Dylan McDermott Archives

Hardware (1990)

Rating: ★★★★

Dec 16, 2003Cyberpunk/Killer Robot

Richard Stanley film where killer robot invades and takes over a girl's apartment. Stanley transforms the film into an astonishing vision of pure unfiltered Cyberpunk. One of the most visually dazzling directorial debuts of its day

Director: Richard Stanley

Actors: Stacey Travis, Dylan McDermott, William Hootkins, John Lynch

Category: Science Fiction

16 December 200311 March 2026 by Roog

Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

Rating: ★

Dec 4, 2003Santa in Court

A John Hughes written remake of the classic Christmas film where a man (Richard Attenborough) claiming to be Santa ends up tried in court.

Director: Les Mayfield

Actors: Dylan McDermott, Richard Attenborough, Elizabeth Perkins, Mara Wilson, …

Category: Fantasy

4 December 20033 June 2024 by Roog

Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995)

Rating: ★★

Apr 15, 1999Luck Incarnate/Lovers on the Run in Vegas

Would be quirky, surrealistic indie film with lovers on the run in Las Vegas. Quentin Tarantino appears as the spirit of chance from an interdimensional swimming pool

Director: Jack Baran

Actors: Dylan McDermott, Nancy Travis, Quentin Tarantino, James Le Gros, …

Category: Fantasy

15 April 199927 July 2020 by Roog

The Mistress of Spices (2005)

Rating: ★★

Jul 24, 2006Indian Magical Realism/Magical Spices

Magical Realist film with Aishwarya Rai running a spice bazaar where she is able to tell fortunes

Director: Paul Mayeda Berges

Actors: Aishwarya Rai, Dylan McDermott, Anupam Kher, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, …

Category: Fantasy

24 July 20068 January 2025 by Roog

The Messengers (2007)

Rating: ★★

Oct 9, 2008Haunting

The Pang Brothers, two of the most exciting genre directors in the world, have their distinctive style swallowed up in their bland US mainstream debut produced by Sam Raimi

Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang

Actors: Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller, John Corbett, …

Category: Horror

9 October 200824 May 2020 by Roog

Automata (2014)

Rating: ★★★★

Oct 8, 2016Robots Develop Artificial Intelligence

This Blade Runner-influenced work about robots that develop artificial intelligence is exceptional, featuring a particularly captivating last half with Antonio Banderas journeying with strangely alive robots

Director: Gabe Ibañez

Actors: Antonio Banderas, Dylan McDermott, Robert Forster, Birgitte Hjort Sørenson, …

Category: Science Fiction

8 October 201621 November 2025 by Roog

Mercy (2014)

Rating: ★★½

Aug 30, 2017Stephen King Adaptation/Sinister Grandmother

Modestly creepy adaptation of a Stephen King short story about a boy who realises that his grandmother is a witch who made a deal with a backwoods entity

Director: Peter Cornwell

Actors: Chandler Riggs, Shirley Knight, Frances O'Connor, Joel Courtney, …

Category: Horror

30 August 20179 July 2026 by Roog

The Clovehitch Killer (2018)

Rating: ★★★½

Nov 23, 2020Teen Believes His Father Might Be a Serial Killer

Excellent, superbly written thriller loosely based on the B.T.K. killer story where a teen believes his father (Dylan McDermott in a great performance) might be a serial killer

Director: Duncan Skiles

Actors: Dylan McDermott, Charlie Plummer, Madisen Beaty, Samantha Mathis, …

Category: Horror

23 November 20206 October 2025 by Roog