Author Archives: JJ Bona

Sex Hunter: 1980 | DVD (Impulse Pictures)

RELEASE DATE: February 11, 2014 Impulse Pictures presents the DVD for Toshiharu Ikeda’s Sex Hunter:1980. With similar tones to Dario Argento’s masterwork Suspiria, Sex Hunter: 1980 is one of the more controversial entries in the Nikkatsu Erotic Films Collection. The depictions of disturbing sexual violence so concerned Nikkatsu studios, they actually warned director Toshiharu Ikeda to tone things down for his next film! Starring Erina Miyai, Ayako Oota and Teruo … Continue reading

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Nurse Girl Dorm: Sticky Fingers | DVD (Impulse Pictures)

RELEASE DATE: February 11, 2014 Impulse Pictures presents the DVD for 1985’s Nurse Girl Dorm: Sticky Fingers, directed by Yoshihiro Kawasaki. The title should say it all. Nurse Girl Dorm: Sticky Fingers mixes nudity with madcap comedy and jaw-dropping scenes of steamy sex that only Nikkatsu studios could unleash. In other words, this would make a great stocking stuffer for the entire family! (kidding!). Starring Jun Izumi, Chiaki Kitahara, Yukari … Continue reading

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Jung Woo-sung is a smooth criminal in ‘Cold Eyes’

Currently breaking box office records in South Korea is Cold Eyes, a crime-thriller directed by Jo Eui-seok (World of Silence) and Kim Byeong-seo (cinematographer of Dangerous Liaisons). Han Hyo Joo (Masquerade) and Seol Kyeong-gu (The Tower) are two special crime unit cops who team up to track down a leader of a criminal organization, played by Jeong Woo-seong (The Good, The Bad and the Weird), in his first role as a bad guy. Cold … Continue reading

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Ms. 45 | Blu-ray & DVD (Drafthouse Films)

RELEASE DATE: March 25, 2014 Drafthouse Films presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1981’s Ms. 45 (aka Angel of Vengeance), directed by Abel Ferrara (1992’s Bad Lieutenant). A shy and mute seamstress (Zoë Lund) goes insane after being attacked and raped twice in one day, in which she takes to the streets of New York after dark and randomly kills men with a .45 caliber gun. Watch the trailer.

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Death Wish, First Blood and now Stephen Reynolds’ ‘Vendetta’

There’s some serious buzz surrounding Stephen Reynolds’ upcoming feature simply titled Vendetta. This gritty UK action flick has been called “Death Wish for 2013″ (Loaded Magazine) and “A Brit answer to First Blood” (Total Film). I don’t know about you guys, but these bold quotes alone make me want to watch it right now. Here’s the official brief plot: Special ops interrogation officer Jimmy Vickers (Danny Dyer) tracks down a gang who slaughtered … Continue reading

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Deal on Fire! The Man with No Name Trilogy | Blu-ray | Only $16.99 – Expires soon!

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray set for The Man with No Name Trilogy, which contains 1964’s A Fistful of Dollars (a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1961 film Yojimbo), 1965’s For a Few Dollars More and 1967’s The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. For about $5.50 a movie, this is an insult to Sergio Leone (in other words, this is a great deal!).

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Babes of fury unleash in a new ‘Kick Ass Girls’ trailer

Our friends from Film Combat Syndicate have the scoop about a new martial arts-comedy called Kick Ass Girls, directed by newcomer Cheuk Wan Chi. We feel the title is a bit misleading, because the film looks extremely light hearted and goofy, even for a “martial arts-comedy.” Here’s the official synopsis: Bao co-founds a boxing gym with her intimate friend TT. But their friendship is broken over a boyfriend. Bao invites … Continue reading

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Lost in Thailand | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: February 25, 2014 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Xu Zheng’s Lost in Thailand, an adventure/comedy flick that grossed $200 million dollars at the Chinese box-office. Lost in Thailand is about two businessmen who go searching for their boss in Thailand, and then meet up with a tourist eager to explore the country. It’s the sequel to 2010’s Lost on Journey and has been described as … Continue reading

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Latest trailer for Stallone vs. De Niro flick ‘Grudge Match’

THE MOVIE: A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout — 50 years after their last match. Rocky’s Sylvester Stallone and Raging Bull’s Robert De Niro star in Grudge Match, an action-comedy directed by Peter Segal (Get Smart) and written by Entourage creator Doug Ellin and With Stallone, 65, and De Niro, 68, Grudge Match will be interesting. Does this mean De Niro is going … Continue reading

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Chow Yun-fat, Eric Roberts and Ringo Starr to star in the action comedy ‘RockLand’?

According to imdb.com, pre-production has started on RockLand, which will star Chow Yun-fat (A Better Tomorrow), Ringo Starr (of The Beatles) and Eric Roberts (Best of the Best). RockLand marks the feature debut of Valeri Davidiouk; oddly enough, Davidiouk has four films in pre-production mode, including another one called Rockland Boulevard, which has a completely different plot and cast. Anyways, here’s the official plot to RockLand: Two friends, a fighter and a wrestler, take … Continue reading

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Deal on Fire! 007: Daniel Craig 3-Disc Collection | Blu-ray | Only $19.99 – Expires soon!

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray set for the 007: Daniel Craig 3-Disc Collection, which contains 2006’s Casino Royale, 2008’s Quantum of Solace and 2012’s Skyfall. A great deal for about $6 buck a movie. And don’t forget that there are a lot more James Bond titles to choose from for $9.49 each. Click here to view those titles.

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Luc Besson-produced ‘Intersections’ gets released as ‘Collision’

Like most film distribution companies, Lionsgate is no stranger to re-titling imported movies to fit the North American market (earlier this year, they released Coweb under the title Ninja Masters). They’re latest re-title is the Luc Besson-produced, French action-thriller Intersections, which they’re now calling Collision. Collision is directed by David Marconi (The Harvest), who is best known for writing 1998’s Enemy of the State and 2007’s Live Free or Die Hard. The … Continue reading

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Filipinos break bad in Alfonso Torre’s ‘Kabisera’

A few months ago, we posted about Erik Matti’s acclaimed Filipino thriller, On The Job, which was recently picked up by Well Go USA for North American distribution. Now, there’s another buzzworthy Filipino film titled Kabisera, and it’s on the verge of making its mark at the Cinema One Originals Film Festival 2013. Directed by Borgy Torre (aka Alfonso Torre), Kabisera (the tagalog word for “capitol”) is about a man who is drawn … Continue reading

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Deal on Fire! Undisputed III: Redemption | Blu-ray | Only $7.99 – Expires soon!

T0day’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Undisputed III: Redemption, directed by Isaac Florentine (Ninja 2: Shadow of a Tear) and starring Scott Adkins (Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning). Boyka (Adkins) is back. This time he is fighting in the first ever inter-prison tournament with one knee. Also starring Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Mark Ivanir, Hristo Shopov and Marko Zaror.

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The ‘Nunchucku’ guy is back as a ‘Kung Fu Fighter’

Thanks to Film Combat Syndicate, we have new information regarding Tanxing Chen’s (the actor also known as Dragon Chen or Chen Star) latest film, Kung Fu Fighter, which will be released in China on November 15, 2013. If you don’t recall who Tanxing Chen is, last year, we posted a story about his previous film, Nunchucku. The plot for Kung Fu Fighter involves a character named Cheng (Tanxing Chen), who accidentally kills … Continue reading

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