Author Archive: Dennis Dermody
Dennis Dermody
July 8, 2025
Blu-Rays
The hotter it gets the more I crave reasons to stay inside with the air conditioner blasting in my face and new Blu-rays to watch. This month has some unexpected treats- with new 4K UHDs of films I love- it…
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Dennis Dermody
July 2, 2025
Streaming
“I keep trying to call you on Tuesday but keep getting a busy signal.” You can’t imagine how often I’ve heard that. But that’s because I’ve taken my phone off the hook so I can dive into the new episodes…
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Dennis Dermody
June 24, 2025
Blu-Rays
A fabulous, region-free, Blu-ray box set from Imprint just came out, devoted to one of my favorite actresses- Carroll Baker. Baker studied under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio and her film Baby Doll, based on an original screenplay by…
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Dennis Dermody
June 17, 2025
Blu-Rays
Sure, June is the month that is the gateway to summer. But June is also busting out all over home media, especially giving new visual and audio clarity to mainstream favorites and also artistic, boundary-pushing treats. Finally, a gorgeous Blu-ray…
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Dennis Dermody
June 5, 2025
Blu-Rays
New Extremity Collection (Volume One) (Umbrella) A 4-disc Blu-ray box set of some cinematic highlights from the genre of films christened “New French Extremity,” reveling in brutality, sex and violence. There is a sensational book: “Films of the New French…
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Dennis Dermody
May 30, 2025
Blu-Rays
I was so overjoyed with Eureka Entertainment’s gorgeous box set of the German “Krimi” thrillers of CCC Studios in the 1960s that I broke down and ordered their Dr. Mabuse film set which included, among others, director Fritz Lang’s return…
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Dennis Dermody
May 19, 2025
Uncategorized
A fog shrouded street in London’s seedy Whitechapel district in 1888. A woman stumbles drunkenly from a bar and totters down the circuitous streets, dropping her purse at one point and she unsteadily collects her possessions spilled out on the…
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Dennis Dermody
May 13, 2025
Blu-Rays
Pete Walker was a maverick British producer/director who cut a name for himself with a series of harrowing shockers in the 1970s. Films like House of Whipcord, Frightmare and House of Mortal Sin were devastating and fiercely original thrillers. But…
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Dennis Dermody
May 5, 2025
Blu-Rays
I actually am speechless from the Blu-ray releases this month. Talk about May flowers. From a British film version of a fabulous Joe Orton dark comedy; a nightmarish brilliant creep-fest by Marina de Van; a chilling British ventriloquist chiller; a…
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Dennis Dermody
April 29, 2025
Blu-Rays
An incredible box set of German crime films is being released this month by Eureka! and they are just spectacular- presented in High Definition from 2K restorations from the original film elements undertaken by CCC Film. Now, much like the…
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