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Paul Bramhall on Leonardo DiCaprio to return as Rick Dalton in the Cliff Booth-centric ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ sequel?There’s a third option - the ‘No Retreat, No Surrender’ approach!
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Category Archives: Asian Titles
The Brink | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: August 20, 2019 On August 20th, 2019, Well Go USA is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Jonathan Li’s The Brink (read our review), starring Max Zhang (Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy, S.P.L. II), the rising star of The Grandmaster and Ip Man 3. The Brink follows a group of fishermen who smuggle gold and the cops who chase them. This Cheang Pou-soi (S.P.L. II, The Monkey King, Accident) produced film also stars Shawn Yue (Wild … Continue reading
The Fate of Lee Khan | Blu-ray & DVD (Film Movement)
RELEASE DATE: July 23, 2019 On July 23, 2019, Film Movement is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for King Hu’s classic The Fate of Lee Khan (1973). For the first time ever, the film is being presented in a Brand New 2K restoration. Read the official details below: Synopsis: In his follow-up to the critically acclaimed A Touch of Zen, trailblazing filmmaker King Hu brings together an all-star female cast, including Hong Kong … Continue reading
The Island | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: July 30, 2019 On July 30th, 2019, Well Go USA will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for The Island, a film that marks the directorial debut of Huang Bo (Mojin: The Lost Legend), who also stars, alongside Shu Qi (The Assassin). In The Island, a cataclysmic event during a team-building trip, leaves a man shipwrecked on an island with an odd group of coworkers… and a winning lottery ticket in his … Continue reading
Swindlers | Blu-ray (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: July 30, 2019 On July 30th, 2019, Well Go USA will release the Blu-ray for The Swindlers (read our review), a crime-caper from first-time director Jang Chang-won. The Swindlers involves a con artist who goes head to head with a corrupt prosecutor. It’s a game of revenge, fraud and elimination from both sides of the field. The Swindlers stars Hyun-Bin (Confidential Assignment), Yoo Ji-Tae (Old Boy), Bae Sung-Woo (Inside Men), Park Sung-Woong (Operation Chromite), An Se-Ha (One-Line), Nana (Fashion … Continue reading
Mojin: The Worm Valley | Blu-ray (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: July 9, 2019 On July 9th, 2019, Well Go USA will release the Blu-ray & DVD for Fei Xing’s Mojin: The Worm Valley, the sequel to Mojin: The Lost Legend (read our review). Following in the footsteps of blockbuster Mojin: The Lost Legend and based on the bestselling novel series, Mojin: The Worm Valley once again finds legendary tomb explorer Hu Bayi on a dangerous mission as he seeks out the … Continue reading
Ash is Purest White | Blu-ray & DVD (Cohen Media Group)
RELEASE DATE: July 16, 2019 On July 16th, 2019, Cohen Media Group will release the Blu-ray & DVD for Ash is Purest White (read our review), a gangster epic from Jia Zhangke, the cricitally acclaimed director of festival favorites Still Life and A Touch of Sin. Ash is Purest White is the story of violent love within a time frame spanning from 2001 to 2017. Qiao (Zhao Tao, Still Life) is in love with her boyfriend … Continue reading
Swing Kids | Blu-ray (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: June 18, 2019 On June 18, 2019, Well Go USA will be releasing the Blu-ray for Swing Kids, a swinging musical drama set during the Korean War from director Kang Hyung-Chul (Tazza: The Hidden Card). In Swing Kids, the soldiers at a POW camp plan a tap show to distract both themselves and the prisoners from the hardships of war. Led by a former Broadway dancer and a rebellious North … Continue reading
All About Lily Chou-Chou | Blu-ray (Film Movement)
RELEASE DATE: May 7, 2019 On May 7th, 2019, U.S. independent label, Film Movement, will be releasing the Blu-ray for All About Lily Chou-Chou (read our review), a 2001 festival favorite from director Shunji Iwai (Vampire). For kids around the world, music is often the only salvation when the pain and anxiety of teenage life becomes too much to bear. Yuichi (Hayato Ichihara, Blade of the Immortal) is in the 8th grade and … Continue reading
Ip Man Origins | DVD (Cinedigm)
RELEASE DATE: June 4, 2019 On June 4th, 2019, Cinedigm will be releasing the DVD for Ip Man Origins, a 2013 Chinese television series starring Kevin Cheng (The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake) as the the legendary grandmaster of Wing Chun. Note: Ip Man Origins is basically Season 2 of the Cinedigm 2017 Blu-ray & DVD release of Ip Man: Season 1. The Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man spends his life in pursuit of the authentic martial arts … Continue reading
Thirst | Blu-ray (Kino Lorber)
RELEASE DATE: June 4, 2019 On June 4th, 2019, Kino Lorber will be releasing the Blu-ray for Thirst, a 2009 thriller from visionary director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden). A blood transfusion saves the life of a priest (Kang-ho Song, Memories of Murder, The Host, Snowpiercer), but also transforms him into a vampire. He struggles to control his insatiable thirst for blood until a love affair unleashes his darkest desires in deadly … Continue reading
A Record of Sweet Murder | Blu-ray & DVD (Unearthed Films)
RELEASE DATE: May 28, 2019 On May 28th 2019, Unearthed Films is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for a “found footage” film titled A Record of Sweet Murder (read our review), a Korean-Japanese co-production from Japanese filmmaker Koji Shiraishi (Grotesque, Sadako vs Kayako) Soyeon (Kim Kkobbi, Sunshine Boys) is an active journalist on a mission for social justice. One day, she receives a call from a serial killer. Revealing himself as Soyeon’s childhood friend Sangjoon (Yeon … Continue reading
Valentine | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)
RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2019 On May 14th, 2019, Shout Factory will release the Blu-ray & DVD for Valentine: The Dark Avenger, a 2019 Indonesia martial arts action film, based on Sarjono Sutrisno, Aswin NC Siregar, and Ian Waryanto’s character Valentine, from Skylar Comics. Read the official details below: The movie is directed by Ubay Fox and Agus Pestol. Cast includes Estelle Linden, Arie Dagienkz, Matthew Settle (Criminal Minds: Beyond … Continue reading
Unity of Heroes | Blu-ray (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: May 28, 2019 On May 28, 2019, Well Go USA is releasing the Blu-ray for Lin Zhen-Hao’s The Unity of Heroes (read our review), starring martial arts star Vincent Zhao (True Legend), who will once again be playing real-life folk hero Wong Fei-hung. Throughout the years, Wong Fei-hung has been portrayed by various stars, most notably Kwan Tak-hing (Story of Wong Fei-hung), Jackie Chan (Drunken Master), Jet Li (Once Upon A Time in … Continue reading
Big Brother | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: May 21, 2019 On May 21st, 2019, be on the lookout for Well Go USA’s Blu-ray/DVD release for Donnie Yen’s Big Brother (read our review), an action/comedy directed by Kam Kar-wai (Color of the Game). In the film, Yen plays a high school teacher who is caught up by his dark past in the underworld and is forced to use his fighting skills to find and rescue one of his students who has been kidnapped. … Continue reading
Triple Threat | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2019 Well Go USA Entertainment is getting ready to unleash their deadliest weapon yet: Triple Threat (read our review), an upcoming action film by Jessie V. Johnson (Savage Dog, The Debt Collector) that’s best described as a martial arts-themed Expendables. Triple Threat is getting a Blu-ray/DVD release on May 14th (pre-order here), which will feature Interviews with the Cast, Trailers and English SDH subtitles. The anticipated movie features an ensemble cast of international action stars that includes Tony … Continue reading
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