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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Dead of Night (1945) Blu-ray Review: Something Spooky This Way Comes
By Steve Geise |
When a group of strangers mysteriously meet at a secluded country estate, they resort to recounting stories of the supernatural ...
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Lucifer: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: A Hell of a Ride
By Steve Geise |
Bored with ruling Hell, Lucifer Morningstar decamps to Los Angeles, where he teams up with the LAPD to take down ...
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From the Couch Hole: Ooh, It’s Hard on the Man
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the lady in the lake fought one battle after another for the family and a right and ...
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All the President’s Men 4K UHD Review: Follow the Money in High Definition
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by M. J. Washington There is a specific kind of tension that only a true-life political thriller can conjure, ...
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The Dark Half Blu-ray Review: Stephen King’s Tale of the Evil That Lurks Within
By Joe Garcia III |
The Dark Half finds legendary horror director George A. Romero behind the camera on his third adaptation of a Stephen ...
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Deathstalker (2025) Blu-ray Review: A Cut Above the Rest
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by M. J. Washington In 1983, Roger Corman gave the world Deathstalker, a slice of sword-and-sorcery schlock that became ...
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Dillinger (1973) Blu-ray Review: Print the Legend
By Mat Brewster |
The American Myth was built on outlaws. We love our anti-heroes. Think of the Wild West and folks like Billy ...
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy 4K UHD Review: That’s a Wrap on Their Monster Movies
By Gordon S. Miller |
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy was the comedy duo's last movie for Universal, their second-to-last together, and their ninth ...
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Diva 4K UHD Review: The Queen of Color
By Steve Geise |
I’d never seen Diva before this new 4K release, and I’m glad I waited. Powered by exquisite cinematography punctuated by ...
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Man in a Cocked Hat Blu-ray Review: The Empire Strikes Out
By Steve Geise |
When the British Empire learns of valuable mineral deposits in one of their long-forgotten territories, the Foreign Office dispatches bumbling ...
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From the Couch Hole: When Your Day Is Long
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, murder, she said, because everybody's got to learn sometime about the monogram murders. The seven dials were ...
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Come Closer DVD Review: Garden of Eden
By Steve Geise |
Israeli writer/director Tom Nesher channels her personal trauma into a remarkable feature film debut. She initially introduces us to Nati, ...
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Red Dust Blu-ray Review: Love and Lust on a Rubber Plantation
By Mat Brewster |
Any movie fan will tell you that you have to learn to suspend your disbelief from time to time. Movies ...
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Yes: Symphonic Live Blu-ray Review: Performing at a High Level in 2001
By Gordon S. Miller |
Yes – Symphonic Live finds the band (vocalist Jon Anderson, lead guitarist Steve Howe, bassist Chris Squire, and drummer Alan ...
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Shameless: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: A Hefty Load of Gallaghers
By Steve Geise |
Like the original UK series, Showtime’s U.S. version of Shameless followed the misadventures of a scrappy family of siblings headed ...
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The Sin of Nora Moran Blu-ray Review: A Pre-code Marvel
By Mat Brewster |
The Sin of Nora Moran is a little low-budget melodrama about a girl who is born into poverty, fights just ...
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The Dead Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: An Intimately Haunting Portrait of Memory and Humanity
By Davy |
Legendary, maverick filmmaker John Huston was always one of cinema's greatest storytellers. He never stuck to one genre; he had ...
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Orwell: 2+2=5 Blu-ray Review: Brings the Nightmare Front and Center
By Joe Garcia III |
Written and directed by Raoul Peck, Orwell: 2+2=5 casts an eye-opening spotlight on the life and work of the author ...
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James Stewart 4-Film Collection Blu-ray Review: Four Great Films at a Great Price
By Mat Brewster |
A couple of years ago, me, my wife, and my brother were in one of those old-fashioned diners - the ...
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Keeper 4K UHD Review: Weird Movie, Fantastic Direction
By Kent Conrad |
Liz is pretty excited to go on a weekend trip to Malcolm Westbridge's cabin. Kind of, because though she's pretty ...
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Fackham Hall Blu-ray Review: One Joke After Another
By Mat Brewster |
My wife and I are big fans of British panel shows. These are basically game shows, but with celebrities (mostly ...
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Twilight Zone: The Movie Blu-ray Review: An Uneven Affair
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on Rod Serling's iconic TV series, Twilight Zone: The Movie is an anthology of four stories, a new one ...
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Blue Moon (2025) Blu-ray Review: Hawke and Kaplow Outshine Rodgers and Hart
By Steve Geise |
I was fully prepared to dislike this film, or even worse, be totally unmoved by it. From Ethan Hawke’s distracting ...
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From the Couch Hole: Change Your Heart, Look Around You
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, I got the time to kill because I saw the Christmas invasion from the high window. The ...
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Manpower (1941) Blu-ray Review: Great Cast, Disappointing Movie
By Mat Brewster |
Sometimes a film disappoints you for what happens on the screen. Sometimes a film disappoints for what it could have ...
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Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 4K UHD Review: A Good Balance of Horror and Comedy
By Gordon S. Miller |
In Victorian England, a series of murders terrorizes London and it's clear from the film's title, Abbott and Costello Meet ...
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The Verdict (1946) Blu-ray Review: Watch Lorre and Greenstreet One Last Time
By Mat Brewster |
Between 1941 and 1946, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre starred in nine different films together. Their first pairing was The ...
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Captain Blood Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Errol Flynn’s Swashbuckling Lead Debut
By Joe Garcia III |
Captain Blood (1935), directed by Michael Curtiz, is a fast-paced pirate film based on the novel by Rafael Sabatini and ...
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Falling Skies: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: Wyle Sans Scrubs
By Steve Geise |
Between his acting stints in the ER, Noah Wyle headlined this TNT series about humans battling an alien invasion. While ...
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Book Review: The Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury Hollywood by William J. Mann
By Darcy Staniforth |
Elizabeth Short was murdered and her case is still unsolved. On January 15th of 1947, in the early morning hours, ...
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Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology (1940-1958) Blu-ray Review: One of the Best Animation Sets to Date and That There Will Ever Be
By Gordon S. Miller |
As part of the 85th anniversary celebration of Hanna-Barbera’s Tom and Jerry franchise, Warner Bros. Entertainment has released Tom and ...
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Book Review: The Pass by Katriona Chapman
By Steve Geise |
Katriona Chapman’s third graphic novel takes a stunning leap in artistry over her prior works, announcing the arrival of a ...
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Arco Movie Review: Little Nemo in Timberland
By Steve Geise |
Ugo Bienvenu’s Oscar-nominated animated film is finally starting to move from the festival circuit to limited theatrical release in the ...
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From the Couch Hole: When I’m Feeling Slow, You Gimme Rock ‘n Roll
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, seasons come, seasons go for Marty Supreme during adolescence. It was time to get Shorty and some ...
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One Battle After Another Blu-ray Review: Bizarre Love Triangle
By Gordon S. Miller |
Inspired by Thomas Pynchon's novel Vineland, Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another is an action thriller that tells a ...
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