Unearthed Films has the need for FEED (review)

Before he was a rom-com hunk and the HAWAII FIVE-0 reboot's McGarrett, Alex O'Loughlin was a serial killer with a very unusual fetish in the Australian thriller FEED from the director of LAWNMOWER MAN and VIRTUOSITY.

REVIEW LINK: Unearthed Films (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

FEED Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English and English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by director Brett Leonard
• Alternate U.S. Cut of the Film with Temp Mix or Mono Audio Options
• Deleted Scenes (with optional commentary by director Brett Leonard)
• Alternate Ending (with optional commentary by director Brett Leonard)
• Additional Deleted and Extended Scenes
• Outtakes
• Behind the Scenes Footage
• Infomercial
• Final Day Interview with director Brett Leonard
• Interview with actor Alex O'Loughlin
• Interview with producer Melissa Beauford
• Interview with actor Jack Thompson
• "Feed in Philadelphia: The North American Premiere"
• Photo Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Comes with a slipcover.

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Eureka has an appointment with DOCTOR VAMPIRE (review)

On a trip to London for a medical conference, Tsung loses his virginity to a prostitute who happens to be a vampire and returns to Hong Kong with some peculiar tastes in this vampire comedy starring singer Bowie Lam from the director of ROBOTRIX.

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

DOCTOR VAMPIRE Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• Cantonese (original) and Cantonese (restored) LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by East Asian film experts Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival) and John Charles
• Audio Commentary by Hong Kong cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• "A British Vampire in Hong Kong" interview with Stacey Abbott, author of 
• "Celluloid Vampires: Life After Death in the Modern World"
• "Vampire Slaying 101: Remixing Monster Traditions in Doctor Vampire" video essay by gothic scholar Mary Going 
• Limited edition of 2,000 copies comes with a O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Graham Humphreys and a limited edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing on Hong Kong vampire films from "Mr Vampire" to "Doctor Vampire" by East Asian horror expert Katarzyna Ancuta.
  

Deaf Crocodile takes part in THE SAVAGE HUNT OF KING STAKH (review)

A folklorist traveling through the Pinsk marshes takes shelter from a storm in the castle of the Janowski family where the sole remaining member and heiress lives under fear of a generations old family curse involving a murdered king in this Belarusian Gothic detective story.

REVIEW LINK: Deaf Crocodile (US) Region A Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE SAVAGE HUNT OF KING STAKH Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.34:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
• Russian LPCM 1.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by Mike White of "The Projection Booth" podcast 
• Audio Commentary by comics artist, film historian, and author Stephen R. Bissette
• Introduction by filmmaker and author Kier-La Janisse
• "The Wild, Wild Hunt of King Stakh" video essay by film historian Evan Chester

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Also available in a deluxe limited edition from DEAF CROCODILE!

Arrow Video infiltrates THE CELL (review)

Jennifer Lopez plays a child psychiatrist who uses advanced technology to enter the minds of her patients.  When the FBI are racing against time to find the abducted victim of a killer who has gone into a coma, she finds it easily enough to get into the killer's mind but becomes trapped when she no longer knows what is real in the debut feature film from music video director Tarsem Singh.  Vince Vaughn and Vincent D'Onofrio also star.

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

THE CELL 4K UltraHD specs:

• Disc One (4K UltraHD):
• Theatrical Cut:
• 2160p24 HEVC 2.39:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles 
• Director's Cut:
• 2160p24 HEVC 2.39:1 Widescreen (Dolby Vision)
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by film scholars Josh Nelson & Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Audio Commentary by screenwriter Mark Protosevich, moderated byfilm critic Kay Lynch
• Audio Commentary by director Tarsem Singh
• Audio Commentary by director of photography Paul Laufer, production designer Tom Foden, makeup supervisor Michèle Burke, costume designer April Napier, visual effects supervisor Kevin Tod Haug, and composer Howard Shore 
• "Projection of the Mind's Eye" interview with director Tarsem Singh (90 minutes) 
• "Between Two Worlds" interview with director of photography Paul Laufer
• Disc Two (Blu-ray):
• Open-Matte Theatrical Cut with Alternate Grading:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.78:1 Widescreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• "Paul Laufer Illuminates" interview about the alternate grading
• "Art Is Where You Find It" visual essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• "The Costuming Auteur" visual essay by film critic Abbey Bender
• "Style as Substance: Reflections on Tarsem" 2000 featurette
• 8 Deleted/Extended Scenes (with optional audio commentary by director Tarsem Singh 
• "Special Effects" 6 multi-angle vignettes 
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer 
• International Trailer 
• Image Gallery
• Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Savieri and an illustrated collector's book containing new writing on the film by critics Heather Drain, Marc Edward Heuck, Josh Hurtado, and Virat Nehru.

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Eureka Classics finds intrigue with SUPER SPIES AND SECRET LIES (review)

Hong Kong jumps into Bondmania with a trio of spy capers from Lo Wei and Chang Cheh.  In THE GOLDEN BUDDHA, a businessman gets entangled in murder and a treasure hunt when his luggage gets switched.  In ANGEL WITH IRON FISTS, Lily Ho is Agent 009 who infiltrates a gang of diamond thieves and discovers a supervillain bent on world domination.  In THE SINGING THIEF, an ex-con with ambitions to become a music star is the chief suspect in a series of robberies using his modus operandi in this Hong Kong take on TO CATCH A THIEF.

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

SUPER SPIES AND SECRET LIES Blu-ray specs:

• Disc One:
• The Golden Buddha:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• Angel with Iron Fists:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• Disc Two:
• The Singing Thief:
• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.35:1 Widescreen
• Mandarin LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Optional English Subtitles
• Audio Commentary by action cinema experts Mike Leeder and Arne Venema
• "International Super Spies" interview with James Bond expert Llewella Chapman
• "From Hong Kong with Love" interview with Hong Kong cinema scholar Wayne Wong, editor of Martial Arts Studies
• Limited edition of 2,000 copies includes an O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling, reversible sleeve featuring individual sleeve artwork for each film, and a collector's booklet featuring new writing on all three films by Iain Robert Smith, author of "The Hollywood Meme: Transnational Adaptations in World Cinema". 

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Radiance Films pursues THE MAN FROM MAJORCA (review)

What do a post office heist, the body of a bum found in a garden shed, and a young ex-con run down by a car all have in common?  A pair of vice cops become entangled in murder and political conspiracies in the Swedish thriller THE MAN FROM MAJORCA from Bo Widerberg (ELVIRA MADIGAN).

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (UK) Region ALL Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

THE MAN FROM MAJORCA Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
• Swedish LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Interview with Barry Forshaw, author of "Nordic Noir"
• Interview with assistant director Harald Hamrell
• 1983 on-set reportage
• 1984 interview with director Bo Widerberg
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings.
  Comes with a reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters, and a booklet featuring new writing.

Radiance Films hunts THE CAT (review)

Two robbers take the staff of a bank hostage one early morning drawing a massive police response.  As the robbers keep one step ahead of the police, the chief officer realizes that there is a third man on the outside watching and listening in on everything they do in this landmark eighties German thriller from Dominik Graf starring Gotz George (TATORT) and Heinz Hoenig (DAS BOOT).

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

THE CAT Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
• German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English Subtitles
• "Good Times" interview with director Dominik Graf
• "Beyond Good and Evil" interview with screenwriter Christoph Fromm
• "Against All Odds" interview with producer Georg Feil
• Select Scene Commentary by director Dominik Graf
• Theatrical Trailer

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