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Arrow Releases Special 4K UHD Edition of Brian De Palma Crime Thriller Carlito's Way (2023) | 4K UHD Releases | Sep 26, 2023

Academy Award winner Al Pacino reunites with his Scarface director Brian De Palma for Carlito’s Way, a tough-minded thriller about a gangster looking for salvation down the mean streets of 1970s New York City. Gangster Carlito Brigante (Pacino) gets released early from prison thanks to the work of his lawyer, Kleinfeld (Sean Penn, Milk). Vowing ….

Arrow Video Releases Special Blu-ray Edition of Sammo Hung's Prodigal Son (2023) | Blu-ray Releases | Sep 12, 2023

In 1978, actor/director Sammo Hung gave Hong Kong audiences the Wing Chun crash course of Warriors Two, while his next directorial effort, 1979’s Knockabout, gave Yuen Biao the chance to shine as its lead star. But it would be in 1981 that he would combine Biao’s newfound screen presence and the legacy of Warriors Two’s ….

Feature Film Based on Grindhouse Eli Roth Trailer Thanksgiving Release in Movie Theaters (2023) | U.S. Theatrical Releases | Nov 17, 2023

Thanksgiving is a feature film based on Eli Roth’s slasher parody trailer that was created as an intermission piece, between Planet Terror and Death Proof in Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse. The “trailer” that played with Grindhouse was a tribute to slasher movies of the 1980’s. Directed by Eli Roth, Thanksgiving stars Rick Hoffman, ….

Toxic Avenger Has its World Premiere at Fantastic Fest (2023) | U.S. Festival Premieres, U.S. Festival Screenings, World Premieres | Sep 21 - Sep 28, 2023

King Toxie himself, filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman, announced on his Instagram that Macon Blair’s remake of The Toxic Avenger will have its World Premiere during Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, which runs from September 21 though 28, 2023. Organizers of the event have yet to post the full schedule, but my feeling is, this will be ….

Criterion Collection Releases Special Blu-ray Edition of The Last Picture Show (2023) | 4K UHD Releases, Blu-ray Releases | Nov 14, 2023

Peter Bogdanovich’s The Last Picture Show is one of the key films crafted during the American seventies cinema renaissance. The film is set in the early 1950’s, in the loneliest Texas nowheresville to ever dust up a movie screen. This aching portrait of a dying West, adapted from Larry McMurtry’s novel, focuses on the daily ….

Mean Streets Released as Criterion Collection Special Edition (2023) | 4K UHD Releases, Blu-ray Releases | Nov 21, 2023

Martin Scorsese emerged as a generation-defining filmmaker with this gritty portrait of 1970s New York City, one of the most influential works of American independent cinema. Set in the insular Little Italy neighborhood of Scorsese’s youth, Mean Streets follows guilt-ridden small-time ringleader Charlie (Harvey Keitel) as he deals with the debts owed by his dangerously ….

Criterion Collection Releases Spiritual Kung Fu and 5 More Jackie Chan Cult Classics as Special Edition Set (2023) | Blu-ray Releases | Nov 7, 2023

Originally tapped as a potential successor to Bruce Lee, Hong Kong martial arts master and Chinese Opera performer Jackie Chan ultimately established his own unique on-screen persona, blending goofball slapstick and bone-crushing kung fu into intricate feats of supercharged athleticism. Tracing his rise from breakout star to full-fledged auteur, these six unabashedly hilarious, unstoppably entertaining ….