The Assassins Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
A New Year means New Releases, so let’s get cracking! There are plenty of films coming out this week on Blu-ray and DVD.
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Here are your Blu-ray and DVD releases for the week of 1/08/13:
ASIAN CINEMA
The Assassins (Blu-ray/DVD) – in this 2012 Chinese-language historical epic, Chow Yun Fat plays Cao Cao, a feared military leader who must contend with several plots against his own life. On Blu-ray and DVD from Well Go USA
FOREIGN
Stalingrad (Blu-ray/DVD) – this acclaimed 1993 German film follows the battle of Stalingrad, one of the most brutal conflicts of World War II. Now in hi-def
Sleep Tight (Blu-ray/DVD) – in this 2011 Spanish-language thriller, a disturbed doorman sets out to make a woman in his building miserable, as subtly as he can
Lapland Odyssey (Blu-ray/DVD) – this 2010 road movie is the highest-grossing comedy in the history of Finnish cinema
Found Memories (DVD) – a quiet character study out of Brazil comprises this 2011 Portuguese-language film
The Spirit of the Beehive (DVD) – the Criterion Collection delivers this 1973 Spanish drama, long considered the finest Spanish film of the 70’s
Bloody Flesh (DVD) – this ultra-obscure, low-budget 1983 horror movie from Spain receives a DVD release
MAINSTREAM
Dredd (Blu-ray/DVD) – the fan favorite British comic book character once portrayed by Sylvester Stallone returns to the big screen in this 2012 sci-fi/action flick
Frankenweenie (Blu-ray/DVD) – Tim Burton’s latest is this 2012 black-and-white claymation fable based on his early short film
Stolen (Blu-ray/DVD) – Nicolas Cage does the whole “Taken” shtick in this 2012 action/thriller, co-starring Malin Akerman and Josh Lucas
Compliance (Blu-ray/DVD) – this 2012 indie thriller, based on actual events, depicts the real life nightmare that occurred when a prank caller’s demands were taken seriously by the staff at a fast food restaurant
Seal Team Six: The Raid On Osama Bin Laden (Blu-ray/DVD) – impatient for Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty” to arrive on a screen near you? Maybe try this more low-budget 2012 offering, co-starring rapper Xzibit
Game Change (Blu-ray/DVD) – Julianne Moore and Ed Harris star in this 2012 dramatization of Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s rise to national infamy
Hit & Run (Blu-ray/DVD) – Kristen Bell and Dax Shepherd headline this 2012 car-themed action/comedy
Guns, Girls and Gambling (Blu-ray/DVD) – a 2011 independent action/comedy co-starring Christian Slater and Gary Oldman
Pathfinders: In the Company of Strangers (Blu-ray/DVD) – a 2011 World War II thriller based on a top secret paratrooper mission that launched prior to D-Day
CULT
Flatland (DVD) – a 99 minute cut of the obscure 2002 sci-fi/action television show, starring Dennis Hopper (“Blue Velvet”) and Francoise Yip (“Rumble in the Bronx”)
A Dangerous Place (DVD) – this 2012 indie thriller chronicles a young woman’s frightening ordeal when she discovers the pharmaceutical corporation she works for is intentionally poisoning the public
NEW TO BLU-RAY
Brothers Grimm (Blu-ray/DVD) – cult director Terry Gilliam made a brief stab at the mainstream with this 2005 fantasy thriller starring Matt Damon and Heath Ledger
Fear (Blu-ray) – Mark Wahlberg plays the boyfriend from hell in this popular 1996 thriller, co-starring Reese Witherspoon and William Peterson
Cape Fear (Blu-ray) – the gripping 1962 original that inspired Martin Scorsese’s 90’s remake. Starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum
The Bone Collector (Blu-ray) – Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie star in this 1999 serial killer thriller
Two-Lane Blacktop (Blu-ray/DVD) – the Criterion Collection presents the hi-definition rerelease of the 1971 existential road movie, co-starring Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys
Scrooged (Blu-ray) – Bill Murray stars in this comedic 1988 spin on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”
CLASSICS
The Jazz Singer (Blu-ray) – this 1927 feature is generally considered the first ever ‘sound’ movie
Mrs. Miniver (Blu-ray) – an Award-winning 1942 British melodrama about life during wartime
Grand Hotel (Blu-ray) – Greta Garbo stars in 1931’s Academy Award winner for Best Picture
HORROR
House at the End of the Street (Blu-ray/DVD) – Jennifer “Hunger Games” Lawrence headlines this 2012 horror/thriller
Jack & Diane (Blu-ray/DVD) – in this 2012 indie horror feature, a blossoming romance between two young women causes one of them to transform into a deadly werewolf
Ghoul (DVD) – three young kids might be the last defense between their hometown and an evil entity in this 2012 adaptation of Brian Keene’s horror novel
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