Burden of Dreams Criterion Collection 4K UHD Review: Madness and Art in the Jungle
By Mat Brewster |
Werner Herzog is one of cinema's greatest directors. His films are strange and wonderful. They are imbued with a sense ...
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Def Leppard: Diamond Star Heroes – Live from Sheffield Blu-ray Review: Veteran Rockers Prove You Can Go Home Again
By generaljabbo |
On May 22, 2023, more than 40,000 adoring fans packed Bramall Lane in Sheffield, England, for a triumphant homecoming concert ...
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The Ogre of Athens Blu-ray Review: A Noir-Tinged Greek Tragedy
By Mat Brewster |
Thomas (Dinos Iliopoulos) is an unassuming, shy, and completely unremarkable bank clerk. He is a man who has spent his ...
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Malpertuis Blu-ray Review: Orson Welles Runs Wild
By Steve Geise |
Just when I think Radiance Films can’t possibly find any more amazing, largely unknown gems, they drop this genre masterpiece ...
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The Day of the Jackal: Season One Blu-ray Review: Redmayne Conquers TV
By Steve Geise |
When a rogue billionaire vows to release a disruptive technology that will forever level the playing field of capitalism, another ...
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The Grifters Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Pitch-Black Film Noir
By Greg Hammond |
In Stephen Frears' The Grifters, Roy (John Cusack) is a 25-year-old conman, a grifter who makes his living running petty ...
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From the Couch Hole: And If You Want, Then Start to Laugh
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, Bugonia lived in a house of dynamite because who wants to live forever. We went beyond the ...
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Flash Point (2007) Blu-ray Review: Plenty of Flash, Not Much Point
By Steve Geise |
Donnie Yen’s slickly produced, lightly plotted 2007 actioner hearkens back to the 1980s-'90s glory days of Hong Kong cinema. In ...
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Howards End 4K UHD Review: A Confounding “Romance”
By Greg Hammond |
Howards End, based on the novel by E. M. Forster, and directed by James Ivory, is a visual treat filled ...
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Dust Devil (1992) 4K UHD Review: Beautiful, Baffling African Horror
By Kent Conrad |
Richard Stanley's career has been haphazard at best. He started making videos for the weird goth-cowboy British band Fields of ...
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Scoop (2006) Blu-ray Review: London Murder Mystery
By Gordon S. Miller |
After directing Scarlett Johansson in the well-received Match Point, Woody Allen appeared with her on screen for his next film, ...
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Book Review: The Past Is a Grotesque Animal by Tommi Parrish
By Steve Geise |
After two lavishly painted graphic novels, Parrish takes a step back to present an archival collection of short stories rendered ...
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Tarzan of the Apes (1918) Blu-ray Review: A Stealth Elmo Lincoln Double Feature
By Gordon S. Miller |
Film Masters presents Tarzan of the Apes. Based on the first part of Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1912 novel of the ...
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Relay Blu-ray Review: Long Live Conspiracy Thrillers
By Steve Geise |
Relay hearkens back to the paranoia thrillers of the 1970s, despite its present-day setting. Riz Ahmed stars as a shadowy ...
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From the Couch Hole: The World Has Only One Sweet Moment Set Aside for Us
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we said welcome to Derry even though it's no country for old men. Honey don't forget that ...
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Frightmare (1974) Blu-ray Review: Cannibal Mother on the Loose
By Joe Garcia III |
Frightmare is a British, pre-slasher horror movie directed by Pete Walker and stars Sheila Keith as a cannibal mother recently ...
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Love, Brooklyn DVD Review: A Portrait of a Rapidly Changing City
By Davy |
When it comes to love, some people just really have to grow up, and that's the basis of Love, Brooklyn, ...
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Matter of Time Movie Review: Eddie Vedder Concert Raises Funds in Search of a Cure for Epidermolysis Bullosa
By Jade Blackmore |
Matt Finlin’s documentary of Eddie Vedder’s 2023 solo concert in Seattle to raise money to cure the skin disease epidermolysis-bullosa ...
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X Trilogy: Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Box Set Review: Half Bad Over, and Over, and Over Again
By Greg Hammond |
Ti West decided to make a horror trilogy which pays homage to the likes of Texas Chain Saw Massacre: X, ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Goofy: “Super Goof and the Strange Case of Dr. Syclocks”
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney’s Goofy “Super Goof and the Strange Case of Dr. Syclocks” collects stories from Super Goof #1-6 plus select ...
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Dan Curtis’ Dead of Night (1977) Blu-ray Review: Trilogy of Terror Redux
By Kent Conrad |
Throughout the '70s, Dan Curtis was the go-to man for network TV horror. From Dark Shadows to The Night Stalker ...
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Shari & Lamb Chop DVD Review: A Comedy Team of One
By Gordon S. Miller |
Director Lisa D'Apolito follows up her documentary Love, Gilda with another film about a female television icon. Shari & Lamb ...
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Book Review: Nocturnos by Laura Pérez
By Steve Geise |
In Laura Pérez’s ethereal third U.S. graphic novel, characters and colors swirl through a nighttime setting with no clear dividing ...
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Touché Turtle and Dum Dum: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review: A Fun Cartoon Filled with Heroic Slapstick
By Gordon S. Miller |
Touché Turtle and Dum Dum is one of three cartoons, along with Wally Gator and Lippy the Lion and Hardy ...
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The Curse of Frankenstein 4K UHD Movie Review: The Dawn of Hammer Films
By Greg Hammond |
Terence Fisher’s The Curse of Frankenstein, stars Peter Cushing as Victor Frankenstein. It was the first Hammer horror film in ...
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Book Review: Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Captain America: Civil War by Jacob Johnston
By Gordon S. Miller |
Marvel Studios: The Infinity Saga – The Art of Captain America: Civil War is the 12th release in the 22-book ...
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From the Couch Hole: You’re Gonna Hear Me on Your Radio
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the silent phone didn't warn us about the substance that came with your love. The ghoul gave ...
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Airplane II: The Sequel Blu-ray Review: More Like Airplane II: The Remake
By Gordon S. Miller |
Nineteen eighty-two was quite the year for Ken Finkleman, a Canadian comedy writer and performer on radio and television. He ...
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Dan Curtis’ Classic Monsters Blu-ray Review: Made-for-TV Mayhem
By Kent Conrad |
Dan Curtis was a television producer and director of the '60s and '70s. While his actual output was varied, he ...
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Spinal Tap: The End Continues Album Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Spinal Tap: The End Continues is the soundtrack to Spinal Tap II: The End Continues and the band's first studio ...
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Cop or Hood Blu-ray Review: Belmondo Star Vehicle Mostly Crashes
By Steve Geise |
When a small-town police chief is murdered, a witty Parisian commissioner is dispatched to investigate. He’s not above using irregular ...
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Joan Crawford Collection Blu-ray Review: Four of Joan’s Best
By Mat Brewster |
There is this store in Nashville, TN, called McKay's. It is a huge place, and it sells used DVDs, CDs, ...
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Deep Crimson Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Beauty of Crude Realism
By Joe Garcia III |
Deep Crimson (1998) aka Profundo Carmesi stars Daniel Gimenez Cocho and Regina Orozco in Mexican director Arturo Ripstein’s reworking of ...
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The Cat and the Canary (1927) 4K UHD Review: Silently Delightful
By Mat Brewster |
I've seen something like 40 silent films in my life. That isn't a lot considering the hundreds of silents that ...
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Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (Terror Time Collector’s Edition) Blu-ray Review: Spooky Dooby Doo
By Joe Garcia III |
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) is the franchise's first direct-to-video feature and it kickstarted the Scoocy-Doo crew's major resurgence, boosting ...
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From the Couch Hole: I’ve Got to Know What You’re Doin’
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, the chair company was in the deep red after Godzilla vs. Mothra destroyed Tokyo. The situation called ...
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Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex DVD Review: Teenage Dream
By Steve Geise |
The latest film about glam rock star Marc Bolan is an odd amalgamation of archival footage and new tribute performances. ...
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Weapons 4K UHD Review: Don’t Fall for the Hype
By Greg Hammond |
Weapons, the second thriller/horror film from Zack Cregger (Barbarian), tells the story of a mid-size, Northeastern town where 17 third-graders, ...
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Eddington Blu-ray Review: A Wonderfully Pointed Vision of 2020
By Joe Garcia III |
Eddington is a neo-western/thriller/dark comedy from writer/director Ari Aster (Midsommar) and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, and Austin ...
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Knight Rider (1982): The Complete Series 4K UHD Review: Boy Meets Car
By Gordon S. Miller |
Glen A. Larson had a prolific career in television as a writer and producer in a variety of genres, and ...
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50s Sci-Fi Collection Blu-ray Review: Enough Entertainment to Justify Adding This Collection to Yours
By Rons Reviews |
Monsters, mutants, and mayhem, sure to make a Merry Halloween! From the Warner Archive Collection comes four creature features from the ...
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Free Time DVD Review: Hilarious and Unexpectedly Insightful
By Davy |
Sometimes in life, you don't always know what to do, no matter what you age are. Life's unpredictable like that. ...
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Rampage (1987) 4K UHD Review: Murder Thriller Almost Gets It
By Kent Conrad |
William Friedkin did not have an easy '80s. From the giddy heights of The Exorcist, his prestige had fallen with ...
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Souleymane’s Story Blu-ray Review: Abou Sangare Delivers a Marvelous Breakout Performance
By Davy |
During today's very troubling times where immigrants are kidnapped and disappeared, I think it's important that their stories remain told, ...
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Boomerang (1976) Blu-ray Review: Alain Delon Loses His Cool
By Steve Geise |
By the mid-’70s, French megastar Alain Delon was easing into the early stages of a career shift to middle-aged roles. ...
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Book Review: Photographic Memory: William Henry Jackson and the American West by Bill Griffith
By Joe Garcia III |
Photographic Memory: William Henry Jackson and the American West, A Graphic Biography by His Great-Grandson finds cartoonist Bill Griffith taking a ...
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Spenser: For Hire: The Complete Series DVD Review: Robert Urich Is on the Case
By Gordon S. Miller |
Based on Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels, Spenser: For Hire is a Boston-based detective series starring Robert Urich as the ...
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La Femme Nikita: The Complete Series DVD Box Set Review: Viva Peta
By Steve Geise |
I’ve watched every iteration of the Nikita spy character except the ‘97-’01 TV series, making this new box set a ...
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Book Review: Peanuts Every Sunday: 1952-1955: Paperback Edition by Charles M. Schulz
By Shawn Bourdo |
The Peanuts Every Sunday series was released in hardcover by Fantagraphics starting in 2013. The ten-book series released the Sunday ...
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 7-Film Collection 4K UHD Review: A Dream Come True
By Mat Brewster |
When I was in seventh or eighth grade, I had an 8-foot tall poster of Freddy Krueger that I displayed ...
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