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New & upcoming 4K UHD/Blu-ray releases of films we think cityonfire.com visitors should know about. Asian, martial arts, cult, classic and other popular titles. Please click on the Amazon.com affiliate links to support this site.

Electric Button (Moon & Cherry) DVD (Tidepoint Pictures)

RELEASE DATE: April 23, 2013 Tidepoint Pictures presents the DVD for Electric Button (Moon & Cherry). Mayama, the star of her erotica writing club, has a bad case of writer’s block. When Tadokoro joins the group, Mayama learns that he’s a virgin. Mayama decides that introducing him to a variety of sexual indulgences might just be the inspiration she needs. As “”research”” for her book, she documents Tadokoro’s sexual awakening. Mayama … Continue reading

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Ultimate Comic Book 5-Movie Collection Blu-ray & DVD Set (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: May 7, 2013 Lionsgate presents the Blu-ray & DVD set for The Ultimate Comic Book 5-Movie Collection. This re-packaged, specially priced, 5-disc set includes: Kick-Ass, The Crow, The Punisher, The Spirit and Conan the Barbarian.

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Running Scared | Blu-ray (New Line Cinema)

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2013 New Line Cinema presents the Blu-ray for 2006’s Running Scared, written and directed by Wayne Kramer (The Cooler). The ultra-stylish Running Scared is quite possibly the darkest, most violent, and highly original action-thriller of the last 10 years. Starring Paul Walker, Chazz Palminteri and Vera Farmiga. Watch the trailer.

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Angels Brigade | DVD (101 Distribution ADA)

RELEASE DATE: March 26, 2013 101 Distribution ADA presents the DVD for 1979’s Angels Brigade (aka Seven from Heaven or Angels Revenge). When a pop star’s brother gets beaten up by a pusher, she recruits a team of sexy avengers. Their mission: to wipe every drug dealer off the face of the earth. Oh yeah, they’re armed with a van decked out with high-tech weaponry! Starring Sylvia Anderson, Lieu Chinh … Continue reading

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The Suicide Forecast | DVD (Bayview Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: March 19, 2013 Bayview Entertainment presents the DVD for The Suicide Forecast (aka Suspicious Customers). Byeong-wu (Ryoo Seung-bum of The Unjust) left the world of professional baseball and found success as an insurance salesman. But when one of his clients commits suicide – and questions about advice he provided to the insured – his own life spins out of control. Watch the trailer.

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Yakuza vs. Ninja | DVD (Asian Media Rights)

RELEASE DATE: April 16, 2013 Asian Media Rights presents the DVD for Yakuza vs. Ninja (aka Hagure Gumi vs. Ninja or Haguregumi vs. Ninja). According to a rule of Ninja, twins are forced to fight each other. After a near death battle, one twin is saved by Yakuza, which basically means: it’s Yakuza vs. Ninja time! Starring Kudou Shunsaku, Erina and Takagi Shinpei.

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Going by the Book: Special Edition 2-Disc DVD Set (Bayview Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: April 16, 2013 Bayview Entertainment presents the DVD for Hee-chan Ra’s Going by the Book: Special Edition. Things get out of control when Doman, an eager and saintly traffic cop, is asked the play the role of the bank robber in a robbery intervention police training program. Includes the feature film plus more than an hour and 45 minutes of video extras! Watch the trailer.

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Sexcula | DVD (Impulse Pictures)

RELEASE DATE: April 9, 2013 Impulse Pictures presents the DVD for 1974’s Sexcula. After being screened once before disappearing, fans can finally get a look at this elusive crazy Canadian erotic/horror hybrid for the first time ever. Starring a Marilyn Chambers lookalike (Debbie Collins) in dual roles as Countess Sexcula, a buxom cutie with no qualms about lying nude on a table for the entire movie.

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Double Feature: Dirty Mary Crazy Larry & Race With The Devil | Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: May 28, 2013 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray Double Feature for 1974’s Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (trailer), starring Peter Fonda (Easy Rider), Susan George (Straw Dogs) and Vic Morrow (Message from Space); and 1975’s Race With The Devil (trailer), starring Peter Fonda and Warren Oates (The Wild Bunch). The DVD Double Feature is currently available.

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Girl$ | aka Girls | Blu-ray & DVD (Funimation)

RELEASE DATE: April 16, 2013 Funimation presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Kenneth Bi’s (The Drummer) Girl$ (aka Girls), a film about teenagers and young women who are drawn into compensated dating in Hong Kong; compensated dating which pretty much means “prostitution” as far as the movie is concerned. Starring Michelle Wai, Bonnie Xian, Wong Si-Man and Una Lin. Watch the trailer.

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Mark 2: Redemption | DVD (Pure Flix)

RELEASE DATE: May 7, 2013 Pure Flix presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Mark 2: Redemption. Turner (Craig Scheffer) and Dao (Sonia Couling) are being hunted by a team of mercenaries lead by Pike (Gary Daniels), who has orders to extract the biometric microchip living in Turner’s body to prepare it for the masses. Watch the trailer.

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Ninja the Mission Force Riffs: Ninja Empire | DVD (Dark Maze Studios)

RELEASE DATE: February 8, 2013 Dark Maze Studios, the creators of the Telly Award-winning series Ninja the Mission Force, are back! This time, they riff the cheesy cut-and-paste flick Ninja Empire in a new DVD called Ninja the Mission Force Riffs: Ninja Empire. You can watch the Godrey Ho film with or without the riffing commentary, PLUS you get the season 2 premiere of Ninja the Mission Force over a month … Continue reading

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Captain America | Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: May 21, 2013 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray for 1990’s Captain America, directed by Albert Pyun (Cyborg). Frozen in the ice for decades, Captain America (Matt Salinger) is freed to battle against arch-criminal, The Red Skull (Scott Paulin). Also starring Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty. The MGM DVD is currently available. Watch the trailer.

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The Name of the Game is Kill | DVD (VCI Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: April 30, 2013 VCI Entertainment presents the DVD for 1968’s The Name of the Game is Kill, a cult-shocker that stars Jack Lord (Hawaii Five-O, Dr. No), Tisha Sterling and Collin Wilcox Paxton. A family offers a traveling stranger hospitality, but the stranger doesn’t realize exactly what they have in store for him. Watch the trailer. “Contains moments of Bava-like Brilliance!” – Joe Dante, Director of Gremlins

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Hammer Horror 3-Film DVD Set (Millennium Media Services)

RELEASE DATE: April 2, 2013 Millennium Media Services presents the DVD for the Hammer Horror 3-Film Set, which contains 1966’s Dracula: Prince of Darkness (trailer), 1967’s Frankenstein Created Woman (trailer) and Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (trailer), which is the Hammer and Shaw Brothers Studio mash-up, co-directed by the legendary Chang Cheh with David Chiang co-starring alongside with Peter Cushing.

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