The Movies That Moved Me: Mark DiSalle’s THE PERFECT WEAPON
Jeff Speakman still has the power in this early 90s classic.
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Kino Lorber Brings Another Van Damme Gem to 4K UHD This August
Blu-ray distributor, Kino Lorber, is known to release an absolutely smorgasbord of titles. From Silence of the Lambs to Columbo box-sets. This means they occasionally dip their toes in martial arts actioners, having previously dropped a 4K UHD of the John Woo classic, Hard Target. Well, if your hankering for Jean-Claude Van Damme hasn’t quite been satiated, you’ll be happy to know they’re giving us another 4K UHD release from the Muscles from Brussels in the form of the underrated SUDDEN DEATH. Per Kino Lorber: Action superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme (Hard Target) teams with Powers Boothe (The Emerald Forest) in a tension-packed suspense thriller from Peter Hyams, the director of Running Scared, Narrow Margin and Timecop. Inside the Civic Arena, 17,000 rabid hockey fans gather for the Stanley Cup final game—including the Vice President of the United States. What they don’t know is that someone is planning to have the […]
THE INVISIBLE FIGHT: Kino Lorber Takes Estonian Kung Fu Romp For North America. Check Out The Teaser!
Director Rainer Sarnet’s Estonian kung fu comedy, The Invisible Fight, is currently enjoying reactions out of Fantastic Fest this week following its previous main competition premiere at Locarno last month. The film is currently set to screen at the next edition of Sitges in October, as well as Latvia for the tenth Riga International Film Festival. USSR-China border, 1973. Rafael, is in the army on guard duty when the border falls under attack from flying Chinese kung fu warriors. Utterly fascinated by the long-haired Chinese hippie black-clad kung fu aces flying around blasting forbidden Black Sabbath music from their portable radio Rafael gets struck by a revelation; he too wants to become a kung fu warrior. Faith leads Rafael to an Orthodox monastery where the black-clad monks do their training but his road to achieving the almighty power of humility required is long, winding and full of kick-ass adventures. The […]
FINAL CUT: Kino Lorber Signals July Release For French Remake Of Japanese Cult Hit Horror Comedy
Kino Lorber is obliging horror comedy fans with the official trailer of zombie romp, Final Cut. The film is a French remake of Shin’ichirô Ueda’s hit flick, One Cut Of The Dead, which at one point was the subject of English-language remake announced back in 2019 which may or may not be a thing, depending on those involved. At any rate, Ueda’s film and the reincarnation from Michel Hazanavicius have both had their share of ceremony. Kino Lorber has since acquired the rights to the film as of January, and is now poised to release the film in a progressive rollout at select cities beginning July 14. Final Cut stars Romain Duris, Bérénice Bejo, Matilda Lutz, Grégory Gadebois, and Finnegan Oldfield. The opening night selection of last year’s Cannes Film Festival was this wacky horror comedy, a remake of Shin’ichirô Ueda’s cult hit One Cut of the Dead. It follows […]
LET THE CORPSES TAN: The Bell Chimes And The Bullets Fly In The Official Trailer
Celebrated French film duo Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani are coming packed with praise for their latest Super 16mm offering, Let The Bodies Tan, since premiering for the festival crowd at Toronto last year. Rave reviews are aplenty for the adaptation of the 1971 novel from Jean-Patrick Manchette and Jean-Pierre Bastid and with a New York and Los Angeles rollout set for August 31 prior to a wider select release, Kino Lorber have since graced netizens and cinephiles with a rousing official trailer that absolutely chills and thrills. Belgian filmmakers Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani trade in the crushed velvet and creeping shadows of their giallo-worshiping first two films (Amer, The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears) for blistering sun, creaking leather and raining bullets in this glorious homage to 1970s Italian crime films. After stealing a truckload of gold bars, a gang of thieves absconds to the ruins of a remote […]
NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER Takes The Hong Kong Crossover Action To Blu-Ray In February
No Retreat, No Surrender [Blu-ray] Perhaps one of the best pieces of news came back in June when it was announced that the 1986 film, No Retreat, No Surrender was heading to Blu-Ray. The film is a celebrated action classic that notably landed budding action star Jean-Claude Van Damme in the spotlight before catapulting to Hollywood fame in the 1990s after Bloodsport. Here he plays a ruthless Russian kickboxer and right hand man to Seattle’s most dangerous crime boss in a tale of a young teen, bullied and discouraged by his peers, who sets out to find his strength and courage in the ghost of his idol, Bruce Lee. Van Damme is joined by lead actor Kurt McKinney, as well as J.W. Fails, Kathie Sileno, and Tai Chung Kim. I checked with Kino Lorber last year and was informed that there are no current Blu-Ray re-release plans for the remainder […]
A HARD DAY Gets A July Release From Kino Lorber!
Writer and director Kim Seong-hun‘s recent suspensful thriller, A Hard Day, was one of the most excellent films brought into the fray back in 2014, hitting loads of high-notes among critics and festivalgoers alike after its run in South Korea. Thankfully, a more commercial response for audiences in the U.S. isn’t too far off with a select theatrical release date on July 17, and as such, we now have a trailer to accomodate you at the very bottom. SYNOPSIS: Driving back from his mother’s funeral, homicide detective Gun-soo runs over a man in a dark rural street. In a moment of desperation, he dumps the body in a coffin alongside his mother. A few days later, Gun-soo flips through a listing of open cases and finds his accident victim. His colleague is on the accident case and is slowly making progress. Making matters worse, a witness steps forward, a detective […]
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