On June 23, 2025, 88 Films is releasing a 4K Ultra HD for Crime Story, a 1993 Hong Kong thriller from director Kirk Wong (Taking Manhattan, The Big Hit). Troubled Hong Kong CID inspector Eddie Chan (Jackie Chan) is assigned to oversee the safety of controversial businessman Wong Yat-Fei (Law Kar-Ying), who is then kidnapped. A major investigation is launched and leads to Taipei and back to Hong

Two prequels to the Cold War franchise (2012’s Cold War and 2016’s Cold War 2) are on their way from Edko Films. Longman Leung, who co-directed the original films (along with frequent collaborator, Sunny Luk), shot the two prequels back-to-back. Titled Cold War 1994 and Cold War 1995, the movies are headlined by Daniel Wu (Sky on Fire) and Terrance Lau (Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In). The prequels will … Continue reading →

On September 9, 2025, Criterion is releasing the 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray for High and Low, a 1963 thriller from acclaimed filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (Ran, Stray Dog, Seven Samurai) Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in High and Low, the highly influential domestic drama and police procedural from director Akira Kurosawa. Adapting Ed McBain’s detective novel King’s Ransom, Kurosawa … Continue reading →

A sequel to Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 film Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood – titled The Continuing Adventures of Cliff Booth – is brewing with David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) directing a script written by Tarantino. Frequent Fincher/Tarantino collaborator Brad Pitt (Fight Club, Inglorious Basterds) will reprise his role as Cliff Booth, the tough-guy Hollywood stuntman

On June 20, 2025, CN Entertainment is releasing a Blu-ray (Region A/B/C) for A Hero Never Dies, a 1998 Hong Kong actioner from director Johnnie To (Three, Office, Fulltime Killer). Jack (Leon Lai) and Martin (Lau Ching-Wan) are top lieutenants of rival triads, but the two find they’re not so different when they meet at a bar. Both friends

On June 16, 2025, Eureka is releasing the Blu-ray (Region A/B) for Po-Chih Leong’s 1984 film, Hong Kong 1941, which stars Cecilia Yip (Nomad), Alex Man (Rich and Famous) and Chow Yun-fat (The Killer) in his breakout role. A versatile British-Chinese filmmaker whose career has spanned nearly fifty years, Po-Chih Leong has worked in a variety of genres, from action in Foxbat to horror in The Island, comedy in Ping Pong and the gangster … Continue reading →

On September 15, 2025, Radiance is releasing the Blu-ray for The Betrayal, a 1966 Japanese actioner from director Tokuzo Tanaka (Zatoichi’s Vengeance, Zatoichi the Fugitive). To protect his clan, an honourable samurai (Raizo Ichikawa, Shinobi) takes the blame for a murder committed by one of his fellows. He is promised a safe return after one year in exile, but this vow is broken and he becomes a fugitive chased

It’s official. Writer/director Gareth Evans (Havoc, Apostle, Merantau), the mastermind behind The Raid franchise, is officially set to direct a remake of Takashi Nomura’s 1967 Yakuza thriller A Colt Is My Passport for Amazon MGM’s Orion Pictures (via TheInSneider). In the original, Joe Shishido (Cruel Gun Story) plays a hitman tasked with killing a rival yakuza boss. After completing the assassination, he and his partner (Jerry Fujio) attempt to escape the country, but … Continue reading →

On June 20-22, 2025, Shanghai Blues, a 1984 classic from Tsui Hark (The Raid, Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind), is getting a Limited Theatrical re-release from Film Movement at the Metrograph in New York City. The film will presented in a New 4K restoration, supervised from the original negative by Tsui Hark with L’Immagine Ritrovata and the soundtrack remixed by One Cool Sound. Beginning against the backdrop of the Second … Continue reading →

Tae Kwon Dead! In the tradition of 1981’s Kung Fu Zombie, 2014’s Zombie Fight Club and 2022’s Day Zero comes Ziam, a 2025 Thai-produced action thriller from director Kulp Kaljareuk (The Up Rank). It stars Mark Prin Suparat (My Husband in Law), Nychaa Nuttanicha (Ghost Lab) and Vayla Wanvayla. In a fight for survival against a horrifying army

Kitao Sakura – an up and coming filmmaker who is perhaps best known for 2021’s Bad Trip, as well as a handful of episodes of 2023’s Twisted Metal series  – is directing Legendary Pictures’ live-action Street Fighter, which will be based on the classic Capcom video game of the same name. Stars attached to Street Fighter include Andrew Koji (Snake Eyes) as Ryu; Noah Centineo (The Recruit) as Ken; Roman … Continue reading →