Artificial Eye gives us ATTENBERG (review)

From the makers of DOGTOOTH comes another bit of Greek psychosexual weirdness.  Marina lives with her dying father.  Her only knowledge of sexuality comes from nature documentaries narrated by David Attenborough and the fleshy demonstrations of her predatory friend Bella.  Yorgos Lanthimos, Oscar-nominated director of DOGTOOTH co-stars.

REVIEW LINK: Artificial Eye (UK) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

ATTENBERG DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• Greek Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Director Interview
• Trailer

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Isis has CANO DORADO ("The Golden Gun") (review)

In this Argentinian action drama, Panceta is a pipe cutter who has learned from his late father how to fashion make-shift guns with scrap material, which he sells to small-time kingpin Tacom.  When he falls for Tacom's girl and takes her on an idyllic fishing trip, all hell breaks loose back at home and he may have to put one of his guns to good use in retaliation.

REVIEW LINK: Isis (UK) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

CANO DORADO DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
• Optional English subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer
• Trailers for other Isis releases

Olive Films is BREAKING GLASS (review)

Rocker Hazel O'Connor stars in the British eighties music cult classic BREAKING GLASS as Kate, a singer who faces the compromises and shady dealings of the music business on her rise from New Wave rocker to mainstream pop star.  Jon Finch, Phil Daniels, and Jonathan Pryce also star.

REVIEW LINK: Olive Films (USA) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

BREAKING GLASS DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo

Intervision under a BURNING MOON (review)

A drug-addicted German punk reluctantly stays home to babysit his little sister.  He shoots up and decides to tell her some "deadtime" stories involving multiple mutilations, burnings, slashings, decapitations, zombies, and visions of hell itself in Olaf Ittenbach's banned shot-on-video 1997 gorefest THE BURNING MOON, on special edition DVD from Intervision Picture Corp.



REVIEW LINK: Intervision Picture Corp. (USA) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-In)


THE BURNING MOON DVD specs:

• 4:3 fullscreen 1.33:1 original aspect ratio
• German Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• The Making of BURNING MOON
• Trailer
• Intervision Trailers

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Scorpion Releasing and Katarina Leigh Waters get a DOUBLE EXPOSURE (review)

Michael Callan (CAT BALLOU) produces and stars in this Crown International thriller in which a photographer has violent fantasies about killing his models (who then turn up dead in the exact same manners).  James Stacy (SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES), Joanna Pettet (THE EVIL), and Don Potter also star.

REVIEW LINK: Scorpion Releasing (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-In)

DOUBLE EXPOSURE DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Audio Commentary with cinematographer R. Michael Stringer and script supervisor Sally Stringer, moderated by Katarina Leigh Waters
• Audio Commentary with actor Michael Callan, moderated by Katarina Leigh Waters and Scott Spiegel
• Interview with Michael Callan
• Theatrical Trailer
• Playable with optional KATARINA'S NIGHTMARE THEATER segments
• Other Katarina Trailers

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Artificial Eye broadcasts from PEEPLI [LIVE] (review)

In this funny Bollywood satire, the residents of dying village Peepli become the focus of a media circus when farmer Natha decides to commit suicide to get compensation for his family farm which is at risk of being auctioned off when they cannot pay back their loan.  Rival political parties weigh in on the issue and soon it may no longer be Natha's choice whether he lives or dies!

REVIEW LINK: Artificial Eye (UK) Region 0 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

PEEPLI [LIVE] DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• Hindi Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo audio
• Optional English subtitles
• Making of PEEPLI [LIVE]
• Deleted Scenes
• Four Behind the Scenes Featurettes
• Trailers
• Still Gallery

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Showbox submits EVIDENCE (review)

Four young people head out into a no trespassing area to "rough it" while one shoots a documentary about another's first camping experience.  Soon, they are running for their lives from a beastly presence that is hunting them down one by one, and the survivors discover that it's not the old "Blair Witch" on their tails in EVIDENCE.

REVIEW LINK: Showbox Media Group (UK) Region 2 PAL DVD (DVDBeaver)

EVIDENCE DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo
• Theatrical Trailer
• Other Showbox Trailers