Upcoming DVD releases

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Although Optimum Home Entertainment releasing a Blu-ray on April 11 but Magnolia Home Entertainment also announced a DVD/Blu-ray release date for Quentin Dupieux's psycho-tire movie Rubber. The movie is speeding its way to store shelves on June 7th.



Special features include the following:

* Interview with writer/director Quentin Dupieux
* Interview with actor Stephen Spinella
* Interview with actor Jack Plotnick
* Interview with actress Roxane Mesquida
* First camera tests in Corsica 2010
* HDNet: A Look at RUBBER
* Limited Edition Lenticular Packaging (noted in picture)

Rubber is the story of Robert, an inanimate tire that has been abandoned in the desert, and suddenly and inexplicably comes to life. As Robert roams the bleak landscape, he discovers that he possesses telepathic powers that give him the ability to destroy anything he wishes without having to move. At first content to wreak havoc on small desert creatures and various lost items, his attention soon turns to humans.


Last Breath



Imprisoned by a sadistic killer, a young couple is forced to confront their deepest secrets and darkest fears through painful and torturous methods. Their choices will ultimately determine their family's survival.

A hit among the film curcuit scene, Last Breath also made it to the top 10 in a contest AMC theaters was holding for small independent movies in which the top prize was distribution in 50 of their theaters. Last Breath is coming to DVD on April 12th through Shriek Show.

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On May 31, Warner Home Video honors Stanley Kubrick and his controversial masterpiece A Clockwork Orange with a 40th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray!

The two-disc release includes two newly-produced bonus features: "Turning Like Clockwork," a 25-minute documentary about the film's "ultra-violence" and its cultural impact, and a short documentary with Malcolm McDowell reminiscing about working closely with the legendary director. This two-disc edition will also contain the feature-length documentaries, Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures and O Lucky Malcolm! The 40th Anniversary Edition will be packaged in a 40-page Blu-ray book with rare photos and production notes.



Special features include:

* Commentary by Malcolm McDowell and historian Nick Redman
* Malcolm McDowell Looks Back: Malcolm McDowell reflects on his experience working with legendary director Stanley Kubrick on one of the seminal films of the 1970s (new)
* Turning like Clockwork: the film's ultra-violence and its cultural impact (new)
* Still Tickin': The Return of Clockwork Orange
* Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making A Clockwork Orange
* Theatrical Trailer
* Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures: Kubrick's career comes into sharp focus in this compelling documentary narrated by Tom Cruise. Fascinating footage glimpses Kubrick in his early years, at work on film sets and at home, augmented by candid commentary from collaborators, colleagues and family (new to Blu-ray)
* O Lucky Malcolm!: Documentary about the life and career of actor Malcolm McDowell produced and directed by Jan Harlan

A Clockwork Orange 40th Anniversary Edition is also available On Demand and for Download from iTunes, including bonus iTunes extra content.

On the same date, the studio will also release the nine-movie, ten-disc Stanley Kubrick Limited Edition Collection:
including...
Spartacus,
Lolita (new to Blu-ray),
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,
2001: A Space Odyssey,
A Clockwork Orange,
Barry Lyndon (new to Blu-ray),
The Shining,
Full Metal Jacket and
Eyes Wide Shut.

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Releasing on July 5th

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May 10th, 2011...a Criterion Release.



http://www.amazon.com/Something-Wild...7474793&sr=1-2

Review - http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article...ion-collection



Also, on July 5th...

FROM LEGENDARY JAPANESE CULT DIRECTOR
TAKASHI MIIKE COMES A SPECTACULAR
SAMURAI EPIC FOR THE AGES 13 ASSASSINS

Winner Of Four Japanese Academy Awards, The Action Masterpiece
Slices Its Way Onto Blu-ray And DVD July 5
From Magnolia Home Entertainment Under The Magnet Label


"A classic samurai movie, right up there among the finest in the genre"
- Los Angeles Times

When a tyrannous lord wreaks havoc across Japan, it is up to a brave and powerful group of warriors to take him out in 13 Assassins, arriving on Blu-ray Disc and DVD July 5 from Magnolia Home Entertainment under the Magnet label. Directed with brilliance and beauty by iconic cult director Takashi Miike (Sukiyaki Western Django, Ichi the Killer), the samurai quickly gather their small army of 13 in order to do battle with hundreds of soldiers sent to protect the evil lord. What follows are some of the most epic battle sequences and incredible fight scenes in the history of cinema, as the 13 Assassins set a trap for their enemy and go for the kill in their makeshift "Village of Death!"

"A stone-cold, limb-severin,' bull-burnin' masterpiece" (Ain't It Cool News), 13 Assassins stars acclaimed Japanese actor Koji Yakusho (Babel, Memoirs of a Geisha) and was produced by Oscar** winner Toshiaki Nakazawa (Departures) and Jeremy Thomas (Brother, The Last Emperor). "A classic swords-and-samurai film with postmodern blood and guts" (Boston Globe), the special features will go behind-the-scenes of the gruesome battles in a making-of featurette and will also include the film's international trailer. The Blu-ray Disc and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $29.98 and $26.98, respectively.

Synopsis
Cult director Takashi Miike (Ichi The Killer, Audition) delivers a bravado action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a brave group of elite samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and his army to prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a wartorn future.

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Boo-ya, it's about time. Criterion finally announced their release of:

Körkarlen (The Phantom Carriage) (1920)



Victor Sjöström's masterpiece of silent cinema, and one of Ingmar Bergman's favorite films, will finally be available on DVD, September 27 2011. Yee-har.

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On June 21st...





Now available on Criterion...

LIKE ALL GREAT SHOHEI IMAMURA PROTAGONISTS, VENGEANCE IS MINE’S IWAO ENOKIZU (KEN OGATA) LURKS ON THE MARGINS OF JAPANESE SOCIETY. A THIEF, MURDERER, AND CHARMING LADY-KILLER, IWAO IS ON THE RUN FROM THE POLICE.

DIRECTOR SHOHEI IMAMURA TURNS THIS FACT-BASED STORY, OF THE SEVENTY-THREE-DAY KILLING SPREE OF A REMORSELESS MAN FROM A DEVOUTLY CATHOLIC FAMILY, INTO A COLD, PERVERSE, AND, AT TIMES, DIABOLICALLY FUNNY TALE OF THE PRIMITIVE COEXISTING WITH THE MODERN. MORE THAN JUST A TRUE-CRIME CASE, VENGEANCE IS MINE BARES MANKIND’S SNARLING ID.

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Also, from Blue Underground on September 27th, the high-definition version of -




Special Features -

• Meet the Boyles - Interviews with Stars Catriona MacColl and Paolo Malco,
  Children of the Night - Interviews with Stars Giovanni Frezza and Silvia Collatina,
  Tales of Laura Gittleson - Interview with Star Dagmar Lassander,
  My Time With Terror - Interview with Star Carlo De Mejo,
  A Haunted House Story - Interviews with Co-Writers Dardano Sacchetti and Elisa Briganti,
  To Build a Better Death Trap - Interviews with Cinematographer Sergio, Salvati, Special Make-Up Effects Artists Giannetto De Rossi & Maurizio Trani, Special Effects Artist Gino De Rossi, and Actor Giovanni De Nava,
  Deleted Scene,
  Theatrical Trailers,
  TV Spot,
  Poster & Still Gallery.

http://www.blue-underground.com/product.php?product=209



also scheduled by Blue Underground...

Lucio Fulci's Zombie in high-definition, on October 25th.

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Originally Posted by _____V_____

On June 21st...

Now available on Criterion...

Wait, this has been available for a long time already...

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Originally Posted by fortunato

Wait, this has been available for a long time already...

Ergo - "Now available on Criterion". :)


June 21st - White Zombie.

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Originally Posted by _____V_____

Ergo - "Now available on Criterion". :)

Yeah, this has been available on Criterion for a few years now.