Movie Trailer Heaven & Hell
I have to admit that now when I go to a movie and the lights dim and a title card flashes across the screen with “Previews Of Coming Attractions” my heart sinks. It didn’t use to be that way, but…
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Movie Reviews by Dennis Dermody
I Killed Lucille Ball
Yes, I killed Lucille Ball. Not with a gun or anything. After all, she did die of a heart ailment. But I think in some way I contributed to the demise of the doyenne of American Comedy- that Mercurochrome-haired woman…
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Truth Telling In Tinseltown
Most of us learn the hard way that honesty is not the best policy. When friends ask you to comment on their work, outfit or new lover, they’re basically begging for a positive review. In Hollywood, as in Washington, it’s…
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Very Special People- 3 Stories
When you look back at your life as if it was a movie, there are main characters, there’s a supporting cast, and there are plenty of unpaid extras. But there are also very special characters that crossed your path that…
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Revenge & Other Female Retaliation Films
Opening Friday May 11th at the IFC Center is Revenge, a deliciously nasty, bloody slice of female retaliation film. They say revenge is a dish served cold. Well that doesn’t apply to pretty, hot sexpot Jen (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz),…
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Batshit Blu-rays Of The Month- 10 For May
Gun Crazy (Warner Archive) There are film noir films and then there is Gun Crazy (1950), Joseph H. Lewis’s brilliant criminal couple-on-the-run film. It starred John Dall as a crack marksman who gets involved with a beautiful, but deadly, carnival…
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Hollywood’s Forgotten Saints
Hollywood just loves giving itself awards. There’s Oscar, Emmy, the Golden Globes, the People’s choice, etc. You can barely turn your television on in the first couple months of the year without stumbling over an image of some actor breathlessly…
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The Death Of The Deuce
Watching the first season of David Simon’s terrific HBO series The Deuce, set amid the seedy, crime-ridden Times Square of the 70s, made me incredibly nostalgic. Yes, I’m one of the few who genuinely miss the scary old 42nd Street,…
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The Strange Ones
There are times in life when you catch up with a movie that friends passionately recommended to you, and when you finally get to see it you are so overwhelmed you could kick yourself for not experiencing it in a…
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The Sunshine State Of Celluloid Sickies
Personally, I’ve never been to Florida. While I am partial to their orange juice- preferably mixed with a liter of vodka and ice cubes- these days the panhandle has little to offer celluloid sickos like me. That wasn’t always the…
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