Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn - BLU-RAY

Web-series run-up to the InchHalo 4Inch videogame follows the trials of United Nations Space Command cadet Thomas Lasky (Tom Green), who wrestles with doubt over his fitness to lead against alien insurrectionists, until Earth itself is invaded. Taken under the wing of super-soldier John-117 (Daniel Cudmore), he receives a crash course in the meaning of heroism. Irone Singleton, Anna Popplewell, Ayelet Zurer co-star.

The popular sci-fi video game comes to life in this three-part animated web series, as the 26th-century battle between humanity's SPARTAN defenders-whose numbers include the fearless fighter Master Chief-and the alien force known as the Covenant comes to a fateful showdown on the distant planet Reach. John Bentley, Collin Dean, Anthony Del Rio supply voices. 65 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English; Subtitles English, French, Spanish.

As a kind of crazy cinematic ghost train ride, WOMAN CHASING THE BUTTERFLY OF DEATH takes us on a journey deep into the darkness of one man's fears and fantasies. That man is Young-gul, a lonely and rather morbid student in the late 1970's South Korea. Narrowly surviving a murder-suicide attempt by a woman wearing a butterfly pendant, he next finds himself besieged by a seemingly insane bookseller who claims he can never die. Even after Young-gul burns the man's body his skeleton comes back to taunt him. As if that weren't enough, the poor student then finds himself the victim of a beautiful thousand-year-old woman (she looks about 25) who says she is hungry and wants to eat his liver! The director, Kim Ki-young, was one of Korea's most successful filmmakers. His 1960 production THE HOUSEMAID is now a recognized classic of world cinema. With this film, he goes far beyond the bounds of the real and takes us into a world where anything seems possible, a world where a kind of dream logic rules. Almost impossible to summarize, the film is nevertheless insanely enjoyable. A real one-of-a-kind production that opens our eyes to the limitless possibilities of cinema.