Shawscope Volume Two (released fall 2023) [Arrow Video] 

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Now available from Arrow Video 

This box set is a big one, almost THE big one (but that may actually go to Volume Three, review of that one posting shortly). This set has 14, yes 14, Shaw Brothers martial arts films and 2 discs of music from these films, all in this beautiful box. The number of special features in this set is staggering and will take any dedicated fan days, weeks even, to watch through. Here are our thoughts on this set: 

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Super Spies and Secret Lies box set [Eureka Classics] 

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Now available from Eureka Classics 

This set of three Shaw Brothers film represents their Bondsploitation era where they produced a bunch of spy films in their style, bringing the stories to their land and their studio. This new set from Eureka Classics includes The Golden Buddha, Anger with Iron Fists, and The Singing Thief. 

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Every Bugs Bunny Ever: Foxy by Proxy (1952)

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Foxy by Proxy (1952)
Directed by Friz Freleng
Story by Warren Foster
Animation by Virgil Ross, Arthur Davis, Manuel Perez, Ken Champin
Music by Carl Stalling

This minor, mild cartoon is a rough remake of the 1940 Tex Avery-directed “Of Fox and Hounds,” with a dimwitted dog participating in a fox hunt. In that film, the poor dumb dog has trouble comprehending that his sly new friend is a fox. In this 1952 go-round, Bugs Bunny plays tricks on the dense canine by dressing up as a fox and leading him into frustration.
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