Filmbar70

Plug time: If you fancy watching a cult retro movie, sipping a pint and kickin' back with a like-minded crowd then why not head over to Filmbar70... the next screening is Midnight Media favourite THE LIVING DEAD AT THE MANCHESTER MORGUE - full details are shown below - enjoy and tell Justin and Adam we sent ya!

DONNIE DARKO - Blu-ray Competition

“Why are you wearing that stupid man suit?”

On 19th July 2010, for the first time in the UK, DONNIE DARKO comes to Blu-ray in a spellbinding 2-disc special edition featuring the original feature film and the director’s cut.

Enter Donnie’s world like never before with crystal clear visuals and a bewildering array of extra features highlighting this most mysterious of modern cult classics.

Whether you’ve experienced Director Richard Kelly’s influential, time-travelling masterpiece before or you have yet to follow ‘Frank’ down the wormhole, DONNIE DARKO on Blu-ray offers an astonishing experience like never before.

Extra Features include:

● FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR RICHARD KELLY
● FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH CAST & CREW
● FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR RICHARD KELLY AND KEVIN SMITH
● THEY MADE ME DO IT FEATURETTE
● THEY MADE ME DO IT TOO FEATURETTE
● THEY MADE ME DO IT ART GALLERY
● PRODUCTION DIARY - OPTIONAL COMMENTARY BY STEVEN POSTER, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
● B-ROLL FOOTAGE
● CAST & CREW INTERVIEWS
● ADDITIONAL SCENES: 20 SCENES WITH OPTIONAL COMMENTARY BY RICHARD KELLY - DELETED & EXTENDED SCENES FROM THE ORIGINAL THEATRICAL CUT
● CUNNING VISIONS INFORMERCIALS WITH OPTIONAL COMMENTARY
● THE PHILOSOPHY OF TIME TRAVEL
● ORIGINAL TV SPOTS x 5
● ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER
● THE DIRECTOR'S CUT TRAILER



Thanks to Metrodome we have 3 copies of the Blu-ray as prizes - to be in with a chance of winning please answer the following question:

Who directed the 2009 sequel S.DARKO?

UPDATE 21st JULY 2010. THE COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED.

Here's the trailer:

JIGOKU - A Visual Mixtape (DVD)

Readers of our very own IS IT UNCUT? will be familiar with reviewer Lovely Jon and it is our duty to point you in the direction of his other interest... mixing music and film.
Jigoku is in essence an audio visual manifestation brought to you by a team partnership now 15 years ongoing created by film buff and cinema aficionado Dj Lovely Jon & producer, remixer, recording artist Dj Cherrystones. This is a rollercoaster ride of obscure cinematic and musical rarities - presented as a highly unique visual mixtape (DVD).
Having curated off the wall and specific underground film nights (housed by such venues as the ICA, Raymond Revue Bar and Other Cinema) the DVD is a demonstration of what to expect at a Jigoku show.
Fast-paced clips and tailored psychedelic backgrounds made to keep your heart beating - a slew of highly obscure 60’s &70’s horror, giallo and popart snapshots entice the eye to go deeper and perplex the very nature of what you perceive to hear and see.
Jigoku have been pushing boundaries within these genres for many years now utilising a DIY aesthetic to create a sense of visual autonomy combined with subtle audio re- scores: now watch!



If you want to see more then the Limited Edition hour long DVD is available - Jigoku can be located at www.myspace.com/jigokuost

LOCKJAW - DVD COMPETITION

On 10th May 2010, in the tradition of MEGA SHARK VS. GIANT OCTOPUS, Metrodome Distribution are releasing the toothy terror flick LOCKJAW onto UK DVD. The film stars Hip-Hop Superstar DMX and a big snake!

A voodoo curse, thought buried in the mists of time, reignites the fanged horror of the infamous Kulev Serpent - the gargantuan ‘Lockjaw’.

When his wife is killed in a devastating accident by delinquent holiday-makers, distraught Alan Cade calls upon demonic forces he can barely comprehend to exact his revenge. Once summoned, Alan realises too late that this ancient evil cannot be tamed or reasoned with. It will stop at nothing and no one will be spared.

Now the only thing that stands in its way is Army Special Ops veteran and master hunter Nick Kirabo (hip hop superstar DMX – "Cradle 2 The Grave", “Never Die Alone”), who has been waiting for ‘Lockjaw’ to return.

Thanks to Metrodome we have 3 copies of the DVD as prizes - to be in with a chance of winning please answer the following question:

Name the movie in which DMX co-starred with Steven Seagal?

UPDATE 18th MAY 2010. THE COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED.

Here's the trailer:

EUROCRIME! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s

Check out this trailer... a feature length documentary on Italian Crime Cinema. This looks absolutely brilliant, bring it on!

Midnight Media T-Shirt Bazaar

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DROPBOX... what is it?

If, like me, you are worried about backing up your important files, scared of losing that pesky USB memory stick, terrified of corrupting a CD-R… then help is at hand… with DROPBOX. It’s a brilliant device that not only backs up your work, photos, notes, reports, etc but also links and synchs everything between your PC, laptop and even iPhone! And what’s more it is totally FREE for 2GB storage! Excellent stuff indeed
You easily open a new folder marked My Dropbox on your computer (works on Macs too), then transfer your important files into it. It's then backed up online. Then you establish a My Dropbox folder on your laptop or netbook, and all your online files copy into that folder. This also happens when you install the free iPhone app (if you have one of course). Then whenever you open up a file in your My Dropbox folder on any of these devices and make a change to it, the change is backed up and all three versions of it are changed.
Why not have a look at the website for more details. Having only just been converted to this brilliant back-up package I’m convinced it’s the way forward.
Now here’s the thing, if you click on any of the Dropbox links in this article and sign up for a free Dropbox on your system, I get an extra free 250MB of Dropbox space – and so do you! Have a look… you know it makes sense.