TARTAN FIRES NEW DVD SHOTS

Tartan has been busily picking up movies all through the end of last year, despite what looked like major staff cutbacks. Street dates are appearing, thanks to a sharp-eyed reader, and there's a good side and a bad side.

Fortunately, Tartan is releasing the respectable Thai horror flick, SHUTTER, on March 27. And they're releasing the totally disreputable Korean slasher flick TO SIR, WITH LOVE retitled as BLOODY REUNION on March 13.

Unfortunately, they're releasing Kim Ki-Duk's THE BOW straight-to-video. No theatrical release for you, Director Kim. That'll learn you to think you'll get more respect overseas than you do in Korea. The street date for THE BOW is March 27.