Original Cinemaniac

Movie Reviews by Dennis Dermody

Look in Any Window

            Turner Classic Movies this month is scheduling each day with an all-day tribute to a different star. On August 4ththey are devoting the day to Ruth Roman, the husky-voiced, sexy, character actress who was always better than most of the…
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Jack Be Nimble

            One of the rarest, weirdest, most fabulously fucked-up, movies- Jack be Nimble– is getting a gorgeous Blu-ray release from Altered Innocence. If you’ve never seen it prepare to have your brain scrambled.              Alexis Arquette is Jack, Sarah Smutts-Kennedy is his…
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Neon Lights

             Neon Lights is an inventively twisted psychological thriller that’s more like a nightmare glimpse inside a disordered mind.             Clay (Dana Abraham) is a tech giant and visionary, but he is starting to lose it. There is even a threat…
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Uzumaki

            The new Blu-ray release of Uzumaki (2000) by director Higuchinsky is a startling reminder of the surreal power of cinema.             Based on a Manga by Junji Ito, it’s about a small Japanese village cursed by spirals.              A father becomes obsessed…
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Lost Highway (4K Restoration)

            A thick cloud of menace hangs over David Lynch’s brilliant, nightmarish creep-fest. What begins as a story of a jazz musician (Bill Pullman) and his wife (Patricia Arquette) who receive mysterious videotapes showing static shots of the outside of their…
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