Arrow Video Announces April Releases
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Posted January 31, 2025 10:22 PM by Webmaster
Arrow Video has announced its April batch of 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases. They are: The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal (1989-1994), F/X & F/X 2: The Grande Illusion (1986-1991), A Fistful of Dollars (1964), and Booger (2023).
The Long Kiss Goodnight 4K Blu-ray
From screenwriter Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Nice Guys) and director Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger) comes ass-kicking action thriller The Long Kiss Goodnight.
Eight years ago, Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) washed up on a beach, pregnant, with no memory. Now she's a school teacher living an idyllic small town life with a daughter and boyfriend who love her. She's almost given up on ever finding out about the life she used to lead, until an accident awakens hidden memories and her past comes back with all guns blazing. With the help of low rent private eye Mitch Henessey (Samuel L. Jackson) Samantha must uncover who she was and why so many people want her dead before it kills them both.
With unforgettable action sequences and dialogue to die for, The Long Kiss Goodnight ranks among the very best of 90s action thrillers. Geena Davis is a revelation as the wholesome school teacher struggling to reconcile with her deadly alter ego Charly, while Samuel L. Jackson brings his quintessential charm to a role that so enamored test audiences they refused to let him die. Strap yourselves in and hold on tight!
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UK STREET DATE: APRIL 7.
V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal
In 1989, legendary Japanese studio Toei launched their V-Cinema line of direct-to-video genre features. V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal presents nine explosive titles representing some of the best the Japanese crime film has to offer.
Fast-paced and action-packed, Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage sees detective Joe Kawamura out for revenge against the men who gunned down his partner. Along the way he teams up with Lily, a gun-toting nun looking to get back five million dollars that was stolen from her church. Next up, Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet sees wannabe yakuza Junko get more than he bargained for when tasked with avenging the murder of a fellow gang member, or face the consequences for betrayal. Meanwhile, in Shunichi Nagasaki's unbearably tense thriller Stranger, a late-night taxi driver is stalked by the unseen driver of an SUV, who just might have a connection to the taxi driver's criminal past. In Carlos, the eponymous Brazilian-Japanese petty criminal sees an opportunity to play rival yakuza gangs against each other, but bites off much more than he can chew. Burning Dog is a gripping heist film where a gang of thieves plot to rob a US military base in Okinawa, but rising tensions in the group threaten to put the plan in jeopardy.
The sequel to one of the most iconic Japanese franchises of all time, Female Prisoner Scorpion: Death Threat sees a female assassin hired to infiltrate a women's prison and search for The Scorpion, a legendary rebellious prisoner hiding in the bowels of the building. After his fiancée is killed in the crossfire of a yakuza turf war, a man on the edge remorselessly hunts down the gangsters responsible in legendary director Teruo Ishii's The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses. Meanwhile in Danger Point: The Road to Hell, duo of contract killers' fragile partnership is tested when their most recent hit starts to have unforeseen consequences. Finally, assassin and femme fatale Shion rebels against the fanatical religious order who prepared her from birth to be the perfect killer in the pulpy XX: Beautiful Hunter.
Filled with action, thrills and double-crosses, V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal is an electrifying compendium of gems from the Japanese video underworld.
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UK STREET DATE: APRIL 28.
F/X & F/X 2: The Grande Illusion
In the 1980s special make-up effects artists became stars, pushing the boundaries of what could be shown on screen as audiences around the world reacted with shock and delight. No surprise then that sooner or later they'd get a movie that made them the hero.
In F/X: Murder by Illusion, Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) is a special effects genius approached by the Department of Justice to fake the death of a gangster about to turn state's evidence. But all is not as it seems. Now someone is trying to kill Rollie, and grizzled cop Leo McCarthy (Brian Dennehy) suspects him of murder. Unable to turn to the police, Rollie goes on the run with only his wits and his special effects expertise to save him. F/X was a smash-hit and a sequel was inevitable. Under the auspices of ace Australian director Richard Franklin (Psycho II), F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion sees Rollie convinced, against his better judgement, to once again use his expertise beyond the silver screen, this time helping to trap a murderer as part of an NYPD sting. When lightning strikes twice and things go wrong, Rollie, his girlfriend Kim (Rachel Ticotin) and her young son Chris are all plunged into danger; only with Leo's help can Rollie keep them safe.
Beloved by a generation of movie fans and featuring two of the most charismatic character actors ever to grace the screen in Brown and Dennehy, F/X and F/X 2 are the kind of charming action-thrillers they just don't seem to be making anymore. Step back into a world of grande illusions!
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A Fistful of Dollars 4K Blu-ray
It wasn't really the first film of its kind, but the western all'Italiana - or "spaghetti Western" - was never the same again after Sergio Leone's groundbreaking A Fistful of Dollars, starring Clint Eastwood in the classic role that made him an international icon.
A nameless stranger (Eastwood) rides into the Mexican border town of San Miguel and quickly finds himself in the middle of a bloody battle for power between two rival families, the Baxters and the Rojos. Cannily realising there's money to be made from playing each side against the other, the Man with No Name soon finds himself caught in the crossfire as the body count escalates, his only chance of escape a standoff against the Rojos' mercilessly cruel leader, Ramón (Gian Maria Volonté).
Leone's clever and contemporary inversion of Western archetypes was not only the first entry in a much-beloved trilogy, but the director's first collaboration with the brilliant composer Ennio Morricone. Now fully uncut and freshly restored in glorious 4K with an arsenal of new and old bonus material, the Man with No Name rides again like never before!
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A Fistful of Dollars
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Booger
Multi-talented director Mary Dauterman weaves humour and heartbreak in Booger, an unflinching exploration of grief, identity and resilience with a darkly comic edge that lingers long after the credits roll.
Anna, a young New Yorker, is consumed with overwhelming grief after the sudden death of her best friend and roommate, Izzy. Struggling to cope, Anna becomes fixated on finding Booger, the stray cat she and Izzy took in together. When she finally tracks the cat down, an unexpected bite to the hand triggers a bizarre and unsettling transformation, causing Anna to gradually take on more feline characteristics.
With a unique blend of horror, humour and heart, Booger transforms the mundane into the macabre, delivering a deeply human exploration of love, loss, and the strange ways we cope with pain.
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The Long Kiss Goodnight 4K Blu-ray
From screenwriter Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Nice Guys) and director Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger) comes ass-kicking action thriller The Long Kiss Goodnight.
Eight years ago, Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) washed up on a beach, pregnant, with no memory. Now she's a school teacher living an idyllic small town life with a daughter and boyfriend who love her. She's almost given up on ever finding out about the life she used to lead, until an accident awakens hidden memories and her past comes back with all guns blazing. With the help of low rent private eye Mitch Henessey (Samuel L. Jackson) Samantha must uncover who she was and why so many people want her dead before it kills them both.
With unforgettable action sequences and dialogue to die for, The Long Kiss Goodnight ranks among the very best of 90s action thrillers. Geena Davis is a revelation as the wholesome school teacher struggling to reconcile with her deadly alter ego Charly, while Samuel L. Jackson brings his quintessential charm to a role that so enamored test audiences they refused to let him die. Strap yourselves in and hold on tight!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Hadley
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Clem Bastow, Richard Kadrey, Maura McHugh, and Priscilla Page
- Seasonal postcard
- Thin Ice sticker
- NEW 4K RESTORATION by Arrow Films from the original 35mm negative approved by director Renny Harlin
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Original DTS-HD MA 5.1, stereo 2.0. and new Dolby Atmos audio options
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Brand new audio commentary by film critic Walter Chaw
- Brand new audio commentary by film critics Drusilla Adeline and Joshua Conkel, co-hosts of the Bloodhaus podcast
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Symphony of Destruction, a new interview with stunt co-ordinator Steve Davidson
- Long Live the New Flesh, a new interview with make-up artist Gordon J. Smith
- Girl Interrupted, a new interview with actress Yvonne Zima
- Amnesia Chick, a new visual essay by film scholar Josh Nelson
- The Mirror Crack'd, a new visual essay by critic and filmmaker Howard S. Berger
- A Woman's World, a new visual essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
- Deleted scenes
- Archive promotional interviews with director Renny Harlin and stars Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson and Craig Bierko
- Making Of, an archive promotional featurette
- Behind the Scenes, archive EPK footage from the filming of The Long Kiss Goodnight
UK STREET DATE: APRIL 7.
V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal
In 1989, legendary Japanese studio Toei launched their V-Cinema line of direct-to-video genre features. V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal presents nine explosive titles representing some of the best the Japanese crime film has to offer.
Fast-paced and action-packed, Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage sees detective Joe Kawamura out for revenge against the men who gunned down his partner. Along the way he teams up with Lily, a gun-toting nun looking to get back five million dollars that was stolen from her church. Next up, Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet sees wannabe yakuza Junko get more than he bargained for when tasked with avenging the murder of a fellow gang member, or face the consequences for betrayal. Meanwhile, in Shunichi Nagasaki's unbearably tense thriller Stranger, a late-night taxi driver is stalked by the unseen driver of an SUV, who just might have a connection to the taxi driver's criminal past. In Carlos, the eponymous Brazilian-Japanese petty criminal sees an opportunity to play rival yakuza gangs against each other, but bites off much more than he can chew. Burning Dog is a gripping heist film where a gang of thieves plot to rob a US military base in Okinawa, but rising tensions in the group threaten to put the plan in jeopardy.
The sequel to one of the most iconic Japanese franchises of all time, Female Prisoner Scorpion: Death Threat sees a female assassin hired to infiltrate a women's prison and search for The Scorpion, a legendary rebellious prisoner hiding in the bowels of the building. After his fiancée is killed in the crossfire of a yakuza turf war, a man on the edge remorselessly hunts down the gangsters responsible in legendary director Teruo Ishii's The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses. Meanwhile in Danger Point: The Road to Hell, duo of contract killers' fragile partnership is tested when their most recent hit starts to have unforeseen consequences. Finally, assassin and femme fatale Shion rebels against the fanatical religious order who prepared her from birth to be the perfect killer in the pulpy XX: Beautiful Hunter.
Filled with action, thrills and double-crosses, V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal is an electrifying compendium of gems from the Japanese video underworld.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- High-definition presentations of all films
- Original lossless Japanese mono audio on Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage and original lossless Japanese stereo audio for all other films
- Optional newly translated English subtitles for all films
- Nine postcard-sized artcards
- Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by Earl Jackson, Daisuke Miyao, and Hayley Scanlon
- New introductions to both films by Japanese film critic Masaki Tanioka
- Loose Cannon, a new interview with Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage director Shundo Okawa
- Zooming Out, a new interview with Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet writer-director Banmei Takahashi
- Crime Hunter and the Dawn of V-Cinema, a new video essay on Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage by Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes
- Trailers for both films
- New introductions to both films by Japanese film critic Masaki Tanioka
- Stranger than Fiction, a new interview with Stranger writer-director Shunichi Nagasaki
- From Manga to Movies, a new interview with Carlos writer-director Kazuhiro Kiuchi
- An Extra Round in the Chamber, a new video essay on Carlos by critic and Japanese cinema expert Jonathan Clements
- New introductions to both films by Japanese film critic Masaki Tanioka
- Fire and Ice, a new video essay on Burning Dog by critic and Japanese cinema expert Mark Schilling
- Toshiharu Ikeda's Beautiful Monster of Vengeance, a new video essay on Female Prisoner Scorpion: Death Threat by film historian Samm Deighan
- Trailers for both films
- New introductions to both films by Japanese film critic Masaki Tanioka
- The Versatility of Teruo Ishii, a new video essay on The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses and its director Teruo Ishii by Japanese cinema expert Frankie Balboa
- The Road to V-Cinema, a new video essay on Danger Point: The Road to Hell by critic and Japanese cinema expert James Balmont
- Trailer for The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
- New introduction by Japanese film critic Masaki Tanioka
- The Sacred and the Profane, a new interview with screenwriter Hiroshi Takahashi
- They Brought Back the Sleaze, a new video essay on XX: Beautiful Hunter by critic and Japanese cinema expert Patrick Macias
- Trailer
UK STREET DATE: APRIL 28.
F/X & F/X 2: The Grande Illusion
In the 1980s special make-up effects artists became stars, pushing the boundaries of what could be shown on screen as audiences around the world reacted with shock and delight. No surprise then that sooner or later they'd get a movie that made them the hero.
In F/X: Murder by Illusion, Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) is a special effects genius approached by the Department of Justice to fake the death of a gangster about to turn state's evidence. But all is not as it seems. Now someone is trying to kill Rollie, and grizzled cop Leo McCarthy (Brian Dennehy) suspects him of murder. Unable to turn to the police, Rollie goes on the run with only his wits and his special effects expertise to save him. F/X was a smash-hit and a sequel was inevitable. Under the auspices of ace Australian director Richard Franklin (Psycho II), F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion sees Rollie convinced, against his better judgement, to once again use his expertise beyond the silver screen, this time helping to trap a murderer as part of an NYPD sting. When lightning strikes twice and things go wrong, Rollie, his girlfriend Kim (Rachel Ticotin) and her young son Chris are all plunged into danger; only with Leo's help can Rollie keep them safe.
Beloved by a generation of movie fans and featuring two of the most charismatic character actors ever to grace the screen in Brown and Dennehy, F/X and F/X 2 are the kind of charming action-thrillers they just don't seem to be making anymore. Step back into a world of grande illusions!
Special Features and Techncial Specs:
- High-definition presentations of both films
- Original lossless stereo audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- 60-page perfect bound collector's book featuring new writing by film critics Guy Adams, Clem Bastow, William Bibbiani and Priscilla Page
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh
- Double-sided fold out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh
- Stickers for the films of Rollie Tyler
- New commentary by film critic Mike White of the Projection Booth Podcast
- New commentary by Dan Martin of 13 Finger FX and filmmaker Jennifer Handorf
- The FX of F/X, a new interview with make-up effects supervisor Carl Fullerton
- F/X Illusions, a new visual essay by film critic Heather Wixson, author of Monsters, Make-up & Effects
- Murder by Illusion, an archive interview with director Robert Mandel
- The Making of F/X, an archive featurette
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- New commentary by Dan Martin of 13 Finger FX and filmmaker Jen Handorf
- Art & Illusion, a new interview with make-up effects supervisor Eric Allard
- F/X Magic, a new visual essay by film critic Heather Wixson, author of Monsters, Make-up & Effects
- The Australian Invasion, a new visual essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
- The Making of F/X 2, an archive featurette
- Behind the Scenes
- Inside Eric Allard's Workshop
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
A Fistful of Dollars 4K Blu-ray
It wasn't really the first film of its kind, but the western all'Italiana - or "spaghetti Western" - was never the same again after Sergio Leone's groundbreaking A Fistful of Dollars, starring Clint Eastwood in the classic role that made him an international icon.
A nameless stranger (Eastwood) rides into the Mexican border town of San Miguel and quickly finds himself in the middle of a bloody battle for power between two rival families, the Baxters and the Rojos. Cannily realising there's money to be made from playing each side against the other, the Man with No Name soon finds himself caught in the crossfire as the body count escalates, his only chance of escape a standoff against the Rojos' mercilessly cruel leader, Ramón (Gian Maria Volonté).
Leone's clever and contemporary inversion of Western archetypes was not only the first entry in a much-beloved trilogy, but the director's first collaboration with the brilliant composer Ennio Morricone. Now fully uncut and freshly restored in glorious 4K with an arsenal of new and old bonus material, the Man with No Name rides again like never before!
Special Features and Tehcncial Specs:
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
- Perfect bound collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Henry Blyth, Bilge Ebiri, Pasquale Iannone and Eloise Ross
- Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
- NEW 4K RESTORATION from the original 2-perf Techniscope negative
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Original English and Italian front and end titles
- Newly restored original lossless English and Italian mono audio
- Optional newly remixed lossless English and Italian DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
- Optional English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
- Audio commentary by film historian and Leone biographer Sir Christopher Frayling
- Audio commentary by film historian and critic Tim Lucas
- Trailers, TV spots and radio spots
- When It All Started, a newly filmed interview with film historian and critic Fabio Melelli
- Four Fingers Four Picks, a newly filmed interview with guitarist Bruno Battisti D'Amario
- Wind & Fire, a newly filmed interview with Morricone biographer Alessandro de Rosa
- A Night at the Movies, a newly filmed interview with filmmaker Paolo Bianchini
- A Fistful of Outtakes, highlights from the original rushes
- The Day the Soundtrack Changed, a new visual essay by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon exploring the film's iconic score
- Marisol: Leone's Madonna of the West, an archival interview with co-star Marianne Koch
- The Frayling Archives and A New Kind of Hero, two archival interviews with Sir Christopher Frayling
- A Few Weeks in Spain, an archival interview with Clint Eastwood
- Tre Voci, an archival featurette with Leone collaborators Mickey Knox, Sergio Donati and Alberto Grimaldi
- Opening scene with Harry Dean Stanton filmed for the film's US TV debut in 1975, plus an archival interview with the prologue's director Monte Hellman
- Restoration Italian Style, an archival featurette on the film's remastering for DVD
- Location Comparisons 1964-2004, an archival featurette
- Alternate credits sequences
- Three comprehensive image galleries: A Fistful of Pictures, On the Set and Promoting 'A Fistful of Dollars'
A Fistful of Dollars
Special Features and Tehcncial Specs:
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
- Perfect bound collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Henry Blyth, Bilge Ebiri, Pasquale Iannone and Eloise Ross
- Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
- NEW 4K RESTORATION from the original 2-perf Techniscope negative
- Original English and Italian front and end titles
- Newly restored original lossless English and Italian mono audio
- Optional newly remixed lossless English and Italian DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
- Optional English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
- Audio commentary by film historian and Leone biographer Sir Christopher Frayling
- Audio commentary by film historian and critic Tim Lucas
- Trailers, TV spots and radio spots
- When It All Started, a newly filmed interview with film historian and critic Fabio Melelli
- Four Fingers Four Picks, a newly filmed interview with guitarist Bruno Battisti D'Amario
- Wind & Fire, a newly filmed interview with Morricone biographer Alessandro de Rosa
- A Night at the Movies, a newly filmed interview with filmmaker Paolo Bianchini
- A Fistful of Outtakes, highlights from the original rushes
- The Day the Soundtrack Changed, a new visual essay by musician and disc collector Lovely Jon exploring the film's iconic score
- Marisol: Leone's Madonna of the West, an archival interview with co-star Marianne Koch
- The Frayling Archives and A New Kind of Hero, two archival interviews with Sir Christopher Frayling
- A Few Weeks in Spain, an archival interview with Clint Eastwood
- Tre Voci, an archival featurette with Leone collaborators Mickey Knox, Sergio Donati and Alberto Grimaldi
- Opening scene with Harry Dean Stanton filmed for the film's US TV debut in 1975, plus an archival interview with the prologue's director Monte Hellman
- Restoration Italian Style, an archival featurette on the film's remastering for DVD
- Location Comparisons 1964-2004, an archival featurette
- Alternate credits sequences
- Three comprehensive image galleries: A Fistful of Pictures, On the Set and Promoting 'A Fistful of Dollars'
Booger
Multi-talented director Mary Dauterman weaves humour and heartbreak in Booger, an unflinching exploration of grief, identity and resilience with a darkly comic edge that lingers long after the credits roll.
Anna, a young New Yorker, is consumed with overwhelming grief after the sudden death of her best friend and roommate, Izzy. Struggling to cope, Anna becomes fixated on finding Booger, the stray cat she and Izzy took in together. When she finally tracks the cat down, an unexpected bite to the hand triggers a bizarre and unsettling transformation, causing Anna to gradually take on more feline characteristics.
With a unique blend of horror, humour and heart, Booger transforms the mundane into the macabre, delivering a deeply human exploration of love, loss, and the strange ways we cope with pain.
Special Features and Techncial Specs:
- High-definition presentation
- Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- A Different Breed of Female Feline, a new video essay by film critic Kat Hughes
- Curiosity Kills: A History of the Cat and Death, a new video essay by writer Alexandra West
- Trailer
- Image galleries
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring writing by Becky Darke and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
- Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned and previously unreleased artwork by Rose Whittaker and Aleksandra Waliszewska
