Original Cinemaniac

Movie Reviews by Dennis Dermody

Takashi Miike’s Connect on Hulu

            One of my favorite filmmakers- the prolific, gloriously gozo Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer) has directed a whacked-out new South Korean 6-part series on Hulu called Connect and it’s surreal, gory, suspenseful, action-packed, addictive insanity.              Ha Dong Soo (criminally…
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Hunt

            Hunt Is a propulsive, action-packed South Korean spy thriller directed and starring Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game).             It begins in Washington D.C. in 1983 during a botched assassination attempt on the South Korean president, whose authoritarian regime has caused student uprisings…
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The Menu

            By all means, make a reservation to see The Menu, a fiendishly enjoyable dark comedy, smartly directed by Mark Mylod and topped with a fabulously sardonic performance by Ralph Fiennes.             The plot concerns a group of well-heeled epicureans, arriving by…
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Bones and All

            Surprisingly romantic young “cannibals in love” movie from Luca Guadagnini (Call Me by Your Name). Based on a novel by Camille DeAngelis, it stars the charismatic Taylor Russell as Maren, whose father has deserted her because of her “affliction” of…
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Nocebo

            Nocebo is a sinister, slow-burn tale of dark magic and revenge, starring the terrific Eva Green as Christine, an extremely neurotic children’s dress designer living with her successful market strategist husband Felix (Mark Stong) and young daughter Bobs (Billie Gadsdon).…
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