Archive for the 'Amazon Pre-Orders' Category
November 20th, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
A series of murders have been committed by ordinary people who claim to have had no control over their actions, many of them having killed friends, co-workers or even their spouse. There are only two links between each crime: an X carved into the neck of each victim, and a mysterious stranger who seems to have had brief contact with the perpetrator a short period of time before each killing. But to follow these leads and end a seemingly inexplicable wave of terror, police detective Kenichi Takabe (Koji Yakusho, 13 Assassins) will need to put his own sanity on the line and endure a descent into hell. Cure is released on 4K UHD Blu-ray January 27, 2025! Continue reading ‘‘Cure’ on 4K UHD Blu-ray January 27, 2025!’
November 18th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
Coming to the Criterion Collection in February: King Lear, Jean-Luc Godard’s radical anti-adaptation of Shakespeare; Crossing Delancey, a love letter to 1980s Manhattan directed by Joan Micklin Silver; Drugstore Cowboy, Gus Van Sant’s lyrical Pacific Northwest addiction drama; and Performance, a transgressive journey to the dark side of London bohemia, directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg. Plus: Cronos, Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy about the seductiveness of immortality, and Punch-Drunk Love, the giddily off-kilter romantic comedy from Paul Thomas Anderson, now on 4K UHD.
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October 15th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
Coming in January from the Criterion Collection: The Mother and the Whore, the long-unavailable 1970s magnum opus from Jean Eustache; Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, a lacerating self-portrait by legendary comedian Richard Pryor; The Grifters, Stephen Frears’s pulpy, dark-hearted neo-noir; and Winchester ’73, Anthony Mann’s landmark, genre-redefining western. Plus: Yojimbo/Sanjuro, two of the most iconic and influential samurai films, by Akira Kurosawa, now on 4K UHD.
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October 1st, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
The year is 2033, and the people of Earth have been suffering through a drought for over a decade. The planet’s water supply is now controlled by megalomaniac businessman Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell), the owner of the Water & Power corporation. But in Australia, at least, there is resistance. If Kesslee wants to take control of the last water well in the Outback, he’ll need to contend with the Rippers – mutant hybrids of human and kangaroo – and Rebecca Buck, alias Tank Girl (Petty): a woman with a tank, a bad attitude, and a determination to rescue the world from the brink of oblivion. Tank Girl is released in the UK on Blu-ray November 25, 2024! Continue reading ‘‘Tank Girl’ on Blu-ray November 25!’
September 16th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
Coming in December: No Country for Old Men, Joel and Ethan Coen’s riveting West Texas borderlands noir, and Eastern Condors, Sammo Hung’s bazooka blast of Hong Kong action spectacle. Plus, now on 4K UHD: Paris, Texas, a visually exquisite study of a drifter in the American Southwest, directed by Wim Wenders, and Federico Fellini’s 8½, one of the greatest films about film ever made.
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Continue reading ‘Coens, Fellini, Wenders & Hong Coming to The Criterion Collection December 2024’
September 5th, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
Vincent Canelli (Robinson) is a violent mobster serving time on Death Row – but he has no intention of going to the electric chair. Following a plan put together by his moll, Hatti (Jean Parker, Dead Man’s Eyes), Canelli orchestrates a jailbreak on the night before his execution and takes several hostages in the process. Canelli is joined by fellow Death Row inmate Peter Manning (Peter Graves, Stalag 17), and hopes to discover the location of a stash of stolen loot Manning hid away before his conviction. But is Manning willing to pay the price for freedom and look the other way as the psychopathic Canelli revels in murder and mayhem? Black Tuesday is released on Blu-ray in the UK November 18, 2024! Continue reading ‘‘Black Tuesday’ on Blu-ray November 18!’
September 4th, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
The cruise liner SS Britannic is traveling through the North Atlantic with over a thousand passengers on board. As the vessel drifts through the vast ocean, its owner – Nicholas Porter (Holm) – receives a call from a man who identifies himself only as “Juggernaut.” The ominous voice on the telephone informs Porter that there are explosives planted aboard the Britannic, and that he will sink the ship at dawn unless a hefty ransom is paid. A race against time then begins as Captain Alex Brunel (Sharif), Royal Navy officer Anthony Fallon (Harris) and police superintendent John McLeod (Hopkins) work together across land and sea in a desperate attempt to avert certain disaster and secure the safety of the ship’s passengers. Juggernaut (aka Terror on the Britannic) is released on Blu-ray in the UK November 18, 2024!
Continue reading ‘‘Juggernaut’ on Blu-ray from Eureka Classics November 18!’
August 30th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
After tracing a strange ailment to a remote gravesite, a team of supernatural experts soon discovers what happens when you mess with the wrong grave in the award-winning horror-thriller EXHUMA, debuting on Blu-ray™, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD October 8 from Well Go USA Entertainment. The release includes an all-new English dub and French subtitles. Written and Directed by Jang Jae-Hyun (Svaha: The Sixth Finger), EXHUMA stars CHOI Min-Sik (Oldboy, I Saw the Devil), KIM Go-Eun (Hero, Little Women), YOO Hai-Jin (A Taxi Driver), and LEE Do-Hyun (Prison Playbook, Sweet Home).
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August 15th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
Coming in November to the Criterion Collection: Funny Girl, a musical screen debut for the ages, directed by William Wyler; Paper Moon, one of American cinema’s unlikeliest criminal double acts, directed by Peter Bogdanovich; Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water, a swooning monster movie with a heart; Scarface, Howard Hawks’s gangster film that set the standard for the genre; and, now on 4K UHD, Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, one of the most thrilling warrior epics of all time, and Ishiro Honda’s Godzilla, a cult phenomenon that spawned over thirty sequels. Plus, our recently announced forty-film CC40 box set!
– Continue reading ‘4Ks For Seven Samurai, Godzilla, Paper Moon & More Coming to The Criterion Collection November 2024’
August 6th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
Filled with unpredictability and intrigue, Searchlight Pictures’ Kinds of Kindness arrives on digital retailer platforms on August 27 and on Blu-ray and DVD on October 8. From the Oscar-nominated director of Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos, the “profoundly hilarious” (David Fear, Rolling Stone) dark comedy features a star-studded cast, led by Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe, that has been described as “laugh-out-loud funny” (David Ehrlich, Indiewire) and “bound to baffle and delight” (Peter Debruge, Variety). Fans can delve deeper into the film with exclusive behind-the-scenes bonus features and deleted scenes when the boundary-pushing twisted film arrives on digital retailer platforms, including Prime Video, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home on August 27 and on Blu-ray and DVD on October 8. Continue reading ‘Searchlight Pictures’ KINDS OF KINDNESS Dances its Way To Blu-ray on Oct. 8’
July 30th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
Celebrate the 20
th anniversary of director Michael Mann’s stylishly compelling noir thriller
COLLATERAL with a new Limited-Edition 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray™ SteelBook™, arriving August 6, 2024, from Paramount Home Entertainment.
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Tom Cruise is “convincingly wicked” (Toronto Star), and Jamie Foxx gives an Oscar®-nominated*performance in the exhilarating film that “crackles with energy and purpose” (Los Angeles Times). Originally released on August 6, 2004, COLLATERAL wowed critics and audiences alike and continues to be revered as a masterful blend of suspense and drama, combining intense action with captivating character exploration. Written by Stuart Beattie, the film also stars Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, and Javier Bardem.
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Continue reading ‘COLLATERAL Celebrates 20th Anniversary With New Limited-Edition 4K Ultra HD/Blu-ray SteelBook Arriving August 6th’
July 10th, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
You’ll definitely want to pick up The Hitcher as the seminal eighties’ slasher gets the full Limited Edition overhaul from experts in the field Second Sight Films. They present a brand-new restored 4K version from the original camera negative supervised and approved by director Robert Harmon, that’s set for release on 4K UHD Blu-ray September 30, 2024! Hit the road with The Hitcher for a ride from hell wrapped in a box set from heaven. Continue reading ‘‘The Hitcher’ on 4K UHD Blu-ray September 30!’
July 7th, 2024 by Gerard Iribe
An early cinematic pioneer with an undeniably pervasive influence, Louis Feuillade made hundreds of films in a short career spanning only a few decades. Today, he is best remembered for his landmark serials Fantômas, Les Vampires, Judex and Tih Minh, four crime epics that have had an immeasurable impact on popular culture around the globe. The Masters of Cinema series is honoured to present these silent masterworks on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK from astonishing 4K restorations. Louis Feuillade: The Complete Crime Serials is released September 30, 2024!
Continue reading ‘Louis Feuillade: The Complete Crime Serials (1913-1918) on Blu-ray September 30, 2024!’
June 17th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
Coming in September to the Criterion Collection: Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy, a trio of films from the New Queer Cinema renegade; All of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh’s metaphysical exploration of queer love and loneliness; and Happiness, Todd Solondz’s disturbingly funny portrait of middle-class suburbia. Plus: The Long Good Friday, John Mackenzie’s landmark of British crime cinema, and Repo Man, Alex Cox’s quintessential 1980s cult comedy—now on 4K UHD.
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Continue reading ‘Araki, Cox, Solondz 4Ks & More Coming to The Criterion Collection September 2024’
June 7th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
What a time to be alive when it comes to kaiju cinema these days. Godzilla, in particular, can now be referred to as the Oscar-winning King of the Monsters after smash hit Godzilla Minus One managed to go the distance (one step closer to EGOT, I say!). With that in mind, the MonsterVerse has once again revved its gears to deliver Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. This entry not only capitalized on the success of 2021’s original savior of movie theaters, Godzilla vs. Kong, but has now become the biggest entry yet in Legendary’s gigantic franchise. With returning director Adam Wingard and some familiar cast members back on board, audiences, much like me, were largely happy to see the latest monster smash-up event. With a streamlined focus, psychedelic visuals, some cool kaiju creations, and the delivery of epic brawls, not only was it great for theaters, but it makes for a solid 4K UHD Blu-ray release as well.
Continue reading ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (4K UHD Blu-ray Review)’
June 3rd, 2024 by Adam Toroni-Byrne
Relive the epic action when MONKEY MAN becomes available to own with brand-new bonus content on Digital June 11, 2024 and on 4K UHD, Blu-ray™ and DVD June 25, 2024 from Monkeypaw Productions and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Full of “staggeringly impressive action” (Collider), MONKEY MAN cuts into the world of gritty and stylized hand-to-hand combat with a fresh take on the genre, bearing the birth of a new action star. Experience more excitement when you own the Collector’s Edition, which has over 55 minutes of all-new bonus features, including an alternate opening, alternate ending, deleted scenes, behind the scenes featurettes and more!
Continue reading ‘One Small Ember Can Burn Down Everything: MONKEY MAN Hits 4K UHD & Blu-ray on 6/25!’
May 15th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
Coming in August: Brief Encounters / The Long Farewell: Two Films by Kira Muratova, two long-suppressed features by the fearless Ukrainian iconoclast; Not a Pretty Picture, a metacinematic experiment in recreating trauma from Martha Coolidge; Real Life, a satirical mockumentary about attempting to document the life of an ordinary American family, from Albert Brooks; and Mother, a comic portrait of a struggling novelist who decides to move back in with his mother, also from Brooks. Plus: The Last Emperor, Bernardo Bertolucci’s powerful Academy Award–winning epic set in Qing-dynasty China—now on 4K UHD.
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Continue reading ‘Bertolucci, Brooks, Coolidge & More Coming to The Criterion Collection August 2024’
May 7th, 2024 by Aaron Neuwirth
The latest entry in the Monsterverse franchise, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, which follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs Kong with an all-new cinematic adventure, debuts for purchase and rental Digitally at home on May 14, 2024, and on 4K UHD and Blu-ray on June 11. From Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire pits the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own. The epic new film delves further into the histories of these Titans, their origins, and the mysteries of Skull Island and beyond while uncovering the mythic battle that helped forge these extraordinary beings and tied them to humanity forever.
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