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Assassination Classroom: The Movies | Blu-ray & DVD (Funimation)

Posted on May 27, 2018 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: August 7, 2018 On August 7, 2018, Funimation will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Eiichiro Hasumi’s Assassination Classroom: The Movies (read our review), which includes Parts I & II of the Live Action films The killer manga comes to life in this two-part movie series. Join the students of Class 3-E as they learn to become proper assassins and try to kill their teacher. But he’s no ordinary instructor—he’s a … Continue reading →

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Blast | Blu-ray (MVD Marquee)

Posted on May 18, 2018 by JJ Bona
Blast | Blu-ray (MVD Marquee)

RELEASE DATE: August 28, 2018 On August 28, 2018, MVD Marquee Collection will be releasing the Blu-ray for 1997’s Blast (read our review), a Die Hard meets Under Siege knock-off. In this one, the hero taking on terrorists isn’t a cop or a cook… he’s a janitor! Just before the Olympics competition begins, a deadly team of terrorists mounts a precision attack on the swimming complex, holds the womens’ swimming team hostage and unknowingly traps a janitor (Linden … Continue reading →

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Stallone/Bautista’s ‘Escape Plan 2’ unlocks on Blu-ray in June

Posted on May 15, 2018 by JJ Bona

A sequel to Mikael Håfström’s Escape Plan, the 2013 prison/action flick starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, is making its way to Blu-ray & DVD on June 29, 2018. In the follow up, titled Escape Plan 2: Hades, Stallone reprises his role as security expert Ray Breslin, who uses his skills to test out the reliability of maximum security prisons. Unfortunately, Schwarzenegger will not be turning. Escape Plan 2: Hades co-stars Dave Bautista (Kickboxer: Vengeance), Jaime King, Jesse … Continue reading →

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The Mimic | Blu-ray (Well Go USA)

Posted on May 4, 2018 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: June 12, 2018 On June 12, 2018, Well Go USA will be releasing the Blu-ray for The Mimic, a South Korean thriller directed by Huh Jung (Hide and Seek). In The Mimic, a family gets involved with a mysterious creature known as “Jangsanbum.” The animal can imitate a human’s voice and entices children to eat them. For more information about the plot, be sure to read our review. The Mimic stars Yum Jung-Ah (Tell Me … Continue reading →

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Astro | DVD (Sony Pictures)

Posted on May 2, 2018 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: June 5, 2018 Looks like Scott Adkins isn’t the only one going to space. On June 5, 2018, Sony Pictures will be releasing the DVD to Astro, a sci-fi actioner starring martial arts star Gary Daniels (Cold Harvest, The Expendables, City Hunter). Directed by Asif Akbar (Smoke Filled Lungs), Astro is the story of a billionaire’s private space exploration program (Elon Musk anyone?) returning to Earth with an abducted extraterrestrial from … Continue reading →

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Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

Posted on May 1, 2018 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: July 10, 2018 On July 10, 2018, Arrow Video will be releasing the Blu-ray for Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards!, a 1963 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki (Tokyo Drifter). Check out the official details below: Starring original Diamond Guy, Jo Shishido (Massacre Gun), Seijun Suzuki’s Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! is a hard hitting, rapid-fire yakuza film that redefined the Japanese crime drama. Detective … Continue reading →

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Two Films By Hong Sangsoo | Blu-ray (Arrow Academy)

Posted on April 23, 2018 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: July 17, 2018 On July 17, 2018, Arrow Academy will be releasing the Blu-ray for Two Films By Hong Sangsoo, which includes Woman is the Future of Man and Tale of Cinema. Check out the official details below: This collection brings together Women is the Future of Man and Tale of Cinema, the fifth and sixth films by Hong Sangsoo, the masterful South Korean filmmaker who has been favorably compared to that great … Continue reading →

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The Housemaid | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)

Posted on April 19, 2018 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: July 17, 2018 On July 17, 2018, Shout! Factory will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for The Housemaid, an acclaimed Vietnamese horror movie from director Derek Nguyen. Vietnam, 1953: Linh (Nhung Kate), a poor, orphaned young woman, finds employment as a housemaid in a crumbling rubber plantation presided over by the emotionally fragile French officer Sebastien Laurent (Jean-Michel Richaud). Soon, a torrid love affair develops between the two — … Continue reading →

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I Am a Hero | Blu-ray & DVD (Funimation)

Posted on April 18, 2018 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: July 24, 2018 On July 24, 2018, Funimation will be releasing the Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack for I Am a Hero (read our review), a Japanese zombie movie by Shinsuke Sato (Gantz, Gantz II: Perfect Answer). Based on the celebrated horror manga, I Am a Hero, comes a live-action film adaptation that’s bound to get your blood flowing! Thirty-five-year-old assistant manga artist Hideo Suzuki leads an unsatisfying, tedious life. But when a virus … Continue reading →

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Goldstone | Blu-ray & DVD (Gravitas Venture)

Posted on April 17, 2018 by JJ Bona
Goldstone | Blu-ray & DVD (Gravitas Ventures)

RELEASE DATE: August 28, 2018 On August 28, 2018, Gravitas Ventures is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Ivan Sen’s contemporary western thriller Goldstone.  Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons enquiry. What seems like a simple light duties investigation opens a web of crime and corruption. Jay must pull his life together and bury his differences with young local cop Josh, so together they … Continue reading →

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Dragon Inn | Blu-ray & DVD (Criterion Collection)

Posted on April 16, 2018 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: July 10, 2018 On July 10, 2018, The Criterion Collection will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Dragon Inn, a 1967 wuxia classic from director King Hu (A Touch of Zen). Dragon Inn stars Polly Shang-Kuan (The Ghostly Face), Shih Chun (A Touch of Zen), Bai Ying (Royal Warriors), Han Ying Chieh (New Fist of Fury) and Miu Tin (Seven Man Army). Check out the official details below: The art of martial arts filmmaking … Continue reading →

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Kung Fu Traveler 2 | DVD (Cinedigm)

Posted on April 14, 2018 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: July 10, 2018 On July 10th, 2018, Cinedigm Entertainment will be releasing the DVD to Zhang Xianfeng’s sci-fi actioner Kung Fu Traveler 2, the sequel Kung Fu Traveler, which was also recently released by Cinedigm. The film stars Tiger Chen (Monk Comes Down the Mountain) and Wang Zhi (Drug War). Southern Style kung fu was unsuccessful in defeating the invading enemy aliens. General Chen has no choice but to be go back in … Continue reading →

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China Salesman | Blu-ray & DVD (Cleopatra)

Posted on April 13, 2018 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: June 26, 2018 Cleopatra Entertainment, a semi-new film division of long time L.A.-based indie label Cleopatra Records, will give Tan Bing’s China Salesman a limited theatrical release on April 20th and on VOD platforms on May 1st, followed by a Blu-ray & DVD release on June 26th, 2018. The company previously distributed the all-star actioner Diamond Cartel and Veronica Ngo’s Tam Cam: The Untold Story. China Salesman is set in Africa where a Chinese engineer/salesman comes face-to-face with a corrupt … Continue reading →

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Ninja Busters | Blu-ray (Garagehouse Pictures)

Posted on April 9, 2018 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: April 30, 2018 On April 30, 2018, Garagehouse Pictures will be releasing the Blu-ray for Ninja Busters, a 1984 martial arts-comedy directed by Paul Kyriazi (Death Machines) and starring Eric Lee (The Shinobi Ninja) and Sid Campbell (The Master Demon). Filmed in 1984 but never released, Ninja Busters was a lost movie, never screened for audiences and doomed to obscurity—until now! Thirty years later, the sole 35mm film print of Ninja Busters … Continue reading →

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Prison School | Blu-ray & DVD (Funimation)

Posted on April 3, 2018 by JJ Bona

RELEASE DATE: June 26, 2018 On June 26th, 2018, Funimation will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD Combo for Noboru Iguchi’s Prison School, a live-action series based on the manga by Akira Hiramoto. When the prestigious all-girls Hachimitsu Private Academy becomes co-ed, five young men are the first males to attend. But the girls aren’t so accepting of their new classmates. After the boys get caught peeping, The Underground Student Council … Continue reading →

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