Painted Skin: The Resurrection Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
This is one heck of an eclectic week, that sees a couple of high-profile Asian film releases, the Blu-ray edition of “Lawrence of Arabia,” numerous Blu-ray Triple Features, and more. If you’re interested in any of these titles, you can support the site by ordering through our affiliate. We appreciate it!
Here are your Blu-ray and DVD releases for the week of 11/13/12:
ASIAN CINEMA
Painted Skin: The Resurrection (Blu-ray/DVD) – Well Go USA brings this 2012 visually lush Chinese fantasy to North America. Expect our review tomorrow
Silmido (The Basters) (DVD) – one of the most successful Korean films of all time finally sees a Region 1 DVD release. The 2003 film follows a group of North Korean infiltrators in the late 60’s tasked with assassinating the South Korean President
Big Tits Zombie (DVD) – with a title like that, what more can I say? This 2010 Japanese zombie splatterflick hits retail on Tuesday
Slave Ship (DVD) – the Japanese sexploitation continues with this 2012 effort about a S&M ‘pleasure’ cruise
FOREIGN CINEMA
Trilogy of Life (The Decameron, The Canterbury Tales, Arabian Nights) (Blu-ray/DVD) – the Criterion Collection presents this trilogy of films about premodern literature from legendary Italian filmmaker Pier Pasolini (director of “Salo”)
Weekend (Blu-ray/DVD) – your friends at the Criterion Collection give the hi-def treatment to director Jean-Luc Godard’s 1967 film, long considered one of his finest efforts
Zorro (Blu-ray/DVD) – French superstar Alain Delon brings the swashbuckling hero to life in this 1975 adaptation
A Burning Hot Summer (DVD) – two couples find their love tested to the extreme in this 2011 film anchored by French stars Monica Belluci and Louis Garrel
Asylum (AKA I Want to Be a Gangster) (DVD) – a 2008 independent, French-language gangster film, courtesy of Synapse Films
Offenbach’s Secret (DVD) – a 2012 German and French-language examination of composer Jacques Offenbach
Schoolgirl Report #9: Mature Before Graduation… (DVD) – Impulse Pictures presents a little German sexploitation with this 1975 film
MAINSTREAM
Savages (Blu-ray/DVD) – Oliver Stone tackles the drug trade in this gritty 2012 crime drama
Brave (Blu-ray/DVD) – the 2012 family-friendly adventure from Pixar animation, now on home formats
Empire of the Sun (Blu-ray) – a very young Christian Bale made his big screen debut in this 1987 film from Steven Spielberg
Watchmen Collector’s Edition: Ultimate Cut + Graphic Novel (Blu-ray) – receive Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ groundbreaking graphic novel as well as Zack Snyder’s feature film in its ‘Ultimate Cut’ form
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (Blu-ray) – the 1989 cult classic that helped launch the career of Keanu Reeves lands in hi-def
Snowmageddon (Blu-ray/DVD) – mysterious natural disasters begin to strike in Alaska in this 2011 flick starring Michael Hogan
Children Who Chase Lost Voices (Blu-ray/DVD) – a full-length anime feature from the acclaimed creator of “Voices Of a Distant Star” and “5 Centimeters Per Second”
Dark Horse (Blu-ray/DVD) – this 2012 unsettling indie drama is the latest from shock master Todd Solondz (“Welcome to the Doll House”)
RE-RELEASES
Ocean’s Eleven / Ocean’s Twelve / Ocean’s Thirteen (Triple Feature) (Blu-ray) – all of Steven Soderbergh’s star-studded pictures, together at an affordable $19.29 price point
Superman: The Movie / Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut / Superman Returns (Blu-ray) – Richard Donner’s first two Superman classics, alongside Bryan Singer’s revamp of the caped hero
American History X / A History of Violence / True Romance (Triple Feature) (Blu-ray) – an interesting mash-up of titles, together on Blu-ray
16 Blocks / Last Boy Scout / Last Man Standing (Blu-ray) – Bruce Willis headlines this Triple Feature of action flicks in hi-def
2001: A Space Odyssey / Clockwork Orange / Shining (Blu-ray) – three films directed by Stanley Kubrick on one Blu-ray disc
The Lost Boys / Lost Boys: The Tribe / Lost Boys: The Thirst (Blu-ray) – what do you know, the “Lost Boys” series actually spawned two sequels and here they are
House of Wax / Return to House on Haunted Hill/ Ghost Ship (Blu-ray) – three low-budget horror flicks on one Blu-ray
CLASSICS
Lawrence of Arabia (Restored Version) (Blu-ray/DVD) – director David Lean’s 1962 award-winning epic finally receives the hi-def treatment
Barbarian & the Geisha (Blu-ray + DVD combo) – John Wayne headlines this 1958 picture, directed by John Huston
Big Trail (Blu-ray) – a very young John Wayne stars in this 1930 epic, one of the few Widescreen films made at the dawn of ‘Talkies’
Twilight’s Last Gleaming (Blu-ray/DVD) – Burt Lancaster stars in this movie from the director of “The Dirty Dozen,” about a group of men who hold America hostage from a nuclear base
HORROR
The Fantasist (DVD) – Katrina’s Nightmare Theater presents this obscure 1986 horror flick from the director of the original “Wicker Man”
5 Dark Souls (15th Anniversary Special Edition) (DVD) – this 1996 horror movie chronicles a group of high school students who decide to murder someone on camera just to see what it feels like
The Definitive Document of the Dead (DVD) – Synapse Films presents this behind the scenes documentary of George R. Romero and his many zombie films
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