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Tai Seng’s December 2009 releases
Coming to home video in the U.S. on December 29 are four new Chinese-language releases from Tai Seng. Titles include the Blu-ray edition of Feng Xiaogang’s…
CONTEST: Well Go USA’s Shaw Brothers set with vintage poster
Well Go USA is giving away 10 copies of their upcoming, four-disc Shaw Brothers box set along with an original Shaw Brothers movie poster to 10…
REVIEW: ‘Ip Man’ (DVD – Cine Asia)
Our new U.K. contributor Gazz Ogden checks in with a review of Cine Asia’s DVD release of IP MAN, director Wilson Yip’s award-winning kung fu actioner…
CONTEST: ‘Samurai Princess’ DVD from Well Go USA
Distributor Well Go USA is giving away 10 DVD copies of the gore-drenched mondo actioner SAMURAI PRINCESS to Kung Fu Cinema readers in the U.S. Directed…
REVIEW: ‘Triangle’ (DVD – Magnolia Home Entertainment)
Magnolia Pictures’ DVD release of TRIANGLE, a rollercoaster of a crime drama featuring the combined direction of Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam and Johnnie To, is adequate…
REVIEW: ‘The Restless’ (DVD – Genius Products)
Last year, Genius Products, the same company responsible for distributing TWC’s Dragon Dynasty releases put out a solid DVD version of Korean director Jo Dong-oh’s romantic…
‘Turning Point,’ ‘Lotus Lantern’ coming to DVD
Tai Seng’s November DVD releases include Herman Yau’s crime actioner TURNING POINT starring Anthony Wong, Wong Jing’s period comedy ON HIS MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE with Louis…
REVIEW: ‘Mirageman’ (DVD – Magnolia Pictures)
Like previous Magnolia releases of imported actioners, their DVD release of Marko Zaror’s MIRAGEMAN is basic, with few frills but little to complain about in terms of…
New on home video, October 4-10
CHINESE ODYSSEY 2002 (DVD – Kino International)
Jeffrey Lau directs and Wong Kar-wai produces this Lunar New Year spectacle, a romantic comedy with martial arts set in the…
Ashes of Time Redux (DVD – Sony Pictures)
This Sony Pictures DVD release represents the re-edited, re-scored, re-subtitled, and digitally re-mastered version of Wong Kar-wai’s 1994 wuxia masterpiece ASHES OF TIME, a visually stunning…
New on home video, September 13-26
Lots of screen fighting action is arriving on Blu-ray and DVD in the U.S., U.K. and Hong Kong. This week and last have produced 20 titles,…
Well Go’s ‘Epic Heroes’ Shaw Bros. set
U.S. distributor Well Go USA has just announced a new four-disc DVD collector’s set of Shaw Brothers classics, two of which are new releases.
Packaged in…
‘Royal Tramp’ TV series comes to DVD
Tai Seng has announced their Asian entertainment offerings on home video for October which include Blu-ray releases of Dante Lam’s actioner THE BEAST STALKER, romantic comedy…
A Girl Fighter (DVD – Hoker Records)
Hoker Records’ DVD release of the Polly Shang-kwan wuxia actioner A GIRL FIGHTER (1972) is a licensed release from Taiwan that comes with poorly written, and…
New on home video, September 6-12
BATTLE OF THE WARRIORS (DVD – Dragon Dynasty)
Epic siege warfare erupts in this historical action drama, originally released as BATTLE OF WITS, where superstar Andy Lau plays…
Battle of Wits (DVD – Dragon Dynasty)
Released under the alternate title of BATTLE OF THE WARRIORS, Dragon Dynasty’s “Special Collector’s Edition” DVD release of BATTLE OF WITS is a serviceable release that…
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Tai Seng’s December 2009 releases
2009 Golden Horse nominations
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