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Kung Fu Double Pack Vol. 1: True Game of Death & Incredible Kung Fu Mission DVD (Performance Syndicat)

RELEASE DATE: January 24, 2012 Performance Syndicat presents The Classic Kung Fu Double Pack Vol. 1, which includes True Game of Death, starring Bruce Hsao Lung; and Incredible Kung Fu Mission (aka Kung Fu Commandos), Alexander Lo. The cover art … Continue reading

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Kung Fu Double Pack Vol. 2: Bloody Fight & Story in Temple Red Lily DVD (Performance Syndicat)

RELEASE DATE: January 24, 2012 Performance Syndicat presents The Classic Kung Fu Double Pack Vol. 2, which includes Bloody Fight and Temple Red Lily. The cover art claims that both movies are digitally remastered and fully restored, yet there’s no … Continue reading

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Fistful of Bullets: Spaghetti Western DVD Collection (Mill Creek)

RELEASE DATE: January 10, 2012 Titles include Apache Blood, Between God, the Devil and a Winchester, Beyond the Law, Death Rides a Horse, The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe, Find a Place to Die, Fistful of Lead, God’s Gun, Grand … Continue reading

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The Assailant aka Besouro DVD (Phase 4)

RELEASE DATE: February 14, 2012 Based on the life of a legendary capoeira (a Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, sports, and music) fighter from Bahia, Besouro spins a fantastic tale of a young Brazilian man (Aílton … Continue reading

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Three Outlaw Samurai Blu-ray & DVD (Criterion)

RELEASE DATE: February 14, 2012 This first film by the legendary Hideo Gosha (Sword of the Beast) is among the most canonized chambara (sword-fighting) films. An origin-story offshoot of a Japanese television series phenomenon of the same name, Three Outlaw … Continue reading

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Catch .44 Blu-ray & DVD (Anchor Bay)

RELEASE DATE: December 20, 2011 Bruce Willis, Malin Akerman (Watchmen), Nikki Reed (The Twilight Saga), Deborah Ann Woll (True Blood) and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) star in the tough, sexy story of three hit women sent to … Continue reading

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Sinners and Saints Blu-ray & DVD (Anchor Bay)

RELEASE DATE: January 10, 2012 Serious buzz alert for action fans! Beleaguered Detective Sean Riley is trying to cope with the death of his young son and his failed marriage. Facing a probable suspension from the department, Riley is teamed … Continue reading

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Killer Elite Blu-ray & DVD (Universal)

RELEASE DATE: January 10, 2012 Universal presents Killer Elite (No relation to – and – not a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s 1975 flick, The Killer Elite). The plot revolves around a retired contract killer (Jason Statham) who is forced back … Continue reading

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Punished aka Abduction, Retribution DVD (Vivendi)

RELEASE DATE: January 24, 2012 When a tycoon’s daughter is found dead of a cocaine overdose after being rescued from abduction, he will stop at nothing to avenge her death! Another quality Milkyway Image film from producer Johnnie To (Fulltime … Continue reading

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Straw Dogs 2011 Remake Blu-ray & DVD (Sony)

RELEASE DATE: December 20, 2011 A Hollywood screenwriter (James Marsden) and his actress wife (Kate Bosworth), return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father’s death. Once there, tensions build … Continue reading

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Caterpillar DVD (Lorber)

RELEASE DATE: January 17, 2012 A masterpiece. — The Hollywood Reporter — Set during the time of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Caterpillar tells the story of a Japanese soldier who returns home horrifically mutilated. Liutenant Kurokawa is literally nothing but … Continue reading

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United Red Army DVD (Lorber)

RELEASE DATE: January 17, 2012 One of the best films of the decade! – Sight & Sound – Koji Wakamatsu’s (Caterpillar) epic docudrama United Red Army explores the political unrest of 1960′s Japan, when mass student uprisings coincided with the … Continue reading

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Killer Bride’s Perfect Crime DVD (Pathfinder)

RELEASE DATE: December 27, 2011 Goro Kishitani’s Killer Bride’s Perfect Crime is a killer comedy about very bad things. Hiroko spent 25 years failing at everything, but for the first time, luck is on her side. She’s about to marry the … Continue reading

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Fish Story DVD (Pathfinder)

RELEASE DATE: December 27, 2011 Yoshihiro Nakamura’s Fish Story centers around a rock band from 1975 that breaks up after having no success; they record one last song before they call it quits… decades later the song has a profound … Continue reading

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Nude Nuns with Big Guns Blu-ray & DVD (Image)

RELEASE DATE: February 14, 2012 Who says nunsploitation is dead? After deciding to take her vows at a convent, Sister Sarah becomes enslaved and victimized by the drug-pushing predators within the church walls and, on the verge of death, receives … Continue reading

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Gurozuka DVD (Synapse)

RELEASE DATE: January 10, 2012 Synapse Films is proud to present Yoichi Nishiyama’s Gurozuka! A fun getaway turns into a journey to Hell for some teenage girls visiting an isolated house to rehearse and perform a play for their private … Continue reading

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The Town: Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-ray & DVD (Warner)

RELEASE DATE: February 7, 2012 The Town: Ultimate Collector’s Edition is a 3-disc Blu-ray/DVD/UltraViolet Digital Copy combo pack. It contains all three versions of the film – the theatrical cut, the extended cut, and an additional extended cut with a … Continue reading

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Baba Yaga aka Kiss Me Kill Me, The Devil Witch Blu-ray (Blue Underground)

RELEASE DATE: February 28, 2012 Legendary sex symbol Carroll Baker (Baby Doll, The Watcher in the Woods) stars as a mysterious sorceress with an undying hunger for sensual ecstasy and unspeakable torture. But when she casts a spell over a … Continue reading

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The Boys in Company C Blu-ray (Hen’s Tooth)

RELEASE DATE: January 17, 2012 Raymond Chow’s Golden Harvest presents The Boys in Company C, one of the very first Vietnam war films appear after the Vietnam Era. This 1978 cult film follows the lives of five young Marine inductees … Continue reading

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Warrior Blu-ray & DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: December 20, 2011 “Powerful, moving and brilliant!” – Dan Jolin, Empire The youngest son (Tom Hardy) of an alcoholic former boxer (Nick Nolte) returns home, where he’s trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts … Continue reading

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A Matter of Size DVD (Menemsha Films)

RELEASE DATE: December 6, 2011 A Matter of Size is fun-filled comedy from Israeli! Four overweight friends are fed up of dieting. When Herzl (155 kilos), the main protagonist, loses his job as a cook and starts working as a … Continue reading

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Flash Point Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: January 24, 2012 From actor Donnie Yen and Director Wilson Yip, the now-legendary duo behind Ip Man and Ip Man 2, comes the 2007 hit Flash Point. Previously released on DVD by The Weinstein Company (as part of … Continue reading

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1911 Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: January 10, 2012 1911 is a historical drama about the Xinhai Revolution (or the the 1911 Revolution), which was the revolution that overthrew China’s last imperial dynasty, the Qing. 1911 is not only a a tribute to the … Continue reading

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Tales of an Ancient Empire aka The Sword and the Sorcerer Sequel DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: January 24, 2012 Swords clash and destinies collide in this epic story of bloodlust and vengeance from Albert Pyun, the cult director of The Sword and the Sorcerer, Cyborg and Nemesis. Tales of an Ancient Empire stars Kevin … Continue reading

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Hunted By Night DVD (MTI)

RELEASE DATE: January 31, 2012 With its John Woo-inspired shoot-outs and bone-crunching martial arts sequences, Juan C. Bofill’s Hunted By Night seems to have what action film nuts are hungry for! Three men are hunting when an airplane drops bails … Continue reading

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The Hellstrom Chronicle Blu-ray & DVD

RELEASE DATE: January 10, 2012 This 1971 movie combines elements of documentary and science fiction to present a gripping depiction of the Darwinian struggle for survival between humans and insects. Several cinematographers photographed this film using stop-motion photography with microscopic … Continue reading

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Zen DVD (Festival Media)

RELEASE DATE: November 29, 2011 Zen is a biopic of Dogen Zenji, a Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher and the founder of the Soto school of Zen in Japan after travelling to China. Directed by Banmei Takahashi and starring Kantarou Nakamura, … Continue reading

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Triple Tap Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: December 6, 2011 Another quality release from Well Go USA! Directed by Derek Yee (Shinjuku Incident), Triple Tap took home a Hong Kong Film Award for best Editing (Kwong Chi-leung). The movie sports an all-star cast that includes: … Continue reading

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Horror Express Blu-ray (MPI)

RELEASE DATE: November 29, 2011 First time on Blu-ray! An English anthropologist has discovered a frozen monster in the frozen wastes of Manchuria which he believes may be the Missing Link. He brings the creature back to Europe aboard a … Continue reading

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City Hunter DVD Set (Ya Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: December 6, 2011 Asian’s favorite private detective is back in City Hunter, a live action series starring Lee Min Ho, Park Min Young, Lee Joon Hyuk, Hwang Sun Hee, Goo Hara and Lee Kwang Soo. City Hunter is … Continue reading

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