Mrparka's Video Reviews for the Week of August 19th + Contest

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Time Stamps 

Ronin Review - 0:15
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity Trilogy Review - 6:19
The Pit and the Pendulum Review - 13:44
Sorceress 1982 Review - 19:22
10 to Midnight Review - 24:17
Shout Out - 29:40
Contest Winner - 30:21
New Contest - 30:54
Q&A - 31:35
Update - 39:03

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Video Reviews

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"Ronin" Arrow Video Blu-Ray Review

RONIN. Noun, historical. A samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.

RONIN. Noun, historical. A samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord. From director John Frankenheimer (Reindeer Games, The Manchurian Candidate) comes Ronin, a pulse-pounding, action-packed crime thriller featuring an all-star cast headlined by Robert De Niro (Taxi Driver, Heat) and Jean Reno (Leon: The Professional). On a rain-swept night in Paris, an international crack team of professional thieves assembles, summoned by a shady crime syndicate fronted by the enigmatic Deirdre (Natascha McElhone, The Devil's Own). Their mission: to steal a heavily guarded briefcase from armed mobsters, its contents undisclosed. But what begins as a routine heist soon spirals into chaos, with the group beset by a series of double-crosses and constantly shifting allegiances, and it falls to world-weary former CIA strategist Sam (De Niro) and laconic Frenchman Vincent (Reno) to hold the mission together. A latter-day return to form for Frankenheimer, the film evokes the same gritty milieu as classic 70s crime fare like The French Connection, in addition to anticipating the early 21st century trend towards more grounded, realistic action movies, exemplified by the likes of the Bourne franchise. Arrow Video is proud to present Ronin in a brand new, cinematographer-approved 4K restoration, allowing this jewel in the crown of 90s thriller cinema to shine like never before.

​Bonus Materials
Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative produced by Arrow Video exclusively for this release, supervised and approved by director of photography Robert Fraisse
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p)
Original English 5.1 audio (lossless on the Blu-ray Disc)
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Audio commentary by director John Frankenheimer
Brand new video interview with director of photography Robert Fraisse
Paul Joyce documentary on Robert De Niro
Ronin: Filming in the Fast Lane, an archival behind-the-scenes featurette
Through the Lens, an archival interview with Robert Fraisse
The Driving of Ronin, an archival featurette on the film’s legendary car stunts
Natascha McElhone: An Actor’s Process, an archival interview with the actress
Composing the Ronin Score, an archival interview with composer Elia Cmiral
In the Ronin Cutting Room, an archival interview with editor Tony Gibbs
Venice Film Festival interviews with Robert De Niro, Jean Reno and Natascha McElhone
Alternate ending
Theatrical trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jacob Phillips
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector’s booklet illustrated by Chris Malbon, featuring new writing on the film by critic Travis Crawford

Buy - ​https://mvdshop.com/products/ronin-blu-ray-dvd-blu-ray

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"New Battles Without Honor and Humanity" The Complete Trilogy Arrow Video Blu-Ray Review

​In the early 1970s, Kinji Fukasaku's five-film Battles Without Honor and Humanity series was a massive hit in Japan, and kicked off a boom in realistic, modern yakuza films based on true stories. Although Fukasaku had intended to end the series, Toei Studio convinced him to return to the director's chair for this unconnected, follow-up trilogy of films, each starring Battles leading man Bunta Sugawara and telling separate, but fictional stories about the yakuza in different locations in Japan. In the first film, Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki (Lone Wolf and Cub's Tomisaburo Wakayama) attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honorable way out. In the second entry, The Boss's Head, Sugawara is Kuroda, an itinerant gambler who steps in when a hit by drug-addicted assassin Kusunoki (Tampopo's Tsutomu Yamazaki) goes wrong, and takes the fall on behalf of the Owada family, but when the gang fails to make good on financial promises to him, Kuroda targets the family bosses with a ruthless vengeance. And in Last Days of the Boss, Sugawara plays Nozaki, a laborer who swears allegiance to a sympathetic crime boss, only to find himself elected his successor after the boss is murdered. Restrained by a gang alliance that forbids retributions against high-level members, Nozaki forms a plot to exact revenge on his rivals, but a suspicious relationship with his own sister (Chieko Matsubara from Outlaw: Gangster VIP) taints his relationship with his fellow gang members.
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Bonus Materials
High Definition digital transfers of all three films
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
Original uncompressed mono audio
New optional English subtitle translation for all three films
Beyond the Films: New Battles Without Honor and Humanity, a new video appreciation by Fukasaku biographer Sadao Yamane
New Stories, New Battles and Closing Stories, two new interviews with screenwriter Koji Takada, about his work on the second and third films in the trilogy
Original theatrical trailers for all three films
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Reinhard Kleist
Illustrated collector's book featuring new writing on the films, the yakuza genre and Fukasaku's career, by Stephen Sarrazin, Tom Mes, Hayley Scanlon, Chris D., Marc Walkow, and Toshiko Adilman

Buy - https://mvdshop.com/products/new-battles-without-honor-humanity-limited-edition-blu-ray-dvd-blu-ray​

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"Pit And The Pendulum" Full Moon Blu-Ray Review

​In the quest to save souls, the Spanish Inquisition will stop at nothing and knows no boundaries for its evil. Under the direction of Torquemada (LANCE HENRIKSEN - "Alien", "Pumpkinhead", "Millennium" ) the Grand Inquisitor of Spain, a young baker's wife, Maria (RONA DE RICCI) is falsely accused of witchcraft and dragged before the inquisition and the Cardinal (OLIVER REED - "Gladiator", "Three Musketeers"). Torquemada is enchanted by Maria's beauty and subjects her and her husband Antonio (JONATHAN FULLER - "Castle Freak") to heinous tortures hoping to prove that his own desires for her are a result of her magic, and that she has "bewitched him". With the help of Esmerelda, Maria's cellmate and confessed witch, Maria must find the power to save her husband Antonio from Torquemada's ultimate machine of torture: the inevitable, razor sharp PENDULUM poised over the inescapable PIT of hell.

Buy - ​https://mvdshop.com/products/pit-and-the-pendulum-blu-ray

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"Sorceress" 1982 Scorpion Blu-Ray Review

​From legendary producer Roger Corman (Bloody Mama) comes the box office hit of 1982, Sorceress.

An evil Wizard, Traigon, makes a pact with the dark forces to sacrifice his first born to his God, Caligara, to gain the highest degree of power, but things get complicated when his gives birth to twins. Having knowledge of her husband's plan, she runs away and her two daughters grow up to be beautiful warriors played by playboy playmates Leigh and Lynette Harris. After the death of their mother and adopted families at the hands of Traigon and his army, the twins, blessed with the forces of light and strength given to them by the magical warrior Krona, join forces with Baldar the Viking and Erlik the Barbarian to take down Traigon and avenge their mother's death. Standing in their way is all sorts of Traigon's minions, from an army of ape men to undead zombies, which leads us to a climax in an all out battle between good and evil! New HD re-mastering of the previously never-before-seen longer version. Directed by legendary cult director Jack Hill (Foxy Brown, Switchblade Sisters), under pseudonym Brian Stuart.

Starring Leigh Harris, Lynette Harris, Bob Nelson

Special Features: New HD maser of the long 83 minute version, Interviews with producer Roger Corman, special effects artist John Buechler, writer Jim Wynorski and post production supervisor Clark Henderson, Trailer

Scorpion Releasing // 1982 // 83 Minutes // Rated R // Color // English

Buy - ​https://roninflix.com/products/sorceress

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"10 to Midnight" Twilight Time Blu-Ray Review

​In Los Angeles, the rookie Detective Paul McAnn teams up with the veteran Detective Leo Kessler to investigate the murder of Betty Johnson and her boyfriend that were stabbed by a naked serial-killer in a park. Detective Kessler recognizes the victim, who lived in the same neighborhood many years ago and childhood friend of his daughter Laurie Kessler. The killer Warren Stacy goes to the funeral and overhears Betty's father telling Detective Kessler that his daughter had a diary. Warren breaks in Betty's apartment and stabs and kills her roommate Karen Smalley trying to find the diary. But Karen had already delivered the journal to Detective Kessler. Leo Kessler is sure that Warren is the serial-killer and her plants a false evidence in his apartment. However, Warren's defense lawyer presses Detective McAnn accusing him of perjury and Warren is released. Now the Warren is stalking Laurie to revenge against her father.

Buy - ​https://www.amazon.com/10-Midnight-Blu-ray-Charles-Bronson/dp/B0142WI6OS/

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Contests

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Q&A

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Update

Update 
Blu-Ray
1. Touch of Death
2. Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh
3. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 50th Anniversary (recommended) 
4.  Night Moves
5. Tenement: Game of Survival (up to you)