Review of Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) by Bill W — 14 Sep 2012

A beautiful homage to the works of Lynch, Cronenberg, Jodorowsky and Kubrick. The soundtrack is incredible and the movie is gorgeous. Also gotta love a movie with a Buckaroo Banzai reference.

This review of Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) was written by Bill W on 14 Sep 2012.

Beyond the Black Rainbow has generally received mixed reviews.

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