Johnny Mad Dog on DVD in March
Real ex-child soldiers play themselves in this raw, powerful and acclaimed drama that's coming to UK DVD in March from Momentum.
[7
Feb 2010] more>>
Long Weekend [R2 DVD]
A warring couple disrespect nature and pay the price in this carbon copy remake of Colin Eggleston's cult 1978 Australian horror, released on 2-disc DVD in the UK tomorrow by Showbox.
[7 Feb 2010] more>>
Kim Newman's Guide to the Flipside of British Cinema
[UK DVD]

A capsule review (and a bit of a plug) of the BFI's budget priced sampler for the Flipside series, available exclusively through HMV.
[7 Feb 2010] more>>
Shinjuku Boys / Gaea Girls [UK DVD]
Two superb documentary portraits of Japanese outsiders by filmmakers Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams have been brought together on one disc by Second Run.
[4 Feb 2010] more>>
THIRST COMPETITION
Our Competition to win a DVD of Park Chan-wooks new vampire film Thirst has now closed and the winners have now been notified. This was a very popular competition and attracted over 320 entries. Just so you know, the answer was:
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Oldboy
Lady Vengeance
(aka Sympathy for Lady Vengeance)
New releases
Sin Nombre
Cary Fukunaga's debut feature is brutal and brilliant and deservedly won the cinematography and directing awards at Sundance. It's coming to DVD and Blu-ray in February from Revolver. You can watch the trailer here.

House [Hausu]
An unforgettable mixture of bubblegum teen melodrama and grisly phantasmagoria, Obayashi's deranged 1977 fairy tale House [Hausu] is one of Japanese cinema's wildest supernatural ventures and a truly startling debut feature, and it's coming to UK DVD in January from Masters of Cinema. Watch the wild YouTube trailer here.

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Chaw on DVD in March
An offbeat horror tale from Korea featuring a monster that's been described as the mutant offspring of Twin Peaks and Razorback arrives on UK DVD next month from Optimum.
[7
Feb 2010] more>>
The Clouded Yellow uncut on DVD in March
A gentle, enjoyable and very British thriller from 1951 gets a UK DVD re-release from Eureka in its uncut form for the first time anywhere in the world.
[5
Feb 2010] more>>
Day of the Dead 25th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray in March
The darkest of Romero's zombie movies gets a feature-packed, 2-disc Blu-ray release in March from Arrow.
[4
Feb 2010] more>>
Homicide: Life on the Street the Complete Series in March
Every episode of our favourite ever TV cop show in one box set is coming to UK DVD in March from Fremantle.
[4
Feb 2010] more>>
Bitch Slap on DVD in April
Funny exploitation satire or cheesy and exploitative piffle? Opinions are divided but the title alone is probably enough to get genre fans interested, and it's coming to UK DVD in April from Momentum.
[4
Feb 2010] more>>
House of the Devil on DVD in March
An old school horror suspense tale with a neat cult cast that puts suspense above gore comes to UK DVD in March from Metrodome.
[3
Feb 2010] more>>
Apocalypse of the Dead on DVD in March
The zombie hoards continue their movie revival in this Serbian take on an increasingly familiar theme starring Dawn of the Dead's Ken Foree, coming to UK DVD in March from Momentum.
[3
Feb 2010] more>>
The Pleasure Garden on DVD in February
American poet James Broughton's playful and poetic ode to desire featuring Hattie Jacques, John Le Mesurier and Lindsay Anderson, comes to UK DVD next month from the BFI.
[1
Feb 2010] more>>
The Exiles on 2-disc DVD from the BFI in February
Kent Mackenzie's remarkable documentary that follows a group of American Indians in Los Angels for a single night comes to UK DVD next month from the BFI.
[29
Jan 2010] more>>
Disgrace on DVD in February
John Malkovich stars in this acclaimed adaptation of JM Coetzee's powerful story of race, class, sex and power in a post-apartheid South Africa, coming to UK DVD in February from ICA.
[29
Jan 2010] more>>
Kill Zone on DVD and Blu-ray in March
Donnie Yen stars and Wilson Yip directs this impressive contemporary martial arts actioner, coming to DVD and Blu-ray in March from Cine Asia.
[28
Jan 2010] more>>
Fist of Legend on DVD and Blu-ray in March
A blistering martial arts actioner from 1994, starring genre superstar Jet Li and directed by the legendary Yuen Woo-ping, comes to UK DVD and Blu-ray in March from Cine Asia.
[28
Jan 2010] more>>
The Avengers: The Complete Series 3 in February
Digitally restored and packed with extras, series 3 of The Avengers makes its way to UK DVD as a 7-disc set in February from Optimum.
[27
Jan 2010] more>>
The Army of Crime / L'armée du crime [UK Blu-ray]
Robert Guédiguian's intelligent and involving story of a true-life Parisian Resistance cell during WW2 comes to Blu-ray this week from Optimum.
[1 Feb 2010] more>>
Ocean Waves (Umi ga kikoeru) [R2 DVD]
Studio Ghibli's first made for TV film is also one of its least widely seen, a gentle and typically perceptive coming of age story, released this week on UK DVD by Optimum.
[30 Jan 2010] more>>
Permissive [Blu-ray]
The unglamorous life of the 60s rock groupie is explored in Lindsay Shonteff's bleak but compelling drama, released this week on DVD and Blu-ray as part of the BFI's Flipside strand.
[26 Jan 2010] more>>
Winter Soldier [R2 DVD]
The third of our retrospective reviews of DVD releases from Ireland's Stoney Road Films is a shocking exposure of atrocities carried out by American soldiers during the Vietnam war.
[26 Jan 2010] more>>
Une Femme mariée [Blu-ray]
The Masters of Cinema DVD release of Godard's intriguing 1964 cinematic sketchbook has been given a Blu-ray upgrade and is released this week.
[26 Jan 2010] more>>
Thirst / Bakjwi [Blu-ray]
A Catholic priest becomes infected with vampire blood in Park Chan-wook's inventive rethink of genre conventions, released today on UK Blu-ray and DVD by Palisades Tartan.
[25 Jan 2010] more>>
That Kind of Girl [Blu-ray]
The dire consequences of sex outside of marriage are driven home in this involving and well handled drama, another small gem from the BFI's Flipside strand.
[22 Jan 2010] more>>
Warhol [R2 DVD]
David Bailey's portrait of Andy Warhol headlines this three-film collection of 70s Bailey TV documentaries, two of which have been remastered for this re-release from Network.
[18 Jan 2010] more>>
Street Trash [R2 DVD]
Steadicam wizard J. Michael Muro's only stab at directing is a deliberately outrageous and highly enjoyable cult exploitation horror, released on UK DVD this week by Arrow.
[17 Jan 2010] more>>
Armchair Theatre: Volume 1 [R2 DVD]
L.K. Weston takes a detailed look at eight examples of 1970s British TV drama at its finest, released on UK DVD Network as a 2-disc set next Monday.
[15 Jan 2010] more>>
G.I. Joe – The Rise of Cobra [R2 DVD]
A delayed review for the latest from Stephen Sommers, a camp comic-book actioner in the best sense of the term. Adam Wilson has more fun than any of us expected.
[15 Jan 2010] more>>
Antichrist [UK Blu-ray]
Danish maverick Lars von Trier's controversial, audience-dividing journey to the darker corners of the id is one of the year's most extraordinary films, but definitely not for the faint-hearted.
[13 Jan 2010] more>>
Sir! No Sir! [R2 DVD]
The second of our retrospective reviews of DVDs from Ireland's Stoney Road Films is an excellent documentary that explores how the Vietnam war was protested from within the American military.
[11 Jan 2010] more>>

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