Tag: Shout! Factory
Jackie Chan Double Feature: Police Story/Police Story 2
On April 16, 2013, Shout! Factory will release the second of their Jackie Chan Double Features, following January’s double feature of Crime Story (1993) and The Protector (1985). In this sophomore release, Shout! brings the first two installments of Jackie Chan’s Police Story series together on Blu-ray for the first time ever. Whereas, as I [...]
Jef’s Top 25 Home Video Releases of 2012
I’ll admit that I didn’t see a number of the films that I had intended to in 2012. For instance, I just couldn’t seem to squeeze Skyfall, Argo, or The Master in to my busy schedule this fall. Aside from those notable three, however, I actually caught all the major titles I had hoped to. [...]
Power Rangers: From Mighty Morphin to Lost Galaxy
Do I really need to explain what Power Rangers is? Is there anyone out there who has yet to experience this media phenomenon even least in passing? It seems impossible to me that anyone born before 1993 when Saban’s Power Rangers premiered could have been bypassed by the nearly 20-year-old series’ iconic imagery of spandex-clad [...]
The Astonishing X-Men Blu-ray Collection
Marvel Knights Animation and Shout! Factory have teamed up to offer all four standalone volumes of the Astonishing X-Men motion comics (Gifted, Dangerous, Torn, and Unstoppable) in a single collection, and, for the first time, on Blu-ray no less. This represents Marvel Knights’ motion comics adaptation of the entirety of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday’s [...]
Astonishing X-Men: Torn
I just can’t get enough of Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men. When his 25-issue run on the series with artist John Cassaday came to an end, I swear a part of me went with it. And so I greeted the prospect of the series’ revitalization as a motion comic by Marvel Knights Animation with open arms. [...]
Accident
My introduction to Soi Cheang was his 2006 film, Dog Bite Dog, that was an impressive and visceral crime thriller and one of the best Hong Kong action films I had seen in years. Now, Shout! Factory has just released his 2009 film Accident, produced by Johnnie To and his Milkyway Production team that is [...]
Accident Blu-ray Giveaway
Congratulations to the winners of FilmMonthly’s Accident Giveaway: James Thompson, IL Daniel Morrell, MA Marguerite Core, CA We’re giving away 3 Blu-ray copies of the Hong Kong thriller, Accident, available on Blu-ray and DVD from Shout! Factory on June 12, 2012. You want one? All you have to do to enter is send us an email [...]
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