Dumb Dinosaurs
Most kids love dinosaurs. I remember when I was very young being dazzled by an ad on the back of a comic book that offered a 6 ft. Tyrannosaurus Rex. I sent in my money and weeks later a thin…
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Movie Reviews by Dennis Dermody
Batshit Blu-rays Of The Month- 16 For August
Another fabulous month of eclectic, crackpot Blu-rays. From gorgeous restorations of pre-Code shockers; a 4K “steelbook” of a zombie classic; an exploitation gem about the dangers of weed; a film based on a controversial Jean Genet play; some classic Universal…
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WTF Film Festival 2
A while back I wrote an article about a series of movies I call WTF Cinema– films that are so whacked-out and weird they defy quick characterization. But since then, I realized there were plenty of titles I forgot. Movies…
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She Dies Tomorrow
Director Amy Seimetz’s eerily relevant, visually trippy nightmare fable begins with Amy (Kate Lyn Sheil), who suddenly becomes convinced that she will be dead tomorrow. Unfortunately, her morbid “idee fixe” has a communicable effect on her friends, and this overwhelming…
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A Salute To Sissies Of The Silver Screen
The Celluloid Closet by Vito Russo was a groundbreaking work which shone a spotlight on the shameful way gay people were presented in film through the years. If you were gay in a movie you usually ended up dead in…
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The Painted Bird
Director Vaclav Marhoul’s harrowing and beautiful adaptation of Jerzy Kosinski’s The Painted Bird is a nearly 3-hour, black & white, Hieronymus Bosch-like hellscape. Petra Kotlar hauntingly plays the young boy Petra, sent to a rural village in Eastern Europe to…
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Batshit Blu-rays Of The Month- 15 For July
As the dog days of summer approach, what better way to celebrate than in an air-conditioned room and a nice cool drink with one of these deranged Blu-rays. This month has some digitally improved discs of The War Of The…
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Relic
Director Natalie Erika James’ first feature-length film is the most terrifying, and surprisingly moving, film you’ll see this year. Emily Mortimer plays Kay, who drives from Melbourne with her older daughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) because a neighbor reports to the…
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The Ballad Of Dwight Frye
A mysterious ship sails into a London port, seemingly without a crew. Authorities apprehensively board the vessel to find countless bloodless bodies. They approach a hold, hearing a demonic cackle, and up rises Renfield, the doomed, possessed slave of Count…
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Celebrity Skin Purses
In Hollywood, “tuck” is not what you do to your children at night. Sometimes it’s a porn star’s name, but usually it’s something that you do to your body. To stay off the ravages of time, actors and actresses whittle…
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