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Straight to video/dvd jems anyone?

wayne ker (Competent) posted this on Sunday, 9th February 2003, 14:07

Can anyone reccomend any good films I may not of heard of, getting a bit bored of all the usual stuff. Cheers Wayne.

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floyd_dylan (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 9th February 2003, 15:10

The Wicker Man (christopher Lee)

Shaolin Soccer (can only get in on region 3 tho)

Battle Royale (special edition)

Mr Vampire (very entertaining for a friday night in)

Swimming with Sharks (kevin Spacey)

The Ring (japanese version)

Warlock (old 80s film with Richard Grant and Jullian Sands)

Romeo is Bleeding (Gary Oldman)

Iron Monkey (cool Hong Kong action)

Perfect Blue (a very good homage to Alfred Hitchcock by Manga)

Sexy Beast (What if Gandi was a cockny gangster lol)

Gangster No1 (Malcolm Macdowel)

Police Story 1 2 and 3 (Jackie Chan at his ultimate cooliest)

floyd

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chewie (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 9th February 2003, 16:31

Brotherhood of the Wolf
Run Lola Run
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Meet The Feebles
Bad Taste

Just to name a few more.

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Johnny Utah (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 9th February 2003, 16:40

The Replacements

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kywy (Elite) posted this on Sunday, 9th February 2003, 18:40

Savior
Gattaca
The Martins
The Cavemans Valentine.
I did a little mini review of this one which is on the general forum, have a look.
Cheers P.

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wayne ker (Competent) posted this on Monday, 10th February 2003, 20:41

Thanks guys, I have seen some of the ones on your lists, I will take a list of the rest to blockbuster friday hope they will have them! what is Shaolin Soccer sounds good would I be able to rent this or will I have to buy it? do you have a link to a review? cheers Wayne

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Ascomdog (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 11th February 2003, 00:00

Shaolin Soccer is indeed a fine film. Think you`ll have to buy it though, instead of renting...you won`t regret it though!

A few reviews at the following...

http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?shaolin+soccer

http://www.monkeypeaches.com/shaolinsoccer.html

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wayne ker (Competent) posted this on Tuesday, 11th February 2003, 09:57

Just one last question were can I order it from?

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Stitchie (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Tuesday, 11th February 2003, 14:58

You can get it here:

http://www.dddhouse.com/cms/dddhouse/en/index.jsp?action=productDetail&productID=1705

or here:

http://store.fivestarlaser.com/cgi-bin/ecommerce/scan/st=db/sf=0/op=em/op=rm/sp=displaydvd/ac=yes/se=4339.html

I know nothing about the retailers & I assume the top site is in Hong Kong $ and the second is US$. Best of luck.

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floyd_dylan (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 11th February 2003, 15:09

moviethyme are starting to sell Asian cinema dvds

I highly recommend them.

heres the link

http://www.movietyme.com/

for shaolin soccer

http://www.movietyme.com/specsheets/shaolinsoccer_r3.shtml

floyd

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