Bangkok Assassins DVD (Lionsgate)
The last week of January brings slim pickings for Asian film fans, but let’s soldier on anyway. If you’re interested in any of the following 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 1/29/13:
ASIAN CINEMA
Bangkok Assassins (DVD) – Lionsgate presents this 2011 Thai action film about four young men who were trained in Shaolin kung fu as orphans. Also known as “Bangkok Kung Fu,” the movie features action choreography by “Ong-bak”’s Somchai Munma
MAINSTREAM
Die Hard: 25th Anniversary Collection (Blu-ray) – John McClane has always been the right man at the wrong place, wrong time. Score all four “Die Hard” films in stunning hi-def with this box set
Seven Psychopaths (Blu-ray/DVD) – a 2012 quirky crime comedy from the director of “In Bruges,” starring Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, and Christopher Walken
The Cold Light of Day (Blu-ray/DVD) – from the director of “JCVD”! Bruce Willis and future Superman Henry Cavill co-star in this 2012 spy thriller that failed to catch fire at the box office
All Superheroes Must Die (Blu-ray/DVD) – this 2011 superhero-themed indie thriller is billed as “Batman meets Saw”
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (Blu-ray/DVD) – an aging caped crusader swings into action in the second part of the animated adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel
Liability (DVD) – actor Tim Roth (“Reservoir Dogs”) headlines this 2012 arthouse-style crime thriller
NEW TO BLU-RAY
The Duelists (Blu-ray) – Shout! Factory presents the first hi-def release of this 1977 film – the first effort of a director you may have heard of, Ridley Scott
Flight of the Navigator (Blu-ray) – this spacefaring Disney family favorite arrives from 1986, now on Blu
The Obscure Object of Desire (Blu-ray) – the final film from the legendary Spanish filmmaker and surrealist Luis Buñuel, this 1977 movie plays a dark game of sexual politics
HORROR
White Zombie: Kino Classics’ Remastered Edition (Blu-ray/DVD) – Kino presents a remastered edition of this 1932 horror favorite starring Bela Lugosi
Citadel (Blu-ray/DVD) – twisted feral children target a grieving father in this 2012 chiller that gained attention in the film festival circuit
Paranormal Activity 4 (Blu-ray/DVD) – demonic forces just won’t rest in this 2012 sequel to the popular horror franchise
The Awakening (Blu-ray/DVD) – actress Rebecca Hall (“The Town”) stars as a hoax exposer who comes up against a supernatural mystery she can’t simply explain away
Midnight Movies Vol 10: Killer Critters Double Feature (DVD) – Blue Underground presents a 2-film set including the movies “Rats: Night of Terror” and “Venom”
Midnight Movies Vol 9: Zombie Double Feature (DVD) – it’s two Italian horror flicks for the price of one, courtesy of Blue Underground. In this set you can acquire “Hell of the Living Dead” and “Nightmare City”
Midnight Movies Vol 8: Cannibal Double Feature (DVD) – develop a taste for flesh when Blue Underground presents “Cannibal Man” and “Cannibals” together on DVD
Pig/1334 (Blu-ray + DVD combo) – two highly experimental, industrial-style horror short films dating to around 1998, featuring work by Rozz Williams of Christian Death shortly before he took his own life
Cherry Tree Lane (DVD) – a young middle class couple are living the perfect life until a group of teenagers show up at their door wielding knives in this 2010 horror film
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