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Peter Chan’s The Warlords, which premieres at this years London Film Festival on Monday 20 October, will be released by Metrodome in UK cinemas on 7 November. The film stars Jet Li and Andy Lau.

From Hideo Nakata, director of the acclaimed Japanese horror flicks Dark Water, Ring and Ring 2 comes DEATH NOTE: L - change the WorLd, the final movie in the live-action Death Note trilogy. Released on DVD as a limited edition two-disc set that includes a 24-page book and over 3 hours of extra features, the film presents the stunning conclusion to the supernatural saga that continues to thrill manga, anime and movie fans worldwide.

The two-disc DEATH NOTE: L - change the WorLd (cert. 15) will be released on DVD (£19.99) by 4Digital Asia on 29th December 2008. Special Features include: 24-page book; A Slice of “L Change the World” (Making of); Interview with star Kenichi Matsuyama; Production Wrap Press Conference; Asia Promotion Campaign (Jump Fest 2007); Japan Gala Premiere; Opening Day Stage Greetings; Japan Tour; original Japanese trailers and TV spots; UK trailer; image gallery.

From prolific Japanese auteur Takashi Miike, director of extreme cinema cult classics such as Audition and Ichi The Killer, comes Sukiyaki Western Django, a deranged exercise in movie genre splicing that not only redefines the spaghetti (or, in Japanese terms, ‘macaroni’) western in Miike’s own inimitable style but also stars Quentin Tarantino (returning the favour for Miike’s cameo appearance in Hostel).

Five years after their award winning performances in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, co-stars David Carradine and Daryl Hannah are reunited in the action-packed, period martial arts adventure White Crane Chronicles, released on DVD (£19.99) by Brightspark Productions on 29th December 2008.

From 6 November next week the Barbican Centre plays host to The London Korean Film Festival 08. As well as a preview showing of Kim Jee-woon’s The Good, The Bad, The Weird – with the director himself and lead Lee Byung-hun in attendance, their also be other new films like Seven Days – starring Lost’s Kim Yun-jin, May 18 and Forever The Moment, some classic movies from the 1960s, and a Lee Chang-dong Retrospective including Green Fish and his latest film Secret Sunshine.

For a full listing and information on how to book, click here.

Peter Chan’s The Warlords, starring Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kineshiro, is on limited release in London and around the UK by Metrodome.

You can read our review here »