Let the Bullets Fly Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
April is winding down but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of Blu-ray and DVDs to get excited about. So let’s get cracking! Here are your Blu-ray and DVD releases for the week of 4/24/12:
ASIAN CINEMA
Let the Bullets Fly (Blu-ray/DVD) – Well Go USA presents this smash hit 2011 Chinese-language action-comedy starring Chow Yun Fat and director/actor Jiang Wen. Imagine an ultra-bloody Chinese homage to spaghetti Westerns and you’re halfway there
Shogun Assassin – 5 Film Collector’s Edition (Blu-ray) – AnimEigo presents five of the “Shogun Assassin” films – that’s the cut and dubbed version of the “Lone Wolf and Cub” series – in hi-def for the first time
Karate Girl (DVD) – ‘High Kick Girl’ Rina Takeda returns with this 2011 martial arts flick that’s largely considered altogether more polished and compelling than her debut film
Sword Masters: Duel of Fist (DVD) – Ti Lung stars in this vintage 1971 Shaw Brothers film, one of the first movies to explore Thai kickboxing
Sword Masters: Swordsman & Enchantress (DVD) – Ti Lung and Lily Li star in this 1978 sword-swinging Shaw Brothers classic
Dragon Dynasty Double Feature 1 (DVD) – in this Shaw Brothers two-pack, you receive the classic kung fu flicks “The Avenging Eagle” and “Blood Brothers”
Dragon Dynasty Double Feature 2 (DVD) – another Shaw Brothers two-pack, this time around you snag “Golden Swallow” and “Killer Clans”
FOREIGN CINEMA
The Organizer (Blu-ray/DVD) – the Criterion Collection offers this 1963 Italian-language film from director Mario Monicello
The Cave of the Yellow Dog (Blu-ray+DVD combo) – Palisades Tartan releases this 2005 film set in Western Mongolia that’s sure to tug on your family’s heartstrings
Ubaldo Terzani Horror Show (Blu-ray) – it feels like this release keeps getting delayed but the film is a 2010 homage to the giallo, or Italian horror genre, in hi-def from RaroVideo USA
Young Goethe in Love (DVD) – this 2010 German-language film depicts the tumultuous romantic life of the famous poet Johann Goethe
Scheherazade Tell Me a Story (DVD) – a 2009 Arabic-language film about contemporary gender politics in Egypt
Stronger than Blood (DVD) – a 2010 German-language film about brothers who deal in the drug trade to fund their dreams of owning an auto shop
Mad Race to Cote d’Azur (DVD) – Pathfinder Pictures offers this 1975 film co-starring my favorite Bond girl, Claudine Auger. The movie is billed as “an opera of tragic confusion”
Kahaani (DVD) – in this 2012 Bollywood picture, a pregnant woman (Vidya Balan) fears for her sanity when everyone around her tries to convince her that her husband doesn’t exist
MAINSTREAM
Contraband (Blu-ray/DVD) – Mark Wahlberg headlines this gritty 2011 crime flick based on the Icelandic film “Reykjavik to Rotterdam”
Badge 373 (Blu-ray) – Robert Duvall stars in this 1973 cop film in the vein of “Serpico” and “French Connection”
Lassiter (DVD) – Tom Selleck gets his Bond on playing a notorious jewel thief in this 1984 action-adventure, co-starring Bond girl Jane Seymour and Bob Hoskins
Dark Tide (Blu-ray/DVD) – Halle Berry goes direct-to-video to fight sharks and choppy waters in this 2012 aquatic thriller
CULT/INDIE
Hit! (Blu-ray/DVD) – Billy Dee Williams stars in this 1973 action flick as a federal agent taking down a vicious drug ring after his daughter dies of a heroin overdose
Some Days Are Better Than Others (Blu-ray/DVD) – Carrie Brownstein of “Portlandia” fame stars in this 2010 indie drama about thirty-something angst
Hellcats (DVD) – a 1968 B-movie about leather gals and biker gangs
Killer Nun (Blu-ray) – your friends at Blue Underground offer this gory 1978 Italian nuns’sploitation film on Blu-ray
Marquis De Sade’s Justine: Remastered Edition (Blu-ray/DVD) – the writing of Marquis de Sade comes to life in this 1977 film, remastered for Blu-ray by Redemption Films
Girl on a Motorcycle (Blu-ray) – this cult classic 1968 starring Alain Delon and Marianne Faithfull is brought to you in hi-def by Redemption Films
CLASSICS
The Red House (Blu-ray+DVD combo) – a vintage slice of Hollywood noir, this 1947 film stars genre heavy Edward G. Robinson
Camelot (Blu-ray) – the 1967 film of the hit Broadway musical, starring Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave, is brought to hi-def
The Jayhawkers (Blu-ray/DVD) – a 1959 Western starring Jeff Chandler and Fess Parker, now on Blu-ray
The Buccaneer (DVD) – Frederich March stars in a Cecil B. DeMille production with this 1938 tale of swashbuckling pirates
The Perils of Pauline (DVD) – VCI Entertainment releases the 1933 version of the adventurer serial “The Perils of Pauline,” although Amazon lists it as being the 1914 edition
HORROR
The Innkeeprs (Blu-ray/DVD) – Ti West’s critically acclaimed and festival favorite ghost flick, starring Sara Paxton, comes to home formats
The Wicker Tree (Blu-ray/DVD) – after all these years, someone did a sequel to “The Wicker Man.” Even though it’s from the director of the original and features Christopher Lee, this 2011 film seems to have divided fans
Daylight (DVD) – a 2011 grueling psychological thriller about a young couple who is kidnapped and held hostage by a hitchhiker
The Fields (DVD) – this 2011 horror film about a young boy investigating the haunted cornfields around his grandmother’s farm is supposedly based on a true story
11-11-11 (DVD) – a PG-13 horror film from some of the people behind the latter “Saw” movies. These kinds of Satanic apocalypse movies were fairly common during the late 90’s, when everyone was worried about Y2K
The Theatre Bizarre (DVD) – this 2011 horror anthology features a host of spooky stories, and it stars Udo Kier which is good enough for me
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