Triple Tap Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
The holidays are getting closer with each week. Have you finished shopping for gifts – or not even started yet? Here are the Asian and genre movie blu-ray and DVD releases for the week of 12/6/11:
ASIAN CINEMA
Triple Tap (blu-ray/DVD) – Well Go USA offers this 2010 Hong Kong thriller set in the world of competitive shooting, starring Louis Koo and Daniel Wu
Lady Ninja Kaede Complete Collection (DVD) – who doesn’t love a little ninja’sploitation? The two “Lady Ninja Kaede” film offer sexy ninja ladies doing presumably sexy things, courtesy of Tokyo Shock
Sexy Rangers (2010) – speaking of sexy, Image Epoch offers this parody of the Super Sentai (or Power Rangers in the US), about five Japanese high school girls who fight evil in costume and can summon a giant robot
FOREIGN CINEMA
Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition (blu-ray/DVD) – just before the impending release of David Fincher’s English language remake of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” you can dive into the full-length versions of the popular Swedish films starring Noomi Rapace
Point Blank (blu-ray/DVD) – a thriller about a man who is forced to do what a madman says if he wants to see his pregnant wife again. This 2011 film is billed as France’s answer to “Die Hard”
Murder Obsession (DVD) – delayed from a few weeks back, RaroVideo USA offers this 1981 Italian horror film
Body Puzzle (DVD) – RaroVideo USA delivers this gruesome 1992 Italian horror film from Lamberto Bava, son of Mario Bava, the father of Italian horror
Medea (blu-ray/DVD) – a rare 1968 film from “Salo” director Pier Paolo Pasolini
Rapt (blu-ray/DVD) – a riveting 2011 French thriller based off the 1978 kidnapping of French industrialist Edouard-Jean Empain. Nominated for four 4 Cesar awards
A Matter of Size (DVD) – a 2009 Hebrew comedy about four overweight Israeli friends who give sumo wrestling a try
Astral City: A Spiritual Journey (DVD) – a 2011 Portuguese-language film about a doctor who wakes up in the afterlife and embarks on an amazing, special effects-laden journey through a place called Astral City. Based on the book by a real spirit medium
Venga a Prendere Un Caffe Da Noi (Come Have Coffee With Us) (blu-ray/DVD) – a 1970 Italian sex comedy, distributed by RaroVideo USA
TELEVISION
City Hunter (DVD) – this Korean television series based off the same manga that inspired Jackie Chan’s film is full of action, intrigue, and romance
MAINSTREAM
Cowboys & Aliens (blu-ray/DVD) – the 2011 summer blockbuster from “Iron Man” director Jon Favreau, starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford, now on home formats
The Debt (blu-ray/DVD) – Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington star in this 2011 espionage thriller about ex-Mossad agents
Mission: Impossible Giftset Collection (blu-ray/DVD) – you can procure all three Tom Cruise-starring “Mission: Impossible” films in one blu-ray set for $30. Hey, one of them was even directed by John Woo, remember? Oh wait, we’re trying to forget about that one, sorry
CLASSICS
The Lady Vanishes (blu-ray) – the Criterion Classic offers this 1938 classic from Alfred Hitchcock, now on blu-ray. We need more Hitchcock on blu!
Design For Living (blu-ray/DVD) – a daring 1933 pre-Code comedy starring Gary Cooper, now on blu-ray from the Criterion Collection
Tora Tora Tora (blu-ray) – the classic 1970 film starring Joseph Cotton about the attack on Pearl Harbor. Now in hi-def
HORROR
Don’t Open ‘Til Christmas (DVD) – this 1984 holiday-themed slasher movie is resurrected on DVD by Mondo Macabro
The Incubus (DVD) – a 2010 micro-budget horror movie for the Goth kids out there
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