Author Archives: JJ Bona

Raymond Chow receives Lifetime Achievement award

According to kungfucinema.com, movie mogul Raymond Chow will be given a Lifetime Achievement award. Raymond Chow is one of the prime movers of Golden Harvest Studios, which he founded in 1970 with Leonard Ho. Some of the biggest names of Hong Kong cinema were launched (and still are) associated with the studio: Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, John Woo and Jet Li – just to name a … Continue reading

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The Best of Global Lens: China DVD Set (First Run)

RELEASE DATE: May 17, 2011 Dam Street — by Li Yu During a time of rigid moral code in China, a sixteen year old girl living in a small riverside town discovers she is pregnant. The community is stunned, her family loses face and she and her boyfriend are expelled from their school; in the aftermath, her boyfriend leaves her, and she is forced to put her child up for … Continue reading

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Prachya Pinkaew’s Elephant White Blu-ray/DVD (Millennium)

RELEASE DATE: May 17, 2011 Directed by Prachya Pinkaew (Ong Bak, Tom Yum Goong), Elephant White revolves around an assassin who is hired by a businessman to avenge the murder of his daughter by white slave traders in Thailand. It stars Kevin Bacon (Death Sentence), Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond) and Jirantanin Pitakporntrakul. This is Prachya Pinkaew’s first U.S. produced film; it’s supposedly action packed, though who knows how much of … Continue reading

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Princess Blade 2-Disc DVD (Eastern Star)

RELEASE DATE: April 19, 2011 Princess Blade 2-Disc DVD (Eastern Star) is a re-release. Raised by assassins, Yuki is the last of the Takemikazuchi royal bloodline. A deadly weapon in her own right, she learns the gruesome truth about the death of her beloved mother. Turning her back on the assassins that betrayed her, she joins forces with a mysterious rebel leader and discovers compassion; still, she is driven only … Continue reading

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My Girlfriend is a Gumiho DVD (Ya Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: April 26, 2011 YA Entertainment presents My Girlfriend is a Gumiho! Wannabe movie star Dae-woong (Lee Seung-Gi, Brilliant Legacy) learns that a gumiho isn t so evil after all when he accidentally frees 500-year-old Mi-ho (Shin Min-Ah) into the human world. Naïve, inquisitive, and beautiful, Mi-ho just wants to hang out with Dae-woong and eat beef every day, bringing barrels of unexpected troubles into his life. Mi-ho learns … Continue reading

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Aquarian Age – Live Action DVD (Eastern Star)

RELEASE DATE: April 19, 2011 The story focuses on several high school boys who discover that they inherited latent genetic traits — among other things, wings that sprout out of their backs. They soon find themselves caught in a millennia-old war, with each representing one of several different factions. Dori Sakurada (The Prince of Tennis musical’s Ryoma) and Tochihara play the two main leads, Kaname and Naoya. Based on the … Continue reading

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The Housemaid DVD (MPI)

RELEASE DATE: June 7, 2011 IFC presents The Housemaid, a 2010 South Korean melodramatic thriller film directed by Im Sang-soo. The story focuses on Eun-yi, played by Jeon Do-yeon, who becomes involved in a destructive love triangle while working as a housemaid for an upper-class family. The film is a remake of Kim Ki-young’s 1960 film The Housemaid. It competed for the Palme d’Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

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El Topo Blu-ray/DVD (Anchor Bay)

RELEASE DATE: April 26, 2011 For the first time on Blu-ray! El Topo is an experimantal tale in which master gunfighter and cosmic mystic El Topo must defeat his four sharp-shooting rivals while on an ever-increasingly bizarre path to allegorical self enlightenment and surreal resurrection.

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Scent of Green Papaya, The Blu-ray/DVD (Kino)

RELEASE DATE: April 26, 2011 In this Academy Award Nominated film (available for the first time on Blu-ray AND in its original theatrial aspect ratio), little things mean a lot in the world of 10-year-old Mui, a girl who’s trained to be a house servant in 1950s Vietnam. As Mui grows up in pre-war Saigon, she finds quiet love with a family friend. Dialogue seems almost tertiary in this film … Continue reading

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Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien: Resurrection Blu-ray (Fox)

RELEASE STREET DATE: May 10, 2011 The Alien film series is a science fiction horror film franchise, focusing on Lieutenant Ellen Ripley (played by Sigourney Weaver) and her battle with an extraterrestrial lifeform, commonly referred as “the Alien”. Produced by 20th Century Fox, the series started with the 1979 film Alien, which led to three movie sequels: Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien: Resurrection. Related to the franchise are “Alien vs. … Continue reading

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Johnny Mnemonic Blu-ray (Image)

RELEASE DATE: June 14, 2011 In a dystopian 2021, Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely store data too sensitive for regular computer networks. On one delivery run, he accepts a package that not only exceeds the implant’s safety limits – and will kill him if the data is not removed in time – but also contains information far more important … Continue reading

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Spaghetti Western Double Feature Vol. 2: Last Gun & Four Dollars of Revenge Blu-ray (Mill Creek)

RELEASE DATE: March 22, 2011 Two classic, rare spaghetti western features with all-new high-definition film transfers! The Last Gun stars Euro-horror film favorite Cameron Mitchell as a mild-mannered shopkeeper with a secret past whose quiet town is about to explode in a cloud of gun-smoke in Sergio Bergonzelli’s salacious adventure yarn. Four Dollars of Revenge is an electrifying saga of power, betrayal and revenge set in the final days of … Continue reading

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Spaghetti Western Double Feature Vol. 1: Django & Now They Call Him Blu-ray (Mill Creek)

RELEASE DATE: March 22, 2011 Two classic, rare spaghetti western features with all-new high-definition film transfers! Django stars Franco Nero as the mysterious antihero with enigmatic motives amidst rival gangs in a mud-caked ghost town. Saturated with extreme violence, black humor and bizarre characters, Django is a film that ranks among the most original and excessive of the Spaghetti Westerns. Now They Call Him Sacramento stars Michael Forest as the … Continue reading

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Alien 2: On Earth Blu-ray (Midnight Legacy)

RELEASE DATE: March 22, 2011 This Uncut, English language, widescreen release of the 1980 Italian Horror/Sci-Fi film directed by Ciro Ippolito. It was made after the success of Ridley Scott’s 1979 hit ALIENl; it’s both an unofficial sequel and knock-off, but one thing’s for sure, it has developed a cult following and is available for the first time in this special edition.

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Black Swan Blu-ray/DVD (Fox)

RELEASE DATE: March 29, 2011 The 2010 American psychological thriller film directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, and Mila Kunis. Black Swan has received widespread acclaim from film critics. Natalie Portman has won many awards for her role as a ballet dancer with a dark side.

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