Eureka Classics takes on THE CHAMPIONS (review)

Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung stuntman/actor/"little brother" Yuen Biao stars as a country boy who flees to the city and discovers that his fighting footwork is specially suited to football (don't call it soccer).  Joining a professional team, he gets caught up in bets, bribery, and corruption as he attempts to win honesty against competitors who want to throw the game.

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

THE CHAMPIONS Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Cantonese (restored) LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Cantonese (Japanese Theatrical) LPCM 2.0 Mono 
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by East Asian film experts Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and F.J. DeSanto 
• Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema 
• Interview with filmmaker and critic James Mudge 
• "Superstar Football HK" featurette by CFK looking at the 1987 Hong Kong celebrity football/soccer team 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer 
• Japanese Theatrical Trailer 
• Comes with a reversible cover featuring original poster artwork. 
• The first pressing of 2,000 copies includes a limited edition edition O-Card slipcover featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling and a collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by James Oliver.
  

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Film Movement and Vinegar Syndrome gaze into THE REFLECTING SKIN (review)

Seth Dove is living the "nightmare of childhood" when he suspects his widowed neighbor is a vampire in Philp Ridley's disturbing British/Canadian "American Gothic" THE REFLECTING SKIN.  Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, and Jeremy Cooper star.

REVIEW LINK: Film Movement (US) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE REFLECTING SKIN Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Philip Ridley
• "Angels and Atom Bombs" documentary featuring director Philip Ridley, cinematographer Dick Pope, actor Viggo Mortensen, and composer Nick Bicât
• Theatrical Trailer
• Bonus Trailers
• Booklet by film historians Travis Crawford and Heather Hyche

Available directly from Vinegar Syndrome with a special limited edition spot gloss slipcover designed by Time Tomorrow limited to 2,000 units.

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Eureka Video takes on MIRACLE FIGHTERS (review)

An orphaned young man raised by his uncle becomes caught up in the world of Taoist sorcery in THE MIRACLE FIGHTERS from Yuen Woo-Ping, action director of THE MATRIX trilogy.

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

THE MIRACLE FIGHTERS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese and English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng 
• Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema 
• "Action Master" archival interview with director Yuen Woo-ping by Frédéric Ambroisine 
• "At the Service of the Great Magician" interview with assistant director Fish Fong 
• "The Shakespeare of Yuen Woo-ping" interview with filmmaker John Kreng 
• Still Gallery 
• Hong Kong Theatrical Trailer 
• The first pressing of 2,000 copies comes in an O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling with a collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by James Oliver.
  

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