It's probably safe to say that if you are reading a website called Psychotronic Cinema, you've already seen Don't Look Now—and seen it numerous times. Given that, this review will be relatively short. It's still a total masterpiece, and probably the best British horror movie ever made, it famously shared a double bill with The Wicker … Continue reading Don’t Look Now – Blu-Ray Review
Month: July 2019
Vanishing Point – Blu-Ray Review
Vanishing Point is one of the most enigmatic films of the early '70s. Along with the similar Electra Glide in Blue, it is one of the defining films of the era, and shows the dark hangover of the '60s. It's been highly influential on films ranging from Tarantino's Death Proof to Drive to Baby Driver, and even … Continue reading Vanishing Point – Blu-Ray Review
Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Blu-Ray Review
Hedwig and the Angry Inch is based on the punk rock musical from John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask (Trask wrote the songs), which was a cult smash Off-Broadway in 1998. It stemmed out of Cameron Mitchell frequenting SqueezeBox, a punk drag bar in New York City in the '90s and eventually coming up with … Continue reading Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Blu-Ray Review
Alita: Battle Angel – Blu-Ray Review
Alita: Battle Angel is based on a manga that James Cameron fell in love with sometime during the early '90s. His career got completely consumed by truly awful but insanely successful films like Titanic and Avatar (he is already finishing off Avatar 2 and 3, with plans to do 4 and 5 , but I … Continue reading Alita: Battle Angel – Blu-Ray Review
The Doors: The Final Cut – Blu-Ray Review
The year is 1991, and Oliver Stone is slaving away on two feature films. The first was The Doors, and the end of the year saw the release of JFK, which is probably his masterpiece, although Natural Born Killers is on par. He was also in the midst of trying to get Evita made, although in … Continue reading The Doors: The Final Cut – Blu-Ray Review