Blu-ray and DVD Releases for 8/28/12

The Viral Factor Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

This Tuesday is jam-packed with releases, headlined by Dante Lam’s big-budget Hong Kong action flick “The Viral Factor.” But it doesn’t stop there, so let’s get started. Here are your Blu-ray and DVD releases for the week of 8/28/12:

ASIAN CINEMA

The Viral Factor (Blu-ray/DVD) – Dante Lam’s globe-trotting 2012 action blockbuster starring Nicholas Tse and Jay Chou comes to home formats, courtesy of Well Go USA

Zebraman (DVD) – Takashi Miike’s 2004 cult favorite superhero comedy receives a re-release as a Tokyo Shock Classic

Rooftop Prince (DVD) – in this hit 2012 Korean TV drama, an 18th century prince time travels to modern day Korea and hijinks ensue

Woman Knight (Blu-ray) – an All-Region Blu-ray edition of Herman Yau’s 2011 historical actioner “Woman Knight of Mirror Lake” will be available from Amazon on September 1st, 2012

FORIGN CINEMA

Headhunters (Blu-ray/DVD) – the critically-acclaimed 2004 Norwegian corporate thriller

Heineken Kidnapping (Blu-ray/DVD) – Rutger Hauer headlines this 2011 Dutch film based on the infamous kidnapping case

Monsieur Lazhar (Blu-ray/DVD) – this 2012 French drama tells the touching story of a teacher and Algerian immigrant who changes the lives of his students

MAINSTREAM

Battleship (Blu-ray/DVD) – the 2012 would-be summer blockbuster based on the board game comes to home formats. Starring “John Carter” himself Taylor Kitsch and pop singer Rihanna

JCVD: Bloodsport 3D (Blu-ray) – despite the confusing title, this is actually a documentary about the life of Frank Dux, the martial artist who “Bloodsport” was supposedly based on. Available on All-Region Import Blu-ray this September 1st, 2012

Death Watch (Blu-ray + DVD combo) – Harvey Keitel headlines this 1980 film that’s part drama, part futuristic cautionary tale

Blood Money (Blu-ray/DVD) – a violent action film co-starring rapper Pitbull and martial arts legend Gordon Liu (“36th Chamber of Shaolin”), of all people

Battleground (Blu-ray/DVD) – a 2012 survivalist action film out of Canada, distributed by your friends at Well Go USA

Fist of the Reich (DVD) – a 2010 film based on the true story of a German boxer and paratrooper who rebelled against Hitler’s regime

Quadrophenia (Blu-ray/DVD) – the Criterion Collection presents this 1979 teen angst film based on the music of The Who (but not a musical)

RE-RELEASES

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition) (Blu-ray) – Peter Jackson’s first 2001 installment in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy on individual Blu-ray

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition) (Blu-ray) – the Extended Edition of Peter Jackson’s 2002 continuation of the LotR saga

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Extended Edition) (Blu-ray) – the LotR saga comes to a close with the Extended Edition of Peter Jackson’s 2003 finale

Midnight Movies Vol 5: Sci-Fi Double Feature (DVD) – Blue Underground gives you 70’s Italian horror/sci-fi films “Contamination” and “The Shape of Things to Come”

Midnight Movies Vol 6: Car Crash Double Feature (DVD) – Blue Underground continues with a release of “Cannonball,” starring David Carradine, and “Fast Company,” directed by David Cronenberg

Midnight Movies Vol 7: Crime Double Feature (DVD) – Blue Underground brings two vintage Italian crime flicks, “Grand Slam” and “Revolver,” together in one pack. Featuring several titans of the silver screen, including Fabio Testi and Klaus Kinski

ANIMATION

Starship Troopers: Invasion (Blu-ray/DVD) – a brand new 2012 computer-generated feature based on the popular film by Paul Verhoeven

Ergo Proxy: Classic (DVD) – a box set of the popular 2006 science fiction anime series

Texhnolyze: Complete Box Set (DVD) – the 2003 anime series that serves as a spiritual successor to “Serial Experiments Lain”

CLASSICS

Harvey (Blu-ray + DVD combo) – Jimmy Stewart stars in this beloved 1950 film about a man and his ‘imaginary’ giant bunny rabbit

Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (Blu-ray + DVD combo) – the 1948 horror comedy that Quentin Tarantino has always regarded as one of his favorite films

Airport (Blu-ray + DVD combo) – the tense 1970 disaster film that set the precedent for all the spoofs that would follow

Lonesome (Blu-ray/DVD) – the Criterion Collection delivers this obscure 1928 feature that bridges the gap between the silent film and ‘talkie’ eras with a mix of silent and dialogue scenes set in NYC

HORROR

The Living Dead Girl: Remastered Edition (Blu-ray/DVD) – cult auteur Jean Rollin’s 1982 horror film receives the remastered treatment

Two Orphan Vampires: Remastered Edition (Blu-ray/DVD) – French director Jean Rollin continues his fascination with vampiric lasses in this 1997 feature

Fernando Di Leo’s Madness (DVD) – a sleazy 1980 Italian thriller that borrows heavily from the “Last House on the Left” formula, on DVD from the fine folks at RaroVideo USA

Moth Diaries (Blu-ray/DVD) – from the director of “American Psycho” comes this 2011 tale of vampires unleashed at an all-girl’s boarding school

Penumbra (DVD) – a 2011 Spanish-language thriller from the Argentinean director of “Cold Sweat”

Below Zero (DVD) – Edward Furlong (“Terminator 2”) and Michael Berryman (“The Hills Have Eyes”) headline this 2012 direct-to-video creeper

Lovely Molly (Blu-ray/DVD) – an evil haunting awaits a young woman moving into an empty country house in this 2011 horror film from the makers of “The Blair Witch Project”

Apartment 143 (Blu-ray/DVD) – the found-footage craze continues with this 2011 horror flick

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