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This is one of the few weeks we can recall without any bonafied Asian films being released, but perhaps it’s best to make use of the time for some last minute holiday shopping. 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 12/18/12:
MARTIAL ARTS
Forced to Fight (Blu-ray/DVD) – UK martial arts sensation Gary Daniels (Jackie Chan’s “City Hunter”) and “Robocop” Peter Weller star in this 2012 action movie about underground fighting
FOREIGN FILMS
Sokurov: Early Masterworks (Blu-ray + DVD combo) – the acclaimed Russian director Alexander Sokurov, whose work has not been widely available in North America, sees three of his films collected here: “Whispering Pages,” “Stone,” and “Save and Protect”
The Well-Digger’s Daughter (Blu-ray/DVD) – a 2011 French-language remake of the original film with the same now, the story follows a well-digger and his six daughters
Hermano (DVD) – in this 2010 Spanish-language drama, two adopted brothers take separate paths in life but are bonded by their love of soccer
Gandu (DVD) – this 2010 controversial Indiana film about a young man with dreams of becoming a rapper is considered the ultimate ‘anti-Bollywood’ movie
Our Beloved Month of August (DVD) – a 2008 family drama set in the heart of Portugal during the long, hot month of August
Absent (DVD) – a 2012 Argentinean tale of forbidden love from the LGBT-friendly distributor TLA Releasing
MAINSTREAM
Total Recall (Blu-ray/DVD) – director Len Wiseman’s 2012 remake of the modern classic stars Colin Farrell in the role made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger
Resident Evil: Retribution (Blu-ray/DVD) – the undead action series that refuses to die itself, Milla Jovovich is back for this 2012 sequel. Also on 3D Blu-ray
Killer Joe (Blu-ray/DVD) – this 2012 disturbing drama from “The Exorcist” director William Friedkin features a redefining performance from Matthew McConaughey. Available at Amazon on Friday, December 21st
Premium Rush (Blu-ray/DVD) – future Batman candidate Joseph Gordon-Levitt hops on a bike to outrun Michael Shannon’s corrupt cop in this 2012 thriller
The Good Doctor (Blu-ray/DVD) – Orlando Bloom plays against type as a creepy doctor with ill intentions in this 2012 thriller
RE-ISSUES
The Resident Evil Collection (Blu-ray) – all five “Resident Evil” films, most of them directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, are collected in one box set
Flight of the Navigator (Blu-ray) – the 1986 Disney family favorite about a boy who may or may not have traveled through time. Now in hi-def
Sometimes A Great Notion (Blu-ray) – Paul Newman and Henry Fonda star in this 1970 drama about labor concerns
Fred Williamson: Double Feature (DVD) – Fred ‘the Hammer’ Williamson gets his own DVD Double Feature with this collection of “Soda Cracker” and “Original Gangstas”
HORROR
Deathship (Blu-ray/DVD) – George Kennedy and Richard Crenna co-star in this 1980 horror movie set aboard a shipping vessel. From Scorpion Releasing
The Frozen (DVD) – in this 2012 thriller, a winter camping trip goes to hell when a young woman becomes stranded in the woods
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