Weekly New Releases – January 31, 2023

Andy Warhol Presents: Blood for Dracula
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Angry Neighbors
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Ascendance of a Bookworm
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Asphyx (Kino-Lorber Studio Classics)
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Backstrom
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Battle For Saipan
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Bergman Island (Criterion Collection)
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Big Night
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Bones and All
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Burning Paradise
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Comments Martial arts film directed by Ringo Lam about folk hero Fong Sai-Yuk, who must help a group of monks escape through a booby-trap filled fortress.
Castle of the Living Dead
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City Hunter Classic Movies and TV Specials
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Comments Contains .357 Magnum, Bay City Wars, Million Dollar Conspiracy, The Secret Service, Goodbye My Sweetheart, and Death of the Vicious Criminal Ryo Saeba
Crimes of the Future
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Crypt of the Vampire
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Dawn of the Dead
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Comments The Zach Snyder version of Dawn of the Dead.
Dino Mech Gaiking
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Comments Super Robot Anime from the 1970s created by Go Nagai (with Toei not crediting him to avoid royalties), and was included in Force Five and the Shogun Warriors.
Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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Enter Santo: First Adventures of the Masked Mexican Wrestler
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Event Horizon
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Comments Alex: David Stark and I covered this on a past episode of the Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament Podcast.
Freeway
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From Dusk Till Dawn
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Gallipoli
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House Party
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Hula
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Comments A silent film with “it” girl Clara Bow.
It (1927)
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Comments Not a Stephen King adaptation, but the movie that cemented Clara Bow as one of the biggest sex symbols of the 1920s.
Italian Job (1969) (Kino-Lorber Studio Classics)
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Johnnie To’s Office
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Comments Office melodrama directed by Johnny To and starring Chow Yun-Fat.
King Kong Lives
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King of Braves GaoGaiGar
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Comments Re-release of the series in its entirety on Blu-Ray, along with the GaoGaiGar Final miniseries.
Lady from Shanghai (Kino-Lorber Studio Classics)
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Lukas Moodysson Collection (Arrow)
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Magic, Myth & Mutilation: The Micro-Budget Cinema of Michael J Murphy (1968-2014)
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Maigret (Kino-Lorber Studio Classics)
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Max Fleischer’s Gabby
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Comments Includes 7 Gabby cartoons (starring the character who first appeared in the Fleischer Gulliver’s Travels adaptation) plus five other cartoons.
Peter Falk 4-Film Comedy Collection
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Comments Includes The Cheap Detective, Big Trouble, Happy New Year, and Luv.
Red Dawn (1984 / 2012) Double Feature
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Requiem for a Heavyweight
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Road House
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Shaman King
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Comments The 2001-2002 anime series, not the more recent adaptation.
Tetsujin 28 FX
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Comments The 1980s sequel to the original Tetsujin 28/Gigantor TV series.
Virtua Fighter: The Animated Series
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Comments TV series based on the Sega fighting game.
Young Sherlock Holmes
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Yu Yu Hakusho – 30th Anniversary Box Set
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Comments Includes the bonus episodes made for the Japanese 25th Anniversary Boxed Set.

Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “On the 4K front, horror buffs will get a lot out of Event Horizon. For anime, I’m definitely giving my full recommendation for GaoGaiGar, and for general releases, I’m going with Young Sherlock Holmes.” Blaine says, “I definitely plan to see Young Sherlock Holmes, but nothing else that I’ve actually seen grabs my attention.”