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Arrow Video Unleashes Wuxia Heavy SHAWSCOPE VOL. 3 In November

If you find a very, very quiet spot today – maybe a closet or a bathroom – and listen carefully, you can hear the agonizing shrieks of kung fu cinema fans’ wallets as today’s the day Arrow Video officially announced the release of SHAWSCOPE VOL. 3, their third Blu-Ray box-set of classic Shaw Brothers films. But genre fans need not empty their bank accounts just yet, as the set will be releasing on November 26th. Plenty of time to scrape together the necessary funds. Early buzz among Blu-Ray enthusiasts suggested Volume 3 may be a horror-centric set but that doesn’t seem to be the case at all. This time around, Arrow is focusing on swordplay with films like The Sentimental Swordsman and the iconic One-Armed Swordsman trilogy. You can see the full ist of fims below: One-Armed Swordsman trilogy Lady Hermit Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan The 14 Amazons The […]

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NARC: Arrow Video 4K Blu-Ray Review

Lee B. Golden III

8 min. read I’ve seen most of Joe Carnahan’s filmography at this point. With any luck, I’ll be able to come across some of his earlier stuff. At least this way, I can better gauge his early creative trajectory at some point in the future, including his second directorial offering, Narc, which remains a celebrated modern classic among cinephiles. Actor Ray Liotta certainly did his diligence there. He divulges as much, and more in EPK footage now included in this month’s release of the modern crime hit on 4K/Blu-Ray from Arrow Video. Actor Tom Cruise ekes in a producer credit behind the lens alongside Diane Nabatoff, Michelle Grace and Julius R. Nasso. The movie was strategically shot in Toronto as the prominent backdrop of the film’s setting in Detroit, with the remainder of the movie shot mostly guerilla-style for a day in the latter city. Narc immediately takes off with […]

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NARC Arrow Video 4K/Blu-Ray Review [BMC Exclusive]

Lee B. Golden III

I’ve seen most of Joe Carnahan’s filmography at this point. With any luck, I’ll be able to come across some of his earlier stuff. At least this way, I can better gauge his early creative trajectory at some point in the future, including his second directorial offering, Narc, which remains a celebrated modern classic among cinephiles. Actor Ray Liotta certainly did his diligence there. He divulges as much, and more in EPK footage mow included in this month’s release of the modern crime hit on 4K/Blu-Ray from Arrow Video. Actor Tom Cruise ekes in a producer credit behind the lens alongside Diane Nabatoff, Michelle Grace and Julius R. Nasso. (To continue reading this product review, visit my Buy Me A Coffee page and consider donating today!)

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NIGHT FALLS ON MANHATTAN Arrow Blu-Ray Review

Lee B. Golden III

Heralded as one of the greatest directors of our time, the late Sidney Lumet takes center stage as Arrow Video primes its May 7 release of the 1996 courtroom crime drama, Night Falls On Manhattan. The film stands out as one of several milestone features in Lumet’s celebreted resumé, aimed at spotlighting injustice and police corruption, earning its leading man, Andy García, an ALMA Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Feature Film at the time. Robert Daley’s 1993 novel, “Tainted Evidence,” serves as the basis for Lumet’s screenplay. It centers on Sean Casey (Garcia), thrust into daily rigmarole as a recently-appointed ADA, whose career gets an unexpected uptick. The city’s most notorious criminal, Jordan Washington (Shiek Mahmud-Bey), is on the loose after shooting his way out of a bust, killing two cops and wounding one during his violent escape from a surrounded apartment building. Among his victims is Sean’s father, […]

Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung as featured in "KNOCKABOUT" (1979)

KNOCKABOUT: Bring The Hit Kung Fu Classic Home On 2K Restored Blu-Ray March 28

Lee B. Golden III

I first bought a copy of Sammo Hung’s 1979 hit film, Knockabout, a little less than twenty years ago via 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on DVD. It was during a time when I could do nothing but spend all my hard earnings on DVDs and certainly Fox’s line-up of Hong Kong classics had piqued my interest. Nowadays Arrow Video is carrying the torch for the film’s North American distribution per its acquisition and matriculation of Hong Kong niche releases and they’re soon welcoming it on a newly restored 2K Blu-Ray format with tons of special features, including on their exclusive streamer, Arrow Player beginning March 28. The language, official trailer and Blu-Ray art can all be viewed below. Pre-orders are up as well! Having established himself as Hong Kong’s premier action choreographer throughout the 1970s, Sammo Hung ended the decade by directing a non-stop assault of kung fu classics […]

SHAWSCOPE VOLUME ONE: Arrow To Unleash Classic Kung Fu And Creature Thrills On Limited-Edition Blu-Ray This December

Lee B. Golden III

The genre specialists at Arrow Video have been lightly teasing a glimpse of what’s to come for its catalogue for some weeks now. On Friday, the company played its cards firmly for the world of kung fu and cult cinema fanfare to see with an extensive trailer announcing the December 6 release of Shawscope: Volume One, with a second installment stamped for sometime in 2022. That’s twelve classic and rollicking titles restored in HD to collect just in time for the holiday season, including Five Fingers Of Death, Mighty Peking Man, beloved Lau Kar-leung classic Heroes Of The East, and much, much more to offer with tons of special features to accomodate the pack. Pre-orders are up-and-running in the UK via Arrow, Zavvi, HMV and Amazon. US pre-orders are also available at DiabolikDVD and Zavvi, and in Canada through Unobstructed View. SURPRISE UK/US/CA TITLE: Shawscope Volume one (Limited Edition Blu-ray […]

BATTLE ROYALE LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD Blu-Ray Set Unleashes The Anarchy In The UK In April

Lee B. Golden III

The early 2000s proved to be the best era for films fans amid the rise of the Asia Extreme subgenre. This no less includes one of the most topical releases by far with Kinji Fukasaku’s Battle Royale, long celebrated even after the director’s passing in 2003 upon the production of his son’s sequel, Battle Royale II: Requiem. How so? Leave it to Arrow Video to pave the way for a deluxe limited edition/4K blu-ray re-release of the films with all the trimmings several times over. Time will tell if North America will get a stab at this jam-packed package of bygone physical media delight, but pre-order links are currently up-and-running for collectors in the UK to snatch up ASAP, via Arrow, Amazon, Zavvi and HMV ahead of its April 26 release! The kids of Third Year Class-B Shiroiwa Junior High School are back, in a brand new UHD restoration of […]

ARROW: December Seasons, AGFA Titles And More Outline To Arrive Through December Into 2021

Lee B. Golden III

Cutting edge cult cinema streamer, ARROW, is making headway this month announcing its December line-ups and title release plans well into the new year, starting with the December 1 release of Patrick Picard’s slow-burner horror thriller debut, The Bloodhound. Picard writes and directs this, his feature debut billed as “a hauntingly atmospheric tale”, freshly inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher”. The film centers on Francis (Liam Aiken – A Series of Unfortunate Events), a dispossessed young man who finds himself drawn into a world of malaise and despair upon visiting the secluded home of his wealthy childhood friend who suffers from a mysterious affliction, and whose family is discovered to carry a dark legacy. The film also stars Joe Adler (The Maze Runner) and Annalise Basso (Ouija: Origin of Evil). Going forward, the seasons commence with “Naughty or Nice” for its following thematic […]

VERSUS Trailer: Re-Live The ‘Ultimate’ Legendary Japanese Action Horror Thriller On Blu-Ray This December

VERSUS Trailer: Re-Live The ‘Ultimate’ Legendary Japanese Action Horror Thriller On Blu-Ray This December

Lee B. Golden III

The zeitgeist of the last twenty years with Asian cinema has been a purely awesome and memorable era to be a part of, and it’s all thanks in part to Ryuhei Kitamura whose 2000 action horror, Versus, helped pave the way for my own fandom apart from Hollywood’s own investments, the “Hong Kong crossover” included. Versus is a film that brings me back to a time when all the money I would ever have to spent would end up at the most convenient Suncoast outlet during my errands from 34th st. and Herald Square when the mall I’d routinely visit was still called the Manhattan Mall. Like with Steve Wang’s Drive and its “director’s cut”, that particular DVD store is one of three reasons why I allowed myself to have multiple copies of Versus – the others being CD Japan, YesAsia and the currently-defunct HKFlix. To be honest though, were […]

VERSUS: Ryuhei Kitamura’s Legendary Action Horror Gets A DVD/Blu-Ray Combo Pack From Arrow Video!

Lee B. Golden III

While you’re busy catching onto recent Ryuhei Kitamura releases such as Downrange and The Doorman, feel free to take a trip back about twenty years ago when the auteur began making a name for himself at the turning point of the new millennium with his hit indie action horror, Versus. The film introduces a hypnotic, stylish martial arts-tinged horror thriller featuring legends Tak Sakaguchi and Hideo Sakaki in an interdimensional story that crosses time and space, drawing an escaped convict and a mysterious, immortal killer closer to an inveitable battle, with a mystical young woman caught in the middle. It’s the film that drew crowds at festivals around the world and remains a cult favorite to this day, especially for anyone who’s ever purchased a U.S. Media Blasters/Tokyo Shock DVD of this film in one edition or another. Nearly twenty years later, the good folks at Arrow Video have hit […]

Limited Edition GAMERA: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION Is Yours To Own On Blu-Ray In The U.K. And North America In August!

Lee B. Golden III

The Arrow Video Channel has been making a killing this year with its acqusitions of classic films, including the friend of all children and guardian of the universe himself, Gamera. Alas, you’re a kaiju movie fiend and it just so happens that you’re into physical releases over SVOD service, MVD Entertainment Group is willing to oblige with limited edition collectors’ blu-ray set of the Gamera film franchise. The company announced the full list of special features that will jam-pack the box set upon release in the UK on August 7, and in North America beginning August 18. Packed with loads of extras, including commentaries, interviews, an 80-page retrospective and 130-page comic, the bundle also includes exclusive artcards featuring artwork by Matt Frank as shown in Arrow Video Channel’s June announcement. Read on below and pre-order your limited edition blu-ray box set from MVD today! COLLECTOR’S EDITION BOX SET CONTENTS •Limited […]

Arrow Video Channel Launches 80s Horror And Asia Extreme Titles In July With GAMERA, BLOODSTONE, CREEPSHOW 2 And Much More!

Lee B. Golden III

If you haven’t yet snagged a Blu-Ray of Lee Min-Jae’s hit zombie horror romp, Zombie On Sale, you’ll definitely get the chance to beginning July 1 as it joins the July summer slate for the Arrow Video Channel. But that’s not all. Folks in the U.S. and the U.K. will also be able to stream all or most of the following titles depending on the region, including Nagisa Oshima’s war classic, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Dwight Little’s Indian-American action comedy, Bloodstone, horror thrillers Black Rainbow and Creepshow 2, and the 12-film Gamera movie collection. It all kicks off this we on Wednesday July 1 on the Arrow Video Channel, which is available on Apple TV in the UK and US, as well as on Amazon in the UK. Check out the promos and line-up below! July Additions: Zombie For Sale (UK/US) The Gamera Collection (12 films) (UK/US) Creepshow 2 (UK/US) […]

JESUS SHOWS YOU THE WAY TO THE HIGHWAY, THE WOMAN, BLOODTIDE And More Head Up Arrow Video Channel’s June Line-Up

Lee B. Golden III

Miguel Llansó’s Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway was a fascinating festival feature delight last year. The film now stands as part of Arrow’s subscription-based Arrow Video Channel line-up, exclusively in the U.S. and the U.K., with Llansó’s film launching June 1. The year is 2035, and Special Agent Gagano (Daniel Tadesse, Crumbs) dreams of leaving the CIA to open a business with his wife Malin (Gerda-Annette Allikas). Before he can hand in his resignation, however, a strange cyber virus attacks Psychobook, the CIA’s operating system, forcing Gagano to enter cyberspace via virtual reality to combat the threat. Before long, however, the virus starts to reach out into the real world, destabilising the fragile socio-political order for its own ends, and Gagano, trapped in the VR world, must find a way out before it’s too late. Arrow launched it’s SVOD service back in 2017 and is now home […]

ZOMBIE FOR SALE: Snack On Undead Shenanigans With Lee Min-Jae’s Feature Debut On Blu-Ray This Summer

Lee B. Golden III

Lee Min-jae’s directing debut, The Odd Family: Zombie On Sale, was some of the most delightful Korean genrefare to emerge last summer, and I encourage you to read my review to catch up. In the meantime, Arrow Video is finally picking up on the pic, retitled Zombie For Sale, with an announcement as of last week, and pre-orders up and running via Arrow UK, Amazon UK, DiabolikDVD in the U.S., and Unobstructed View in Canada. Tune in for dates listed at each website. Below are the listed specs for the film’s July release on Blu-Ray in the U.S.: “An infectiously funny slice of modern Korean cinema where Train to Busan, The Quiet Family and Warm Bodies collide to create a memorable rom-zom-com from first time director Lee Min-jae. When the illegal human experiments of Korea’s biggest Pharmaceutical company go wrong, one of their “undead” test subjects escapes and ends up […]

WHY DON’T YOU JUST DIE! Review: Oh, The Things We Do For Love…

Lee B. Golden III

Kiril Sokolov’s feature debut, Why Don’t You Just Die! takes a searing and catastrophic glimpse at twisted family drama with brutal results. Best of all is the film marks the latest outing of actor Aleksandr Kuznetsov who first landed on this site’s radar with a physically impressive supporting turn in Rustam Mosafir’s period actioner, The Scythian (also known as The Last Warrior), which is an absolute blast. Kuznetsov’s performance lends an equally raw physicality to Sokolov’s unfolding and whimsically comedic and dark drama. It doesn’t take long for the gears to begin turning with a story that centers on Matvey (Kuznetsov), a man who is compelled by his girlfriend, Olya (Evgeniya Kregzhde), to kill her father, Andrey (Vitaliy Khaev), for an alleged incident during her childhood. Armed with a hammer and expecting only to confront Andrey by himself, Matvey’s simple plan unravels into a not-so-simple standoff with the man sitting […]

WHY DON’T YOU JUST DIE!: Kiril Sokolov’s Outlandish, Critically-Acclaimed Horror Comedy Opens In The U.S. On April 10 From Arrow

Lee B. Golden III

Kirill Sokolov’s latest, Why Don’t You Just Die!, landed at Arrow Video last Augustfollowing its festive premiere at the 23rd Fantasia Festival during its fest run. The film will release in select theaters nationwide on April 10 and a trailer has already begun making the rounds. Matvey (Aleksandr Kuznetsov) has just one objective: to gain entry to his girlfriend’s parents’ apartment and kill her father Andrey (Vitaliy Khaev) with a hammer to restore her honour. But all is not as it initially seems, and Matvey’s attempts to bludgeon the family patriarch to death don’t quite go to plan as Andrey proves a more formidable – not to mention ruthless – opponent than he anticipated… and Matvey, for his part, proves stubbornly unwilling to die. Why Don’t You Just Die! has received critical acclaim from festivals around the globe, taking home the New Flesh Award for Best First Feature and Silver […]

THE VENGEANCE TRILOGY: Arrow Announces 4-Disc Blu-Ray Pre-Orders For December UK Release

Lee B. Golden III

Among a raft of new titles announced on Friday, Arrow is reviving a trio of contemporary classic revenge tales for a December 9 re-release of celebrated auteur Park Chan-wook‘s highly-acclaimed gems, The Vengeance Trilogy. The four-disc Blu-Ray collection boasts a massive array of extras with details and purchase info now available at Arrow Films‘ official website, as well as U.K. outlets for Amazon, HMV and Zavvi. This collection presents Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Lady Vengeance, the lauded trilogy of revenge films directed by internationally acclaimed Korean director Park Chan-wook (The Handmaiden). Sympathy for Mr Vengeance tells the harrowing tale of a young deaf-mute man, Ryu, who kidnaps a wealthy businessman s daughter in an attempt to extort money to pay for his sister’s kidney transplant. A terrible accident sets the child s father on a fateful path of revenge. Oldboy tells the grisly story of Oh Dae-su, a […]

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WHY DON’T YOU JUST DIE: Kirill Sokolov’s Rollicking Action Comedy Debut Acquired By Arrow For U.S. And U.K. Release

Lee B. Golden III

I screened a cool bunch of films at home that premiered in Montreal for the 23rd Fantasia International Film Festival this summer. Unfortunately some were never included in the screener list – one which includes comedic action drama, Why Don’t You Just Die, Kirill Sokolov’s directorial debut centered on the calamity between a young thug, and his girlfriend’s abusive brooding Moscow cop father. The film opened in Russia in April while screening at a raft of festivals around the world in addition to Fantasia, including premiering at Tallinn Black Nights last year 2018, as well as What The Fest in March and Cineopocalypse in June. The film is also due to screen for Arrow Video FrightFest this weekend in the U.K., and with the good fortune of sales agent Reel Suspects selling North American and U.K. rights to Arrow Video according to Elsa Keslassy who elucidates the exclusive buzz points […]

Arrow’s SISTER STREET FIGHTER BLU-RAY COLLECTION Spotlight’s New Release Artwork And Key UK Release Details

Arrow Video’s THE SISTER STREET FIGHTER BLU-RAY COLLECTION Promo Is Here

Lee B. Golden III

I wonder if we’ll ever one day see a revival of some kind of either of the Sonny Chiba/Etsuko Shihomi Street Fighter franchises. At any rate though, there will always be the classics, and of course, Arrow Video now with its own stake in refurbished reprints with add-ons for the special features in its upcoming Blu-Ray set. I’m talking The Sister Street Fighter Collection which rolls out on the UK and the US on March 4 and March 5, respectively. Pre-orders are still up and avaialble while the good folks at Arrow have just put up its own summary promo for what fans can expect; the specs were announced back in January but feel free to tap and enlarge R.P. “Kung Fu Bob” O’Brien’s key artwork below and scroll down for the details. Order in the UK: Arrow Films Order in the US: Diabolik DVD After the massive success of […]

Arrow Video: THE GRAND DUEL, IN THE AFTER MATH, SPIRAL, YAKUZA LAW And More Announced For May

Lee B. Golden III

Arrow Video is doling out another in a raft of finely-tuned releases on Blu-Ray in the US, UK and Canada. Giancarlo Santi’s 1972 spaghetti western, The Grand Duel is just one and with a freshly uploaded trailer just above. Among the lot you also have Yakuza Law from the highly-heralded Godfather of J-sploitation, Ishii Teruo, Charles E. Sellier Jr.’s The Annihilators (which for me comes straight from the old VHS bin of yesteryear), and J-horror, Sprial, which is now available on Amazon Prime. There are seven titles in the gallery below with all the details you need. Tap them for larger view and scroll down for all the announcements, tech specs and pre-order links.