Menu
© 2025 The Couch Critic
Discover and rate the latest and greatest movies
Joybubbles discovers he can manipulate the telephone system by whistling a magic tone. Born blind and yearning for connection, his early obsession unwittingly lays the groundwork for a subculture that shapes the future of hacking and technology.
Jan 2026
Eli, an autistic boy, goes on a date. The girl he's meeting, Sara, even says she's looking forward to it. However, within an hour they realize it was a serious misunderstanding.
Feb 2026
The tragic story behind a British teenager driven to take her life by machines that were built to control people for profit.
After a break-up, a fledgling rapper goes on a odyssey through his hometown.
Sep 2026
This story is a coming-of-age film in the mind of a teenager named 'Manny'. We see him go through teenagehood with his decisions. We see Manny go down the rough, sad and happy patches in his life. He has also fallen in love with his best friend's girlfriend and has to choose between true love or Friendship
Dec 2025
Jonathan Stavleu explores, in a stream-of-consciousness video essay, the relationship people have with water and what happens when access to it is taken away. For this work, he examines anecdotal histories he has heard from Estonians, as well as stories from his own family history in the Netherlands, weaving them together into a journal-like narrative.
The cautious friendship between Stefan Busch, known to everyone as Buschi, and Mr. Hideo Kitamura begins on this special road trip. Buschi, who has refused to speak with his fellow human beings his entire life, blossoms on this journey to unknown places.
Apr 2026
Mar 2026
A woman who is a mother figure of an 8-year old boy, struggles with a moral predicament when he meets her 19 years later, as the lines between the present reality and the possible future begin to blur.
You are following the lives of a family who have chosen not to take the microchip implant but instead live a life with no home and consistently on the run from the one world government known as the F.A.T.H.E.R.
Dec 2026
Alexandria Wright meets Elijah Martinez and the demonic journey begins. Elijah Martinez finds himself ensnared in a romantic involvement with Alexandria Wright, an unfaithful Covert Narcissist. She convinces him they are soulmates and they take a vow before God for His blessing with the penalty of betrayal being death. After years pass, Alexandria forgets the vows and begins cheating behind Elijah's back. Just a week before Christmas, she abruptly betrays him. To his astonishment, she swiftly transitions to a new relationship, bringing with her the unsettling secret of transmitting an incurable sexually transmitted disease to her new partner. Then came Karma. Her victims arrive to spit on her dirty grave as her demise finally arrives.
Burned alive in an accident and locked away, the urban legend of Crispy refuses to die. Escaping the asylum, the scarred killer returns to Camp Hollow, where a group of unsuspecting campers find their weekend of fun twisted into a nightmare of fire, blood, and vengeance as his rage consumes the woods once more.
A low life living in sunny Florida with his retired parents finds a time travel device and meets his future self.
A young couple invites friends over for dinner at their new house to celebrate the official move-in, but there seems to be a guest at the table who isn’t particularly thrilled about this news.
May 2027
During a trip to Brazil in 2022, Augusto (15), an introspective and dreamy young man, becomes enchanted by Antônio (16), a magnetic and unpredictable boy from Belém. Amid the heat of the World Cup and the waters reflecting a fleeting encounter, a fragile connection is born, stretching across distance when Augusto returns to Italy, turning desire into obsession. While Augusto loses himself in idealizations and the emptiness of delayed responses, Antônio continues his life between parties, friends, and fleeting loves. What begins as a promising romance crumbles under the weight of time, silence, and the things that were never said. As the years pass, Augusto is forced to face an inevitable truth: some loves do not belong to the future, they exist only in memory. An intimate and visceral portrait of love, loss, and growth, Anchorless delves into the fragility of first feelings and the pain of learning that not every story is destined to last.
Feb 2027