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Ningen on Leonardo DiCaprio to return as Rick Dalton in the Cliff Booth-centric ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ sequel?They can always do the other Bruces.
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!
Mstradford on Leonardo DiCaprio to return as Rick Dalton in the Cliff Booth-centric ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ sequel?Looking forward to this, but if it’s set in 1977 no chance of a Bruce Lee cam…
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chrichtonsworld on Leonardo DiCaprio to return as Rick Dalton in the Cliff Booth-centric ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ sequel?I don't get it. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is Tarantino's worst, especiall…
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Paul Bramhall on Snake Prince, The (1976) ReviewThe dilemma of every Shaw Brothers fan in the 2020’s summarised in 34 words.
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Phil Chan on Hong Kong’s Heaven’s Gate? Juno Mak’s anticipated thriller ‘Sons of the Neon Night’ to finally shine this yearOfficially selected for this year's Midnight Screenings at Cannes: https://ww…
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Ska Martes on Leonardo DiCaprio to return as Rick Dalton in the Cliff Booth-centric ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ sequel?You could argue a 2 week token theatrical window doesn't really count as a th…
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Category Archives: DVD/Blu-ray New Releases
One More Shot | DVD (MVD)
RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2019 On June 11th, 2019, MVD will be releasing the DVD for One More Shot, a 1984 South African action movie (with martial arts) written and directed by cult filmmaker Ronnie Isaacs (Cobra Force). Read the official details below: One More Shot stars Hector Rabotapi, Dominic Tyawa, Joe Foed, Stan Froom, Peter Stoneley, Joe Mustapha, Sharon Clarke, Ashlin Mccarthy, and Munro Smith. A criminal known as Ten-Ten is released from … 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
Boogie Boy | Blu-ray (MVD Rewind)
RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2019 MVD Rewind has announced the Blu-ray for Boogie Boy, a Mark Dacascos thriller from director Craig Hamann (writer of Showdown in Manila) and producer Roger Avary, who is perhaps best known for 1993’s Killing Zoe, 2002’s The Rules of Attraction, and his co-writing credit for 1994’s Pulp Fiction. The film hits retail outlets on May 14th, 2019. Check out the official details below from MVD: This title has been out of print … 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
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires | Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)
RELEASE DATE: April 9, 2019 On April 9th, 2019, Shout! Factory will release the Blu-ray for 1974’s The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (read our review), a horror/martial arts film – produced by the legendary Hammer Film Productions and the equally legendary Shaw Brothers Studio – directed by Roy Ward Baker (A Night to Remember) and co-directed by Hong Kong legend Chang Cheh (The Return of the One-Armed Swordsman). Check out the official details below: Professor Van Helsing (Peter … Continue reading
Yakuza’s Law | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)
RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2019 On May 14th, 2019, Arrow Video will be releasing the Blu-ray for 1969’s Yakuza Law (aka Yakuza’s Law: Lynching), a super-violent gangster classic from director Teruo Ishii (Blind Woman’s Curse) and star Bunta Sugawara (Cops vs. Thugs). Read the official details below: Director Teruo Ishii (Horrors of Malformed Men), the Godfather of J-sploitation, presents Yakuza Law – a gruelling anthology of torture, spanning three district periods of Japanese history and bringing … Continue reading
Golden Job | Blu-ray (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: April 9, 2019 On April 9th, 2019, Well Go USA will be releasing the Blu-ray for Golden Job (read our review), a heist-action film directed by and co-starring Chin Kar Lok (Kung Fu Jungle). The cast of Young and Dangerous – Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Michael Tse and Jerry Lamb – reunite for Golden Job, which tells story of five brothers who take part of a top secret robbery that’s not what it seems. Once the brothers realize they’ve … Continue reading
Nemesis 5 | DVD (Worldwide Multimedia)
RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2019 If you picked up MVD’s Nemesis: Collector’s Edition and plan to grab Nemesis II, III and IV, then get ready for Nemesis 5: The New Model, a new sci-fi actioner from Dustin Ferguson (Sleepaway Camp IV) and cult filmmaker Albert Pyun (Cyborg, Blast). It is the year 2077 and a terrorist organization now dominates the Earth. The fate of humankind now rests in the hands of “The New Model” … Continue reading
The Hunted | Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)
RELEASE DATE: May 21, 2019 Shout! Factory is releasing the Blu-ray for 1995’s The Hunted, a cult-actioner directed by J.F. Lawton (writer of Pretty Woman and Under Siege). This underrated gem stars Christopher Lambert (Kickboxer: Retaliation), Joan Chen (Purple Storm), John Lone (Year of the Dragon), Yoshio Harada (Azumi) and Yoko Shimada (Shogun). Paul Racine (Lambert) is a high-powered executive living abroad in Japan. When he and his alluring companion, Kirina (Chen), find themselves … Continue reading
Terra Formars | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)
RELEASE DATE: April 2, 2019 On April 2nd, 2019, Arrow Video is releasing the Blu-ray for Terra Formars (read our review), a 2016 sci-fi actioner from cult Japanese director Takashi Miike (As the Gods Will, Blade of the Immortal). Read of the official release details below: In the mid-21st century, humankind has been forced to look to colonising other planets as a means of combating overcrowding on Earth – their … Continue reading
Year of the Dragon | Blu-ray (Warner Archive)
RELEASE DATE: February 19, 2019 On February 19th, 2019, Warner Archive will be releasing the long-awaited U.S. Blu-ray for 1985’s Year of the Dragon, from Academy Award-winning director Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter), based on the novel by Robert Daley (Prince of the City) and coscripted by Oliver Stone (Scarface). In this criminally underrated thriller, Mickey Rourke (Double Team) portrays White, a war veteran who has a Vietnam-sized chip on his shoulder when dealing … Continue reading
Shoplifters | DVD (Magnolia Pictures)
RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2019 On February 12th, 2019, Magnolia Pictures is giving Shoplifters a DVD and VOD release (currently no mention of a Blu-ray edition). This Palme d’Or Award-winning film is directed by Hirokazu Koreeda (Third Murder). A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find on the street. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident … Continue reading
The Bouncer | DVD (Blue Fox)
RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2019 On February 12th, 2019, Blue Fox Entertainment is releasing the DVD for The Bouncer (the our review) in both its original French language and English dubbed version (why they didn’t multi-track it as one DVD is beyond us) – or you can watch the film now via VOD. Jean-Claude Van Damme (Kill ’em All) returns in the Taken-esque The Bouncer (aka Lukas), an action thriller directed by Julien Leclercq (The Assault). Van Damme (Black Water) … Continue reading
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