Eureka takes a gamble on CASINO RAIDERS (review)

Andy Lau and Alan Tam are the most cunning gamblers who bite off more than they can chew when they get into the middle of a gang war between the mafia, the Triad, and the Yakuza in Wong Jing's casino epic.

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

CASINO RAIDERS Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) 
• Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema 
• "Martial Cards" CFK (Crazy From Kong) documentary 
• "Heroes, Guns and Gambling" interview with action director Billy Chan Hong Kong 
• Theatrical Trailer 
• The first 2,000 copies include an O-Card slipcase featuring artwork by Grégory Sacré (Gokaiju) and a collector's booklet featuring new writing by David West.
  

88 Films needs a SUPERCOP! (review)

POLICE STORY's Jackie Chan is back; but this time: he's a SUPERCOP taking on international drug dealers and terrorists with the help of Michelle Yeoh and Maggie Cheung!

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

POLICE STORY III - SUPERCOP 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• DISC ONE (4K UltraHD):
• Hong Kong Version: 
• 2160p24 HEVC 2.40:1 Widescreen (DolbyVision) 
• Cantonese Dolby Atmos 
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo (home video mix) 
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (original mix) 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (export dub) 
• Optional English (for Cantonese audio) and English HoH (for Cantonese audio) Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) 
• U.S. Version: 
• 2160p24 HEVC 2.40:1 Widescreen (DolbyVision) 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English (for Cantonese audio), English HoH (for Cantonese audio), English HoH (for English audio) Subtitles 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer 
• English Export Trailer 
• U.S. Theatrical Teaser 
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer 
• 7 U.S. TV Spots 
• U.S. Video Screener Promo 
• Japanese Teaser 
• Guy Laroche 1984 Commercial with Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh
• DISC TWO (Blu-ray):
• Hong Kong Version: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 Widescreen 
• Cantonese Dolby Atmos 
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo (home video mix) 
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (original mix) 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (export dub) 
• Optional English (for Cantonese audio) and English HoH (for Cantonese audio) Subtitles 
• Audio Commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) 
• U.S. Version: 
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.40:1 Widescreen 
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 
• Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo 
• Optional English (for Cantonese audio), English HoH (for Cantonese audio), English HoH (for English audio) Subtitles 
• "Dancing with Death" interview with actress Michelle Yeoh 
• "The Stuntmaster General" interview with director Stanley Tong 
• "The Fall Guy" interview with Jackie Chan's bodyguard and co-star Ken Lo 
• 2004 interview with director Stanley Tong 
• Outtakes 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer 
• English Export Trailer 
• U.S. Theatrical Teaser 
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer 
• 7 U.S. TV Spots 
• U.S. Video Screener Promo 
• Japanese Teaser 
• Guy Laroche 1984 Commercial with Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh

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Vinegar Syndrome peers into THE BLACK ROOM (review)

There's a house in the Hollywood Hills with a room where tenants can live out their wildest fantasies in secret... the only catch is, they pay their rent in blood!

REVIEW LINK: Vinegar Syndrome (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE BLACK ROOM Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• "The Other Side of the Mirror" interview with director Elly Kenner 
• "Acting on Impulse" interview with actor Jimmy Stathis 
• "Getting Revenge" interview with actress Claire Corff (formerly Clara Perryman) 
• "Blood and Black Room" interview with special effects artist Mark Shostrom 
• "Working Their Asses Off" interview with production assistant Lisa Cronin 
• "Bodies of Work" interview with "Nightmare USA" author Stephen Thrower on "The Black Room" and the career of its writer Norman Thaddeus Vane 
• Comes with a reversible cover. 
• The first 7,000 copies ordered directly from Vinegar Syndrome include a special limited edition spot gloss slipcover designed by Ralf Krause (the standard edition without slipcover can also be ordered there at a lower price).

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Masters of Cinema duels with SAMURAI WOLF I + II (review)

Akira Kurasawa's YOJIMBO has long been known as an influence on Sergio Leone's A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, but Hideo Gosha returned the favor with the spaghetti western-tinged wandering ronin film duo SAMURAI WOLF in which a lone samurai wanders into violent situations and dispenses his own justice.  From the director of THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI and VIOLENT STREETS.

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

SAMURAI WOLF I + II Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One - Samurai Wolf:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SubtitlesAudio Commentary by film historian and writer Chris Poggiali 
• "Outlaw Director - Hideo Gosha" interview with the director's daughter Tomoe Gosha
• Disc Two - Samurai Wolf II:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Japanese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian Jasper Sharp 
• "Lineage of the Wolf" interview with critic and writer Tony Rayns
• The first 2,000 copies include a limited edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Tony Stella, reversible sleeve featuring original poster artwork, and collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes.
  

Second Run dives for PEARLS OF THE DEEP (review)

Future Czech New Wave film auteurs Vera Chytilová (DAISIES), Jaromil Jires (VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS), Jirí Menzel (CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS), Jan Němec (DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT), and Evald Schorm (PRAGUE NIGHTS) each adapt a story by Bohumil Hrabal who brought out the titular PEARLS OF THE DEEP from the seemingly inconsequential conversations and verbal sparring of socially-marginalized characters.

REVIEW LINK: Second Run (UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

PEARLS OF THE DEEP Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Czech LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Short Films:
• "A Boring Afternoon" by Ivan Passer
• "The Junk Shop" by Juraj Herz
• "About Cats, Beatniks and All Sorts of Other Things" 1967 short film on writer Bohumil Hrabal
• Restoration Trailer
• Twenty-three page booklet by critic Peter Hames
  

Radiance Films probes terrorism in LE COMBAT DANS L'ILE (review)

Before THE CONFORMIST, Jean-Louis Trintignant played another character who embraced fascism in the French political thriller/domestic drama LE COMBAT DANS L'ILE as a man on the run with his wife (Romy Schneider) after a failed political assassination attempt.

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

LE COMBAT DANS L'ILE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• French LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Interviews with director Alain Cavalier:
• 1983 TV interview with actor Jean-Louis Trintignant
• "The Succulence of Fruit" interview with critic Philippe Roger
• "Un Américan" 1958 short film by Alain Cavalier
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Reversible Cover
• The first pressing of 3,000 copies is presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings and includes a booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Ben Sachs who considers the film in the context of the French New Wave and genre filmmaking; and scholar and author of Late-Colonial French Cinema Mani Sharpe looks at the film and its political dimension.

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Acorn Media strips down CREEPSHOW: SEASON 1 (review)

The talents behind TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE, the CREEPSHOW movies, DAWN OF THE DEAD, and DAY OF THE DEAD bring CREEPSHOW to the small screen with twelve tales of monsters, murderers, and poetic justice.

REVIEW LINK: Acorn Media (UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

CREEPSHOW SEASON 1 Blu-ray specs:

• Twelve tales on two Blu-ray discs
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Optional English SDH, French, and Spanish Subtitles
• Audio Commentaries on all episodes