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Bleach the Movie: Hell VerseGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 12/04/2012 Rating NR Production Year: 2010 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Viz Media, LLC. … more less -
Mardock Scramble: The Second CombustionGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 01/01/2013 Rating Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 61 mins Released By: Section 23 Set in the glamorous world of high stakes gambling, this sequel to the cyberpunk anime film MARDOCK SCRAMBLE: THE SECOND COMBUSTION continues the story of Rune Ballot, a girl who's still looking for answers about her hidden past, even after being rescued by Doctor Easter from a brutal attack by Dimsdale Boiled. Fed up and ready to bring their mission to a head, Rune and the Doctor decide to go on the offensive. … more less -
First Squad: The Moment of TruthGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 01/17/2012 Rating NR Production Year: 2009 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Anchor Bay/Starz As helmed by Yoshiharu Ashino, the supernatural thriller FIRST SQUAD: THE MOMENT OF TRUTH unfurls at the outset of World War II, against the backdrop of the tumultuous Eastern Front. At the center of the action is a group of teenagers from the U.S.S.R., each of whom possesses a unique and highly specific gift. The young men have been tapped to take on a diabolically evil SS Officer who is trying to raise from the dead an army of 12th Century crusaders and enlist them in the Nazi cause. … more less -
Pan's LabyrinthGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 02/02/2010 Rating R Production Year: 2006 Run Time: 119 mins Released By: Warner Home Video Cast: Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdú, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones Written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, PAN'S LABYRINTH is a thrilling, violent fairy tale set in post-Civil War Spain. Ivana Baquero stars as Ofelia, a young girl who moves with her mother, Carmen (Ariadna Gil), into the home of Captain Vidal (Sergi López), in an abandoned mill in the middle of dark, dangerous woods. Vidal is leading his team of soldiers against resistance fighters--and he will do whatever is necessary to kill every last one of them. As Vidal bosses around the pregnant Carmen, a flying creature leads Ofelia through a garden labyrinth and into an underground cave ruled by Pan (HELLBOY's Doug Jones), who believes that Ofelia might be the lost princess of this strange yet magical place. To prove she is royalty, Ofelia must complete three tasks, each more difficult and terrifying than the previous one. Meanwhile, Vidal is becoming more and more paranoid, torturing and murdering seemingly at will. Del Toro (THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE, HELLBOY, CRONOS) creates a marvelous battle between good and evil, between heroes and villains, in both the real world aboveground and the mystical land below. Baquero gives a compelling performance as the terrorized Ofelia, who is befriended by Mercedes (Maribel Verdú), a woman who harbors some secrets of her own. Stellar production design, superb special effects, and a stirring score by Javier Navarrete add to the scary fun. Selected as the closing-night entry in the 2006 New York Film Festival, PAN'S LABYRINTH is a captivating story that is not for the squeamish. … more less -
Gate of HellGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 04/09/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 1953 Run Time: 89 mins Released By: Criterion Collection Cast: Machiko Kyô A Japanese warrior demands the hand of a married woman as payment for a great service he rendered in time of conflict. The woman, just as strong willed as he, prefers death to dishonor. Academy Awards: Best (Color) Costume Design. … more less -
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc - The Egg of the KingGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 11/27/2012 Rating Production Year: 2012 Run Time: 76 mins Released By: Viz Media, LLC. An epic trilogy gets underway in this sweeping medieval adventure that finds lone-wolf fortune hunter Guts recruited into a mercenary group dubbed "The Band of the Hawk," but questioning the impetus of the team's leader Griffith following a decisive victory on the battlefield. Meanwhile, a dark storm begins to gather on the horizon. Based on the bestselling manga by author Kentaro Miura (NOA, KING OF WOLVES). … more less -
AmelieGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 07/19/2011 Rating Production Year: 2001 Cast: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Lorella Cravotta, Claire Maurier Amélie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) is a young woman who glides through the streets of Paris as quietly as a mouse. With wide eyes and a tiny grin, she sees the world in a magical light, discovering minor miracles every day. A shy and reserved person whose favorite moments are spent alone skimming stones into the water, Amélie was raised by a pair of eccentrics who falsely diagnosed her with a heart problem at the age of six and so limited her exposure to the outside world. Now a free and independent woman, Amélie wears a bob that curls in every direction and dresses in red. With a job in a café and an aptitude for spying on her neighbors, Amélie entertains herself by enacting a series of homemade, kindhearted practical jokes. She returns a long-forgotten box of childhood knickknacks to its proper owner, she sends her father's garden troll on a trip around the world, and she creates a love connection at the café between the hypochondriac druggist and a beer-drinking old grouch. But when the day is done, Amélie finds one stone unturned, and decides to work her magic on the quirky object of her affections, Nino Quincampoix (Matthieu Kassovitz), whom she has never met. Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (who codirected DELICATESSEN and THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN with Marc Caro) presents AMÉLIE, an aesthetically gorgeous and inventive film. The rich, glowing color scheme is offset by flashbacks in black and white archival footage that give short biographies of each character. A soft-spoken narrator guides viewers through this enlightening fairy tale, which sometimes speeds through the streets and other times drifts in slow motion. AMÉLIE is humorous, questioning, and strange, and it will change the lives of all who watch it, if only for a short while after leaving Amélie's world. … more less -
DjangoGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 05/25/2010 Rating NR Production Year: 1966 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Blue Underground Cast: Franco Nero, Loredana Nusciak, Eduardo Fajardo, Gino Pernice Though Sergio Leone created the spaghetti western with A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, the genre was not popularized in Europe until Sergio Corbucci's DJANGO, which subsequently spawned countless illegitimate sequels. The film stars the Belgian hunk Franco Nero as Django, a mysterious gunslinger who drags a coffin behind him that contains a Gatling gun. Django soon happens upon a Mexican town where a group of Mexican revolutionaries, led by the nefarious Colonel Jackson, have overrun the town, wantonly killing its citizens. Soon, Django, who has a personal vendetta against Colonel Jackson, finds himself in league with a group of Mexican bandits who want to steal the Colonel's gold with the help of Django and his Gatling gun. Combining a stylish use of spaghetti western conventions -- among them a cruel and cartoonish bad guy as well as dramatic music that punctuates the action -- DJANGO is one of the best and most popular films the genre has ever produced. … more less -
City of GodGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 12/13/2011 Rating Production Year: 2003 Run Time: 130 mins Released By: Cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Matheus Nachtergaele, Seu Jorge, Gera Camilo Youth gangs took over the slums of Rio de Janiero during the 1960s and didn't relinquish their stronghold until the mid-1980s. Only a sucker wouldn't have turned to crime and this is exactly how naive teen Rocket (Alexandre Rodrigues) views himself. His attempts in illegal activity fail as he finds potential victims too friendly. Equally unsuccessful in love, he regularly fails to lose his virginity. Blood spills throughout the streets of the Ciudad de Deus as gang leader Li'l Ze (Leandro Firmino da Hora) is challenged by local druglords and a gang of pre-teens known as the Runts. Rocket shoots all of this action with his weapon of choice, a camera. Director Fernando Meirelles combines visual flashiness with dark history in telling the story of three decades of unrest in underground Rio de Janiero. Technically flawless, the Brazilian film uses a rapid-cutting style to flash back and forth in time. Cinematographer Cesar Charlone shoots with an overexposed glow in a film that may seem numb to violence, but reveres photography. Director Meirelles was assisted by Katia Lund, a filmmaker who had previously shot in the Rio ghettos. … more less -
Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 07/27/2010 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 1999 Cast: Chow Yun Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Chang Chen, Ziyi Zhang, Sihung Lung Known for making films about familial relationships, director Ang Lee surprised everyone with his martial arts epic CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. Based on a novel by Wang Du Lu, CROUCHING TIGER starts with the revenge plot common in the wuxia stories that Lee loved as a child, then adds a feminist twist. Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun Fat) is a legendary martial artist who has decided to pass on his sword, the Green Destiny, to a friend. Soon afterward, the sword is stolen by a masked female, setting in motion events that test the bonds of family, love, duty, and sisterhood. Chow appears with three generations of female stars: Cheng Pei Pei, a 1960s action heroine; Michelle Yeoh, the beauty queen turned 1980s action goddess; and newcomer Zhang Ziyi, who smolders as the princess who wants more than domestic tranquillity. Famed action choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping (THE MATRIX) stages jaw-dropping zero-G fights across rooftops, rivers, and bamboo trees, while Yo-Yo Ma punctuates the fisticuffs with dramatic cello solos. Described by Lee as "SENSE AND SENSIBILITY with martial arts," CROUCHING TIGER recalls the best wuxia films of the 1960s and pushes the genre in new directions. … more less -
RedlineGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 01/17/2012 Rating NR Production Year: 2010 Run Time: 102 mins Released By: Anchor Bay/Starz Cast: Takuya Kimura, Yuu Aoi, Akane Sakai, Akemi, Cho A pair of fearless speed demons compete in an intense underground auto race in which the only rule is to win at all costs, and they find themselves pitted against some of the most-reckless drivers ever to get behind the wheel in this hyperstylized, animated adrenaline rush from Japan. Every five years, the fastest drivers in the world put their skills to the test in Redline, a racing tournament where quick reflexes could mean the difference between life and death. This year the competition is especially fierce, but JP is determined to blast past the checkered flag first. However, sexy racer Sonoshee isn't going to give up first place without a fight. Meanwhile, scheming gangsters and crooked politicians attempt to fix the race to their advantage, and when JP falls for Sonoshee, his emotions threaten to eclipse his determination to blow away the competition. … more less -
TristanaGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 03/12/2013 Rating PG-13 Production Year: 1970 Run Time: 99 mins Released By: E1 Entertainment Distribution Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero, Jesus Fernandez, Lola Gaos Set in Toledo, Spain in the 1920s, Buñuel's masterful, comic and often erotic study of perversion, hypocrisy and disease explores the twisted relationship between Tristana and her guardian, Don Lope, who takes her in after her mother's death. Lope, an aging libertine who maintains a public image of piety while privately indulging his every desire, finds himself so deeply aroused by the beautiful young Tristana that he cannot resist seducing her. The Catholic hierarchy ignores what Lope has done to her, and preaches obedience to his teachings, causing Tristana to become enraged and begin plotting her revenge. Academy Award Nomination: Best Foreign Language Film. … more less -
Hard BoiledGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 12/14/2010 Rating Production Year: 1992 Cast: Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Theresa Mo, Philip Chan, Anthony Wong When a tough police officer's (Chow Yun-Fat) partner is brutally murdered, he joins forces with another loose-cannon cop (Tony Leung) to exact his own bloody revenge on the gun-smuggling gangsters responsible for his friend's death. A lot of action, guns, and violence, all masterfully rendered by action maestro John Woo (THE KILLER, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2). This is the last film the director made in his native Hong Kong before emigrating to the United States. … more less -
Ong-Bak: The Thai WarriorGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 02/02/2010 Rating R Production Year: 2005 Run Time: 101 mins Released By: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Cast: Tony Jaa, Petchthai Wongkamlao, Pumwaree Yodkamol, Rungrawee Borrijindakul, Chetwut Wacharakun Tony Jaa follows in the powerful martial arts footsteps of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li in ONG-BAK: THE THAI WARRIOR, one of the first films to center on the ancient fighting system of Muay Thai, which utilizes the body's limbs to potentially devastating effect. Jaa stars as Ting, a quiet young man who lives in the peaceful village of Nong Pradu. As the village's special celebration approaches, a Bangkok villain named Don (Wannakit Siriput) steals the head of the Buddha statue Ong-Bak, which is said to protect the village from bad luck. Ting volunteers to go to the big city to bring back the head of Ong-Bak, but remembers what he was taught by sage monk Pra Cru (Woranard Tantipidok): he must not use his Muay Thai skills to harm people. However soon after arriving in Bangkok, Ting, a peaceful fish out of water, finds that the only way to recapture the village's sacred treasure is by using his arms, his legs--and his head. Influenced by the films of Thai action star Phanna Rithikrai, director Prachya Pinkaew hired the Muay Thai expert to serve as martial arts and stunt choreographer for ONG-BAK, resulting in highly effective and believable scenes between Ting and a multitude of criminals and evil boxers out to get him. Pinkaew adds a fun sense of humor to the serious story, not only in some of the crazy stunts but also in the character of George, played by Thai comic Petchthai Wongkamlao. Jaa is charmingly fearless in the lead role, performing all his own stunts without any special effects, computer enhancement, or ropes. … more less -
Narayama Bushi-KoGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 02/05/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 1958 Run Time: 98 mins Released By: Criterion Collection Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yuko Mochizuki A fusion of Japanese Kabuki and modern film techniques, this adaptation of Shichiro Fukazawa's 1956 novel depicts the moving tale of a 69-year-old woman's traditional journey from her poor village to the summit of Mount Narayama to die. 1983's THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA is Shohei Imamura's acclaimed remake of the film. … more less -
Iron MonkeyGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 04/15/2011 Rating Production Year: 1993 Run Time: 85 mins Released By: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Cast: Yu Rong Guang, Donnie Yen, Tsang Sze-Man, Jean Wang, Yuen Shun-Yee Yuen Woo-Ping's exhilarating martial arts film stars Yu Rong Guang as Dr. Yang, a kind family doctor who charitably provides medicine and care to impoverished villagers, along with his assistant, Orchid (the lovely Jean Wang). Yang, however, also masquerades as the crime-fighting Iron Monkey, who robs gold from the rich and gives to it the poor, much to the dismay of the corrupt local governor (James Wong). When famed fighter and physician Wong Kei-Ying (Donnie Yen) and his young son, Wong Fei-Hung (crossdressed actress Tsang Sze-Man), wander into town, the cowardly ruler captures the boy and pits his father against the elusive Iron Monkey. Eventually, the heroes must unite to face an even greater foe--a renegade Shaolin master (Yen Yee Kwan) and his treacherous lackeys. This Chinese variation on the legend of Robin Hood is a good-natured (and often funny) action movie that features numerous outstanding fight scenes (including a battle fought on poles over a raging fire) and a surprising amount of cooking (yes, cooking). The film is the prequel to Tsui Hark's ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA series, which follows the adventures of folk hero Wong Fei-Hung as an adult. IRON MONKEY is particularly revelatory due to the amazing action sequences directed by Woo-Ping, who went on to choreograph the intricate fights of THE MATRIX and CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. … more less -
Naruto: Shippuden - The Movie 2: BondsGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 10/25/2011 Rating NR Production Year: 2011 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Warner Home Video This second full-length NARUTO: SHIPPUDEN anime movie follows Naruto as he runs into old friends, and goes toe-to-toe with the so called "Sky Ninja," who shows up out of nowhere and attacks the Leaf Village, claiming that his people were expelled from its grounds generations ago. … more less -
Gamera - Revenge of IrisGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 09/27/2011 Rating NR Production Year: 1999 Run Time: 108 mins Released By: ADV Films, Inc. Cast: Yukijiro Hotaru, Shinobu Nakayama, Ayako Fujitani Gamera the benevolent giant turtle is back in this film produced by the same group responsible for 1995's GAMERA: GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE. REVENGE OF IRIS begins where ATTACK OF LEGION left off, as Japan is recovering from a devastating alien invasion. Now, an enemy from the past has come back: the giant man-eating birds known as Gyaos have returned for revenge with a new recruit named Iris. Iris is eager to pick a fight with his nemesis Gamera, who accidentally squished Iris' parents, and this flying squid proves to be an able adversary for the mighty Gamera. Teaming up with Dr. Nagamine and Inspector Osaka, Gamera must both fend off Iris and save the Japanese public from the wrath of the Gyaos. … more less -
Band of OutsidersGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 05/07/2013 Rating NR Production Year: 1964 Run Time: 95 mins Released By: Criterion Collection Cast: Anna Karina, Sami Frey, Claude Brasseur, Ernest Menzer, Chantal Darget French New Wave master Jean-Luc Godard continues his fascination with dime store novels and American crime films with 1964's BAND OF OUTSIDERS, a free-spirited romp in the same vein as the director's breakthrough smash, BREATHLESS. More traditional than BREATHLESS in its technical execution, BAND OF OUTSIDERS sparkles with freshness and originality--it uses comical, poetic narration by Godard himself, and has a bouncy musical score by Michel Legrand. The performances from Claude Brasseur, Sami Frey, and especially Anna Karina combine satirical melodrama, overflowing hipness, and moving sincerity, giving the film plenty of heart. An irreplaceable contribution to 1960s film, this movie is much more than a mere genre reworking. The story follows two friends, Arthur (Claude Brasseur) and Franz (Sami Frey), who are searching for a way to make a big score. When Franz meets the beautiful Odile (Anna Karina) and she informs him of a large chunk of cash her aunt keeps hidden in her house, the duo are convinced that this is their lucky break. Odile is a sensitive young woman who, out of fear and guilt, opposes their plan, but Arthur and Franz coax her to go along with the idea. When the time comes to pull off the heist, a miscalculation delays the seemingly perfect plan, resulting in a confrontation that has dire consequences. … more less -
Naruto: Shippuden - The Movie: The Will of FireGenre: Foreign Films Release Date: 10/23/2012 Rating Production Year: 2009 Run Time: 90 mins Released By: Viz Media, LLC. Cast: Chise Nakamura, Junko Takeuchi, Satoshi Hino … more less
