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As part of its efforts to combat violence against women, the government of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced funding to test age/ID verification methods for pornography websites in a pilot program. This move came after Albanese and
the national cabinet ruled in 2023 that mandatory age verification was not yet an option. AUS $6.5 million has been allocated for a pilot of age assurance to test the technology's effectiveness. The pilot will identify available age assurance products
and assess their efficacy, including in relation to privacy and security. The outcomes of this pilot will support the eSafety Commissioners' ongoing implementation of censorship rules under the Online Safety Act. Australia's prime minister has also
moved to ban deepfake and artificial intelligence pornography as part of a $925million bid to counter a rise in violence against women. Sharing sexually explicit material using artificial intelligence will also be subject to serious criminal
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Kilometre 3391 Kilometre is a 2024 Turkey romance by Deniz Enyüksek
Starring Derya Pinar Ak, Ahmet Haktan Zavlak and Melda Bekcan
 There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes A lonely Turkish girl meets a boy who lives in a small town of France. Despite living far apart, they bond over shared quirks. Through late night chats they become close,
overcoming physical distance to find friendship.
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- 2024 Cinedex OG cinema release (rated 12/04/2024)
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42nd Street The Musical 42nd Street The Musical is a 2019 UK musical music film by Mark Bramble and Ross MacGibbon.
Starring Philip Bertioli and Billie-Kay and Emma Caffrey.
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Peggy Sawyer, a talented young performer with stars in her eyes gets her big break on Broadway.
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- 2024 Cinema Live UK cinema release (rated 12/04/2024) titled 42nd Street - The Musical
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| | DO AUR DO PYAAR DO AUR DO PYAAR is a 2024 India drama by Shirsha Guha Thakurta
Starring Vidya Balan, Pratik Gandhi and Ileana D'Cruz
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes A couple on the brink of a breakup are cheating on each other with two sexy outsiders. Whilst they're waiting to reveal their secret and go their separate ways, life has
other plans for them.
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ELAHA ELAHA is a 2023 Germany drama by Milena Aboyan
Starring Bayan Layla, Hadnet Tesfai and Derya Durmaz
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Elaha, 22, believes she must restore her supposed innocence before she weds. A surgeon could reconstruct her hymen but she cannot afford such an operation. She asks herself:
why does she have to be a virgin anyway, and for whom?
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- 2024 606 cinema release (rated 12/04/2024)
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The Garfield Movie The Garfield Movie is a 2024 UK/US animation comedy by Mark Dindal
Starring Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson and Hannah Waddingham
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Garfield is about to go on a wild outdoor adventure. After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father - the cat Vic - Garfield and Odie are forced to abandon their
pampered life to join Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.
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| | Iki Gözüm Ahmet Iki Gözüm Ahmet is a 2020 Turkey music biography by Hakan Gürtop, Gani Rüzgar Savata
Starring Gani Rüzgar Savata, Özgür Tüzer and Aleyna Solaker
Two versions with different running times have both been passed 12A but the reason is not yet clear.
Summary Notes A biopic about Kurdish iconic artist Ahmet Kaya, drama, childhood, his life. Can label of Divider terminate the heroism, which was sealed right at the center of public's
heart?
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| | Inspector Sun Inspector Sun is a 2022 Adventure, Animation, Children Film by Julio Soto Gurpide
Starring Jesús Barreda, Andrea Villaverde and Catherina Martínez
There are no censorship issues with
this film. BBFC Notes A detective spider embarks on a plane journey and soon uncovers a plan by a devious locust on board in this children's animated mystery adventure. There are plenty
of comic moments to offset scarier sequences.
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- 2024 Spirit Entertainment cinema release (rated 11/04/2024)
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| | Jai Ganesh Jai Ganesh is a 2024 India drama by Ranjith Sankar
Starring Mahima Nambiar, Unni Mukundan and Hareesh Peradi
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Striving for normalcy, paraplegic designer Ganesh Gangadharan wrestles with inner demons in unforgiving shadows of sympathy.
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references:
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| | Macbeth Macbeth is a 2024 Performance Film by Simon Godwin
Starring Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma
There are no censorship issues with this
film. BBFC Notes This recording of Simon Godwin's production of Shakespeare's tragic tale about a Scottish General, whose ambitions to become king lead to murder, features some intense
bloody moments of violence in a theatrical context.
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- 2024 Trafalgar Releasing cinema release (rated 11/04/2024)
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| | Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger is a 2024 UK documentary by David Hinton
Starring Martin Scorsese, Michael Powell
and Emeric Pressburger
There are no censorship issues with this release Summary Notes Features rare archival material from
the personal collections of Powell, Pressburger and Scorsese.
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| | Noah's Ark Noah's Ark is a 2024 Brazil/India/Netherlands/US music animation by Alois Di Leo, Sergio Machado, René Veilleux
Starring Rodrigo Santoro, Marcelo Adnet and Alice Braga
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes A pair of mice attempt to board Noah's Ark.
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| | Pearl Jam Dark Matter Global Theatrical Experience Pearl Jam Dark Matter Global Theatrical Experience is a 2024 Music Film by Pearl Jam
Starring Pearl Jam
There are no censorship issues with this film.
BBFC Notes US rock band Pearl Jam mark the release of their new album, Dark Matter, in this first-listen film in which fans will be able to hear all the songs on the record in its
entirety. Lyrics occasionally include strong language. \n
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- 2024 Abramorama cinema release (rated 15/04/2024)
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The Roundup: Punishment The Roundup: Punishment is a 2024 South Korea action thriller by Heo Myeong Haeng
Starring Lee Beom-su, Lee Dong-hwi and Ma Dong-seok
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Detective Ma Seok-do joins the Cyber Investigation Team to nab Baek Chang-ki, a former mercenary and the head of an online gambling organization.
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ALL AT SEA ALL AT SEA is a 1970 UK family film by Ken Fairbairn.
Starring Gary Smith and Stephen Mallett and Stephen Childs.
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Douglas is on an "educational" cruise and has a parcel to deliver to his pen pal in Tangiers. His pal decides that it's contraband and when Mr Danvers appears the parcel
goes missing and everything gets a bit dodgy for the boys.
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| | The Boy Who Never Was The Boy Who Never Was is a 1979 Drama Film
Starring Gordon Hagen, Paul Atlantis and Christian Bullock
There are no censorship issues
with this film. BBFC Notes THE BOY WHO NEVER WAS is a British children's drama, from 1980, in which a gang of assassins use a lookalike of a diplomat's son to deliver a bomb to an
ambassador.
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| | THE CAT AND THE CANARY THE CAT AND THE CANARY is a 1927 USA comedy horror mystery by Paul Leni.
Starring Laura La Plante and Creighton Hale and Forrest Stanley.
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Rich old Cyrus West's relatives are waiting for him to die so they can inherit. But he stipulates that his will be read 20 years after his death. On the appointed day his
expectant heirs arrive at his brooding mansion. The will is read and it turns out that Annabelle West, the only heir with his name left, inherits, if she is deemed sane. If she isn't, the money and some diamonds go to someone else, whose name is in a
sealed envelope. Before he can reveal the identity of her successor to Annabelle, Mr. Crosby, the lawyer, disappears. The first in a series of mysterious events, some of which point to Annabelle in fact being unstable.
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| | Daylight Robbery Daylight Robbery is a 1964 UK comedy by Michael Truman
Starring Trudy Moors, Janet Hannington and Kirk Martin
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Three children enter a big store and steal a battery. The three had intended to replace the battery but forget when they realize that they've been locked in. Eventually they
get out through a skylight.
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| | The Hostages The Hostages is a 1975 UK family adventure by David Eady.
Starring Stephen Garlick and Jayne Collins and Peter Marshall.
There are no censorship issues with this release
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| | The Piper's Tune The Piper's Tune is a 1962 UK children's drama by Muriel Box
Starring Mavis Ranson, Roberta Tovey and Angela White
There are no censorship issues with this release
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| | The Secret Tunnel The Secret Tunnel is a 1948 UK children's film by William C. Hammond
Starring Tony Wager, Ivor Bowyer and Murray Matheson
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Two boys thwart the efforts of antique smugglers at a British estate.
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| | TV BBFC decisions from 11 April 2024 to 15 April 2024 | | Fire Country Fire Country is a 2022 US drama
Starring Max Thieriot, Kevin
Alejandro and Jordan Calloway
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes A young convict joins a firefighting program looking for redemption and a shortened prison sentence. He and other inmates work alongside elite firefighters to extinguish
massive blazes across the region.
- Season 01 Episode 01: Pilot: 12 rated for moderate threat
- Season 01 Episode 02: The Fresh Prince of Edgewater: 12 rated for moderate injury detail, threat
- Season 01 Episode 03: Where There's Smoke...: 12 rated for moderate threat,
bloody images, drug references, brief violence
- Season 01 Episode 04: Work, Don't Worry: 12 rated for moderate threat, bloody images
- Season 01 Episode 05: Get Some, Be Safe: 12 rated for moderate injury detail, threat
- Season 01
Episode 06: Like Old Times: 12 rated for moderate injury detail, threat, brief violence
- Season 01 Episode 07: Happy To Help: 12 rated for drug references, moderate injury detail, threat, sex references, language
- Season 01 Episode 08:
Bad Guy: 12 rated for moderate threat, bloody images
- Season 01 Episode 09: No Good Deed: 12 rated for moderate threat, medical detail
- Season 01 Episode 10: Get Your Hopes Up: 12 rated for moderate threat, injury detail
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01 Episode 11: Mama Bear: 12 rated for moderate injury detail, threat, violence
- Season 01 Episode 12: Two Pink Lines: 12 rated for moderate threat
- Season 01 Episode 13: You Know Your Dragon Best: 12 rated for moderate threat
- Season 01 Episode 14: A Fair to Remember: 12 rated for moderate injury detail, threat
- Season 01 Episode 15: False Promises: 12 rated for moderate injury detail, threat
- Season 01 Episode 16: My Kinda Leader: 12 rated for moderate violence, injury detail, threat
- Season 01 Episode 17: A Cry for Help: 12 rated for
moderate threat
- Season 01 Episode 18: Off the Rails: 12 rated for moderate bloody injury detail
- Season 01 Episode 19: Watch Your Step: 12 rated for moderate injury detail, medical detail, threat
- Season 01 Episode 20: At the End
of My Rope: 12 rated for moderate violence, injury detail, threat
- Season 01 Episode 21: Backfire: 12 rated for moderate injury detail, threat
- Season 01 Episode 22: I Know It Feels Impossible: 12 rated for moderate threat, drug
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Starring Tyler Cameron, Robb Ritch and Jessica Quintero
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Reality TV Star Tyler Cameron follows his dream of starting his own construction and home renovation company.
- Season 01 Episode 02: The Customer is Always Wright: PG rated for mild bad language
- Season 01 Episode 03: The Ex's Condo: PG rated for mild bad language, sex references
- Season 01 Episode 05: Say Uncle: 12 rated for infrequent strong
language, moderate nudity
- Season 01 Episode 06: Big Money Gamble: PG rated for mild bad language
- Season 01 Episode 07: Dude, Where's My Hot Tub?: PG rated for mild bad language
- Season 01 Episode 08: Making Mama Proud: 12 rated
for infrequent strong language
| | Going Home with Tyler Cameron - Season 1 Going Home with Tyler Cameron - Season 1 is a 2024 US reality film
Starring Tyler Cameron, Robb Ritch and Jessica Quintero
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Reality TV Star Tyler Cameron follows his dream of starting his own construction and home renovation company.
UK: Uncut and BBFC PG rated for mild
bad language:
- Season 01 Episode 04: Welcome Back, Tyler
| | The Aristocrat's Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far The Aristocrat's Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far is a 2023 Animation TV Show by Noriyuki Nakamura
There are no censorship issues with this film. BBFC Notes THE ARISTOCRAT'S OTHERWORLDLY ADVENTURE: SERVING GOD WHO GO TOO FAR is a Japanese animated series; in this
episode, following his death, a teenager wakes to find himself in the body of a 3 year old boy.
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Untouchable is a 2012 US drama by Mikael Salomon
Starring Rob Lowe, Kaley Cuoco and Catherine Dent
There are no censorship issues with this release Summary Notes Following the mysterious
disappearance of his fourth wife, a man is accused of the murder of his third.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated with a trigger warning for domestic abuse:
- 2024 SPHE VOD VoD (rated 11/04/2024)
| | Frank Capra: Mr America Frank Capra: Mr America is a 2023 UK documentary by Matthew Wells
Starring Frank Capra and Tom Rothman
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes FRANK CAPRA: MR AMERICA tells the story of how Frank Capra, a young immigrant, rose through the ranks of early Hollywood to become one of the Great American storytellers.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 12 rated with a trigger warning for infrequent strong language, discrimination:
- 2024 SPHE VOD VoD (rated 15/04/2024)
| | Jericho Ridge Jericho Ridge is a 2023 UK/Kosovo action thriller by Will Gilbey
Starring Nikki Amuka-Bird, Zack Morris and Chris Reilly
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Trapped and without backup, a small town cop fights for her life when her remote Sheriff's Office is targeted by murderous attackers.
UK: Uncut and
BBFC 15 rated for strong violence, threat, injury detail, language:
- 2024 DLNQNT VoD (rated 12/04/2024)
| | She's A Criminal She's A Criminal is a 2023 US action drama by Matthew Yerby
Starring Willa Holland, Shane West and Dermot Mulroney
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes When the small town big shot goes after the deed to her family's bar, a heartbreaking bartender takes extreme measures to keep it.
UK: Uncut and
BBFC 15 rated for sexual threat, drug misuse, strong injury detail, very strong language:
- 2024 Vertical Entertainment VoD (rated 11/04/2024)
| | Wake Wake is a 2024 US horror thriller by Thom Arizmendi, Austin Parks Stewart
Starring Fivel Stewart, Jake Holley and Sarab Kamoo
There are no censorship issues with this release
Summary Notes Desperate for a lead role in a Hollywood remake, a struggling actress tracks down the lead of the original film who's now a mysterious recluse. Strange occurrences quickly
turn the meeting into a nightmare.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated for strong threat:
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Barbarella is a 1968 France / Italy comedy Sci-Fi fantasy by Roger Vadim.
Starring Jane Fonda and John Phillip Law and Anita Pallenberg.
Cut in the US for an MPAA PG rating but home video releases are uncut even if still claiming to be PG rated. Summary Notes The year is 40,000. After peaceful floating in
zero-gravity, astronaut Barbarella lands on the frozen planet Lythion and sets out to find renowned scientist Durand Durand in the City of Night, Sogo, where a new sin is invented every hour. There, she encounters such objects as the Excessive Machine, a
genuine sex organ on which an expert artist of the keyboard, in this case, Durand Durand himself, can drive a victim to death by pleasure, a lesbian queen who can make her fantasies take form in her Chamber of Dreams, and a group of ladies smoking a
giant hookah which dispenses Essence of Man through a poor victim struggling in its glass globe. You can not help but be impressed by the special effects crew and the various ways that were found to tear off what minimal clothes our heroine seemed to
possess.
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Promotional Material Slip out of your spacesuit and into something more comfortable! It's time to join Barbarella on a series of cosmic adventures in this Dino De Laurentiis production directed by Roger
Vadim ( =And God Created Woman ) and starring Jane Fonda as the intergalactic glamor puss created by comic book artist Jean-Claude Forest. It is the year 40,000AD. When evil scientist Durand Durand (Milo O'Shea) creates a deadly weapon with the
potential to cause mass devastation, the President of Earth dispatches Barbarella (Fonda) to hunt him down. Crash-landing in an icy wilderness somewhere within the Tau Ceti planetary system, Barbarella is rescued by Mark Hand (Ugo Tognazzi, La Cage Aux
Folles) and guided by the blind angel Pygar (John Phillip Law, =Danger: Diabolik ) to Durand's lair in Sogo, a city of corruption and debauchery, where an encounter with the Great Tyrant Black Queen (Anita Pallenberg, =Performance ) and her
minions throws her mission into jeopardy. With an all-star cast including David Hemmings and Marcel Marceau, and glorious retro-futuristic costumes and art design dripping with 60s psychedelia, Barbarella defined an era and has never looked better
than this 4K restoration, with an HDR/Dolby Vision color grade so rich it can be seen from space, loaded with bonus features! 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- 4K restoration from the original negative by Arrow Films
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tula Lotay
DISC ONE - FEATURE (4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY)
- 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Original lossless English mono audio, plus remixed 5.1 and Dolby Atmos surround and lossless French mono (featuring the voice of Jane Fonda)
- Optional
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary by film critic Tim Lucas
- Alternative opening and closing credits (in 4K with Dolby Vision)
DISC TWO - EXTRAS (BLU-RAY)
- =Another Girl, Another Planet an appreciation of =Barbarella by film critic Glenn Kenny
- Paul Joyce's behind the scenes featurette, =Barbarella Forever!
- =Love , a two-hour in-depth discussion between film and cultural historians Tim Lucas & Steve Bissette on the impact and legacy of =Barbarella
- =Dress to Kill , a 30-minute interview with film fashion scholar Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén on
Jacques Fonteray's world-changing costume designs
- =Framing for Claude , an interview with camera operator Roberto Girometti
- =Tognazzi on Tognazzi , actor/director Ricky Tognazzi discusses the life and work of his father and =Barbarella
star Ugo Tognazzi
- =An Angel's Body Double , actor Fabio Testi discusses his early career as a stuntman and body double for John Phillip Law on =Barbarella
- =Dino and Barbarella , a video essay by Eugenio Ercolani on producer Dino
De Laurentiis
- Trailer
- US TV and radio spots
- Image gallery
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Basket Case is a 1982 US comedy horror by Frank Henenlotter.
With Kevin Van Hentenryck, Terri Susan Smith and Beverly Bonner.
Cut by the BBFC for cinema release, further cut for 1987 VHS. Uncut since
1999. Originally MPAA Unrated in the US but later was R rated. Summary Notes Charming country bumpkin Duane Bradley takes a motel room in New York with a basket and a backpack. In a
flashback sequence we learn the basket contains his surgically removed Siamese twin - who is not only so physically deformed the doctors hesitated to consider him a human, but is also the vindictive driver behind their trip, with the purpose of killing
off all those he blames. But in one of those doctors' offices, Duane gets his first-ever date, with the receptionist, and wants to start a positive life. When the freak twin escapes, the scene is set for a grim finale.
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Promotional Material The feature debut of director Frank Henenlotter ( Brain Damage ,
Frankenhooker ), 1982's Basket Case is a riotous and blood-spattered "midnight movie"
experience, now presented for the first time ever on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray. Duane Bradley seems like a pretty ordinary guy. His formerly conjoined twin Belial, on the other hand, is a deformed creature who lives in a wicker basket. Arriving
in the Big Apple and taking up a room at a seedy hotel, the pair set about hunting down and butchering the surgeons responsible for their separation. Filmed on a shoestring budget against the backdrop of 1980s New York (where it played on the
midnight movie circuit for over two-and-a-half years), =Basket Case has clawed its way from its humble origins to become one of the most celebrated cult movies of all time. 4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- 4K restoration from the original 16mm negative by MoMA
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Original uncompressed PCM mono audio
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Audio commentary with writer/director Frank Henenlotter and star Kevin VanHentenryck
- Archival audio commentary with Frank Henenlotter, producer Edgar Ievins, actor Beverly Bonner and filmmaker Scooter McRae
- Basket Case 3-1/2:
An Interview with Duane Bradley -- short film by Frank Henenlotter
- Me and the Bradley Boys -- interview with actor Kevin VanHentenryck
- A Brief Interview with Director Frank Henenlotter -- a strange 2017 interview with the director
- Seeing Double: The Basket Case Twins -- interview with actors Florence and Maryellen Schultz
- Blood, Basket and Beyond -- interview with actor Beverly Bonner
- The Latvian Connection -- featurette including interviews with producer
Edgar Ievins, casting person/actor Ilze Balodis, associate producer/special effects artist Ugis Nigals and Belial performer Kika Nigals
- Belial Goes to the Drive-In -- interview with film critic Joe Bob Briggs
- Basket Case at MoMA --
footage from the 2017 restoration premiere
- What's in the Basket? -- feature-length documentary covering the three films in the =Basket Case series
- In Search of the Hotel Broslin -- archival location featurette
- The Frisson of
Fission: Basket Case, Conjoined Twins, and 'Freaks' in Cinema -- video essay by Travis Crawford
- Slash of the Knife (1976, 30 mins) -- short made by Frank Henenlotter featuring many of the same actors from =Basket Case , including optional audio
commentary with Frank Henenlotter and playwright Mike Bencivenga
- Basket Case and =Slash of the Knife outtakes
- Belial's Dream (2017, 5 mins) -- animated short by filmmaker Robert Morgan
- Extensive image galleries
- Trailers, TV & radio spots
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck
- Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sara Deck
- Collector's booklet featuring writing on the film by
Michael Gingold and a =Basket Case comic strip by artist Martin Trafford
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Conan the Barbarian is a 1982 USA action fantasy adventure by John
Milius.
With Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones and Max von Sydow.
Originally cut for an MPAA R rating The uncut version has never been released. All British releases were further cut by the BBFC. There is also an Iinternational version and an Extended Verson that exists in a couple of variants.
Summary Notes A young boy, Conan, becomes a slave after his parents are killed and tribe destroyed by a savage warlord and sorcerer, Thulsa Doom. When he grows up he becomes a
fearless, invincible fighter. Set free, he plots revenge against Thulsa Doom.
US: Uncut and MPAA R rated for:
- 2024 Arrow Video Special Edition [Extended, International and Theatrical Versions] R0 4K Blu-ray/(RA) Blu-ray Combo
at US Amazon #ad released on 30th April 2024
- 2024 Arrow Video Special Edition
[Extended, International and Theatrical Versions] (RA) Blu-ray at US Amazon #ad released on
30th April 2024
- 2024 Arrow Video Amazon VoD [US] at US Amazon #ad
Promotional Material Ripped from the pages of Robert E. Howard's beloved pulp stories, and brought to the screen by maverick director John Milius, =Conan the Barbarian is one of the most beloved
fantasy-action adventures in Hollywood history, which not only popularized a new subgenre -- the sword-and-sorcery film -- but also made a cinematic icon of its star, former bodybuilding sensation Arnold Schwarzenegger. In an ancient land, young
Conan witnesses his family being slaughtered by an evil snake cult ransacking his village. Raised as a slave, the adult Conan (Schwarzenegger) rises up through the fighting pits, becoming an unparalleled and fearsome warrior. Unexpectedly freed, Conan
and his companions -- two fighters, Subotai (Gerry Lopez) and Valeria (Sandahl Bergman), as well as a Wizard (Mako) -- are enlisted by King Osric (Max von Sydow) to free his daughter from the hypnotic clutches of the same cult that murdered Conan's
family long ago, led by the shape-shifting sorcerer Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones). Praise Crom! At long last, Milius' glorious ode to the days of high adventure (co-written by Oliver Stone) has been restored in stunning 4K with hours of bonus
features and a heart-racing Atmos remix that immerses you in the action, accompanied throughout by an electrifying, career-best score by the late Basil Poledouris (RoboCop). If you do not listen... then to hell with you! DISC ONE -- FEATURE
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080) presentation of three versions of the film via seamless branching: the Theatrical Cut (127 mins), the International Cut (129 mins) and the Extended Cut (130 mins) all restored in 4K from the original negative by Arrow
Films
- Restored original mono audio and remixed Dolby Atmos surround audio on all tree cuts
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing on all three cuts
- Archive feature commentary by director John
Milius and star Arnold Schwarzenegger (Extended Cut only)
- Feature commentary by genre historian Paul M. Sammon, author of =Conan: The Phenomenon (Extended Cut only)
- Isolated score track in lossless stereo (Extended Cut only)
DISC TWO -- EXTRAS
- Conan Unchained: The Making of Conan , an archive documentary from 2000 featuring interviews with Schwarzenegger, Milius, Stone, Jones, Lopez, Bergman, Poledouris and several others
- Designing Conan, an interview with production artist
William Stout
- Costuming Conan, an interview with costume designer John Bloomfield
- Barbaric Effects, an interview with special effects crew members Colin Arthur and Ron Hone
- Young Conan, an interview with actor Jorge Sanz
- Conan & The Priest, an interview with actor Jack Taylor
- Cutting the Barbarian , an interview with assistant editor Peck Prior
- Crafting Conan's Magic , an interview with visual effects crew members Peter Kuran and Katherine Kean
- Barbarians and Northmen , an interview with filmmaker Robert Eggers on the film's influence on =The Northman
- Behind the Barbarian , an interview with John Walsh, author of =Conan the Barbarian: The Official History of the Film
- A Line in the Sand , an interview with Alfio Leotta, author of =The Cinema of John Milius
- Conan: The Rise of a Fantasy Legend , an archive featurette on the film's literary and comic book roots
- Art of Steel: Sword Makers & Masters , an archive interview with sword master Kiyoshi Yamasaki
- Conan: From the Vault ,
an archive compilation of on-set cast and crew interviews
- A Tribute to Basil Poledouris , a series of videos produced by the Úbeda Film Music Festival, including video of Poledouris conducting a concert of music from the film in 2006 (remixed in
5.1 surround) and interviews with collaborators such as Paul Verhoeven and Randal Kleiser
- Rarely-seen electronic press kit from 1982, featuring over half an hour of on-set footage and cast and crew interviews (from a watermarked tape source)
- Outtakes, including a deleted cameo by Milius
- Split-screen "Valeria Battles Spirits" visual effects comparison
- Conan: The Archives , a gallery of photos and production images from 2000
- Conan the
Barbarian: The Musical, an affectionate comic tribute to the film by Jon & Al Kaplan
- US and International teaser and theatrical trailers
- Image gallery
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Dr. Terror's House of Horrors is a 1965 UK horror by Freddie
Francis (as Freddy Francis).
Starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and Neil McCallum.
There are no censorship issues with this release Summary Notes
Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestral home to find a werewolf out for
revenge; a doctor suspects his new wife is a vampire; an intelligent vine takes over a house; a jazz musician plagiarizes music from a voodoo ceremony; a pompous art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
US: Uncut and MPAA
Unrated for:
- 2024 Vinegar Syndrome R0 4K Blu-ray/RA Blu-ray Combo at US Amazon #ad released on 30th
April 2024
Promotional Material *This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* Vinegar Syndrome specializes in the masterful
restoration and distribution of cult, horror, and erotic films from the 1960s-90s. Five men, all strangers, board a carriage on a train from London to the town of Bradley, where they're joined at the last minute by a sixth - a mysterious,
black-clad older gentleman who introduces himself as Doctor Schreck (German for "terror," as he informs them). Bearing a stack of Tarot cards, Doctor Schreck claims to have the ability to read fortunes, and although some of the group are
initially skeptical, it's not long before his fellow passengers are asking him each in turn to relate what the future holds in store. What follows is five fiendish tales of terror, as the doctor reveals the various dreadful fates that are to befall his
traveling companions - which include bone-chilling encounters with werewolves, killer plants, voracious vampires and all other manner of horrors! The first in a line of anthology films to be produced by Milton Subotsky and Max Rosenberg's
celebrated Amicus Productions, DR. TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS is a frightfully entertaining classic of 60s British horror which reunites genre legends Peter Cushing as the titular doctor and Christopher Lee
, who delivers a memorable turn as a scathing art critic terrorized by a disembodied hand! Helmed by Academy Award® winner Freddie Francis and featuring an early appearance by Donald Sutherland (
Don't Look Now ), Vinegar Syndrome conjures up the 4K UHD debut of DR. TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS, presented from a brand new 4K restoration of its 35mm camera negative and stacked with extras both old and new!
Bonus Features:
1. 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray
2. 4K UHD presented in High-Dynamic-Range
3. Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm original camera negative
4. Audio commentary with
director Freddie Francis and moderator Jonathan Sothcott
5. "A New Home of Horror" (15 min) - featurette including never-before-seen interviews with actress Katy Wild, second assistant director Hugh Harlow, propman Arthur Wicks, continuity
supervisor Pauline Harlow and dubbing mixer John Aldred
6. "Tales of Terror" (39 min) - author Stephen Thrower on Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
7. "House of Cards" (58 min) - an archival making-of documentary
8. Archival
video interviews with: actor Kenny Lynch (25 min), actor Ann Bell (21 min) and actor Jeremy Kemp (8 min)
9. Archival audio interviews with: writer/producer Milton Subotsky (12 min) and producer Max Rosenberg (2 min)
10. English trailer
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German trailer
12. Italian trailer
13. Two extensive promotional image galleries
14. Reversible sleeve artwork
15. English SDH subtitles
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Hot Spur is a 1968 US western by Lee Frost
Starring James Arena, Virginia Gordon and Joseph Mascolo
Banned by the BBFC for 1970 cinema release.
Summary Notes A deranged stablehand kidnaps the wife of a ranch owner to avenge the rape of his sister.
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
Promotional Material Having struck gold with shockumentaries like ECCO and MONDO BIZARRO, producer Bob Cresse and writer/director Lee Frost applied their distinctive sleaze aesthetic to a revenge western
they advertised as "91 minutes of Freudian fury!" It would soon redefine the 'roughie,' be named one of the Top Ten Movies of 1969 by conservative publication National Review and become one of the most notorious exploitation films in history.
Joseph Mascolo (Days Of Our Lives), Virginia Gordon (THE ANIMAL) and John Alderman (TRADER HORNEE) star in this infamous Olympic International hit now scanned uncut in 4K from the recently rediscovered negative, with Special Features from the Something
Weird archive that include the 1963 Frost/Cresse stripper epic HOLLYWOOD'S WORLD OF FLESH and the 1968 nudie-cutie short THE CASTING DIRECTOR starring Bob Cresse and directed by David F. Friedman. SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Audio Commentary With Vinegar Syndrome's Joe Rubin, Severin Films' Andrew Furtado And Bob Cresse Friend/Former Something Weird General Manager Tim Lewis
- Recently Discovered Audio
Discussion On Frost/Cresse By David F. Friedman And Something Weird Founder Mike Vraney
- HOLLYWOOD'S WORLD OF FLESH - Early Frost/Cresse Feature (64 mins)
- THE CASTING
DIRECTOR - Rare Short Starring Bob Cresse, Directed By David F. Friedman
- Theatrical Trailer
- Teaser
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The Scavengers is a 1969 US war western drama by Lee Frost
Starring John Bliss, Maria Lease and Michael Divoka
Originally MPAA R rated in the US. Reissued in 1971 MPAA Unrated with hardcore
sex inserts as the Hot Version, and re-titled The Grabbers.
Summary Notes Renegade Confederate soldiers take over a frontier town, but after they molest a young black woman, a
group of ex-slaves arm themselves and counter-attack.
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Promotional Material One year after HOT SPUR forever changed exploitation cinema, writer/producer Bob Cresse and director Lee Frost fused their sex and violence template with the cultural chaos of 1969,
then defiled it all in a raw orgy of nihilistic brutality: When a renegade Confederate detachment invades a frontier town, they'll spark a rampage of sadism, racism, violation and vengeance that still has the power to shock audiences more than half a
century later. John Bliss (THE THING WITH TWO HEADS), Maria Lease (LOVE CAMP 7), Bruce Kimball (DRIVE-IN MASSACRE) and Uschi Digard (SUPERVIXENS) star in the final unforgettable Cresse/Frost collaboration, now scanned in 4K from the original camera
negative recently discovered in a Paris lab and presented in both its Unrated and R-Rated Release Versions. SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Audio Commentary With Vinegar Syndrome's Joe Rubin, Severin Films' Andrew Furtado And Temple Of Schlock's Chris Poggiali (Unrated Version Only)
- Theatrical Trailer
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Theatrical Trailer (Hot Version)
- Our Family Album - Promotional Program Replica
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The Demoniacs is a 1973 French/Belgian horror by Jean Rollin.
With Joëlle Coeur, Willy Braque and Paul Bisciglia.
Cut by the BBFC for 18 rated UK DVD releases. Later the Extended Version was passed 18 uncut for Blu-ray. There are 2 cut variants in the US with one that claims that it is Director Approved. Summary Notes
A gang of pirates rape the two sole survivors of a ship wreck. The violated girls are rescued by the strange inhabitants of a supposedly haunted island, where they are granted supernatural powers to strike revenge
against the pirates.
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
- 2024 Powerhouse Films Limited Edition [Theatrical + Extended Version + Curse of the Living Dead] R0 4K Blu-ray
at US Amazon #ad released on 24th April 2024
- 2024 Powerhouse Films Limited Edition
[Theatrical + Extended Version + Curse of the Living Dead] R0 Blu-ray at US Amazon released on
24th April 2024
Promotional Material "The Demoniacs (Les Démoniaques) sees director Jean Rollin eschew his regular subject of vampirism for a brutal nautical tale of ritual horror and supernatural vengeance.
A gang of ruthless pirates, known as 'the wreckers', rape two survivors of a shipwreck. The women, now mute, are guided by a mysterious clown to a ruined castle, where they receive magical powers with which to exact their revenge on the gang. Starring Joëlle Coeur (Schoolgirl Hitchhikers), John Rico (Blood Orgy of the She-Devils), Willy Braque (Lips of Blood), and Mireille Dargent (The Iron Rose), The Demoniacs is one of its director's most shocking and violent tales of the fantastique."
Extras "INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD SPECIAL FEATURES
- Brand-new 4K HDR restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films
- 4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Three presentations of the film: the original theatrical version; the longer, explicit export
version; and Curse of the Living Dead, the alternative English-language cut
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film expert Tim Lucas (2024)
- Selected scenes commentary with Jean Rollin (2005)
- Jean Rollin
Introduces 'The Demoniacs' (1998)
- One of the Demoniacs (2024): new presentation of an interview with regular Rollin collaborator Jean-Pierre Bouyxou
- Newly edited archival interview with actor Willy Braque (2024)
- Critical
appreciation by author and musician Stephen Thrower (2024)
- Outtake footage
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
- New and improved English translation
subtitles
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for Curse of the Living Dead
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, an archival piece on the making of the film
by Jean Rollin, an archival interview with Rollin, an archival interview with actor Monica Swinn, and full film credits.
- World premiere on 4K UHD
Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US All extras subject to change"
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The Nude Vampire is a 1970 France horror by Jean Rollin
Starring
Caroline Cartier, Olivier Rollin and Maurice Lemaître
Cut by the BBFC for 1972 cinema release. Passed 18 uncut for all home video releases. Uncut and MPAA R rated in the US. Summary Notes A young man falls in love with a
beautiful woman being chased by sinister masked figures at night. He tries to track her down, and learns she's being held captive by his father and colleagues who believe she's a vampire.
US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for:
Promotional Material Rollin's second feature, and his first in colour, The Nude Vampire (La Vampire nue) finds the master of the fantastique combining his trademark erotic-vampire themes with an homage
to the mystery serials of his youth. One Rollin's most eccentric and effective works.
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1996 Hong Kong action comedy by Daniel Lee just released on US Blu-ray with 3 versions
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Black Mask is a 1996 Hong Kong action comedy by Daniel Lee
Starring Jet Li, Ching Wan Lau and Karen Mok
Cut in Hong Kong for its theatrical release. This was then shortened for the export
version which was passed 18 by the BBFC for UK home video. The uncut Hong Kong version was later released. The restored Hong Kong cuts were also restored to the Export Version resulting in the Extended Export Version. The longest version is the Taiwan
Version which restores deleted scenes from a Workprint. Summary Notes A survivor of a supersoldier project must fight his former comrades as a masked hero.
US:
The US Version is MPAA R rated for:
- 2024 Eureka Limited Edition [Uncut Hong Kong + US Export + Taiwan Versions] (RA) Blu-ray at US
Amazon #ad released on 23rd April 2024
Promotional Material THE SUPERHERO MARTIAL ARTS CLASSIC FROM WRITER / PRODUCER TSUI HARK (ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHINA, KNOCK OFF) NOW AVAILABLE IN A 2-DISC LIMITED EDITION
BLU-RAY! Tsui Chik (Li) is a librarian who leads a quiet, unassuming life - or, at least, that's what he wants people to believe. In truth, he was once a member of the 701 Squad, a group of elite combatants produced by a failed
super-soldier project. In kind with his former comrades, his central nervous system has been altered to render him impervious to pain. When several of his fellow test subjects resurface and embark on a crimewave under the leadership of their former
commander Hung Kuk (Patrick Lung), Tsui is forced to use his extraordinary abilities once more. Donning a costume, he sets out to face his past - as the vigilante known as the Black Mask. Adapted from the manhua by Pang Chi-ming and Li Chi-tak and
heavily influenced by Bruce Lee's turn as Kato in The Green Hornet, Black Mask is one of the most entertaining movies in Jet Li's filmography and boasts action orchestrated by Yuen Woo-ping, who would later win an Academy Award for his work on Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Eureka Classics is proud to present the film in its rarely seen uncut version on Blu-ray from a 2K restoration! LIMITED EDITION TWO-DISC BLU-RAY SET FEATURES: Limited Edition of 2000
copies only | O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Grégory Sacré (Gokaiju) | Limited Edition bonus disc featuring an extended version of the film | PLUS: A Limited- edition collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by James Oliver
DISC ONE
- Fully uncut Hong Kong version presented in 1080p from a 2K restoration
- Original US version presented in 1080p from a 2K restoration
- Original Cantonese Stereo and optional DTS-HD MA 5.1 (Hong Kong Version)
- Optional English
subtitles, newly translated for this release
- Brand new audio commentary on the Hong Kong version by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival)
- Brand new audio commentary on the US export version by action cinema experts Mike
Leeder and Arne Venema
- Brand new interview with stuntman Mike Lambert
- Brand new interview with film critic Andrew Heskins (easternKicks.com)
- Brand new interview with Leon Hunt, author of Kung Fu Cult Masters: From Bruce Lee to
Crouching Tiger
- Reversible sleeve featuring original poster artwork
- Archival Making of featurette
- Trailers
DISC TWO (LIMITED EDITION BONUS DISC)
- Extended version of Black Mask featuring all the unique footage from the various releases of the film re-inserted
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1973 UK horror thriller by Kevin Billington, once cut for a BBFC AA rating, just released on UK Blu-ray
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Voices is a 1973 UK horror thriller by Kevin Billington
Starring David Hemmings, Gayle Hunnicutt and Lynn Farleigh
Cut by the BBFC for an AA rated cinema release in 1973. Presumably it was the
cinema version that was released on pre-cert VHS in 1982. Uncut for 15 rated Blu-ray in 2022.
UK: Uncut and BBFC 15 rated with a trigger warning for suicide references, bloody images:
Promotional Material Real-life husband and wife David Hemmings (Blowup, Deep Red) and Gayle Hunnicutt (Eye of the Cat, Fragment of Fear) star in this tense British shocker from director Kevin Billington
(The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer).
After a tragic family accident, Claire (Hunnicutt) suffers a mental breakdown. In an effort to help her recovery, Robert (Hemmings), her husband, takes her to convalesce in a grand country house, but her
already fragile sanity is soon threatened by ghostly apparitions and terrifying visions. Extras "INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES
New restoration from a 4K scan of the original separation masters by Powerhouse Films
Authentic presentation of this unique mixed-media production, which combines film-shot and video-captured material
Original mono audio
Audio commentary with writers and film experts Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman (2022)
Wide Boys (2022, 18 mins): film historian Vic Pratt charts the ups and downs of John Daly and David Hemmings' production company, Hemdale
Mon Brave! (2022, 8 mins): filmmaker Peter Crane recalls his personal and professional relationship with Hemmings
Voices from the Past (2022, 4 mins): a look at the challenges of restoring Voices
Image gallery: promotional and publicity
material
New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing"
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China leads the way with the most sex workers in the world
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The International Union of Sex Workers (IUSW) has revealed that Thailand is home to 250,000 sex workers, one of the highest numbers worldwide. Despite this, the profession remains illegal in the country and workers are lacking basic employment rights.
In a recent report titled Sex Worker Statistics by Country, Gender , the IUSW provided a breakdown of the worldwide sex industry. The findings suggest there are over 50 million sex workers globally, with 41.6 million female and 10.4 million male.
They predict this number will rise over time due to the increasing options for offering sexual services. The report also ranked the countries with the highest number of sex workers. Standing at the top is China, with 5 million workers, followed by
India (3 million), the US (1 million), the Philippines (800,000), Mexico (500,000), Germany (400,000), Brazil (250,000), Thailand (250,000), Bangladesh (200,000), and South Korea (147,000). |
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