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In July, @indicator.bsky.social will release nautical tale H.M.S. DEFIANT, Shakespeare adaptation THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, Palme d’Or winner THE HIRELING, theatrical life tale THE DRESSER, plus Ealing Studios' SARABAND FOR DEAD LOVERS on UHD in the US and Canada tinyurl.com/3wwv23yt

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Spirit Entertainment has announced the UK releases from @criterion.bsky.social for July, which consist of The Beatles' debut feature A HARD DAY'S NIGHT and William Friedkin's SORCERER on 4K UHD and Blu-ray, and screwball comedy MIDNIGHT on Blu-ray only tinyurl.com/2p9vwdj2

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Described by Mark Kermode as ‘the Citizen Kane of British pop movies’, the 1975 SLADE IN FLAME comes to UK Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) and Digital platforms from the BFI on 19 May tinyurl.com/24d99mf6

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Jerry Whyte has reviewed LA COCINA, Alonso Ruizpalacios’ stylish adaptation of Arnold Wesker’s play 'The Kitchen', a film that lifts the lid on invisible working lives, pops racist attitudes to immigration in the pig bin, and invites us to dream. tinyurl.com/ysa496ad

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In his latest review, Camus salutes the inimitable power of the cinematic arts that is evident in every frame of Edward Berger's CONCLAVE, while Slarek compares the UHD and Blu-ray discs included in Black Bear's 4K disc release tinyurl.com/f95z9jx2

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Luc Besson's stylish 1985 crime thriller set on the Paris Métro, SUBWAY, is coming to 3-disc 4K UHD and Blu-ray Steelbook on 23 June from @studiocanal.com and Gaumont tinyurl.com/ptswvmja

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In a new post, Gary Couzens has reviewed ECLIPSE, an atmospheric story with plenty of undercurrents that has remained entirely unseen since its 1977 release and is being released on Blu-ray as part of the BFI Flipside line next Monday tinyurl.com/2txbmtz2

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Camus has reviewed the documentary THE THINKING GAME, the story of something monumental and one that needs to be more widely know that, after a modest cinema release, is now available to stream tinyurl.com/4hj5hv69

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Two of Shaw Brothers Studio’s most compelling and underrated revenge tales – THE EUNUCH and THE DEADLY KNIVES – are being released together as EXACT REVENGE by Eureka Entertainment on Blu-ray for the first time anywhere in the world in June tinyurl.com/yw4pezvx

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Slarek has reviewed the recently released Radiance/Raro Video Blu-ray of the 1976 RULERS OF THE CITY [I PADRONI DELLA CITTÀ], another cracking crime drama-thriller from genre master Fernando di Leo @filmsradiance.bsky.social tinyurl.com/vyfnkdbr

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The July Blu-ray releases from @filmsradiance.bsky.social have been announced as Murakawa Toru's THE BEAST TO DIE, Paul Vecchiali's ROSA LA ROSE, FILLE PUBLIQUE, the 27-film ESSENTIAL POLISH ANIMATION, and Wayne Wang's LIFE IS CHEAP... BUT TOILET PAPER IS EXPENSIVE tinyurl.com/3574t6v3

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THE BOX MAN, the latest film from ELECTRIC DRAGON 80000v and THE CRAZY FAMILY director Ishii Gakuryū, is coming to UK Blu-ray from @thirdwindowfilms.com in June with a damned cool slipcase on the first 2000 copies tinyurl.com/jn4ft7kr

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The critically acclaimed HONG KONG 1941, starring Chow Yun-fat, Cecilia Yip and Alex Man, is being released in the UK and North America from a brand new 4K restoration in June by Eureka as part of the Masters of Cinema series tinyurl.com/2vn9wrr8

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Shane Black's gloriously funny THE NICE GUYS and Danny and Michael Philippou's inventive horror TALK TO ME are coming to Limited Edition UHD/Blu-ray from @secondsightfilms.bsky.social in June. Details here: tinyurl.com/bde4ra5a

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The BFI has confirmed the April release of BROTHER, the only film that Kitano Takeshi made outside of Japan and partly in the English language, with special features including the rarely seen short film 'The Green Flash' starring Omar Epps tinyurl.com/2vw3xtjw

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Long-time martial arts movie fan Slarek has reviewed SHAOLIN BOXERS, an old-school basher that's weak on plot but strong on vigorous punchy-kicky combat, newly released on another fine Eureka Entertainment Blu-ray tinyurl.com/yuzkb2t6

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Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment has announced the 28 April 4K UHD and UHD Steelbook release of three films starring legendary actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood – DIRTY HARRY, THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES and PALE RIDER tinyurl.com/22a3kr4v

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In his latest review, Gary Couzens turns his attention to Alain Resnais' oft-overlooked time travel drama, JE T'AIME JE T'AIME on newly released Radiance Films @filmsradiance.bsky.social Blu-ray tinyurl.com/4ntfj3z9

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Out today, David Cronenberg's SCANNERS!

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RIP Richard Chamberlain. He rose to fame as Dr. Kildare, made a real impression as Anjin-san in the first TV adaptation of SHŌGUN, and was absolutely sublime in Peter Weir's hauntingly mesmerising THE LAST WAVE.

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The June UHD and Blu-ray releases from Arrow Video have been confirmed as ROAD HOUSE, DARK CITY, THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY, WITNESS, THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE, SWORDFISH and THE INVISIBLE SWORDSMAN. Full details here: tinyurl.com/4kty2yy3

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One of our favourite UK labels, Shameless, has announced that it will be bringing Dario Argento's cult 1971 giallo Four Flies of Grey Velvet to separate 4K UHD and Blu-ray releases in April tinyurl.com/yud2ms8u

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The 1953 science fiction thriller Four Sided Triangle, directed by Hammer legend Terence Fisher and starring Hollywood actress Barbara Payton, will be released as a 4K UHD/Blu-ray Limited Collector's Edition by #Hammerfilms on 31 March tinyurl.com/4b9fwrzw

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The UK June releases from @criterion.bsky.social will be Abbas Kiarostami’s THE WIND WILL CARRY US, François Girard’s THIRTY TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD and Jacques Demy's THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, to with Sean Bakers PRINCE OF BROADWAY coming in May tinyurl.com/teb8xxzc

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Writer-director Tilman Singer's unsettling horror thriller CUCKOO is coming to UK UHD, Blu-ray and DVD from Dazzler Media on 14 April tinyurl.com/ka2hvk4m

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In his latest, two-part review, Camus looks at the controversy surrounding Disney's new live action remake of its first animated feature, SNOW WHITE, before turning this attention to the film itself tinyurl.com/4sbrth6e

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Gary Couzens has reviewed HARLEQUIN, the second of two Ozploitation films released on Blu-ray and UHD in March 2025 by @indicator.bsky.social, a 1980 update of the Rasputin legend starring David Hemmings and Robert Powell and directed by Simon Wincer tinyurl.com/3n59swbt

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Simon Perry’s eerie, atmospheric psychological thriller ECLIPSE, adapted from Nicholas Wollaston’s haunting novel and inexplicably blown adrift since its release in 1977, is coming to BFI Flipside Blu-ray and digital platforms on 21 April tinyurl.com/5n8zh6ze

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Latest UHD Limited Editions from @secondsightfilms.bsky.social have already shipped. Cannot wait to get me teeth into these two favourites on 4K.

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Our review of THE EEL here: tinyurl.com/cccwc99u – JE T'AIME, JE T'AIME review is coming soon with RULERS OF THE CITY soon after.

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In an epic and in-depth review, Jerry Whyte celebrates the most popular and gifted British comedian of the immediate post-war period, Tony Hancock, and his feature films THE REBEL and THE PUNCH AND JUDY MAN on newly released @studiocanal.com Blu-ray tinyurl.com/yc59wr7d

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And while we're on the subject of BFI 4K UHD releases, I was seriously impressed with the restoration and transfer on this little gem.

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Well, that's my Saturday evening sorted...

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The BFI has announced the full set of features for its April 4K UHD release of Mathieu Kassovitz's acclaimed and controversial masterpice, LA HAINE, which includes a new alternative score by Asian Dub Foundation tinyurl.com/4fkhm3cb

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The June releases from @indicator.bsky.social have been confirmed as CARNAL KNOWLEDGE on Blu-ray & UHD and A DAY AT THE BEACH on Blu-ray in the UK, and THE GENTLE GUNMAN and THE SHIP THAT DIED OF SHAME on Blu-ray & UHD in the USA and Canada tinyurl.com/zrzpcmnb

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In the first of two reviews of Ozploitation titles released on Blu-ray and UHD this month by @indicator.bsky.social Gary Couzens sinks his teeth into director Rod Hardy's 1979 vampire movie THIRST tinyurl.com/24taty8u

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In his latest review, Slarek revisits Imamura Shohei's captivating 1997 THE EEL [UNAGI], which makes is long-awaited UK Blu-ray debut courtesy of @filmsradiance.bsky.social on a strong disc that includes the director's cut of the film, which is examined in fine detail tinyurl.com/cccwc99u

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In his latest review, Gary Couzens heads off to dreamland with PETER IBBETSON, the third film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Gary Cooper to be released recently on Blu-ray by @indicator.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3syju29f

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Helpfully picking up a disc that a busy Slarek missed on its release in January, Gary Couzens has reviewed Henry Hathaway's 1935 THE LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER on @indicator.bsky.social Blu-ray tinyurl.com/2uj644y4

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Review coming very soon.

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Our 4K UHD editions of THE SHIVER OF THE VAMPIRES and FASCINATION for the US are now SOLD OUT. Standard Editions will follow later in 2025. We anticipate that the UK editions will sell out soon. Stocks of THE RAPE OF THE VAMPIRE, LIPS OF BLOOD, and THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTED are also running low.

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Due to some production delays, US editions of our HARDBOILED boxset and THE EEL have been pushed to April 8th/15th release dates respective in US/CA retailers. Those buying UK imports will be unaffected.

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In his first review for a while, Gort heads east for writer-director Jamie Luk’s alternately smart and silly 1990 horror-comedy, DOCTOR VAMPIRE [JIANG SHI YI SHENG], newly released on a top notch Eureka Classics Blu-ray tinyurl.com/yc4nvkf7

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In his latest review, Gary Couzens turns his attention to NOW AND FOREVER, the first of three films released by @indicator.bsky.social on Blu-ray starring Cooper and directed by Henry Hathaway tinyurl.com/ms8e48a3

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