Eureka's Masters of Cinema stands with APACHE (review)

When Geronimo surrenders, Massai (Burt Lancaster) takes up the mantle as "The Last Apache Warrior" in a one man war against the U.S. Army in Robert Aldrich's third feature film also starring Jean Peters and Charles Bronson.

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

APACHE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• "The Story of Massai" interview with Austin Fisher, author of "Radical Frontiers in the Spaghetti Western"
• "The Last Sunset in Vera Cruz" interview with film historian Sheldon Hall on Robert Aldrich and the Western
• Theatrical Trailer
• The first pressing of 2,000 copies includes a limited edition O-card slipcase featuring original poster artwork and booklet featuring new writing on Apache by Western scholar Jenny Barrett and film writer Richard Combs. 

Arrow Video dares enter THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS (review)

THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS' Lino Capolicchio is an art restorer called to a remote village in the Po Valley to restore a rotting fresco that depicts a macabre rendition of the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian and gradually discovers that something is very wrong in the village related to the fresco's mysterious painter in this rural giallo from ZEDER director Pupi Avati.

REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US) Region ALL 4K UltraHD (DVDCompare)

THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS 4K UltraHD specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (HDR10)
• Italian LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
• Audio Commentary by critics Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
• "Painted Screams" 2025 documentary by Federico Caddeo featuring interviews with co-writer/director Pupi Avati, co-writer Antonio Avati, assistant director Cesare Bastelli, actors Lino Capolicchio, Fancesca Marciano, Giulio Pizzirani, and Pietro Brambilla, production designer Luciana Morosetti, assistant camera operation Toni Scaramuzza, sound mixer Enrico Blasi, and Emanuele Taglietti (son of assistant production designer Otello Taglietti (94 minutes)
• "La Casa e Sola" visual essay by critic Chris Alexander
• "The Art of Suffering" visual essay by critic Kat Ellinger
• Italian Theatrical Trailer
• Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain, double-sided foldout poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain, and an illustrated perfect bound collector's booklet featuring new writing by Matt Rogerson, Willow Maclay, Alexia Kannas, Anton Bitel, and Stefano Baschiera. 

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Also available on Region A Blu-ray. 

Acorn investigates MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG (review)

When Canon Daniel Clement finds a murdered man in the pews, he and Detective Sergeant Vanloo must find out why he was murdered or whether Daniel himself was the intended victim in this mystery series based on the novel by The Reverend Richard Coles.

REVIEW LINK: Acorn Media (UK) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDCompare)

MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG DVD specs:

• Six episodes on two dual-layer DVDs
• 16:9 Anamorphic 2.00:1 Widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English HoH Subtitles
• Featurettes:
• "Adapting MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG"
• "Inside Series One"
• "1980s England" 
• Image Gallery 

88 Films celebrates DRAGONS FOREVER in 4K (review)

"Brothers" Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao reunite for a final time in DRAGONS FOREVER as a shady lawyer, a private detective, and a schizophrenic electronics wizard who get involved in intrigue between a fishing company suing a factory run by a vicious gangster.

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

DRAGONS FOREVER 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision/HDR10) 4K UltraHD and 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen Blu-rays of the Hong Kong Version (95 minutes), Japanese Version (98 minutes), and Export Version (94 minutes)
• Cantonese Dolby Atmos and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono tracks on the Hong Kong Version
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 on the Hong Kong Version
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 on the Hong Kong Version, the Japanese Version, and the English Export Version
• Optional English Subtitles on the Hong Kong Version and the Japanese Version
• Optional English SDH Subtitles on the English Export Version
• Audio Commentary on the Hong Kong cut by Hong Kong cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• Audio Commentary on the Japanese cut by Frank Djeng and FJ De Santo
•  "Elite Stuntman" interview with Chin Kar-lok
• "Writing for the Dragons" interview with Szeto Cheuk-hon
• "Benny Forever" interview with actor Benny "The Jet" Urquidez
• "Discussing Dragons Forever" interview with academic David Desser
• "Hong Kong Cinema Forever" interview with film historian Mike Leeder 
• "Working with the Dragons" interview with martial artist Jude Poyer
• "Double Jeopardy" interview with martial artist Brad Allen
• "Beyond Gravity" interview with martial artist Joe Eigo
• "Kick Fighter" interview with martial artist Andy Cheng
• "Thai Breaker" interview with martial artist Billy Chow
• "The Legacy of Dragons Forever" featurette with today's actors and martial artists including Troy Sandford, Chris Jones, Ross Boyask, Maria Tran, Mike Leeder, Jean-Paul Ly, Mark Strange, Mike Moeller, George Clarke, Jude Poyer, and Steve Lawson
• Behind the Scenes Footage and Outtakes
• Music Video in English and Cantonese
• Additional Cantonese Dialogue
• English Export Theatrical Trailer
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer
• Comes in a keep case with six art cards, a reversible cover, an 88-page booklet, and a double-sided fold-out poster, all housed inside a rigid slipcase.

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Alternative Cinema goes blue with the MORE, MORE, MORE: ANDREA TRUE COLLECTION (Review)

"Before her 1976 breakout disco hit "More, More, More", Andrea True starred in some of the most unusual and popular adult films of the early 1970s, honing her craft alongside actors who would go on to become legends in the genre."  In DEVIL'S DUE, a virginal student is taken advantage of by her dean and her boyfriend and then betrayed by her father.  She runs away to New York and finds liberation in a Satanic cult.  In MEATBALL, a mad scientist and his nurse develop a potion for growing food supplies but it has an unusually horny side effect.  Harry Reems, Tina Russell, Jamie Gillis, Georgina Spelvin, and Marc Stevens also star.

REVIEW LINK: Alternative Cinema (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDCompare)

MORE, MORE, MORE: ANDREA TRUE COLLECTION DVD specs:

• Devil's Due:
• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono 
• Meatball:
• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono 
• Sweet Wet Lips:
• 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono 

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Cult Epics takes aim at a SCHOOL IN THE CROSSHAIRS (review)

A shy but popular schoolgirl develops telepathic powers just as her school is under threat of an alien invasion in SCHOOL IN THE CROSSHAIRS from the director of HAUSU (and the Mandom Charles Bronson commercials).

REVIEW LINK: Cult Epics (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

SCHOOL IN THE CROSSHAIRS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby Digital 5.1, and Japanese LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film critic Max Robinson
• "Sailor Suits and Sound" visual essay by Phillip Jeffries
• Obayashi Film Poster Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Bonus Trailers
• First pressing includes a repro Japanese booklet (pamphlet)

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Radiance Films fights back against THE BETRAYAL (review)

A noble young samurai is asked to take responsibility for an accidental killing to preserve the honor of his clan only to be betrayed by his masters and his friends in this "critical chanbara" from the director of THE DEMON OF MOUNT OE and THE SNOW WOMAN.

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

THE BETRAYAL Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Select Scene Audio Commentary by Japanese film historian Tom Mes
• "The Path to Betrayal" visual essay by film historian Philip Kemp
• "The Four Elements of Tokuza Tanaka" visual essay by Japanese film historian Tom Mes
• Comes with a reversible cover.
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings and a booklet featuring new writing by Alain Silver.

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