Dancing onto the scene recently is the cheerful idol series Shine Post to blu-ray courtesy of the folks at Sentai Filmworks. Give your heart to these idols and let’s move forward into a bright future! Haru, Kyoka and Rio are members of the J-idol group TiNgS, and the president of the talent agency they work…
Yakuza Graveyard Blu-ray Review [Radiance]
Springing forth this summer from Radiance is the underseen gangster flick Yakuza Graveyard from acclaimed Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku beautifully restored on blu-ray for the first time. Tetsuya Watari plays a rage-filled cop named Kuroiwa who isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty in pursuit of his goals. Kuroiwa, sickened by his department’s unofficial and…
AmnesiA Blu-ray Review [Cult Epics]
Arriving on blu-ray from Cult Epics is the stylized mind-bending Dutch thriller AmnesiA which netted dual lead actor Fedja van Huêt the Golden Calf Award for best actor. Hop in the car and let’s go face your demons! Van Huêt plays a photographer named Alex who returns to his family’s home after he finds out…
Ravishing Dany/The Girl Can’t Stop! Blu-ray Review [Mondo Macabro]
Released recently from perennial boutique favorite Mondo Macabro comes a crazy sex comedy and bleak crime drama in a perverse and fun double feature. Drop your pants, stick out your thumb and get ready to hitchhike into some action! Dany (Sandra Julien of Jean Rollins’ Shiver of the Vampire) is a freelance fashion model hitchhiking…
Red Sun Blu-ray Review [Radiance]
Hitting blu-ray from the exciting new Radiance boutique blu-ray label comes a forgotten crime film from the time of the German New Wave. Let’s sit around the apartment, murder somebody and just chill out and enjoy, huh? Thomas is a drifter aimlessly wandering through Germany when he runs into an ex-girlfriend of his who agrees…
The Executioner and Her Way of Life: Complete Collection Blu-ray Review [Sentai Filmworks]
Yet another isekai (or is it?) springs onto blu-ray from Sentai Filmworks! Follow the adventures of Mutou Mitsuki as he suddenly appears in another world different from his typical Japanese high school life and is escorted around this new world by a helpful priestess named Menou who explains that he is one of many of…
Sick of Myself Blu-ray Review [Vinegar Syndrome]
Arriving recently from Vinegar Syndrome Pictures (VS’s sub-label that finances and distributes newer films like Censor and The Scary of Sixty-First) comes this twisted Norwegian dark comedy from the director of the under-seen weirdo cult film Drib. Pop a bunch of Lidexol and revel in the adulation because it’s time to dig in! Signe is…
Onipan! Complete Collection Blu-ray Review [Sentai Filmworks]
Arriving on blu-ray with bells on is the wacky demon comedy Onipan! from Sentai Filmworks. Grab your shorts, slip ’em on and get ready for some silly shenanigans of Oni proportions! Himawari, Tsutsuji and Tsuyukusa are young oni who are sent to Earth as goodwill ambassadors for oni-kind. They are tasked with doing good deeds…
The Fear a.k.a. O Fovos Blu-ray Review
Mondo Macabro delivers another underseen classic with the Greek film The Fear on blu-ray for the first time anywhere. Feel the simmering tensions well up and explode in this provocative psychological thriller! Anna is a city-dwelling student who returns to her family’s farm at a time where her father Dimitrios is struggling, working himself to…
Majestic Prince: The Complete Series Blu-ray Review
Arriving on blu-ray recently from Sentai Filmworks comes the complete series of Majestic Prince with this release including the Majestic Prince Special and full-length film follow-up not found on any prior disc. Now let’s go hop into a mech and go kill some Wulgaru for the sake of humanity! Humanity is on the cusp of…