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The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires | Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: April 9, 2019 On April 9th, 2019, Shout! Factory will release the Blu-ray for 1974’s The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (read our review), a horror/martial arts film – produced by the legendary Hammer Film Productions and the equally legendary Shaw Brothers Studio – directed by Roy Ward Baker (A Night to Remember) and co-directed by Hong Kong legend Chang Cheh (The Return of the One-Armed Swordsman). Check out the official details below: Professor Van Helsing (Peter … Continue reading

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CJ Entertainment releases South Korean drama by ‘Default’

CJ Entertainment has just released Choi Kook-Hee’s South Korean drama Default on Amazon, iTunes, and Google Play. Read the official details below: Default, takes a look back at a difficult time for South Korea – the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. It is directed by Choi Kook-hee, who was awarded the Best Debut award at the Fantasia International Film Festival for his feature debut in 2016, Split. Choi presents us with an enthralling storyline and … Continue reading

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South Korea has its own ‘Bad Lieutenant’ to deal with

Has South Korea remade Abel Ferrara’s 1992 cult classic film Bad Lieutenant? Not quite, but close… Action director Lee Jeong-beom (Man from Nowhere, No Tears for the Dead) is back with his very own Bad Lieutenant (aka Bad Police), which follows a bad police officer (The Advocate: A Missing Body’s Lee Sun-Kyun) as he confronts an even more vicious society. The upcoming film (we’ve since then have reviewed it) also stars Jeon So-Nee (After My Death), Park Hae-Joon (Heart … Continue reading

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Deal on Fire! Kung Fu Yoga | Blu-ray | Only $9.99 – Expires soon!

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Stanley Tong’s Kung Fu Yoga (read our review), starring Jackie Chan (Rumble in the Bronx), Lay Zhang (of the K-pop group EXO), Miya Muqi (Tomb Robber), Aarif Rahman (Bruce Lee, My Brother) and Indian film stars Sonu Sood (Arundhati) and Ileana D’Cruz (Happy Ending). Jack (Chan), a world-renowned archaeology professor, and his team set out on a grand quest to locate the lost ancient Indian treasure of … Continue reading

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Yakuza’s Law | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2019 On May 14th, 2019, Arrow Video will be releasing the Blu-ray for 1969’s Yakuza Law (aka Yakuza’s Law: Lynching), a super-violent gangster classic from director Teruo Ishii (Blind Woman’s Curse) and star Bunta Sugawara (Cops vs. Thugs). Read the official details below: Director Teruo Ishii (Horrors of Malformed Men), the Godfather of J-sploitation, presents Yakuza Law – a gruelling anthology of torture, spanning three district periods of Japanese history and bringing … Continue reading

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Revenge in Indonesia comes in the form of a ‘Message Man’

Vertical Entertainment will be releasing the action-thriller film Message Man (aka Kill Vengeance) in U.S. digital platforms on February 26. Premiere Entertainment Group had licensed the revenge film to Vertical last September during TIFF. Read the official details below: The film, which stars Paul O’Brien and Verdi Solaiman, follows an ex-hitman (O’Brien) whose violent brutality resurfaces when his past catches up to him, leading the assassin on one final killing spree … Continue reading

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Golden Job | Blu-ray (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: April 9, 2019 On April 9th, 2019, Well Go USA will be releasing the Blu-ray for Golden Job (read our review), a heist-action film directed by and co-starring Chin Kar Lok (Kung Fu Jungle). The cast of Young and Dangerous – Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Michael Tse and Jerry Lamb – reunite for Golden Job, which tells story of five brothers who take part of a top secret robbery that’s not what it seems. Once the brothers realize they’ve … Continue reading

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Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix in 2019

We love Netflix. In fact, we love it a lot. Why? Because it brings us a lot of original content! Furthermore, it also has a few acquired shows in its library, like the classic but timeless Friends. We just had to do a little digging to find out what to expect this year. Below, we list the movies and TV shows coming to Netflix in 2019. Enjoy. Netflix Movies and … Continue reading

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Nemesis 5 | DVD (Worldwide Multimedia)

Nemesis 5: The New Model

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2019 If you picked up MVD’s Nemesis: Collector’s Edition and plan to grab Nemesis II, III and IV, then get ready for Nemesis 5: The New Model, a new sci-fi actioner from Dustin Ferguson (Sleepaway Camp IV) and cult filmmaker Albert Pyun (Cyborg, Blast). It is the year 2077 and a terrorist organization now dominates the Earth. The fate of humankind now rests in the hands of “The New Model” … Continue reading

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Top 5 Movie Releases of 2019

For movie lovers around the world, 2018 was a very good year! Think Black Panther, Aquaman, A Quiet Place, Avengers: Infinity War and many others that were real hits. We had a mixed bag of everything, including horror, thrillers and mainly superhero movies. In fact, there was something for everyone. And trust us, 2019 is actually an awesome year. In this article, we feature the top 5 movie releases of … Continue reading

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Stephen Chow is working on a ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ sequel

While promoting his latest movie, The New King of Comedy, Hong Kong superstar Stephen Chow (Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, The Mermaid) confirmed that the long-runoured sequel to his 2004 box office hit Kung Fu Hustle is in-the-works. Chow said Kung Fu Hustle 2 will be a modern-day kung fu tale in a foreign country that will stand independent from the first film (via JS). The original took place in Shanghai, China in the 1940s, and followed a … Continue reading

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Enter the Poster for Stephen Chow’s ‘New King of Comedy’

Hong Kong superstar Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle) is back with a sequel to his 1999 seminal comedy hit, The King of Comedy, which he co-directed with Lee Lik-chi (God of Cookery). The sequel, titled The New King of Comedy, stars Wang Baoqiang (Monk Comes Down the Mountain), Yao Chen (Firestorm), Bruce Leung (The Fists, the Kicks and the Evil) and Lin Yun (The Mermaid). The film tells the story of an young woman who is dreaming … Continue reading

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Pang Ho-Cheung to helm ‘Deer and Cauldron’ martial arts films

Men Suddenly in Black and Dream Home filmmaker Pang Ho-Cheung is taking a stab at the martial arts genre with the popular wuxia series, Deer and Cauldron, which he’ll produce and direct. According to Variety (via AFS), the film will be set in the Qing Dynasty era, and ranging widely in a fashion comparable to Harry Potter or the Game of Thrones series, the books were written some 70 years ago by Louis Cha (aka Jin Rong), … Continue reading

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The Hunted | Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: May 21, 2019 Shout! Factory is releasing the Blu-ray for 1995’s The Hunted, a cult-actioner directed by J.F. Lawton (writer of Pretty Woman and Under Siege). This underrated gem stars Christopher Lambert (Kickboxer: Retaliation), Joan Chen (Purple Storm), John Lone (Year of the Dragon), Yoshio Harada (Azumi) and Yoko Shimada (Shogun). Paul Racine (Lambert) is a high-powered executive living abroad in Japan. When he and his alluring companion, Kirina (Chen), find themselves … Continue reading

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‘Casshern’ filmmaker to direct Ezra Miller in ‘The Mourner’

Japanese filmmaker Kazuaki Kiriya (Casshern) is set to direct The Mourner – based on script by Robin Shushan (AMC’s Feed the Beast) – adapted from the Japanese novel Itamu Hito by Arata Tendo. The Mourner follows a jaded homicide detective who undergoes a spiritual awakening upon meeting a mystical young man (Ezra Miller of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) whose calling in life is to mourn the dead who have no one else … Continue reading

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