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New & upcoming 4K UHD/Blu-ray releases of films we think cityonfire.com visitors should know about. Asian, martial arts, cult, classic and other popular titles. Please click on the Amazon.com affiliate links to support this site.

Ninja III: The Domination | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2013 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1984’s Ninja III: The Domination, directed by Sam Firstenberg (Revenge of the Ninja). An evil ninja (David Chung) attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman’s body (Lucinda Dickey). Now, it’s up to Yamada (Sho Kosugi) to stop the evil. Watch the trailer.

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The Howling: Collector’s Edition | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: June 18, 2013 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 1981’s The Howling: Collector’s Edition, directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins). After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem. Watch the trailer.

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This Girl Is Bad-Ass!! | Blu-ray & DVD (Magnolia Pictures)

RELEASE DATE: May 21, 2013 Magnolia Pictures presents the Blu-ray & DVD for This Girl Is Bad-Ass!! Jija Yanin (Chocolate, Raging Phoenix) takes her skills to the next level as a girl whose life turns upside-down when she is hired as a bike messenger to transport smuggled goods to a group of ruthless gangsters. Watch the trailer.

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The Last Stand | Blu-ray & DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: May 21, 2013 Lionsgate presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Kim Jee-Woon’s (I Saw The Devil) The Last Stand, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker and Johnny Knoxville. Features include: Making of; Cornfield Chaos; The Dinkum; Firearm and Historic Weaponry Museum; Actor-Cam Anarchy; and Deleted & Alternate Scenes. Watch the trailer.

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Quentin Tarantino’s Rolling Thunder Presents: Mighty Peking Man, Detroit 9000 & Switchblade Sisters | DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: April 4, 2013 Lionsgate presents the DVD for Quentin Tarantino’s Rolling Thunder Triple Feature. This grindhouse treat features the 1977 Shaw Brother’s classic Mighty Peking Man (trailer), 1973’s Detroit 9000 (trailer) and 1975’s Switchblade Sisters (trailer). Could this mean that The Beyond, Chungking Express and Sonatine are the next triple feature? Our fingers are crossed.

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Mad Max: Complete Blu-ray Trilogy (Warner)

RELEASE DATE: June 4, 2013 Warner Bros. presents the Blu-ray set (packaged in a tin) for the Mad Max: Complete Trilogy, which features 1979’s Mad Max (trailer), 1981’s Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (trailer) and 1985’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (trailer), which is presented in Blu-ray for the first time. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (click here) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (click here) are also available individually.

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Mad Max: The Road Warrior | Blu-ray (Warner)

RELEASE DATE: June 4, 2013 Warner Bros. presents the Blu-ray for 1981’s Mad Max: The Road Warrior (aka Mad Max 2, The Road Warrior), directed by George Miller. In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter (Mel Gibson) agrees to help a small, gasoline rich, community escape a band of bandits. Watch the trailer. Also available in the new Mad Max Trilogy Blu-ray set.

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Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome | Blu-ray (Warner)

RELEASE DATE: June 4, 2013 Warner Bros. presents the Blu-ray for 1985′s Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (aka Mad Max 3), directed by George Miller. A drifter (Mel Gibson) is rescued by a tribe of children when he is banished from a desert town and sent into the desert to die by the desert town’s evil queen (Tina Turner). Available for the first time on Blu-ray. Watch the trailer. Also available … Continue reading

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Tormented | aka Rabbit Horror | Blu-ray + Blu-ray 3D & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: April 2, 2013 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D & DVD for Tormented (aka Rabbit Horror 3D), directed by Takashi Shimizu (Ju-on: The Grudge). This Japanese horror film involves Kiriko (Hikari Mitsushima) and her younger half-brother Daigo (Takeru Shibuya) who are haunted by a large rabbit-doll. Tormented features cinematography work by Christopher Doyle (In the Mood for Love), which is his first film made in 3D. Watch … Continue reading

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Deadball | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: April 9, 2013 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Yudai Yamaguchi’s (Meatball Machine) Deadball (aka Dead Ball). The film stars Tak Sakaguchi (Versus) as Jubeh, a teenager who accidentally kills his father with his powerful baseball arm. Years later, he is sent to a reform school after killing over 50 people. To escape the school, Jubeh agrees to join the baseball team, even though he … Continue reading

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Judgement | DVD (Pathfinder Home Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: April 23, 2013 Pathfinder presents the DVD for Masato Tsujioka’s Judgement. An ex-boxer wakes up in chains. In this unfamiliar room, he sees his old boxing partner, Matoba; and his long time rival, Ushijima; both being held captive. A woman’s voice erupts: “Choose which one to kill… or you die.” In the tradition of Saw and Battle Royale comes a new tale of horror.

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Double Feature: Death Penalty.com & Death Penalty.com: A New Beginning | DVD (Danger After Dark)

RELEASE DATE: March 12, 2013 Danger After Dark presents the Double Feature DVD for Death Penalty.com & Death Penalty.com: A New Beginning. Angry at someone? No worries. Welcome to DeathPenalty.com where you can find a mysteriously masked ally to solve your problem. But there is a catch: for every murder requested, you must commit one and if you don’t follow the plan, you are next! Watch the trailer.

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SS Hell Camp | DVD (Full Moon Pictures)

RELEASE DATE: May 21, 2013 Full Moon Pictures presents the DVD for 1977’s SS Hell Camp (aka The Beast in Heat), directed by Luigi Batzella. A beautiful female SS officer/doctor creates a genetic, mutant human beast. The beast is a rapacious, squat, mongoloid sex fiend which she uses to torture and molest female prisoners while the Nazis watch. The vertically challenged beast is kept on a diet of mega-aphrodisiacs. Watch … Continue reading

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Riot in a Woman’s Prison | DVD (Full Moon Pictures)

RELEASE DATE: May 21, 2013 Full Moon Pictures presents the DVD for 1974’s Riot in a Woman’s Prison (aka Erotic Confessions from a Women’s Prison), directed by Brunello Rondi. Framed for a crime she didn’t commit, a young French traveler is cruelly imprisoned. Subjected to mental and physical torture from both the cold-hearted nuns who run the place and the hardened female prisoners around her, she struggles to maintain her … Continue reading

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Electric Button (Moon & Cherry) DVD (Tidepoint Pictures)

RELEASE DATE: April 23, 2013 Tidepoint Pictures presents the DVD for Electric Button (Moon & Cherry). Mayama, the star of her erotica writing club, has a bad case of writer’s block. When Tadokoro joins the group, Mayama learns that he’s a virgin. Mayama decides that introducing him to a variety of sexual indulgences might just be the inspiration she needs. As “”research”” for her book, she documents Tadokoro’s sexual awakening. Mayama … Continue reading

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