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Shoot First, Die Later | Blu-ray & DVD (Raro Video USA)

RELEASE DATE: May 28, 2013 Raro Video USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1974’s Shoot First, Die Later, directed by Fernando Di Leo. Luc Merenda (Hostel: Part II) gives the performance of his career as a highly regarded police detective who is taking syndicate money in exchange for departmental favors, which leads to numerous complications. Watch a clip (beware of spoilers). Head over to the Amazon.com link for a list … Continue reading

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Jack Reacher | Blu-ray & DVD (Paramount)

RELEASE DATE: May 7, 2013 Paramount presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Jack Reacher, directed by Christopher McQuarrie (The Way of the Gun). A homicide investigator (Tom Cruise) digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims. Also starring Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog, David Oyelowo and Robert Duvall. Watch the trailer.

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Details on the ‘Enter the Dragon’ 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-ray

This year marks the 40th Anniversary of the Bruce Lee classic Enter the Dragon. To celebrate, Warner Bros. is putting out a 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition on June 11th (click here to pre-order). If you’re wondering what kind of supplemental material you can expect, here’s a sneak peak: New Featurette – No Way As Way: Judging from the title, this new feature can be one of the following: 1) … Continue reading

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Ninja III: The Domination | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2013 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1984’s Ninja III: The Domination, directed by Sam Firstenberg (Revenge of the Ninja). An evil ninja (David Chung) attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman’s body (Lucinda Dickey). Now, it’s up to Yamada (Sho Kosugi) to stop the evil. Watch the trailer.

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The Howling: Collector’s Edition | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: June 18, 2013 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1981’s The Howling: Collector’s Edition, directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins). After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem. Watch the trailer.

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This Girl Is Bad-Ass!! | Blu-ray & DVD (Magnolia Pictures)

RELEASE DATE: May 21, 2013 Magnolia Pictures presents the Blu-ray & DVD for This Girl Is Bad-Ass!! Jija Yanin (Chocolate, Raging Phoenix) takes her skills to the next level as a girl whose life turns upside-down when she is hired as a bike messenger to transport smuggled goods to a group of ruthless gangsters. Watch the trailer.

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Shout! Factory unleashes ‘Ninja III: The Domination’ and ‘The Howling’ to Blu-ray in June!

Shout! Factory has added two more titles to their Scream Factory tag: 1984’s Ninja III: The Domination, directed by Sam Firstenberg (Revenge of the Ninja) and 1981’s The Howling (click here to see cover art), directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins). If you’re wondering why Ninja III: The Domination is on the horror-thriller label, it’s because the movie is essentially “Revenge of the Ninja meets The Exorcist” (see our review). Ninja III: The … Continue reading

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The Last Stand | Blu-ray & DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: May 21, 2013 Lionsgate presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Kim Jee-Woon’s (I Saw The Devil) The Last Stand, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker and Johnny Knoxville. Features include: Making of; Cornfield Chaos; The Dinkum; Firearm and Historic Weaponry Museum; Actor-Cam Anarchy; and Deleted & Alternate Scenes. Watch the trailer.

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Quentin Tarantino’s Rolling Thunder Presents: Mighty Peking Man, Detroit 9000 & Switchblade Sisters | DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: April 4, 2013 Lionsgate presents the DVD for Quentin Tarantino’s Rolling Thunder Triple Feature. This grindhouse treat features the 1977 Shaw Brother’s classic Mighty Peking Man (trailer), 1973’s Detroit 9000 (trailer) and 1975’s Switchblade Sisters (trailer). Could this mean that The Beyond, Chungking Express and Sonatine are the next triple feature? Our fingers are crossed.

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Mad Max: Complete Blu-ray Trilogy (Warner)

RELEASE DATE: June 4, 2013 Warner Bros. presents the Blu-ray set (packaged in a tin) for the Mad Max: Complete Trilogy, which features 1979’s Mad Max (trailer), 1981’s Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (trailer) and 1985’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (trailer), which is presented in Blu-ray for the first time. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (click here) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (click here) are also available individually.

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Mad Max: The Road Warrior | Blu-ray (Warner)

RELEASE DATE: June 4, 2013 Warner Bros. presents the Blu-ray for 1981’s Mad Max: The Road Warrior (aka Mad Max 2, The Road Warrior), directed by George Miller. In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter (Mel Gibson) agrees to help a small, gasoline rich, community escape a band of bandits. Watch the trailer. Also available in the new Mad Max Trilogy Blu-ray set.

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Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome | Blu-ray (Warner)

RELEASE DATE: June 4, 2013 Warner Bros. presents the Blu-ray for 1985′s Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (aka Mad Max 3), directed by George Miller. A drifter (Mel Gibson) is rescued by a tribe of children when he is banished from a desert town and sent into the desert to die by the desert town’s evil queen (Tina Turner). Available for the first time on Blu-ray. Watch the trailer. Also available … Continue reading

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It’s a good day for Gerard Butler to die hard in ‘Olympus Has Fallen’

Olympus Has Fallen (aka White House Taken) is an upcoming action film directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) and starring Gerard Butler (Machine Gun Preacher), who plays a United States Secret Service agent who must stop Korean terrorists from taking over the White House and holding the President of the United States hostage. Also starring Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Dylan McDermott, Melissa Leo, Rick Yune, Ashley Judd and … Continue reading

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Tormented | aka Rabbit Horror | Blu-ray + Blu-ray 3D & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: April 2, 2013 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D & DVD for Tormented (aka Rabbit Horror 3D), directed by Takashi Shimizu (Ju-on: The Grudge). This Japanese horror film involves Kiriko (Hikari Mitsushima) and her younger half-brother Daigo (Takeru Shibuya) who are haunted by a large rabbit-doll. Tormented features cinematography work by Christopher Doyle (In the Mood for Love), which is his first film made in 3D. Watch … Continue reading

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Deadball | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: April 9, 2013 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Yudai Yamaguchi’s (Meatball Machine) Deadball (aka Dead Ball). The film stars Tak Sakaguchi (Versus) as Jubeh, a teenager who accidentally kills his father with his powerful baseball arm. Years later, he is sent to a reform school after killing over 50 people. To escape the school, Jubeh agrees to join the baseball team, even though he … Continue reading

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