VHS Armageddon
Contrary to popular belief your life does not flash before your eyes at the moment of death. I discovered this the hard way while standing on a step ladder to check out my VHS copy of The Night God Screamed…
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Movie Reviews by Dennis Dermody
13 Deadly Doll Movies
In a beloved episode of the Twilight Zone called “Living Doll,” a girl’s baby doll threatens her hateful stepdad, played by Telly Savalas, icily declaring “my name is Talky Tina and I am going to kill you” before sending him…
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Island Of Lost Film Critics
What happens to old film critics? Where do they go? Do they slink off to some elephant graveyard? Or do they all end up teaching at crappy colleges, having countless affairs with their students, and dying bitter alcoholics? These questions…
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A Woman’s Bite: Sexy Vampire Movies
Sex has always been an undercurrent in vampire movies. When Christopher Lee (as Dracula) chowed down on a new victim on screen there was always a hint of orgasmic pleasure. And when censorship relaxed, filmmakers exploited the breasts and blood…
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The Perils Of PG
Now if you have a child, or take care of one, or just plain kidnapped one, eventually you have to take them to a movie. Movies geared for children fall into many categories. Disney represents safe family fare for most…
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Goodbye, Columbuses
What idiot thought it would be a lucrative idea to make a movie about a greedy Genoese explorer who accidentally discovered the Bahamas? And not just one movie, but two multimillion dollar catastrophes. Did they really think it would be…
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Batshit Blu-rays Of The Month- 15 For October
Just in time for Halloween- a great batch of horror and suspense-filled Blu-rays are getting released on an unsuspecting public. Trilogy Of Terror (Kino Lorber) A great 1975 TV movie by Dan Curtis based on several short stories by Richard…
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The 56th New York Film Festival
One the best film festivals, now celebrating its 56th year (from Sept. 28-October 14) arrives with an incredible selection of world films. Any festival that has new films by the Coen Brothers, Claire Denis, Barry Jenkins, Julian Schnabel and Jean-Luc…
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iPod City Symphony
I love my iPod. I used to see people with those telltale white earphones standing on the subway platform and think: “They’ll never hear it coming when a lunatic pushes them in front of a speeding train…” But now I’ll…
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Size Queen Cinema
Why are movies so goddam long? Comic book super hero movies are the worst. Avengers: Infinity War was 149 minutes, Captain America: Civil War was 147 minutes, Batman vs. Superman: Dawn Of Justice was 151 minutes (and should have been…
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