Second Sight rebirths THE BROOD in 4K (review)

When he suspects his daughter is being abused by his estranged wife, a father starts digging up information on her doctor who practices a form of psychotherapy that allows his patients to physically externalize their rage in this "body horror" take on KRAMER VS. KRAMER from David Cronenberg.

REVIEW LINK: Second Sight (UK) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE BROOD 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen Dolby Vision/HDR10 (4K UltraHD disc)
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Blu-ray disc)
• English LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Martyn Conterio and Kat Ellinger
• Audio Commentary by film scholar William Beard
• "Meet the Carveths" interview with actors Art Hindle and Cindy Hinds by Fangoria editor Chris Alexander
• "Producing The Brood" interview with executive producer Pierre David
• "The Look of Rage" interview with cinematographer Mark Irwin
• "Scoring The Brood" interview with composer Howard Shore
• "Character for Cronenberg" interview with actor Robert A Silverman
• "Anger Management: Cronenberg's Brood and the Shapes of Cinematic Rage" video essay by film historian Leigh Singer
• "Cronenberg - The Early Years" interview with David Cronenberg
• Comes in a rigid slipcase with new artwork by Krishna Shenoi, 120-page book with new essays by Jenn Adams, William Beard, Craig Ian Mann, Carolyn Mauricette, Shelagh Rowan-Legg, Amber T, Alexandra West and Scott Wilson, as well as six collectors' art cards.
  

Radiance Films basks in A MOMENT OF ROMANCE (Review)

Rich girl Jo-Jo becomes the hostage of jewelry heist getaway driver Wah Dee and sparks fly (literally) in this influential mix of Triad film and Hong Kong melodrama starring Andy Lau and Jacklyn Wu from director Benny Chan and producers Johnnie To and Ringo Lam.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (US/Canada) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

A MOMENT OF ROMANCE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Asian cinema expert Frank Djeng
• Interview with director Benny Chan
• "In Love and Danger: HK Cinema Through A MOMENT OF ROMANCE" visual essay by critic and Asian cinema expert David Desser
• Theatrical Trailer
• Come with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow.

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88 Films grants Jackie Chan a pockeful of MIRACLES (review)

Jackie Chan unofficially remakes A POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES and LADY FOR A DAY as a gangster who attributes his good luck to the roses he buys daily from a street vendor.  When he learns that the woman has let her daughter away at school believe she is a wealthy woman, he and his girlfriend (Anita Mui) go to elaborate extremes to keep her daughter, her fiance, and his father from discovering the truth while also fighting a gang war.  Lo Lieh and Wu Ma also star along with tons of celebrity cameos in this action/drama/comedy.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• Hong Kong Version (128 mins): 
• 2160p24 HEVC 2.35:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10) 
• 3 Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono tracks (original, alternate, and home video mixes) 
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Remix 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Remix 
• Optional English and English SDH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by the New York Asian Film Festival's Frank Djeng and filmmaker F.J. DeSanto 
• Export Version (107 mins): 
• 2160p24 HEVC 2.35:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10) 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• Hong Kong Version (128 mins): 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen 
• 3 Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono tracks (original, alternate, and home video mixes) 
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Remix 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Remix 
• Optional English and English SDH Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by the New York Asian Film Festival's Frank Djeng and filmmaker F.J. DeSanto 
• Export Version (107 mins): 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono 
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• "Jackie Chan: Film Director" video essay by film historian Steve Lawson 
• Excerpts from the Taiwanese Version 
• Hong Kong Teaser Trailer 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer 
• English Export Trailer 
• Japanese Theatrical Trailer 
• Japanese TV Spot 
• Image Gallery
• The deluxe limited edition comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original Hong Kong art and is packaged in a rigid slipcase with artwork by Sam Green, a perfectbound book with essays by David West, Paul Gramhall, and William Blaik – not supplied for review so we do not know if it has been expanded over the booklet included with the first 3,000 copies of the 2019 edition – limited art cards, and a double-sided foldout poster.

Eureka Classics spars with the SHAOLIN BOXERS (review)

James Tien takes the lead as one of the SHAOLIN BOXERS fighting a corrupt gang who want to take over his master's school and extort protection money from the town.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka Video (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

SHAOLIN BOXERS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.39:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng, New York Asian Film Festival
• Audio Commentary by Asian cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• "Shaolin Style" interview with Wayne Wong of Martial Arts Studies
• Theatrical Trailer
• Limited edition of 2,000 copies comes with an O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling and a collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Hong Kong cinema scholar Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park.
   
  

Arrow Video hosts ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK in 4K (review)

The gal with the enormous... ratings: ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK gets her own film spin-off as the horror hostess makes a stop in New England to collect her inheritance on the way to Vegas and soon has a torch-wielding mob chasing her to burn her at the stake as a witch!

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US/UK) 4K UltraHD (DVDCompare)

ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK 4K UltraHD specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10)
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by actors Cassandra Person, Edie McClurg and writer John Paragon
• Audio Commentary by director James Signorelli
• Audio Commentary by producer Patterson Lundquist
• Introduction by director James Signorelli (optional)
• "Too Macabre: The Making of ELVIRA, MISTRESS OF THE DARK" 2018 documentary (97 minutes)
• "Recipe for Terror: The Creation of the Pot Monster" featurette
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer
• U.S. Teaser Trailer
• Image Galleries
• Includes a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck. 
• The first pressing also includes an illustrated collector's booklet featuring writing on the film by Sam Irving, Kat Ellinger and Patterson Lundquist.
  

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88 Films gets stranded with CASTAWAY (review)

Gerald, a middle-aged man puts an ad in the lonely hearts column looking for a "wife" to spend a year with him on a desert island.  When twenty-something Lucy responds to the ad, they begin a desert island odyssey of clashing wills, tempestuous lust, and a fight for survival against nature itself in this eighties Nicolas Roeg film starring Oliver Reed and Amanda Donohoe.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

CASTAWAY Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani, Nathaniel Thompson, and Troy Howarth
• Audio Commentary by film journalist David Flint
• "Harvey Harrison on CASTAWAY" cinematographer interview
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
  

88 Films declares THE LADY IS THE BOSS (review)

Lau Kar-Leung and Kara Hui but heads over how to run a traditional martial arts school in the Shaw Brothers action comedy THE LADY IS THE BOSS.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (US/UK) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE LADY IS THE BOSS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng, New York Asian Film Festival
• "Sam Ho on Lau Kar-Leung" interview
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible Cover
• The first pressing includes a slipcover and foldout poster.
  

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