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ARROW PLAYER Announces Bustling January SVOD Line-Up

It’s been a while since I promoted anything Arrow Player-related. The streamer is back this month with a new line-up announcements for its January rollouts and it’s chock-filled with classic action titles and horror delights to help meet it’s subscribers demand. The streamer itself is available in North America and the UK and you can learn more about it at the official website. Arrow Video is excited to announce the January 2025 lineup of their subscription-based ARROW platform, available to subscribers in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland. Enjoy a selection of new titles, from carefully cultivated curations to shorts by new talent. For serious enthusiasts, ARROW offers deep dives into the tastes of filmmakers that changed the way we see the genre.In a recent profile, the New York Times praised ARROW and noted, “Viewers with a fondness for the esoteric will be hard-pressed to find more quality bang for their streaming buck.” The January 2025 lineup […]

Streaming Sleepers: Sammo Hung’s HEART OF DRAGON Delivers Endearing Drama With Hearty Classic Action

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The mid-80s delivered peak Hong Kong action. It marked an era of post-Bruce Lee film fandom that helped pave the way for stars to rise and become some of the biggest influences and staples of their industry. This inevitably included Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung, whose careers would explode from the 70s and onward with the two joining up once more for 1985 action drama, Heart Of Dragon. The story kicks off with an explosive action sequence that later reveals Chan’s role as Ted, a freshly-minted police detective. His job is one thing though, while it’s another to maintain not only his teetering relationship with his girlfriend Jenny and chasing his real dream as a sailor, but also the care and oversight of his brother, Danny, who has the mental capacity of a child and is often taken advantage of by his younger peers, and abused by adults as a […]

Streaming Sleepers: Knuckle Up With Sammo Hung’s KNOCKABOUT

Lee B. Golden III

Kung fu cinema may be far and away from its heyday glory, but its enduring fandom remains adherent to its ties to the genre with unrelenting fervor through rigorous preservation and re-releases of these considerable classics in various selections. To date, you can look toward companies like Arrow Films’ genre specialty imprint, Arrow Video, with the recent launch of its streaming platform currently beholden to numerous titles in cult cinema, including and especially martial arts classics like Sammo Hung‘s 1979 hit, Knockabout. Hung joins the cast in a major co-starring role, with cinema legends Yuen Biao and Bryan Leung starring as two brothers – sibling conmen whose daily shenanigans for quick cash and a meal find themselves hustling hard to earn the favor of a silver-haired traveler who reluctantly takes them in, equipping them with his kung fu teachings as useful subordinates. The man’s fugitive past surfaces along with the […]

ARROW Player Announces January Line-Up

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It’s been a while since I dove into anything pertaining to the ARROW player. I can’t tap into my funds just yet to use it but the best thing about it is that you get to browse expansively through its library, and there’s plenty of titles for anyone keen on Asian niche titles and films suitable for the supernatural, suspense, horror and avant-garde cinephiles alike. You can download it to your mobile devices as you may, and even visit the official website for more information to whet your appetites before adding ARROW Player to your collective streaming experience. In the meantime, the streamer has also announced its January additions which you can view below, including the Lukas Moodyson collection, martial arts and action classics featuring Angela Mao and Sonny Chiba, works by Marlon Brando, and more. Peep the promo trailer from a few weeks ago, and read on: Arrow Video […]

ARROW PLAYER Lines Up King Hu, Lovecraftian, Bodies Of Water Collections And More For Its July Releases

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Arrow Player is gearing up with its July Seasons in a new announcement on Friday, kicking off with THE KING HU COLLECTION, comprised of kung fu and wuxia classic The Fate of Lee Khan, Raining in the Mountain, Legend of the Mountain, and Come Drink With Me. Following that is the July 8 launch of Jean-Paul Ouelette’s The Unnameable, along with Arrow’s THE LOVECRAFTIAN COLLECTION which includes Castle Freak with Barbara Crampton and Jeffrey Combs, as well as Lurking Fear and Bride of Re-animator. July 15 resumes the rollout with Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama and Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death, followed by THE BODIES OF WATER COLLECTION which has Island of Death, Lake of Dracula, Dark Water, and Blood Tide, and CAMP ARROW with Bruce Cook’s Nightwish, and Albert Band and Charles Band’s Doctor Mordrid. Not all titles will be made available to subscribers but […]

ARROW February Attractions: A GHOST AWAITS, MEATBALL MACHINE And More As The Streamer Officially Adds The UK To The Map!

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The ARROW player is officially live in the UK, adding to the streamer’s availability which also extends to the United States and Canada. Thus, the streamer is proudly adding a small raft of new titles to enjoy, including Adam Stovall’s romantic comedy A Ghost Awaits, Bill Waterson’s Dave Made A Maze, and Yudai Yamaguchi’s splatterific 2005 pairing with Jun’ichi Yamamoto, Meatball Machine among others. If you’re not subbed to the service yet, then the official website is where it’s at; as always, folks in North America can launch their own 30 day free trial with subscriptions from either $4.99 monthly or $49.99 annually. Check it out and read on for what’s in store! ARROW Offers Classic and Cutting Edge Cult Cinema February Kicks off with Romance in A Ghost Waits Streaming February 1 Alongside Dave Made a Maze ARROW Now Available in the UK 30 Day Trial Available Alongside Monthly […]