Author Archives: JJ Bona

Details for the 4K Ultra HD SteelBook editions for Tarantino’s ‘Kill Bill Vol 1-2’, ‘Jackie Brown’ and ‘Reservoir Dogs’

On January 21, 2025, Lionsgate Limited is partnering up with Quentin Tarantino for Remastered 4K SteelBook Editions of Kill Bill Vol. 1, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Jackie Brown, and a semi re-release of Reservoir Dogs. There was some speculation if the upcoming 4K version of the Kill Bill films will include the long-awaited Whole Bloody Affair (Tarantino’s edit of both Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 as one film, complete with new footage), … Continue reading

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The Shaw Brothers logo is missing from these Eureka, Arrow, Shout and Vinegar Syndrome releases – Intentional or Error?

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Praying for a ‘Mantis’? First images from the upcoming ‘Kill Boksoon’ spin-off arriving on Netflix in 2025

2023’s Kill Boksoon is getting the “expanded universe” treatment with Mantis, an upcoming spin-off that’s being helmed by newcomer Lee Tae-Seong, with co-writing writing help from Byun Sung-hyun (The Merciless), the writer and director of the original. Mantis is set in the same contract killer world as Kill Boksoon. While the latter explores the story of Gil Bok-soon struggling to balance her life as a single mother and assassin, Mantis … Continue reading

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Gordon Liu, Alexander Fu Sheng, Kara Hui and Xie Miao! Here’s what’s on Hi-YAH for the month of December

Hi-YAH!, Well Go USA’s very own Asian/martial arts streaming channel has just announced their New Releases for the month of December If you want to give Hi-YAH! a go, visitors of this site can use the promo code “CITYONFIRE” for a FREE 30 Day trial! Read on for the full list of New and Exclusive

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Van Damme trims the enemies down in the Trailer for ‘The Gardener’ from ‘The Last Mercenary’ director David Charhon

Steven Seagal was just a cook in Under Siege. Daisy Ridley is just a window cleaner in Cleaner. Now, Jean-Claude Van Damme is just a gardener in The Gardener (aka Le jardinier), a French action comedy from director from David Charhon, who worked with the “muscles from brussels” in 2021’s The Last Mercenary. The film also stars Michaël Youn (Divorce Club), Carl-Philipp Wengler (Blutspur Antwerpen), Matthias Quiviger (Medellin), Nawell Madani … Continue reading

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Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma Chameleon! Johnnie To’s 2008 caper ‘Sparrow’ on Blu-ray in February

In February 2025, Australian label Chameleon Films is releasing the Blu-ray for Sparrow, a 2008 Hong Kong film from Johnnie To (Three, Office, Running on Karma). The label’s past titles have been All Region, so there’s a chance this one will follow suit. The most sheer delight you will ever experience from a Johnnie To film? Filmed over three years between other projects, this story of men who pick pockets … Continue reading

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The Beast Hand | Blu-ray (Cleopatra Entertainment)

The Beast Hand | Blu-ray (Cleopatra Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: April 15, 2025 On April 15, 2025, Cleopatra Entertainment is releasing a Blu-ray (Region A) for The Beast Hand, a 2024 horror film from director Taichiro Natsume (Love Shark). Osamu (Takahiro Fukuya), a Japanese day laborer, is forced into a lifestyle of crime. Unfortunately, when he crosses the wrong gangsters, they punish him by Sword, amputating his left hand in the process. Osamu’s ex-girlfriend Koyuki takes him to … Continue reading

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Need some tips on how to escape North Korea? Well Go USA has got ya covered with Lee Jong-Pil’s thriller ‘Escape’

"Escape" Theatrical Poster

On January 14, 2024, Well Go USA is releasing the Blu-ray of Escape, a 2024 South Korean thriller from Lee Jong-Pil (The Sound of a Flower, Samjin Company English Class). Unlike Stallone’s Escape Plan, there is no plan… just an escape. This upcoming film stars Lee Je-Hoon (Bleak Night, Time to Hunt), Koo Kyo-Hwan (Peninsula, Kill Boksoon) and Hong Sa-Bin (Hopeless). After completing his required decade of military service and being … Continue reading

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964 Pinocchio | Blu-ray (88 Films)

964 Pinocchio | Blu-ray (88 Films)

RELEASE DATE: March 24, 2025 On March 24, 2025, 88 Films will release a Blu-ray for 964 Pinocchio (aka Screams of Blasphemy), a 1991 Japanese cyberpunk-horror film directed by Shozin Fukui (Rubber’s Lover). 964 Pinocchio depicts the nightmarishly surreal adventures of an illegally manufactured sex android found abandoned by his former owner and rescued from the scrap heap by a young woman, Himiko. She begins to tutor him in the … Continue reading

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Yumeno Kyusaku’s Girl Hell | Blu-ray (88 Films)

Girl Hell | Blu-ray (88 Films)

RELEASE DATE: March 24, 2025 On March 24, 2025, 88 Films will release a Blu-ray (Region B) for Yumeno Kyusaku’s Girl Hell, a 1977 horror film directed by Masaru Konuma (Beach, La Ronde). Passions are inflamed in an elite school for girls in 1930s Japan in Yumeno Kyusaku’s Girl Hell, as two of its students find solace away from the crowd in each other’s company. But can their love flourish … Continue reading

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An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty | Blu-ray (88 Films)

An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty | Blu-ray (88 Films)

RELEASE DATE: March 24, 2025 On March 24, 2025, 88 Films will be releasing the Blu-ray (Region A/B) for An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty, a 1984 erotic Shaw Brothers thriller from director Eddie Fong Ling-Ching (Cherry Blossoms). One of the last films produced at Hong Kong’s legendary Shaw Brothers studio, and absolutely one of their finest – a visually ravishing and erotically charged story of a free-spirited female poet … Continue reading

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Assault! Jack The Ripper | Blu-ray (88 Films)

Assault! Jack The Ripper | Blu-ray (88 Films)

RELEASE DATE: March 24, 2025 On March 24, 2025, 88 Films will release a Blu-ray (Region B) for Assault! Jack The Ripper, a 1976 erotic thriller from director Yasuharu Hasebe (Black Tight Killers). Ken (Yutaka Hayashi), a serious young man working as a cake decorator at an upmarket coffeeshop, finds himself led seriously astray by his feisty waitress coworker Yuri (the unforgettable Tamaki Katsura) after a chance encounter with a … Continue reading

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Hong Kong, Hong Kong | Blu-ray (88 Films)

Hong Kong, Hong Kong | Blu-ray (88 Films)

RELEASE DATE: March 24, 2025 On March 24, 2025, 88 Films will be releasing the Blu-ray (Region A/B) for Hong Kong, Hong Kong, a 1983 Shaw Brothers film from director Clifford Choi Kai-Kwong (North South West East). There’s much more to Hong Kong cinema than kung fu flicks: Hong Kong, Hong Kong is a social realist drama with a huge heart, following two lovers dreaming of a better life: Man … Continue reading

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Center Stage | Blu-ray (88 Films)

Center Stage | Blu-ray (88 Films)

RELEASE DATE: March 24, 2025 On March 24, 2025, 88 Films will be releasing the Blu-ray (Region B) for Stanley Kwan’s 1991 film, Center Stage. Center Stage is set during China’s silent movie era and revolves around the life of the legendary life of a gifted actress, Ruan Ling-yu. With her sensitive portrayal, Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (Project A II) took her story abroad and won the best actress award at … Continue reading

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I will find someone with whom you can fight…. Bolo! Watch the New Trailer for ‘Chinese Hercules: The Bolo Yeung Story’

An upcoming documentary about martial arts star Bolo Yeung (aka Yang Sze), titled Chinese Hercules: The Bolo Yeung Story, is set for release soon from Hussar Entertainment Productions. Known mostly for his iconic roles as “Bolo” in Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon, and Chong Li in Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Bloodsport, Chinese Hercules: The Bolo Yeung Story is the story of the bodybuilder, martial artist and actor who wrote his own destiny and walked his own … Continue reading

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