Boutique Blu-ray Releases for August 11, 2019
There are lots of interesting new Blu-ray releases coming out this week from Boutique Blu-ray labels. Kino Lorber has a couple of early Hithcock releases that I'm pretty excited about. I have really crappy quality DVDs of them so it will be nice to get a cleaned up HD version. Jean Gabin stars in a few films from Kino as well that look interesting. If you are a fan of the retro VHS artwork then Mill Creek has some releases for you. And finally Well Go USA is releasing Zhang Yimou's latest film. I haven't seen it, but it definitely looks interesting. Here's the full list.
In 1971, author and film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue about his explorations of the islands of Japan's Inland Sea, recording his search for traces of a traditional way of life as well as his own journey of self-discovery. Twenty years later, filmmaker Lucille Carra undertook a parallel trip inspired by Richie's by-then-classic book, capturing images of hushed beauty and meeting people who still carried on the fading customs that Richie had observed.
Director: Lucille Carra
Writer: Lucille Carra
Akiba's Trip The Animation: The Complete Series (2017)
Based off the hit game comes a new series about the danger lurking in the otaku heaven of Akihabara. Bugged Ones—creatures with the ability to take over anyone they bite—seek their prey in this anime fan’s paradise. When Tamotsu Denkigai encounters one, he nearly loses his life until the mysterious Matome Mayonaka revives him! Now part vampire, he forms a group to protect the streets of Akiba.
Director: Hiroshi Ikehata
Starring: Haruki Ishiya, Rie Takahashi, Yuki Nagaku, Marika Kôno, Kazuyuki Okitsu
All Out!! The Complete Series (TV) (2016-2017)
Fast, hard-hitting, and intense, rugby is the sport where anyone can shine! First-year Kenji Gion has never played, but after a run-in with Sumiaki Iwashimizu, a tall and hesitant first-year, Gion’s ready to prove he has what it takes—despite his lack of height. Can this mismatched duo fit in on an already struggling team? They’ll have to get it together and go all out!
Starring: Yoshimasa Hosoya, Ryota Ohsaka, Kensho Ono, Shôya Chiba, Haruka Yoshimura
Hanebado!: The Complete Series (2018)
Despite her great potential, Ayano Hanesaki would rather avoid badminton than play it. But, when she meets Nagisa Aragaki, a third year who spends every waking moment perfecting her game, she’s inspired. Encouraged by their coach, Tachibana Kentarou, Ayano and Nagisa will hit the court and rally against opponents and rivals with amazing skills!
Starring: Amber Lee Connors, Daman Mills, Jamie Marchi
Kenka Bancho Otome - Girl Beats Boys: The Complete Series
Shishiku Academy may be brimming with handsome bad boys, but it’s still an all-male school for delinquents where only the toughest rise to the top. It’s the last place you’d expect to find a kind-hearted girl like Hinako. But when she runs into the son of a yakuza family who could pass as her twin, she’s got no choice but to take his place and fight to rule the school. As she climbs the ranks among these tempting troublemakers, will the path be filled with broken bones…or broken hearts?
American Bistro (2019)
A heartfelt adventure about a milquetoast accountant, Medor, whose perfect life is ruined when he discovers his wife having an affair with his boss. Having lost everything, he finds refuge in his estranged, deadbeat nephew and together, they chase his old, forgotten dream: opening a restaurant.
Director: Arthur Diennet
Shiraz: A Romance of India (1928)
A historical romance set in the Mughal Empire. Selima is a princess-foundling raised by a potter and loved by her brother, Shiraz. She is abducted and sold as a slave to Prince Khurram, later Emperor Shah Jehan, who falls for her, to the chagrin of the wily Dalia. When Selima is caught is Shiraz, the young man is condemned to be trampled to death by an elephant. A pendant reveals Selima's royal status and she saves her brother, marries the prince and becomes Empress Mumtaz Mahal while Dalia is banned for her machinations against Selima. When Selima dies (1629), the emperor builds her a monument to the design of the now old and blind Shiraz, the Taj Mahal.
Director: Franz Osten
Starring: Himansu Rai, Charu Roy, Seeta Devi, Enakashi Rama Rao, Maya Devi, Profulla Kumar
Another Stakeout (1993)
Once again, Seattle detectives Chris Lecce and Bill Reimers are teaming up on a stakeout, but this time they're bringing along a headstrong female partner, Gina Garrett, and her mischievous dog, Archie. Together, they're posing as the perfect family and it looks like these unlikely housemates might just catch their suspect . . . if they don't kill each other first.
Director: John Badham
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell, Dennis Farina, Marcia Strassman, Cathy Moriarty
Blackmail (1929)
From the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, the legendary director of Notorious, Lifeboat, North by Northwest and Psycho comes this thriller about a woman fighting off a sleazy blackmailer. Blackmail was Hitchcock’s first full-length sound film and was only his second foray into the suspense genre. Grocer’s daughter Alice White (Anny Ondra, The Manxman) kills a man in self-defense when he tries to sexually assault her. Her policeman boyfriend, Detective Frank Webber (John Longden, The Skin Game), covers up for her, but she has been spotted leaving the scene by a petty criminal who starts to blackmail her. Based on a play by Charles Bennett (Foreign Correspondent, The 39 Steps) and co-starring Sara Allgood (The Lodger). This special edition also includes the 76-minute silent version of the film, with a new score by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
Director: Alfred Hitchock
Cast: Anny Ondra ,John Longden , Sara Allgood , Charles Paton , Donald Calthrop ,Cyril Ritchard, Hannah Jones
Murder! (1930)
A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville, Walter C. Mycroft
Starring: Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander, Esme Percy
Port of Shadows (1938)
A military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a smoky French port city.
Director: Marcel Carné
Writers: Jacques Prévert, Pierre Dumarchais
Starring: Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan, Pierre Brasseur, Édouard Delmont, Raymond Aimos Producer: Gregor Rabinovitch
Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (1954)
An aging, world-weary gangster is double-crossed and forced out of retirement when his best friend is kidnapped and their stash of eight stolen gold bars is demanded as ransom.
Director: Jacques Becker
Starring: Jean Gabin, René Dary, Marilyn Buferd, Lino Ventura, Jeanne Moreau, Dora Doll
Razzia sur la chnouf (1955)
International drug baron Henri Ferré, nicknamed ’Le Nantais’, is tasked with restructuring a narcotics ring operating in Paris. The gangster head Paul Liski provides him with a cover, a bar named Le Troquet, not realising that Ferré is in fact working for the police. Far from supporting the drugs racket, Ferré’s mission is to break it once and for all…
Director: Henri Decoin
Writers: Auguste Le Breton, Henri Decoin, Maurice Griffe
Starring: Jean Gabin, Marcel Dalio, Lino Ventura, Albert Rémy, Lila Kedrova, Pierre-Louis Producers: Louis Dubois, Alain Poiré, Paul Wagner
The New Kids (1985)
They can't afford to lose
Abby McWilliams' (Lori Loughlin, TV's Full House) nightmare begins when she attracts the unwanted attention of teenage psychopath Eddie Dutra (James Spader, TV’s The Blacklist). Turned down for a date, Eddie destroys Abby's home, vandalizes her uncle's car and nearly stomps her brother to death. But it's only when he kidnaps Abby from the school dance, that Eddie shows his true feelings. Fueled by cocaine and armed with a shotgun, Eddie's lust turns to uncontrollable rage, as he takes Abby on a date from hell, in this terror-packed thrill-ride from the director of Friday the 13th.
Starring:
Lori Loughlin,
James Spader, Eric Stoltz
Director: Sean S. Cunningham
Roxanne (1987)
A big-nosed fire chief (Steve Martin) writes love notes to a gorgeous astronomy student (Daryl Hannah) for a tongue-tied friend, then falls for her himself.
Director: Fred Schepisi
Writer: Steve Martin
Starring: Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall, Michael J. Pollard, Damon Wayans Producers: Daniel Melnick, Michael Rachmil
A cynical former civil liberties attorney now reduced to "specializing" in defending drug dealers becomes transformed by an eight-year-old murder case.
Director: Joseph Ruben Writer: Wesley Strick
Starring: James Woods, Robert Downey Jr., Margaret Colin, Yuji Okumoto, Kurtwood Smith, Tom Bower Producers: Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes
White Line Fever (1975)
Returning from a stint in the Air Force, Carrol Jo Hummer borrows money to buy a truck, hoping to make enough money hauling produce to marry Jerri Kane and set up housekeeping. He discovers that the long-haul business is run by racketeers and decides to fight the corrupt forces that control the trucking business.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan Writers: Ken Friedman, Jonathan Kaplan
Starring: Jan-Michael Vincent, Kay Lenz, Slim Pickens, L.Q. Jones, Sam Laws, Don Porter Producers: John Kemeny, Mort Litwack, Gerald Schneider, Sheldon Schrager
Law of Perdition: Season One
Law of Perdition sets the creepy factor sky high as it follows a detective whose cold cases are returning from the dead as ghosts to help him solve their horrific murders.
Written and Directed by Christian Jude Grillo and Produced by Christian Jude Grillo, Carmela Hayslett, John Martineau and David Gechman
Starring: Andrew Hunsicker, Michael Everett Johnson, Evangeline Young, Carmela Hayslett, Chuck Maher, Daniel Plaza, Marti Keegan, B.O. Rand, Daquan Wright, Lilly Cassimore, Aaralyn Anderson, Joe Polito, Hannah Amacker and John Martineau
Endless Love
Two young kids fall in love with each other. But the passion is too consuming for the parents of Jade. The parents try to stop them from seeing each other. But when this doesn't work David burns down the house and is sent away. This doesn't stop him from seeing her. When he gets out he goes to look for her. But in the end the passion for his first love is too strong and she has to leave or this love will kill both of them.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Writers: Judith Rascoe, Scott Spencer
Starring: Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Shirley Knight, James Spader, Jami Gertz, Tom Cruise
Forbidden World (1982)
On the remote planet of Xarbia, a scientific experiment has gone horrifically wrong. An experimental life-form known as Subject 20,” created by an elite group of scientists to prevent a major galactic food crisis, has instead mutated into a man-eating organism. It’s getting bigger, it has the ability to change its genetic structure at will and, worst of all, it’s hungry. Very, very hungry!
Director: Allan Holzman
Writers: Jim Wynorski, R.J. Robertson
Starring: Jesse Vint, Dawn Dunlap, June Chadwick, Linden Chiles, Fox Harris, Ray Oliver Producer: Roger Corman
Galaxy of Terror (1982)
In the distant future, the crew of the starship Quest is dispatched to the barren planet of Morganthus to search of the missing crew members of the starship Remus, which has crash-landed there. Instead, they encounter something far more mysterious and insidious, as the crew members fall victim to their worst fears -- each one more horrifying than the last. If any of them are survive the Galaxy of Terror, they must unlock the secrets of this deadly world. Director: Bruce D. Clark
Writers: Marc Siegler, Bruce D. Clark
Starring: Edward Albert, Erin Moran, Ray Walston, Grace Zabriskie, Robert Englund, Sid Haig
Vice Squad (1982)
"Sensationally brutal ... well-written ... beautifully photographed" – The New York Times Season Hubley (Hardcore) stars as Princess, a single mom by day, a Hollywood prostitute by night. A volatile cop, Tom Walsh (Gary Swanson, The Guardian) uses her to trap a sadistic pimp named Ramrod (Wings Hauser, Mutant), who murdered one of her friends. But when Ramrod escapes police custody, Princess is in grave danger. No matter which way she turns, Ramrod is coming for her. Walsh and the entire police force are out looking to catch him. Tonight, the neon slime will be on full display and the city of Los Angeles will explode with furious vengeance and violence!
Director: Gary Sherman
Cast: Season Hubley, Gary Swanson, Wings Hauser
Django the Bastard (1969)
A Union soldier returns from the dead to take revenge on three officers who betrayed his unit in battle.
Director: Sergio Garrone
Writers: Sergio Garrone, Anthony Steffen
Starring: Anthony Steffen, Paolo Gozlino, Luciano Rossi, Teodoro Corrà, Carlo Gaddi, Lucia Bomez
Nightwish
A professor and four graduate students journey to a crumbling mansion to investigate paranormal activity and must battle ghosts, aliens and satanic entities.
Starring: Brian Thompson, Jack Starrett, Elizabeth Kaitan, Alisha Das, Clayton Rohner
Moonfleet (1955)
In 18th century Great Britain, a noble but penniless young boy, John Mohune, is sent by his dying mother to Moonfleet, to put himself under the protection of a certain Jeremy Fox. The boy discovers that Fox is both a former lover of his mother and the leader of a gang of smugglers. A strange friendship grows as this unlikely pair is drawn into dangerous adventures.
Director: Fritz Lang
Writers: Jan Lustig, Margaret Fitts, J. Meade Falkner
Starring: Stewart Granger, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood, Viveca Lindfors, Jon Whiteley, Liliane Montevecchi Producers: John Houseman, Jud Kinberg
Wagon Master (1950)
A Mormon wagon train headed for Utah, led by Elder Wiggs, hooks up with two horse traders, Travis Blue and Sandy Owens, as well as with a traveling medicine show and a party of Navajo Indians. The group is threatened by a gang, known as the Clegg family, who have robbed an express office and murdered the clerk.
Director: John Ford
Writer: Frank S. Nugent
Starring: Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, Charles Kemper, Alan Mowbray
Shadow (2018)
With SHADOW, director Zhang Yimou (HERO, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS) once again pushes the boundaries of wuxia action to create a film like no other, masterfully painting a canvas of inky blacks and greys punctuated with bursts of color from the blood of the defeated. In a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander has a secret weapon: a “shadow”, a look-alike who can fool both his enemies and the King himself. Now he must use this weapon in an intricate plan that will lead his people to victory in a war that the King does not want.
Director: Zhang Yimou
Cast: Deng Chao, Sun Li, Zheng Kai, Wang Qianyuan, Wang Jingchun, Hu Jun, Guan Xiaotong, Leo Wu
From the Criterion Collection
The Inland Sea (1991)
In 1971, author and film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue about his explorations of the islands of Japan's Inland Sea, recording his search for traces of a traditional way of life as well as his own journey of self-discovery. Twenty years later, filmmaker Lucille Carra undertook a parallel trip inspired by Richie's by-then-classic book, capturing images of hushed beauty and meeting people who still carried on the fading customs that Richie had observed.
Director: Lucille Carra
Writer: Lucille Carra
From Funimation
Akiba's Trip The Animation: The Complete Series (2017)
Based off the hit game comes a new series about the danger lurking in the otaku heaven of Akihabara. Bugged Ones—creatures with the ability to take over anyone they bite—seek their prey in this anime fan’s paradise. When Tamotsu Denkigai encounters one, he nearly loses his life until the mysterious Matome Mayonaka revives him! Now part vampire, he forms a group to protect the streets of Akiba.
Director: Hiroshi Ikehata
Starring: Haruki Ishiya, Rie Takahashi, Yuki Nagaku, Marika Kôno, Kazuyuki Okitsu
All Out!! The Complete Series (TV) (2016-2017)
Fast, hard-hitting, and intense, rugby is the sport where anyone can shine! First-year Kenji Gion has never played, but after a run-in with Sumiaki Iwashimizu, a tall and hesitant first-year, Gion’s ready to prove he has what it takes—despite his lack of height. Can this mismatched duo fit in on an already struggling team? They’ll have to get it together and go all out!
Starring: Yoshimasa Hosoya, Ryota Ohsaka, Kensho Ono, Shôya Chiba, Haruka Yoshimura
Hanebado!: The Complete Series (2018)
Despite her great potential, Ayano Hanesaki would rather avoid badminton than play it. But, when she meets Nagisa Aragaki, a third year who spends every waking moment perfecting her game, she’s inspired. Encouraged by their coach, Tachibana Kentarou, Ayano and Nagisa will hit the court and rally against opponents and rivals with amazing skills!
Starring: Amber Lee Connors, Daman Mills, Jamie Marchi
Kenka Bancho Otome - Girl Beats Boys: The Complete Series
Shishiku Academy may be brimming with handsome bad boys, but it’s still an all-male school for delinquents where only the toughest rise to the top. It’s the last place you’d expect to find a kind-hearted girl like Hinako. But when she runs into the son of a yakuza family who could pass as her twin, she’s got no choice but to take his place and fight to rule the school. As she climbs the ranks among these tempting troublemakers, will the path be filled with broken bones…or broken hearts?
From Gravitas
American Bistro (2019)
A heartfelt adventure about a milquetoast accountant, Medor, whose perfect life is ruined when he discovers his wife having an affair with his boss. Having lost everything, he finds refuge in his estranged, deadbeat nephew and together, they chase his old, forgotten dream: opening a restaurant.
Director: Arthur Diennet
Stars: Arthur Diennet, Marcel Diennet, Bill Watterson
From Juno Films
Shiraz: A Romance of India (1928)
A historical romance set in the Mughal Empire. Selima is a princess-foundling raised by a potter and loved by her brother, Shiraz. She is abducted and sold as a slave to Prince Khurram, later Emperor Shah Jehan, who falls for her, to the chagrin of the wily Dalia. When Selima is caught is Shiraz, the young man is condemned to be trampled to death by an elephant. A pendant reveals Selima's royal status and she saves her brother, marries the prince and becomes Empress Mumtaz Mahal while Dalia is banned for her machinations against Selima. When Selima dies (1629), the emperor builds her a monument to the design of the now old and blind Shiraz, the Taj Mahal.
Director: Franz Osten
Starring: Himansu Rai, Charu Roy, Seeta Devi, Enakashi Rama Rao, Maya Devi, Profulla Kumar
From Kino Lorber
Another Stakeout (1993)
Once again, Seattle detectives Chris Lecce and Bill Reimers are teaming up on a stakeout, but this time they're bringing along a headstrong female partner, Gina Garrett, and her mischievous dog, Archie. Together, they're posing as the perfect family and it looks like these unlikely housemates might just catch their suspect . . . if they don't kill each other first.
Director: John Badham
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell, Dennis Farina, Marcia Strassman, Cathy Moriarty
Blackmail (1929)
From the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, the legendary director of Notorious, Lifeboat, North by Northwest and Psycho comes this thriller about a woman fighting off a sleazy blackmailer. Blackmail was Hitchcock’s first full-length sound film and was only his second foray into the suspense genre. Grocer’s daughter Alice White (Anny Ondra, The Manxman) kills a man in self-defense when he tries to sexually assault her. Her policeman boyfriend, Detective Frank Webber (John Longden, The Skin Game), covers up for her, but she has been spotted leaving the scene by a petty criminal who starts to blackmail her. Based on a play by Charles Bennett (Foreign Correspondent, The 39 Steps) and co-starring Sara Allgood (The Lodger). This special edition also includes the 76-minute silent version of the film, with a new score by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
Director: Alfred Hitchock
Cast: Anny Ondra ,John Longden , Sara Allgood , Charles Paton , Donald Calthrop ,Cyril Ritchard, Hannah Jones
Murder! (1930)
A juror in a murder trial, after voting to convict, has second thoughts and begins to investigate on his own before the execution.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville, Walter C. Mycroft
Starring: Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander, Esme Percy
Port of Shadows (1938)
A military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a smoky French port city.
Director: Marcel Carné
Writers: Jacques Prévert, Pierre Dumarchais
Starring: Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michèle Morgan, Pierre Brasseur, Édouard Delmont, Raymond Aimos Producer: Gregor Rabinovitch
Touchez Pas Au Grisbi (1954)
An aging, world-weary gangster is double-crossed and forced out of retirement when his best friend is kidnapped and their stash of eight stolen gold bars is demanded as ransom.
Director: Jacques Becker
Starring: Jean Gabin, René Dary, Marilyn Buferd, Lino Ventura, Jeanne Moreau, Dora Doll
Razzia sur la chnouf (1955)
International drug baron Henri Ferré, nicknamed ’Le Nantais’, is tasked with restructuring a narcotics ring operating in Paris. The gangster head Paul Liski provides him with a cover, a bar named Le Troquet, not realising that Ferré is in fact working for the police. Far from supporting the drugs racket, Ferré’s mission is to break it once and for all…
Director: Henri Decoin
Writers: Auguste Le Breton, Henri Decoin, Maurice Griffe
Starring: Jean Gabin, Marcel Dalio, Lino Ventura, Albert Rémy, Lila Kedrova, Pierre-Louis Producers: Louis Dubois, Alain Poiré, Paul Wagner
From Mill Creek Entertainment
The New Kids (1985)
They can't afford to lose
Abby McWilliams' (Lori Loughlin, TV's Full House) nightmare begins when she attracts the unwanted attention of teenage psychopath Eddie Dutra (James Spader, TV’s The Blacklist). Turned down for a date, Eddie destroys Abby's home, vandalizes her uncle's car and nearly stomps her brother to death. But it's only when he kidnaps Abby from the school dance, that Eddie shows his true feelings. Fueled by cocaine and armed with a shotgun, Eddie's lust turns to uncontrollable rage, as he takes Abby on a date from hell, in this terror-packed thrill-ride from the director of Friday the 13th.
Starring:
Lori Loughlin,
James Spader, Eric Stoltz
Director: Sean S. Cunningham
Roxanne (1987)
A big-nosed fire chief (Steve Martin) writes love notes to a gorgeous astronomy student (Daryl Hannah) for a tongue-tied friend, then falls for her himself.
Director: Fred Schepisi
Writer: Steve Martin
Starring: Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall, Michael J. Pollard, Damon Wayans Producers: Daniel Melnick, Michael Rachmil
True Believer (1989)
A cynical former civil liberties attorney now reduced to "specializing" in defending drug dealers becomes transformed by an eight-year-old murder case.
Director: Joseph Ruben Writer: Wesley Strick
Starring: James Woods, Robert Downey Jr., Margaret Colin, Yuji Okumoto, Kurtwood Smith, Tom Bower Producers: Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes
White Line Fever (1975)
Returning from a stint in the Air Force, Carrol Jo Hummer borrows money to buy a truck, hoping to make enough money hauling produce to marry Jerri Kane and set up housekeeping. He discovers that the long-haul business is run by racketeers and decides to fight the corrupt forces that control the trucking business.
Director: Jonathan Kaplan Writers: Ken Friedman, Jonathan Kaplan
Starring: Jan-Michael Vincent, Kay Lenz, Slim Pickens, L.Q. Jones, Sam Laws, Don Porter Producers: John Kemeny, Mort Litwack, Gerald Schneider, Sheldon Schrager
From SGL Entertainment
Law of Perdition: Season One
Law of Perdition sets the creepy factor sky high as it follows a detective whose cold cases are returning from the dead as ghosts to help him solve their horrific murders.
Written and Directed by Christian Jude Grillo and Produced by Christian Jude Grillo, Carmela Hayslett, John Martineau and David Gechman
Starring: Andrew Hunsicker, Michael Everett Johnson, Evangeline Young, Carmela Hayslett, Chuck Maher, Daniel Plaza, Marti Keegan, B.O. Rand, Daquan Wright, Lilly Cassimore, Aaralyn Anderson, Joe Polito, Hannah Amacker and John Martineau
From Shout! Factory
Endless Love
Two young kids fall in love with each other. But the passion is too consuming for the parents of Jade. The parents try to stop them from seeing each other. But when this doesn't work David burns down the house and is sent away. This doesn't stop him from seeing her. When he gets out he goes to look for her. But in the end the passion for his first love is too strong and she has to leave or this love will kill both of them.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Writers: Judith Rascoe, Scott Spencer
Starring: Brooke Shields, Martin Hewitt, Shirley Knight, James Spader, Jami Gertz, Tom Cruise
Forbidden World (1982)
On the remote planet of Xarbia, a scientific experiment has gone horrifically wrong. An experimental life-form known as Subject 20,” created by an elite group of scientists to prevent a major galactic food crisis, has instead mutated into a man-eating organism. It’s getting bigger, it has the ability to change its genetic structure at will and, worst of all, it’s hungry. Very, very hungry!
Director: Allan Holzman
Writers: Jim Wynorski, R.J. Robertson
Starring: Jesse Vint, Dawn Dunlap, June Chadwick, Linden Chiles, Fox Harris, Ray Oliver Producer: Roger Corman
Galaxy of Terror (1982)
In the distant future, the crew of the starship Quest is dispatched to the barren planet of Morganthus to search of the missing crew members of the starship Remus, which has crash-landed there. Instead, they encounter something far more mysterious and insidious, as the crew members fall victim to their worst fears -- each one more horrifying than the last. If any of them are survive the Galaxy of Terror, they must unlock the secrets of this deadly world. Director: Bruce D. Clark
Writers: Marc Siegler, Bruce D. Clark
Starring: Edward Albert, Erin Moran, Ray Walston, Grace Zabriskie, Robert Englund, Sid Haig
Vice Squad (1982)
"Sensationally brutal ... well-written ... beautifully photographed" – The New York Times Season Hubley (Hardcore) stars as Princess, a single mom by day, a Hollywood prostitute by night. A volatile cop, Tom Walsh (Gary Swanson, The Guardian) uses her to trap a sadistic pimp named Ramrod (Wings Hauser, Mutant), who murdered one of her friends. But when Ramrod escapes police custody, Princess is in grave danger. No matter which way she turns, Ramrod is coming for her. Walsh and the entire police force are out looking to catch him. Tonight, the neon slime will be on full display and the city of Los Angeles will explode with furious vengeance and violence!
Director: Gary Sherman
Cast: Season Hubley, Gary Swanson, Wings Hauser
From Synapse Fims
Django the Bastard (1969)
A Union soldier returns from the dead to take revenge on three officers who betrayed his unit in battle.
Director: Sergio Garrone
Writers: Sergio Garrone, Anthony Steffen
Starring: Anthony Steffen, Paolo Gozlino, Luciano Rossi, Teodoro Corrà, Carlo Gaddi, Lucia Bomez
From Unearthed Films
Nightwish
A professor and four graduate students journey to a crumbling mansion to investigate paranormal activity and must battle ghosts, aliens and satanic entities.
Starring: Brian Thompson, Jack Starrett, Elizabeth Kaitan, Alisha Das, Clayton Rohner
From Warner Archive
Moonfleet (1955)
In 18th century Great Britain, a noble but penniless young boy, John Mohune, is sent by his dying mother to Moonfleet, to put himself under the protection of a certain Jeremy Fox. The boy discovers that Fox is both a former lover of his mother and the leader of a gang of smugglers. A strange friendship grows as this unlikely pair is drawn into dangerous adventures.
Director: Fritz Lang
Writers: Jan Lustig, Margaret Fitts, J. Meade Falkner
Starring: Stewart Granger, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood, Viveca Lindfors, Jon Whiteley, Liliane Montevecchi Producers: John Houseman, Jud Kinberg
Wagon Master (1950)
A Mormon wagon train headed for Utah, led by Elder Wiggs, hooks up with two horse traders, Travis Blue and Sandy Owens, as well as with a traveling medicine show and a party of Navajo Indians. The group is threatened by a gang, known as the Clegg family, who have robbed an express office and murdered the clerk.
Director: John Ford
Writer: Frank S. Nugent
Starring: Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, Charles Kemper, Alan Mowbray
From Well Go USA
Shadow (2018)
With SHADOW, director Zhang Yimou (HERO, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS) once again pushes the boundaries of wuxia action to create a film like no other, masterfully painting a canvas of inky blacks and greys punctuated with bursts of color from the blood of the defeated. In a kingdom ruled by a young and unpredictable king, the military commander has a secret weapon: a “shadow”, a look-alike who can fool both his enemies and the King himself. Now he must use this weapon in an intricate plan that will lead his people to victory in a war that the King does not want.
Director: Zhang Yimou
Cast: Deng Chao, Sun Li, Zheng Kai, Wang Qianyuan, Wang Jingchun, Hu Jun, Guan Xiaotong, Leo Wu
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