Confucius Blu-ray & DVD (Funimation)
It’s a bit of a light week but there are plenty of highlights, whether it’s Van Damme on Blu-ray, Chow Yun Fat stepping into the shoes of Confucius, or a slick action flick all the way from France. Here are your Blu-ray and DVD releases for the week of 3/27/12:
ASIAN CINEMA
Confucius (Blu-ray/DVD) – Chow Yun Fat stars as the famous philosopher in a more action-packed kind of biopic, on home formats from Funimation
Crows Zero (Blu-ray) – Takashi Miike’s kick-ass 2007 film about Japanese high school delinquents and their fighting ways comes to Blu-ray
Dragon Dynasty Collection – Volume 2 (DVD) – in this set, you get the classic Shaw Brothers titles: “The Avenging Eagle,” “Blood Brothers,” “Golden Swallow,” and “Killer Clans”
FOREIGN CINEMA
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch (DVD) – a 2008 Bond-ian action blockbuster…from France, of all places!
Delta (DVD) – a Hungarian thriller described as that country’s answer to “Deliverance”
MAINSTREAM
The Quest (Blu-ray) – this 1996 film represents Jean Claude Van Damme’s directorial debut and it arguably remains one of his finer efforts, even if it’s basically a glorified remake of “Bloodsport”
A Dangerous Method (Blu-ray/DVD) – the latest film from David Cronenberg takes a look back at the early days of psychoanalysis. Starring master actors Viggo Mortensen and Michael Fassbender
Dragonheart (Blu-ray) – anyone else remember when this 1996 film starring Dennis Quad and the voice of Sean Connery was considered the pinnacle of cutting edge special effects? Well, now it’s on blu-ray
Corman’s World (Blu-ray/DVD) – a 2011 documentary that takes an inside look at the long and influential career of producer/director Roger Corman
CLASSICS
Casablanca (70th Anniversary Limited Collector’s Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo) (Blu-ray + DVD combo) – wow, I don’t think there’s anything I could say about this edition of the 1942 film that isn’t already explained in the title
A Night to Remember (Blu-ray/DVD) – the Criterion Collection releases this 1958 British film about the tragic disaster of the Titanic
Assault on a Queen (Blu-ray) – this 1966 film co-written by “Twilight Zone” creator Rod Serling is billed as ‘Ocean’s 11 at sea’
Something to Live For (DVD) – Joan Fontaine and Ray Milland star in this 1952 bittersweet romance from director George Stevens (“Giant”)
Who’s Got the Action (Blu-ray) – Dean Martin and Lana Turner star in this 1962 comedy, now in hi-def
HORROR
The Girl in Room 2A (DVD) – Mondo Macabro presents this 1971 Italian giallo/horror flick. Dubbed in English and labeled PG-13. A PG-13 giallo?!
Magdalena: The Devil Inside the Female (DVD) – a 1974 exorcism-exploitaiton flick. So grimy, you might need a shower afterwards
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