The Eureka & Masters of Cinema Thread

[Inspector Abberline]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Kubrick's best film in my opinion.

I certainly prefer Kubricks earlier films like The Killing,Paths of Glory and Dr Strangelove, and Timothy Carey in The killing and Paths Of Glory is just brilliant,even though he only has a small part in both films he is extraordinarily good.

[bdc]

Does anyone know if the A Touch of Zen blu will be reissued as a non limited edition?

[J Harker]

New Announcement! STIGMATA, the visually stunning, intelligent supernatural horror starring Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne & Jonathan Pryce, on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK on 17 October 2016. Available to pre-order now from Amazon http://amzn.to/2aJFS3a

When Frankie Paige (Academy Award winner Patricia Arquette, True Romance, Boyhood), a young hairdresser from Pittsburgh, begins to suffer the stigmata – a physical manifestation of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion wounds – the Vatican’s top investigator, Father Kiernan (Gabriel Byrne, Miller’s Crossing, The Usual Suspects) is sceptical of their authenticity. However, as the severity of the wounds increases, Kiernan realises Frankie has become the vessel for an extraordinary and provocative message that threatens the very foundations of the Catholic Church, and now the stigmata is not the only thing threatening her life.

Also starring Jonathan Pryce in a supporting role and featuring a fantastic cutting-edge score by The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and Elia CmÃ*ral, Stigmata is a visually stunning, intelligent supernatural horror

The Special Features are as follows:

1080p High Definition transfer | 5.1 and uncompressed stereo soundtrack options | Isolated music & effects track | Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing | Feature-length audio commentary with director Rupert Wainwright | Divine Rights: The Story of Stigmata | Deleted scenes | Alternate ending | Music Video – “Identify� By Natalie Imbruglia | Original theatrical trailer

Available to pre-order now from Amazon http://amzn.to/2aJFS3a

[J Harker]

New Announcement! Robert Aldrich’s TWILIGHT’S LAST GLEAMING, a nail-biting thriller starring screen legend Burt Lancaster and Richard Widmark, will be released on home video for the first time in the UK in a Dual Format edition, as part of the Masters of Cinema series, on 17 October 2016. Available to pre-order now on Amazon http://amzn.to/2aJIApe

High among idiosyncratic auteur Robert Aldrich’s most powerful and intense dramas, Twilight’s Last Gleaming is a thunderous political thriller and race-against-time doomsday classic.

Burt Lancaster stars as the Air Force general Lawrence Dell who seizes control of a stockpile of nuclear missiles to force the US President (Charles Durning) to tell the truth about the Vietnam war. As negotiations get ever more desperate, General MacKenzie (Richard Widmark) leads an elite fighting team into the complex to disable Dell and his team directly.

One of the most overlooked nail biters of the 1970s, Twilight’s Last Gleaming is presented here on UK home video for the first time in a new Dual-Format edition.

Special Features confirmed as:
High-definition digital restoration | Uncompressed PCM audio on the Blu-ray | English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired | "Aldrich Over Munich - The Making of Twilight's Last Gleaming" documentary | PLUS: A booklet featuring new writing and archival images

Available to pre-order now on Amazon http://amzn.to/2aJIApe

[J Harker]

Updated Announcement! ALOYS, a noir-like tale of mystery and private eyes from upcoming director Tobias Nölle, will be released on home video in the UK in a Dual Format edition, on 24 October 2016. Available to pre-order now http://amzn.to/2aJJ4eP

Aloys Adorn is a middle-aged private detective who lives and works with his father. He experiences life from a safe distance, through a video camera he keeps recording 24 hours a day, and the massive collection of surveillance tapes he organises and obsessively watches at home. But when his father dies, Aloys is left on his own and his sheltered existence begins to fall apart. After a night of heavy drinking, Aloys wakes up on a public bus to find that his camera and precious observation tapes have been stolen. Soon after, a mysterious woman calls to blackmail him. She offers to return the tapes if Aloys will try an obscure Japanese invention called ‘telephone walking’ with her, using his imagination as their only connection. As he is drawn deeper and deeper, falling in love with the voice on the other end of the phone, the woman opens up a new universe that may allow Aloys to break out of his isolation and into the real world.

Making its premiere at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival in 2016, Tobias Nölle’s film has been compared to the works of the like of Charlie Kaufmann. Beautifully lensed and scored Aloys is a feast for the senses, Eureka entertainment are proud to present this film for the first time in the world on Blu-ray and DVD.

Special Features:
1080p High Definition transfer | 5.1 and stereo soundtrack options | Optional English subtitles | Original Theatrical Trailer (UK & Ireland)

Available to pre-order now http://amzn.to/2aJJ4eP

[J Harker]

New Announcement! WOLF CREEK, the complete first series of the slick and tense psychological drama as seen on Fox UK, will be released on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time in the UK on 6 October 2016.

Available to pre-order now on Amazon
DVD http://amzn.to/2araZ4S Blu-ray http://amzn.to/2arbmfW

Murderous psychopath Mick Taylor (John Jarratt) returns in Wolf Creek, an epic 6-part continuation of the international horror film sensation of the same name. Mick stills prowls the Australian Outback, brutally murdering any tourists unfortunate enough to cross his path, and having a ripper of a time doing it.

It’s business as usual for Mick when he comes across the Thorogood family, on holiday to experience the outdoors, enjoy the open road, and help their 19-year-old daughter Eve (Lucy Fry) overcome her addiction to painkillers. Mick targets the family and a bloody massacre ensues, but this time things are different. Eve survives (barely) and manages to escape. After recovering from her injuries, Eve sets out on a cross country mission of vengeance, determined to hunt down Mick Taylor and end his killing spree once and for all. The hunter has become the hunted.

Highly cinematic in style and filled with all the bloody violence and dark humour that made the original film a sensation, Wolf Creek is a horror series like no other, and is not to be missed. First shown on Fox UK in August / September 2016, the 6-part mini-series will be available to purchase on Blu-ray and DVD as a 2-disc Blu-ray set and a 2-disc DVD set, two days after the series finale has aired on Fox UK.

For further information please follow on Twitter @WolfCreekUK https://twitter.com/WolfCreekUK & Facebook www.facebook.com/wolfcreekuk

Available to pre-order now on Amazon
DVD http://amzn.to/2araZ4S Blu-ray http://amzn.to/2arbmfW

[J Harker]

New Announcement! Our fifth and final release for October will be JINNAH starring Christopher Lee.

An epic biopic about the life of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the man who founded the Muslim nation of Pakistan in the wake of Great Britain’s relinquishment of control over India., will be released by Eureka on 10 October 2016.

Further details to be announced very soon...

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Twilight's Last Gleaming is a cert and Aloys sounds interesting from its description. I've no interest in the others. I remember renting Stigmata on VHS when it was released and didn't think much of it at all.

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Twilight's Last Gleaming is a cert and Aloys sounds interesting from its description. I've no interest in the others. I remember renting Stigmata on VHS when it was released and didn't think much of it at all.

I've never seen Stigmata, but i thought it was supposed to have an awful rep. Seems an odd choice for Eureka.

[Deadite]

I like Stigmata. One of those films that i know isn't very good but i like it anyway.