88 Films duels with SHANGO (review)

In the aftermath of the Civil War, an amnesiac Texas Ranger runs into a group of Confederates and Bandidos who are convinced the war is not over and terrorizing a small village in search of Union gold in this spaghetti western starring Anthony Steffen, Eduardo Fajardo, and Maurice Poli.

REVIEW LINK: 88 Films (U.K.) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

SHANGO Blu-ray specs: 

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• English and Italian LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film historian and writer Lee Broughton
• Audio Commentary by film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
• "The Career of Edgar G." interview with film historian Eugenio Ercolani
• "Son of a Gun" interview with actor Anthony Steffen's son Manuel De Teffé
• Theatrical Trailer
• The first pressing comes in a slipcover with a rigid slipcase designed by Joel Robinson and liner notes by Daniel Burnett and Lee Broughton.
   

Radiance Films has a "bullfight of love" with Almodovar's MATADOR (review)

What happens when a gored bullfighter who takes killing from the arena into the bedroom and a man-eater of an attorney realize they share the same twisted desires?  More than you can imagine in this Pedro Almodovar erotic thriller starring Antonio Banderas, Assumpta Serna, Nacho Martinez, Eusebio Poncela, and Carmen Maura.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (U.K.) Region ALL 4K UltraHD/Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

MATADOR 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (SDR)
• Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles 
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Interview with Almodóvar expert José Arroyo
• "Jonathan Ross Presents For One Week Only" 1991 episode on Almodóvar's cinema, featuring interviews with Pedro Almodóvar, producer Agustín Almodóvar, stars Antonio Banderas and Carmen Maura, and more
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings with a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow and limited edition booklet featuring new writing by critic Guy Lodge and an archival interview with Almodóvar. 

Radiance Films exposes the trickery of SPECIAL EFFECTS (review)

Mary Jean is just dying to get into movies.  When she turns up dead, the director who killed her decides to turn make a film about it, drawing in her prime suspect husband, the investigating detective, and a mysterious young woman who is the dead woman's "dead ringer" in this Larry Cohen Hitchcockian thriller.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (U.K.) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

SPECIAL EFFECTS Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Larry Cohen, moderated by Larry Cohen biographer Steve Mitchell 
• Audio Commentary by Larry Cohen biographer Steve Mitchell
• Interview with actor Eric Bogosian
• "Cohen on Cohen" feature-length archival interview
• Interview with critic Christina Newland on Zoë Tamerlis Lund
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented with o-card and full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings in an O-card slipcover featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Eric Adrian Lee and a booklet featuring new writing from Juan Barquin.