Assassin / Memories of the Sword / Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal Blu Ray

THE ASSASSIN: Back with his first film in 8 years, legendary Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien wowed this year’s Cannes Film Festival (where he won Best Director) with his awe-inspiring The Assassin – a wondrous take on the traditional wuxia film. The story is simple, if elusive – in 9th century China, Nie Yinniang is a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth as an exceptional assassin, with orders to kill her betrothed husband-to-be. She must confront her parents, her memories, and her long-repressed feelings in a choice to sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the sacred way of the righteous assassins. Rich with shimmering, breathing texture and punctuated by brief but unforgettable bursts of action, The Assassin is a martial arts film like none made before it. MEMORIES OF THE SWORD: As the greed and excess of a corrupt Monarchy threatens to destroy the once-glorious Goryeo Dynasty, three legendary warriors lead a revolt to overthrow the empire and save its people. But when deceit and betrayal costs the life of a master swordsman, a pilot for justice and revenge is set into motion, raging for decades between the two survivors. From the director of Children of Heaven and starring Lee Byung-hun (The Good, The Bad, The Weird, Terminator Genisys), Memories of the Sword is a lavish epic that blends tragic historical drama with thrilling swordplay and martial arts. SNOW GIRL AND THE DARK CRYSTAL: Directed by Academy Award Winner, Peter Pau, Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal is a big budget romantic fantasy adventure about the legendary hero Zhong Kui, a fabled warrior with mysterious powers who is to conquer the realms of Heaven and Hell to save his people and the woman he loves.