Judgment DVD (Pathfinder Home Entertainment)
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Here are your Blu-ray and DVD releases for the week of 4/23/13:
ASIAN CINEMA
Judgment (DVD) – this 2012 Japanese film from Pathfinder Entertainment is a ‘locked room’-style horror flick said to be in the tradition of “Saw” and “Battle Royale”
Penthouse Playboy (DVD) – also known as “Searching For the Elephant,” this 2009 dark Korean drama follows several friends who suffer from various maladies, including infidelity and schizophrenia
Secret Love (DVD) – a steamy 2010 Korean drama about a woman who falls in love with her husband’s twin brother while her hubby lies in a coma. Available now on Amazon’s Instant Watch service
Electric Button (Moon & Cherry) (DVD) – in this 2004 Japanese film, a writer of erotic fiction finds new inspiration in the form of a virginal young man
A Tale of Legendary Libido (DVD) – this 2008 Korean sex comedy is a “American Pie”-esque tale…set in feudal-era Korea, of all places
FOREIGN
Thale (Blu-ray/DVD) – this 2012 Norwegian chiller focuses on a woman with a tail who might just be a mythical creature
Cold Prey II (DVD) – the 2008 sequel to the popular Norwegian slasher series “Cold Prey,” available from Shout! Factory
Pierre Etaix (Blu-ray/DVD) – the Criterion Collection presents five 60’s-era films from the nearly forgotten French director/actor Pierre Etaix, considered a master of comedy
MAINSTREAM
Gangster Squad (Blu-ray/DVD) – popular actors Josh Brolin and Ryan Gosling take up arms to battle the gangs of a post-WWII Los Angeles in this 2012 action flick
The Impossible (Blu-ray/DVD) – in this acclaimed 2012 film from the director of “The Orphanage,” Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor star as a tourist family trying to survive the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
Promised Land (Blu-ray/DVD) – Matt Damon headlines this 2012 environmentally-conscious small town drama from “My Own Private Idaho” director Gus Van Sant
Pawn (Blu-ray/DVD) – in this 2013 direct-to-video thriller about a robbery in progress, Forest Whitaker and Michael Chiklis reunite for the first time post-“The Shield”
Assassins Run (DVD) – direct-to-video mainstays Christian Slater and Cole Hauser team up for this 2012 action/thriller set in contemporary Russia
Any Day Now (Blu-ray/DVD) – Alan Cumming (“X2: X-Men United”) stars as one half of a gay couple who adopts an abandoned child in this 2012 family drama
NEW TO BLU-RAY
Jurassic Park 3D (3D Blu-ray + Blu-ray + DVD) – Steven Spielberg’s beloved 1993 film about rampaging dinos returns in 3D Blu-ray
The Great Gatsby (Blu-ray) – a 1973 adaptation of the acclaimed novel, starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. Now in hi-def
Flirt (Blu-ray/DVD) – this 1995 effort from beloved indie auteur Hal Hartley tells three stories of love in New York City, Berlin, and Tokyo
CULT
Mistress of the Apes (DVD) – this 1978 picture reportedly has to be seen to be believed, as the wife of a missing anthropologist heads into the jungle and discovers a bizarre world of ‘sexy jungle women’
CLASSICS
Richard III (Blu-ray/DVD) – the Criterion Collection presents actor/director Laurence Olivier’s 1955 adaptation of the famous William Shakespeare play
City That Never Sleeps (Blu-ray/DVD) – Olive Films offers this 1958 noir picture that’s set in Chicago
Champion (Blu-ray/DVD) – in this 1949 picture, Kirk Douglas stars as a champion boxer who alienates everyone around him in the way to the top
Magic Town (Blu-ray/DVD) – Jimmy Stewart headlines this Frank Capra-esque 1947 picture about life in a small American town
Wake of the Red Witch (Blu-ray/DVD) – cinema icon John Wayne plays a 19th century sea captain out for revenge in this 1948 picture. In hi-def from Olive Films
The Fighting Seabees (Blu-ray/DVD) – Olive Films presents this 1944 feature starring John Wayne as the head of a construction company building military sites for the Navy during World War II
Federal Agents Vs. Underworld, Inc. (DVD) – a 12-part Republic series from 1949, available on DVD for the first time
HORROR
Night of the Hunted (Blu-ray/DVD) – Redemption Films presents this 1980 effort from director Jean Rollin, the master of dreamy French horror. Now in hi-def
Grapes of Death (Blu-ray/DVD) – a fan favorite 1978 effort from French director Jean Rollin, now on Blu-ray from Redemption Films
Blu-Ray Twin Pack: Poor Pretty Eddie & Carnival Magic (Blu-ray) – HD Cinema Classics presents this double feature of two horror movies previously thought lost to time
A Haunted House (Blu-ray/DVD) – a 2012 horror spoof in the “Scary Movie” vein, featuring the Wayans Brothers
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