Killer Nun Blu-ray (Blue Underground)

Killer Nun Blu-ray (Blue Underground)

Killer Nun Blu-ray (Blue Underground)

RELEASE DATE: April 24, 2012

Branded as obscene around the world and banned outright in Britain, Killer Nun has been newly remastered from the original negative and is now presented with all its blasphemous sex and violence fully restored in sleazy High Definition! Check out the trailer.

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This Is Not a Movie Blu-ray & DVD (Lorber)

This Is Not a Movie Blu-ray & DVD (Lorber)

This Is Not a Movie Blu-ray & DVD (Lorber)

RELEASE DATE: March 20, 2012

With the end of the world imminent, Pete Nelson (Edward Furlong) locks himself inside a Las Vegas hotel. There, he tries to understand his confused reality influenced by film, TV, pop culture, disinformation, drugs and propaganda. This Is Not a Movie features an original soundtrack score by Guns N Roses guitar legend, Slash. Check out the trippy trailer.

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Alastair MacLean’s Puppet On A Chain DVD (Scorpion)

Alastair MacLean's Puppet On A Chain DVD (Scorpion)

Alastair MacLean's Puppet On A Chain DVD (Scorpion)

RELEASE DATE: March 20, 2012

Move over James Bond! Directed by Geoffrey Reeve, 1971’s Puppet on a Chain is a British thriller based on the Alastair MacLean novel of the same name. It’s about an American agent (Sven-Bertil Taube) who goes to Amsterdam to break up lethal gangs who run the city. There’s a gritty boat chase in this movie that pre-dates the famous one in Live and Let Die (1973). Check out the trailer.

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Double Feature: Heat & GoodFellas 2-DVD Set (Warner)

Double Feature: Heat & Good Fellas 2-DVD Set (Warner)

Double Feature: Heat & Good Fellas 2-DVD Set (Warner)

RELEASE DATE: March 13, 2012

I could care less for these budget, double feature DVD sets; but when you got two great movies like Michael Mann’s Heat and Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas, a release like this is hard to ignore. Besides, I’m sure there’s someone out there who hasn’t seen these classics. Could that be you?

Trailers: Heat | Goodfellas

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Late Spring aka Banshun Blu-ray (Criterion)

 Late Spring aka Banshun Blu-ray (Criterion)

Late Spring aka Banshun Blu-ray (Criterion)

RELEASE DATE: April 17, 2012

One of the most powerful of the family portraits by Yasujiro Ozu, Late Spring tells the story of a widowed father who feels compelled to marry off his beloved only daughter. Eminent Ozu players Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara command this poignant tale of love and loss in postwar Japan, which remains as potent today as ever—and as strong a justification for its maker’s inclusion in the pantheon of cinema’s greatest directors.

Features: High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition / Audio commentary by Richard Peña, program director of New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center / Tokyo-ga (1985), filmmaker Wim Wenders’s ninety-two-minute documentary about director Yasujiro Ozu / PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critic Michael Atkinson and Japanese-film historian Donald Richie

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Satan’s Slave: Uncut DVD (Scorpion)

Satan's Slave: Uncut DVD (Scorpion)

Satan's Slave: Uncut DVD (Scorpion)

RELEASE DATE: March 20, 2012

Ready for some satanic action? A young girl moves in with her Uncle Alexander after her parents’ car mysteriously explodes. After being taken in by her cousins, she soon begins suffering strange visions. But what she doesn’t know is that her planned role in the house is more sinister than she could have expected. Check out this clip.

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The Veteran DVD (Inception Media Group)

The Veteran DVD (Inception Media Group)

The Veteran DVD (Inception Media Group)

RELEASE DATE: April 10, 2012

A soldier returns home from Afghanistan unable to fit back into society. Living on a violent council estate and finding work in undercover surveillance, he becomes obsessed with taking down a group of local gangsters. Starring Toby Kebbell (RocknRolla), Brian Cox (The Bourne Identity) and Ashley Thomas (Shank). Children of Men meets Taxi Driver? That’s a bold statement. Check out the trailer.

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Blade of Kings aka The Twins Effect 2 Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

Blade of Kings aka The Twins Effect 2 Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

Blade of Kings aka The Twins Effect 2 Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: March 6, 2012

Well Go USA is proud to announce 2004’s Blade of Kings aka The Twins Effect 2 (The first film got released by Sony as The Vampire Effect, and is streaming on Crackle.) The film features two directors – Drunken Master’s Corey Yuen and Beyond Hypothermia’s Patrick Leung – and an all star cast that includes Charlene Choi, Gillian Chung, Jaycee Chan, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Wilson Chen Bo Lin, Fan Bing Bing, Qu Ying, Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan and Daniel Wu. Check out the trailer.

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Classic Splatter Pack: Drive-in Massacre, Driller Killer DVD (MVD)

Classic Splatter Pack: Drive-in Massacre, Driller Killer DVD

Classic Splatter Pack: Drive-in Massacre, Driller Killer DVD

RELEASE DATE: March 20, 2012

In Drive-in Massacre, a psychotic killer goes on a murdering spree. His target: people who go to the movies! In Driller Killer, an artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates. Abel Ferrara’s (Ms. 45) first movie, which he also stars in.

Trailers: Drive-in Massacre | Driller Killer

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Naked Torture Double Feature: Flesh Feast, Three on A Meat Hook DVD (GG Media)

Naked Torture Double Feature: Flesh Feast, Three on A Meat Hook

Naked Torture Double Feature: Flesh Feast, Three on A Meat Hook

RELEASE DATE: March 20, 2012

Need a double dose of Grindhouse goodness? Flesh Feast involves a ring of Nazis in Florida is in possession of the body of Adolf Hitler, and plan revive him so they can take over the world. Three on A Meat Hook involve four girls who take a lake trip and have car problems on the way home… (need I say more?)

Trailers: Flesh Feast | Three on A Meat Hook

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‘United Red Army’ marches onto Netflix Instant

United Red Army DVD (Lorber)

United Red Army DVD (Lorber)

United Red Army, the 2007 Japanese-language film that Sight & Sound magazine called “one of the best films of the decade” is now streaming on Netflix Instant in HD. Director Koji Wakamatsu’s (Caterpillar) epic docudrama explores the political unrest of 1960′s Japan, when mass student uprisings coincided with the beginnings of the far-left United Red Army group, which tortured and murdered its ”deviant” members during a 1972 training session.

An uncompromising piece of filmmaking from one of Japan’s most controversial filmmakers, United Red Army also features a score by former Sonic Youth member Jim O’Rourke. Check out the trailer!

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The Girl in Room 2A aka The House of Fear DVD (Mondo Macabro)

The Girl in Room 2A aka The House of Fear DVD (Mondo Macabro)

The Girl in Room 2A aka The House of Fear DVD (Mondo Macabro)

RELEASE DATE: March 27, 2012

Known in Italy as La Casa Della Paura, William Rose’s 1974 flick, The Girl in Room 2A, revolves around a sadistic killer cult who kidnaps and sacrifices beautiful women. A young girl, just paroled from prison, moves into a strange house and appears to be the cult’s next victim. Check out the trailer!

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The Hills Have Eyes II: Remastered Blu-ray & DVD (Redemption)

The Hills Have Eyes II: Remastered Blu-ray & DVD (Redemption)

The Hills Have Eyes II: Remastered Blu-ray & DVD (Redemption)

RELEASE DATE: March 20, 2012

Wes Craven directs this 1985 sequel to his 1977 cult hit which inspired the 2000s remakes! A group of bikers, which includes some of the survivors from the original film, embark on a journey by bus to a biker race near the desert of the infamous incidents. However, because of a mistake they are late and decide to take a shortcut through the desert… in other words, they’re fucked!

Check out the trailer!

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Strip Nude for Your Killer Blu-ray (Blue Underground)

Strip Nude for Your Killer Blu-ray (Blue Underground)

Strip Nude for Your Killer Blu-ray (Blue Underground)

RELEASE DATE: March 27, 2012

The stunning Edwige Fenech (Case of the Bloody Iris) stars in this infamous shocker that packs more grisly violence and sexual depravity into each frame than most any other film in the entire giallo genre. Nino Castelnuovo (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) and Femi Benussi (Hatchet for the Honeymoon) co-star in this sleazy ’70’s classic directed by Andrea Bianchi (Burial Ground), now on Blu-ray, totally uncut and uncensored from original vault materials for the first time ever in America. Check out the trailer!

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Blu-Ray and DVD Releases for 1/17/12

Gantz 2: Perfect Answer Blu-ray/DVD (Warner)

Gantz 2: Perfect Answer Blu-ray/DVD (Warner)

This week leaves us with plenty to talk about so I’ll cut my speech short and get started. Here are your Asian and genre movie blu-ray and DVD releases for the week of 1/17/12:

Gantz II: Perfect Answer (blu-ray/DVD) – Viz Media presents the final installment in the live-action Gantz series! This 2011 film is based off the popular – and very dark and violent – anime

The Coast Guard (blu-ray/DVD) – Tartan Palisades re-releases Korean iconoclast director Kim Ki-duk’s 2002 film on blu-ray

United Red Army (DVD) – Director Koji Wakamatsu presents a stirring docudrama that explores political unrest in 1960’s Japan. Released in Japan in 2007, Sight & Sound magazine has called it “one of the best films of the decade”

Caterpillar (DVD) – Lorber Films is releasing another film from Japanese director Koji Wakamatsu, this 2010 film about a soldier who returns from war horribly disfigured

Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire (DVD) – Pathfinder Home Entertainment presents this 2004 Korean biopic about the half-Korean, half-Japanese sumo wrestler who faced prejudice all his life

Parallel Life (DVD) – Pathfinder Pictures also releases this 2010 Korean film about a lawyer who discovers he may be repeating the same mistakes and tragedies of another lawyer who lived decades ago

Soh Daiko: Taiko in New York (DVD) – this 2012 English language documentary is all about the Japanese art of taiko drumming and how this piece of Asian culture has been transported to modern day NYC

FOREIGN CINEMA

Bella de Jour (blu-ray/DVD) – the Criterion Collection presents this 1967 film from director Luis Bunuel, starring the lovely Catherine Deneuve

Mysteries of Lisbon (blu-ray/DVD) – a 2011 Portuguese-language film based on the sprawling 19th century novel

The Overcoat (IL Cappotto) (DVD) – RaroVideo presents this 1952 black-and-white Italian film based on a Russian short story. When a nobody becomes a somebody thanks to his fancy new overcoat, he wonders if the clothes truly make the man…until one day the overcoat is stolen

Cop in Drag (DVD) – Mya Video sure loves their obscure Italian flicks. They’re putting out this 1984 number starring Thomas Milian as a cop looking to solve the murders of several drag queens

Special Treatment (DVD) – Isabelle Huppert stars in this 2010 French language film about a high-class prostitute who becomes intrigued by a psychoanalyst and his analytical world

Cold Sweat (DVD) – a 2010 Spanish language horror movie about a night of terror and torture in one remote house

ANIMATION

Redline (blu-ray/DVD) – it would be no exaggeration to say that “Redline” has become the most hyped and talked about anime of the last year. Finally you can find out what all the fuss is about as it races onto home formats

First Squad (blu-ray/DVD) – here’s something you don’t see everyday: a Russian-made animated film using the Japanese anime style. The plot concerns the Russians developing teams of psychically-powered young girls to fight the Nazis in WWII

MAINSTREAM

The Ides of March (blu-ray/DVD) – an all-star cast including Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, and Marisa Tomei headline this 2011 political thriller, also directed by Clooney

Abduction (blu-ray/DVD) – this 2011 movie tried to be ‘Taken for tweens’ and failed miserably at the box office, most likely ensuring that Taylor Lautner won’t get too many roles outside the “Twilight” franchise

Dead Poet’s Society (blu-ray) – this beloved 1989 school-set drama starring Robin Williams gets a hi-def upgrade

Good Morning Vietnam (blu-ray) – it’s the 25th anniversary edition of this 1987 Robin Williams film

Traffic (blu-ray) – the Criterion Collection releases their own edition of Steven Soderbergh’s breakout 2000 film

Project X (blu-ray) – how can you go wrong with Matthew Broderick and a monkey in this 1987 film, now getting the upgrade to blu-ray

The Color Purple (blu-ray) – Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film makes the leap to blu-ray

The Tuskegee Airmen (blu-ray) – Morgan Freeman stars in this 1995 film, based on the true story of the black airmen who broke color barriers during WWII

Age of Heroes (blu-ray/DVD) – 006 himself, Sean Bean, stars in this 2011 film based on Ian Fleming’s actual squad in WWII, who helped lay the foundation for the birth of the British SAS

CULT

The Boys in Company C (blu-ray) – one of the first films to openly discuss the Vietnam War in 1978 finds its way to blu-ray

Action Double Feature: The Last Hard Men/Sky Riders (DVD) – two 70’s action flicks for the price of one, starring tough guys James Coburn and Charlton Heston

HORROR

Donner Pass (DVD) – the story of the Donner Party is mined for screams once again in this modern update, shot in just 18 days

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