Salvador was Oliver Stone’s third film, but he had already made a name for himself as a fine screenwriter with a political bent. He had penned the scripts for Midnight Express and Scarface, as well as writing more mainstream films like Conan the Barbarian, Year of the Dragon and Eight Million Ways to Die. Stone’s … Continue reading Salvador – Blu-Ray Review
Author: Ian Schultz
Entebbe – Blu-Ray Review
Entebbe is the newest film by the very good Brazilian director Jose Padilla, but unfortunately it's an incredibly pedestrian film. It's a fictionalised drama of the infamous hijacking of Air France Flight 139 en route from Tel Aviv to Paris. The hijacking was perpetrated by Revolutionary Cells, who were a German urban guerrilla group that claimed to … Continue reading Entebbe – Blu-Ray Review
Last Year at Marienbad – Blu-Ray Competition
Studiocanal is releasing Last Year at Marienbad on Blu-Ray. Here at Psychotronic Cinema we have 2 copies up for grabs. All Entries must be turned in by the 22nd of September. Email your answer to the following to ian.cinehouseuk@gmail.com with your name and address. What is the name of Alain Resnais' 1968 science fiction film? Disclaimer: Open to only … Continue reading Last Year at Marienbad – Blu-Ray Competition
Memoirs of an Invisible Man – Blu-Ray Competition
Fabulous Films is releasing Memoirs of an Invisible Man on Blu-Ray. Here at Psychotronic Cinema we have 3 copies up for grabs. All Entries must be turned in by the 1st of October. Email your answer to the following to ian.cinehouseuk@gmail.com with your name and address. What Anarchist sci-fi film did John Carpenter make with Roddy Piper? Disclaimer: Open to … Continue reading Memoirs of an Invisible Man – Blu-Ray Competition
D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage – Blu-Ray Review
D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage is an odd, messy documentary that’s primarily about the Sex Pistols' ill-fated tour of the United States and some of what was still going on in the UK punk scene at the crosspoint before it became what is now considered post-punk. The film was essentially funded by the drug-smuggling of … Continue reading D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage – Blu-Ray Review
