As Halloween approaches, we look ahead to this Tuesday’s fresh batch of Asian and cult films on Blu-ray and DVD. If you’re interested in any of these titles, you can support the site by ordering through our affiliate. We appreciate it! Here are your Blu-ray and DVD releases for the week of 10/23/12: ASIAN CINEMA Athena Goddess of War Movie (Blu-ray/DVD) – Funimation delivers this explosive 2012 espionage thriller from Korea, … Continue reading →

Move over Kirk Cameron. According to The Playlist (via Variety), Nicolas Cage is set to star in a reboot of the apocalyptic Christian-themed Left Behind. The $15 million picture will be based on the book of the same name by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. The original Left Behind movie starred Growing Pain’s Kirk Cameron and spawned two straight-to-DVD sequels. If you think the Cage version will be a Hollywood-ized, Christian-free take, think again. The … Continue reading →

Media outlets are reporting that Japanese filmmaker Koji Wakamatsu, aged 76, recently passed away after being struck by a Taxi. Wakamatsu got his start in filmmaking with ‘pinku’ films, such as Go Go Second Time Virgin, in the 1960’s. These were softcore Japanese titles in which he could insert his subversive, anti-authoritarian themes without raising many eyebrows. Later in Wakamatsu’s career, he obtained international acclaim thanks to works such as 2007’s … Continue reading →

From director Andrew Dominik, the stylish filmmaker behind The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, comes Killing Them Softly, starring Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta and Richard Jenkins. Killing Them Softly is about Jackie Cogan (Pitt), a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game. The film is based on the 1974 novel Cogan’s Trade, by George V. Higgins, Also starring Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, James … Continue reading →

THE MOVIE: Tai Chi 0 (aka Tai Chi Zero) is directed by House of Fury’s Stephen Fung with Ip Man’s Sammo Hung serving as action director. The film stars Xiao-chao Yuan, William Feng, Eddie Peng, Shu Qi, Daniel Wu, Tony Leung Ka Fai and Angela Baby. The film’s plot revolves around Yang (Xiao-chao Yuan), who travels to Chen Village to learn a powerful form of Tai Chi. Though villagers are forbidden from teaching outsiders, Yang … Continue reading →

The Korean commercial moviemaking machine continues to roll out the hits. New film Confession of Murder looks like a slick action/thriller in the vein of the popular Public Enemy movies. The plot follows a dogged detective, played by Jung Jae-Young (Moss), on the trail of a serial killer with 10 victims to his name. 15 years later, the statue of limitations on the crimes has run out – and now … Continue reading →

It’s slim pickings this week. Studios are using this time to dump 3D Blu-rays on us, but let’s not overlook some of the quality foreign films and hi-def horror releases coming out as well. If you’re interested in any of these titles, you can support the site by ordering through our affiliate. We appreciate it! Here are your Blu-ray and DVD releases for the week of 10/16/12: ASIAN CINEMA Legendary Amazons … Continue reading →

In theaters this November 23rd, 2012 is Hitchcock, a film highly anticipated by movie buffs as it stars Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock – probably the most famous film director of all time – in a behind the scenes looking at the making of Psycho. Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren co-stars as Hitchcock’s loyal wife Alma Reville, and you can also look for Scarlett Johansson as actress Janet Leigh and Jessica … Continue reading →

Iconoclast director and all around Korean filmmaking ‘bad boy’ Kim Ki-duk has begun shooting his next film, titled Pieta. This is his 18th movie. Reportedly, the idea for Pieta arose because Kim Ki-duk wanted to delve into the theme of evil, and whether or not “human beings have evilness as one of their innate qualities.” The plot follows a heartless man whose job is to go around and harass people … Continue reading →

In 2011, James Sallis’ book Drive was brought to the big screen by Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling. Upon its premier at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, the movie received a standing ovation and Refn was awarded “Best Director.” Since then, Drive has become an instant cult classic, securing Refn as one of Hollywood’s hottest directors and officially proving Gosling as a lead tough guy. Two months ago, Sallis released Driven, a sequel … Continue reading →