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Digital Bits notes the action buddy cop quadrology will stop being issued on 3/28, in order to make room for “Ultimate” Collector’s Editions for the the series’ 25th anniversary. The series, featuring Mel Gibson when people were fine with him … Continue reading →

The Slumdog actress is set to play the love-interest in the Bollywood take on Tess of the d’Urbervilles. In Tess, for short, Pinto plays a rick-shaw driver who falls in love with a son of a realtor.

The Red Cliff director apparently once shot an unaired episode of an attempted tv reboot of the 60s camp sci-fi comedy about a family stranded in space. While the idea never took off, along with a movie adaptation with Friends/Joey … Continue reading →

Digital Bits notes the Patrick Swayze/Keanu Reeves action classic about undercover surfers is being re-issued on the format, after a change of studios, on June 14. The director, Kathryn Bigelow, later went on to win a Best Picture Oscar for … Continue reading →

So far, only conveniently available here, this animated/live-action hybrid short to Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon’s new album features ninja silhouettes fighting with swords and the sampling of classic Shaw Brother dubbed lines. According to Wikipedia, the actual album is expected … Continue reading →

The company’s arthouse film from the creator of Rashomon, Portrait of Hell, goes OOP on 2/28. Until then, you can order it through them for only $3.99!

WellGo U.S.A. just tweeted that they licensed the basketball drama, which you can catch a trailer for here, and which is scheduled for DVD and Blu-Ray release on May 3. The film is also loosely influenced by the Slam Dunk … Continue reading →

A 3D Sadako spin-off of the J-horror series, Ringu, or Ring, is in the works. The original author of the novel which inspired The Ring will be writing the story for this installment. Since the release of the original hit … Continue reading →

The company is releasing an early work of Vietnamese director Anh Hung Tran, The Scent of Green Papayas, on DVD and Blu-Ray on April 26, according to TheDigitalBits.com. Tran has recently made a new name for himself by being attached … Continue reading →

Dark Horizons notes that the company will be releasing Masahiro Shinoda’s 60s yakuza drama, “Pale Flower” on Blu-Ray and DVD.

Dark Horizons notes that the development hell remake of the female fantasy action hero-last played by Bridgette Nielsen in an ’85 adaptation-is seeking Zombieland actress Amber Heard for the lead part. Machete director Robert Rodriguez and his Planet Terror co-star … Continue reading →

The Mission/Fulltime Killer/Running Out of Time director is currently focused on lighter fare in the form of High Altitude Romance 2 and Don’t Go Breaking My Heart. The former film stars Louis Koo and Sammi Cheng as the leads, while … Continue reading →

The director of projects as varied as The Joy Luck Club , Winn-Dixie, and Center of the World is now currently tackling the life and times of Mr. E=MC squared himself. Ronn Bass, the writer for Rain Man, is also … Continue reading →

A trailer and summary for FUNimation’s forthcoming Alien vs. Ninja is available here.

A military raid by a South Korean commando that rescued hostages on a hijacked freighter in the Arabian Sea will be made into a film. Dawn on the Gulf of Aden will be produced by Christmas Entertainment, one of the … Continue reading →