Dermot Arnold

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Favorite films

  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • Band of Outsiders
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day
  • Withnail & I

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  • Sabotage

    ★★★

  • Albert Nobbs

    ★★★½

  • I'm Not a Robot

    ★★★

  • Rik Mayall Presents: Dancing Queen

    ★★★

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  • Chariots of Fire

    Chariots of Fire

    A film so English, there is a scene where they all sing about how English they are. No chariots were set on fire during the making of this film.

  • My Girl 2

    My Girl 2

    ½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  • Sabotage

    Sabotage

    ★★★

    I always find it cute when, in his early films, Hitchcock adds little British characters to complain about the crumpet bus being late or how the wife's been at the Jamie Dodgers with the Ponies just sort of inserted into a scene without adding much. It's very quaint almost.

    I think golden era Hitch was when he went to America but before Marnie. It represents a lot of solid hits and some of the best movies ever made.

    Anyway, I…

  • Albert Nobbs

    Albert Nobbs

    ★★★½

    Well, well, well. So a Mexican director wanted to make a movie about a trans person in Ireland and none of the main cast are from Ireland. And it doesn't even have any trans cast members.

    And the Academy legitimized it by nominating it for Oscars.

    What were you thinking Mexico?

    Jokes about comparisons to the Emilia Perez controversies aside, I thought the cast was decent. The accents aren't great. Mia Wasikowska does a much more convincing Irish accent in…

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  • Oliver!

    Oliver!

    ★★½

    Oliver! is the golden standard for annoying child actor.

  • Beyond

    Beyond

    ★★★★

    I am now no longer allowed to pick another Christmas movie until next year.