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Andrew Hernandez on Life After Fighting (2024) ReviewAwesome! I remember when he said he didn’t want to do the sequel right away,…
Guest777 on Life After Fighting (2024) ReviewAccording to Bren Foster, a sequel to Life After Fighting is coming! The stor…
Typo on The King’s Warden (2026) Review12 M tickets sold. 14 M = almost sure. After that...
Typo on War of the Arrows (2011) Review7,5/10
Muhammad Faisal on Timu(r) Genghis Khan? Don’t miss the Trailer for Well Go USA’s ‘Rise of the Conqueror’ arriving to Digital on April 14thHe looks a Persian here, not a Turko Mongol.
Ningen on Protect Ya Neck! Watch the New Trailer for RZA’s Quentin Tarantino-backed thriller ‘One Spoon Of Chocolate’Opening shot makes me think of Attack the Gas Station.
Andrew Hernandez on Martial arts screen icon Cynthia Rothrock and Tatiana Neva go nuclear in the New Trailer for ‘Prey of Wrath’This Tatiana Neva seems like a good martial artist as demonstrated in her onl…
JJ Bona on A female RAID? Livi Ciananta tears through gangsters in the New Trailer for the Iko Uwais-produced ‘Ikatan Darah’The Shadow Strays was pretty solid. Better than anything Hollywood as produce…
Vernardo Lau on A female RAID? Livi Ciananta tears through gangsters in the New Trailer for the Iko Uwais-produced ‘Ikatan Darah’Ugh actually, Indonesia are lacking of action movies since they mostly domina…
Typo on James Wan to direct remake of ‘The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil’ with Ma Dong-seok (aka Don Lee) reprising his roleAnother useless remake. Next!
Tai on Duel to the Death | Blu-ray (88 Films)Where is the 4k version? We’re waiting 😀
Millan on Nothing is over! Sylvester Stallone steps in as Executive Producer for Jalmari Helander’s ‘John Rambo’ prequelTHE RAID films easily blow away the JOHN WICK films,along with THE FAST AND T…
Paul Bramhall on Dead Camping the Live (2022) ReviewThe review was based on the Korean DVD (no English subtitles unfortunately).
Martin Fennell on To Kill with Intrigue (1976) ReviewI got it out of the library. I had to look up on imdb which guy was Jackie. W…
Throwdown on This you can trust… Christopher McQuarrie to write and direct Arnold Schwarzenegger in ‘King Conan’?I can see how a powerful and elegiac sendoff, like Logan, with Conan reckonin…
Sixx on Dead Camping the Live (2022) ReviewWhere did you view this? Can't find it anywhere. thx
Kung Fu Bob O'Brien on This you can trust… Christopher McQuarrie to write and direct Arnold Schwarzenegger in ‘King Conan’?YES! I want this! If they do it right, playing him as ruggedly aged, slower,…
Andrew Hernandez on Jade (2025) ReviewI saw that Jade is on Hi-Yah, and I watched it preparing for a bad movie with…
Martin Fennell on The Black Panther of Shaolin | Blu-ray (AGFA)I just watched this. Thought it was pretty average, but good fight sequences.…
Dawud on Asian DVD retailer SensAsian.com closes its doorsSad news, at least we still have YesAsia
Typo on G.I. Samurai | Blu-ray (Arrow)The new artwork is pretry good (you can recognize the actors, not like in som…
Andrew Hernandez on Witness Japan’s most lethal assassin in a NEW action clip from Well Go USA’s ‘Revolver Lily’ arriving on Digital Jan 17It was a pretty good movie. I liked the visuals and how everything was shot a…
Tory on Once Upon a Time in Mexicali! Watch the New Trailer for Bren Foster’s martial arts actioner ‘Mexicali’The good shit! Yeah, you can always see stuff like The Wild Bunch, The Getawa…
Pap on Always bet on WHITE! Martial arts star Michael Jai White joins Taimak in the upcoming martial arts thriller ‘Paper Made’Damn, Taimak? I can't wait to check it out!
Ningen on The Killer | 4K Ultra HD (Shout)Theatrical trailer. https://youtu.be/UBjnv3C-g5o?si=apNtaGvAcQfSJHhr
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Black Eagle: Return to Base DVD (Inception Media)
RELEASE DATE: March 12, 2013 Inception Media presents the DVD for Kim Dong-won’s Black Eagle: Return to Base (aka R2B: Return to Base or Soar Into the Sun). A South Korean elite Air Force pilot (Ninja Assassin’s Rain) is kicked out of his flying team and demoted into a combat unit after a cocky and dangerous air show demonstration. Also starring Shin Se-Kyung and Yoo Jun-sang. Watch the trailer.
Posted in Asian Titles, DVD/Blu-ray New Releases
Badlands Blu-ray & DVD (Criterion Collection)
RELEASE DATE: March 19, 2013 Criterion presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1973’s Badlands, directed by Terrence Malick. A garbage man (Martin Sheen) and his new girl (Sissy Spacek) kill her father when he disapproves of their relationship. Together they embark on a homicidal trail of destruction across the United States. Badlands was a definite inspiration for Tony Scott’s True Romance. Watch the trailer.
The Blob Blu-ray (Criterion Collection)
RELEASE DATE: March 12, 2013 Criterion presents the Blu-ray for 1958’s The Blob, one of the great cult classics about an alien lifeform that consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows. The Blob stars the legendary Steve McQueen in his first starring movie role. Also stars Aneta Corsaut and Earl Rowe. Watch the trailer.
Willow Blu-ray & DVD (Fox)
RELEASE DATE: March 12, 2013 20th Century Fox presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1988’s Willow, directed by Ron Howard and based on a story by George Lucas. A reluctant dwarf must play a critical role in protecting a special baby from an evil queen. Starring Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley and Warwick Davis. Watch the trailer.
Ready for more giant robots? Live-Action ‘Gaiking’ in the works
Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Entertainment (The Walking Dead) and Toei Animation have teamed with All Nippon Entertainment Works to develop Toei’s iconic anime property Gaiking. This marks a new push for Toei into the U.S. marketplace and the first development deal for ANEW. Gaiking follows a young man who is recruited to serve as the lead pilot for the Super Robot Gaiking. When Earth is threatened by an alien race … Continue reading
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Die Hard 25th Anniversary Collection | Blu-ray (Fox)
RELEASE DATE: January 29, 2013 Fox presents the Die Hard 25th Anniversary 5-Disc Blu-ray Collection. Celebrate 25 years of Bruce Willis playing John McClane with this collection featuring the first four Die Hard films and an all-new bonus disc, “Decoding Die Hard.” It’s the ultimate tribute to the tough-as-nails cop with a wry sense of humor and a knack for explosive action. Wrong place. Wrong time. Right man. Yippee ki … Continue reading
Dangerous Liaisons Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2013 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Dangerous Liaisons. Zhang Ziyi (Memoirs of a Geisha), Jang Dong-Gun (Friend) and Cecilia Cheung (Legendary Amazons) embody the classic triangle in this timeless story about an aging socialite’s infatuation with her ex-boyfriend. Watch the trailer.
Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot: The Complete Series 4-Disc DVD Set (Shout! Factory)
RELEASE DATE: March 26, 2013 Shout! Factory presents the 4-Disc DVD set for Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot: The Complete Series, which is about a young boy who fights a terrorist organization by being the controller of a giant robot. The series, which aired from 1967-1968, is also known as Giant Robo (or Tokusatsu). Watch the show’s opening sequence.
Well Go USA brings home Korea’s highest-grossing movie ‘The Thieves’ this February 12th
All for the Money. One for the Revenge. Every Man for Himself. Debuting on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital February 12th from Well Go USA Entertainment, The Thieves (read our review) made box office history as Korea’s highest-grossing movie to date, with more than a half-million tickets sold on the first day and over 10 million tickets sold in the first three weeks. Director Dong-hoo Choi’s (Woochi, The Big Swindle, Tazza: … Continue reading
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Passion is out of control this February 12th with Well Go USA’s ‘Dangerous Liaisons’
Director Jin-ho Hur Re-Imagines the Classic 18th-Century French Novel, Starring Zhang Ziyi, Jang Dong-Gun and Cecilia Cheung. 1930s Shanghai: the glamorous, tumultuous “Paris of the East” whose salons, streets and bedrooms frame this Chinese adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” into a lush, new vision of Dangerous Liaisons, debuting on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital February 12th from Well Go USA Entertainment. Zhang Ziyi (Memoirs of a Geisha, … Continue reading
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Zodiac America: The Super Master DVD (Substance)
RELEASE DATE: February 19, 2013 Substance presents the DVD for Godrey Ho’s cut ‘n paste flick Zodiac America: The Super Master. To avenge his father’s death, Ethan learns kung fu by fighting the dead. Meanwhile, an American Ninja must fend off against the thieves and their ninja henchmen. Soon Dragon and Ethan team up to defeat the thieves and the ninjas. Watch the trailer.
Futureworld Blu-ray (Warner)
RELEASE DATE: March 26, 2013 Warner presents the Blu-ray for 1976′s Futureworld, the sequel to Westworld (also on Blu-ray). An amusement park of the future caters to any adult fantasy. Lifelike androids carry out your every whim. A fun place, right? Wrong. It’s actually quite deadly. Starring Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner and Arthur Hill. Watch the Deutscher trailer.
Dead or Alive (1999) Review
Director: Takashi Miike Cast: Riki Takeuchi, Sho Aikawa, Renji Ishibashi, Hitoshi Ozawa, Shingo Tsurumi, Kaoru Sugita, Hirotaro Honda, Minoru Iizuka, Michisuke Kashiwaya, Mizuho Koga, Ren Oosugi, Tomoro Taguchi Running Time: 105 min. By Mairosu And so finally, I rent a Miike Takashi film. After hearing countless stories about him, seeing numerous trailers for his shock-fests such as Ichi the Killer, Audition or Fudoh, I finally took a chance on one … Continue reading
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Tagged Hitoshi Ozawa, Riki Takeuchi, Sho Aikawa, Takashi Miike
Cujo Blu-ray & DVD (Olive Films)
RELEASE DATE: January 22, 2013 Olive Films presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1983’s Cujo, an adaptation of a Stephen King horror novel. Cujo is the story of a lovable St. Bernard that terrorizes a community after he’s been bitten by a rabid bat. Starring Dee Wallace, Daniel Hugh Kelly and Danny Pintauro. Watch the trailer.












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