Three years before all the political lines in the sands had been drawn between East and West, the DEFA (Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft), a state-owned film studi,o was established in the Soviet occupied zone of Germany. Up until its dissolution in 1992, it had produced hundreds of films spanning many genres. Eureka Entertainment in the UK has […]
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Vampirism does not discriminate. Once bitten you will become a lap dog of Satan, but the Hong Kong horror/comedy Doctor Vampire proves that being in the medical profession has its advantages, which is coming to Blu-ray in the United Kingdom this Monday, February 24th, from Eureka Entertainment. While visiting England, a young doctor, Chiang Ta-Tsung,
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When we think of animated features during the 80s and 90s, it’s mostly Disney titles that spring to mind, but former long-time animator for the studio, Don Bluth, became a rival player with his breakout film, The Secret of NIMH – available now on Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment. Inside a cinderblock she calls home, which
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Looney Tunes was my introduction to Edward G. Robinson who Buggs Bunny would regularly impersonate, most famously in the 1946 cartoon short Racketeer Rabbit. Interestingly the first movie I saw Robinson in was Soylent Green, which was sadly his last. Now fans can enjoy the liver-lipped actor at his meanest in the bleak obscure classic
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I assumed for years that Tank Girl was a movie about the band, No Doubt, based on the old MGM DVD that I would walk past constantly at a local supermarket. Turns out that’s not Gwen Stefani on the cover, but rather Lori Petty, a girl warrior in a post-apocalyptic Australia where a corporate tyrant
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Eureka Entertainment takes to the rough seas of the Mid-Atlantic with the nail-biting thriller, Juggernaut – available now on Blu-ray in celebration of the film’s 50th Anniversary. Richard Harris heads a cast of dignified English and international stars as the veteran bomb disposal expert, Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Fallon, who is sent aboard the passenger liner,
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What do you do when Queen Elizabeth II pays a ceremonial visit to your capital city? That’s right, capture as much cheeky footage as possible and then weave it into a haywire action-filled crime-adventure starring one-time James Bond actor, George Lazenby – and the result will be A Queen’s Ransom, available now on Blu-ray from
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Among the first movies to “borrow” heavily from Star Wars, the Japanese science-fiction spectacular Message from Space – from Battle Royale director, Kinji Fukasaku, is available now on Blu-ray from Eureka Entertainment, appropriately under the label’s Masters of Cinema Series. When a utopian planet falls under the control of the evil Gavanas Empire, the oppressed
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Eureka Entertainment has been my cinematic passport to Asia for the past several years. After enjoying their Hong Kong output, I’m excited to explore Japan’s Yakuza genre with The Valiant Red Peony: Red Peony Gambler I-III available now on Blu-ray. While the first part of the series’ title seems a bit redundant in English, it’s
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Woo-Ping Yuen has contributed enormously to martial arts cinema in the West as a stunt advisor and choreographer on films such as The Matrix Trilogy and Kill Bill (both volumes), but his work as a filmmaker is not to be overlooked and one of his most haywire classics, The Miracle Fighters is now available on
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