Coming Up: A Biutiful Arrival and Ip Man Returns
The Oscar-nominated film set for May release
By SeanAx Mar 14, 2011 9:36AM
Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Biutiful," starring Javier Bardem as a father of two, husband to a drug addict and small-time criminal trying to redeem himself, was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Actor (Javier Bardem) and Best Foreign-Language Film.The Mexico/Spain co-production, set and shot in Barcelona, is set for release on DVD and Blu-ray on May 31 from Lionsgate.
From Hong Kong comes "Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster," the sequel to the hit action/bio-pic starring Donnie Yen as the legendary martial arts teacher and father of the Wing Chun school of martial arts. This chapter, set in Hong Kong after World War II, co-stars Hong Kong action legend Sammo Hung, who also serves as action director. Set for release on DVD and Blu-ray from WellGo on April 19.
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Sean Axmaker is MSN's DVD columnist and the editor of Parallax View. He writes for Turner Classic Movies Online and his work has appeared in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Seattle Weekly, The Stranger, Senses of Cinema, Asian Cult Cinema, Psychotronic Video and "The Scarecrow Video Guide."
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