Movie Reviews by Dennis Dermody
Dennis Dermody
January 21, 2020
Movies
In Richard Stanley’s brilliant, nightmarish, hallucinatory version of a H. P. Lovecraft story, a meteorite falls from the sky outside Nathan Gardner’s (Nicolas Cage) remote woodland Arkham farmhouse. Gardner lives there with his wife (Joley Richardson), their three children…
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Dennis Dermody
January 14, 2020
Blu-Rays
What a way to begin the new year for Blu-ray lovers! Maria Montez on Blu-ray! Doctor Cyclops! All About My Mother! The Fugitive Kind! The Great McGinty! The controversial Lars Von Trier movie The House That Jack Built uncut!…
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Dennis Dermody
January 7, 2020
Blu-Rays
One of the more exciting recent discoveries is Severin’s release of the Blu-ray & DVD of the rare 1967 Russian Horror Fantasy- Viy. This weird, wonderful film was never theatrically released in the States at the time, and only…
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Dennis Dermody
December 30, 2019
Movies
I try not to look back in anger when it comes to films. Fortunately, movies I dislike seem to magically delete in my memory as the year goes on. But there are still some stinkers whose odor lingers on.…
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Dennis Dermody
December 23, 2019
Movies
When you’re watching a movie every once-in-a-while a minor character will just jump off the screen. It’s usually because of how good the actor is at taking a supporting character and breathing originality and fire into the role. Since…
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Dennis Dermody
December 17, 2019
Movies
Quite frankly, I’ll be glad to put 2019 in my rearview mirror. But movies still made life better, as they always do. I loved the last half hour of Joker when it turns into total anarchy. Marriage Story may…
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Dennis Dermody
December 10, 2019
Blu-Rays
If you know any other rabid lovers of cult and crackpot cinema, this is a good month to make their bad dreams come true with a gaggle of bizarre Blu-ray treats. From sordid, pre-Code shockers, to box sets concerning…
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Dennis Dermody
December 6, 2019
Movies
As a troubled child, Luke created an imaginary friend- Daniel- to befriend and protect him from the emotional trauma of his battling parents. He was forced to lock Daniel away in a dollhouse when their antics took a more…
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Dennis Dermody
December 3, 2019
Personal
For years now I’ve made my own Christmas cards. I never buy store-bought cards, although I am not averse to receiving them. But it’s so much fun plotting my next holiday greeting that will horrify relatives and amuse my…
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Dennis Dermody
November 26, 2019
Cult
A lot about the holidays has to do with food. From turkey, to stuffing, to mashed potatoes, to cranberries, yams, to pumpkin-filled pies. And a wheelbarrow full of antacids. But there’s something fun when movies convey the pleasurable joys…
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