti Western. ...
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The Crime Is Mine Movie Review: 2 Broke Girls
By Steve Geise |
Madeleine and Pauline are five months behind on their rent, struggling to make their way as young adults in 1930s ...
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The Lion in Winter (1968) Blu-ray Review: Cutthroat Politics, Medieval Style
By Kent Conrad |
The Lion in Winter is largely about terrible people who might love each other, when they're not plotting against each ...
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