Category Archives: DVD/Blu-ray New Releases

New & upcoming Blu-ray/DVD 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.

American: The Bill Hicks Story Blu-ray/DVD (Warner)

RELEASE DATE: June 7, 2011 American: The Bill Hicks Story is a documentary on the life of comedian Bill Hicks. It features archival footage and interviews with family and friends, including Kevin Booth. The filmmakers used a cut-and-paste animation technique … Continue reading

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Barry Lyndon Blu-ray (Warner)

RELEASE DATE: May 31, 2011 First time on Blu-ray and an Amazon exclusive. Barry Lyndon is a 1975 period film directed by Stanley Kubrick based on the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray which recounts … Continue reading

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Kingdom of War Part I & II aka King Naresuan (Magnolia)

RELEASE DATE: June 14, 2011 Kingdom of War (aka The Legend of King Naresuan) is a two-part 2007 Thai biographical historical drama film about King Naresuan the Great, who ruled Siam from 1590 until his death in 1605. The Nation … Continue reading

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Jackie Chan Film 4-Film Series (Miramax Echo Bridge)

RELEASE DATE: May 2, 2011 Contains: Operation Condor, Operation Condor 2 (Armour of God), Dragon Lord and Twin Dragons. They can also be purchased individually at later dates (click for date details): Operation Condor, Operation Condor 2, Dragon Lord and … Continue reading

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Project A Parts 1 & 2 DVDs (Miramax Echo Bridge)

RELEASE DATE: May 5, 2011 Project A is a 1983 Hong Kong martial arts action comedy film written and directed by Jackie Chan. Film stars Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. Project A Part II in the 1987 sequel also … Continue reading

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Operation Condor DVD (Miramax Echo Bridge)

RELEASE DATE: May 24, 2011 Armour of God II: Operation Condor is a 1991 Hong Kong martial arts-action film, directed by and starring Jackie Chan. It is the sequel to his hit “Armour of God”, which was retitled to “Operation … Continue reading

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Operation Condor 2 aka Armour of God DVD (Miramax Echo Bridge)

RELEASE DATE: May 24, 2011 Armour of God is a 1987 Hong Kong martial arts action film co-directed by, and starring Jackie Chan. It was released in America as “Operation Condor 2,” when in fact, “Operation Condor” is the film’s … Continue reading

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Dragon Lord DVD (Miramax Echo Bridge)

RELEASE DATE: May 10, 2011 Dragon Lord is a 1982 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by and starring Jackie Chan. It was originally supposed to be a sequel to The Young Master and even had the name Young Master … Continue reading

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Supercop/Twin Dragons Double Feature Blu-ray (Miramax Echo Bridge)

RELEASE DATE: May 15, 2011 Supercop (starring Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh and Maggie Cheung) and Twin Dragons (starring Jackie Chan x2, directed by Ringo Lam and Tsui Hark) will both be available for the first time on Blu-ray, and Twin … Continue reading

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Supercop aka Police Story 3 Blu-ray/DVD (Miramax Echo Bridge)

RELEASE DATE: 5/10/11 Supercop (aka Police Story 3), is a 1992 Hong Kong martial arts action crime comedy film starring Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh and Maggie Cheung. Available for the first time on Blu-ray, and re-issued on DVD (5/3/11). You … Continue reading

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Enforcer aka Father is a Hero Blu-ray (Dragon Dynasty)

RELEASE DATE: Pending Enforcer (aka Father Is A Hero) is a 1995 Hong Kong action film directed by Corey Yuen (Righting Wrongs) and starring Jet Li, Anita Mui, Blackie Ko, Yu Rongguang and Damian Lau.

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Platoon Blu-ray/DVD Combo (MGM)

RELEASE DATE: May 24, 2011 MGM Home Entertainment, in conjunction with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, has announced Platoon for Blu-ray release on May 24, in a BD/DVD combo. This acclaimed semi-autobiographical Vietnam war drama, directed by Oliver Stone, received … Continue reading

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Equilibrium Blu-ray (Miramax Echo Bridge)

RELEASE DATE: May 10, 2011 It’s Fahrenheit 451, 1984 and Fist of Fury all rolled into one. Directed by Kurt Wimmer (writer of Salt and Law Abiding Citizen) and starring Christian Bale, Sean Bean, William Fichtner. First time on Blu-ray … Continue reading

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Drop Blu-ray/DVD Combo (Funimation)

RELEASE DATE: June 21, 2011 Drop is a Japanese movie based on an autobiographical novel by comedian Hiroshi Shinagawa, who also wrote the screenplay and directed. Funimation will be releasing this Blu-ray on 6/21/11. Apparently, there is no DVD version … Continue reading

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The Usual Suspects Blu-ray Digibook (MGM)

RELEASE DATE: May 10, 2011 The Bryan Singer (Superman Returns) crime classic arrives, once again, in this special Digitbook Blu-ray version. Starring Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak and Pete Postlethwaite.

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Scarface Blu-ray (Universal)

RELEASE DATE: September 6, 2011 In the spring of 1980, the port at Mariel Harbor was opened, and thousands set sail… YOU know the rest. Just order the darn movie. =D For more details, click here. Also available is a … Continue reading

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Tekken Blu-ray/DVD (Anchor Bay)

RELEASE DATE: July 19, 2011 Tekken, a martial arts action/adventure, based on the hit videogame. Directed by Dwight H. Little (Marked for Death, Rapid Fire) and starring: Jon Foo (House of Fury), Kelly Overton (CSI: NY), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Mortal Kombat), … Continue reading

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The Ultimate Fight DVD (Lions Gate)

RELEASE DATE: June 7, 2011 Ready for some adobo? This 1998 re-release is directed by and starring Ernie Reyes Jr. (The Last Dragon, Red Sonja), Corin Nemec, Ernie Reyes Sr. and Shishir Inocalla. When martial arts champion Pinoy (Shishir Inocalla) … Continue reading

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Once Upon A Time In The West Blu-ray (Paramount)

RELEASE DATE: May 31, 2011 First time on Blu-ray! A recently married woman arrives to her ranch out west to find her husband has been killed by a band of outlaws who want the railroad-valuable land. A brooding, young cowboy … Continue reading

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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Extended Editions Blu-ray (New Line)

RELEASE DATE: June 28, 2011 This Blu-ray release includes the following titles: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Blu-ray Extended Edition; The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Blu-ray Extended Edition; and The Lord of … Continue reading

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The Best of Global Lens: China DVD Set (First Run)

RELEASE DATE: May 17, 2011 Dam Street — by Li Yu During a time of rigid moral code in China, a sixteen year old girl living in a small riverside town discovers she is pregnant. The community is stunned, her … Continue reading

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Prachya Pinkaew’s Elephant White Blu-ray/DVD (Millennium)

RELEASE DATE: May 17, 2011 Directed by Prachya Pinkaew (Ong Bak, Tom Yum Goong), Elephant White revolves around an assassin who is hired by a businessman to avenge the murder of his daughter by white slave traders in Thailand. It … Continue reading

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Princess Blade 2-Disc DVD (Eastern Star)

RELEASE DATE: April 19, 2011 Princess Blade 2-Disc DVD (Eastern Star) is a re-release. Raised by assassins, Yuki is the last of the Takemikazuchi royal bloodline. A deadly weapon in her own right, she learns the gruesome truth about the … Continue reading

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My Girlfriend is a Gumiho DVD (Ya Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: April 26, 2011 YA Entertainment presents My Girlfriend is a Gumiho! Wannabe movie star Dae-woong (Lee Seung-Gi, Brilliant Legacy) learns that a gumiho isn t so evil after all when he accidentally frees 500-year-old Mi-ho (Shin Min-Ah) into … Continue reading

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Aquarian Age – Live Action DVD (Eastern Star)

RELEASE DATE: April 19, 2011 The story focuses on several high school boys who discover that they inherited latent genetic traits — among other things, wings that sprout out of their backs. They soon find themselves caught in a millennia-old … Continue reading

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The Housemaid DVD (MPI)

RELEASE DATE: June 7, 2011 IFC presents The Housemaid, a 2010 South Korean melodramatic thriller film directed by Im Sang-soo. The story focuses on Eun-yi, played by Jeon Do-yeon, who becomes involved in a destructive love triangle while working as … Continue reading

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El Topo Blu-ray/DVD (Anchor Bay)

RELEASE DATE: April 26, 2011 For the first time on Blu-ray! El Topo is an experimantal tale in which master gunfighter and cosmic mystic El Topo must defeat his four sharp-shooting rivals while on an ever-increasingly bizarre path to allegorical … Continue reading

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Scent of Green Papaya, The Blu-ray/DVD (Kino)

RELEASE DATE: April 26, 2011 In this Academy Award Nominated film (available for the first time on Blu-ray AND in its original theatrial aspect ratio), little things mean a lot in the world of 10-year-old Mui, a girl who’s trained … Continue reading

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Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien: Resurrection Blu-ray (Fox)

RELEASE STREET DATE: May 10, 2011 The Alien film series is a science fiction horror film franchise, focusing on Lieutenant Ellen Ripley (played by Sigourney Weaver) and her battle with an extraterrestrial lifeform, commonly referred as “the Alien”. Produced by … Continue reading

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Johnny Mnemonic Blu-ray (Image)

RELEASE DATE: June 14, 2011 In a dystopian 2021, Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely store data too sensitive for regular computer networks. On one delivery run, he accepts a … Continue reading

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