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THE BEST OF STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES & THE BEST OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION on DVD!

The original and iconic series that started it all, THE BEST OF STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES navigates the fantastic adventures of Captain Kirk (William Shatner), Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and their crew on the Starship Enterprise as they launch a five-year mission to explore strange worlds, seek out new life forms and boldly go where no man has gone before.  Featured episodes include The Trouble with Tribbles, arguably the most popular “Star Trek” episode of all time, plus Amok Time, The City on the Edge of Forever and Balance of Terror, which introduced the evil Romulans to the series.  Digitally remastered with brilliant picture quality and enhanced special effects, THE BEST OF STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES serves as a perfect introduction to the epic world of “Star Trek.”

An ideal introduction to the only syndicated series to ever receive an Emmy® nomination for Best Dramatic Series, THE BEST OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION highlights the four most sensational episodes of the series TV Guide calls “one of the greatest television shows of all time.”  Set in the 24th century, “The Next Generation” follows the crew of the Enterprise-D, helmed by Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Commander William T. Riker (Jonathan Frakes), along with their iconic and endearing supporting crew.  Featured episodes include the two-part The Best of Both Worlds, Yesterday’s Enterprise in which a previous Enterprise travels 22 years into the future to meet with its successor and The Measure of a Man, an episode where Commander Riker is forced to take the stand to prove that Data is indeed an android.

THE BEST OF STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES and THE BEST OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION are each one-disc DVDs presented in Full Screen with English 5.1, Spanish Mono and Brazilian Portuguese Mono as well as English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese subtitles.  THE BEST OF STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES DVD is unrated in the U.S. and rated G in Canada with a total running time of 3 Hrs. and 35 Min. THE BEST OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION DVD is unrated in the U.S. and rated PG in Canada with a total running time 3 Hrs. and 1 Min.

THE BEST OF STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES

  1. The City on the Edge of Forever – The Enterprise crew discovers a time and space portal, leading one of them to accidentally alter history
  2. The Trouble with Tribbles – The cute, furry tribble is brought on board the Enterprise as a pet, only to be discovered as a rapidly reproducing, all-consuming animal
  3. Balance of Terror – After the Romulans use hostile force on a Federation outpost, Captain Kirk and the Enterprise must battle an invisible spaceship
  4. Amok Time – Follow Mr. Spock as he returns to his homeland for a brutal Vulcan marriage ritual


THE BEST OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION

  1. The Best of Both Worlds (Part I) – Responding to a distress call on one of the Federation’s outer-most colonies, the Enterprise arrives…only to find the colony has disappeared
  2. The Best of Both Worlds (Part II) – Commander Riker pulls out all the stops in order to save Earth from a Borg invasion lead by Locutus – otherwise known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard
  3. Yesterday’s Enterprise – A rift in the space/time continuum brings the previous Enterprise – the Enterprise C – 22 years into the future, forever altering time
  4. The Measure of a Man – When Data’s rights as a sentient individual are placed under trial, Starfleet forces Commander Riker into a position where he must prove that Data is an Androi

 

STAR TREK: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION on Blu-ray

Available for the first time in high definition, these classic films launched the beloved “Star Trek” characters onto the big screen.

The STAR TREK: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION includes the first six “Star Trek” films, which have been digitally remastered in high definition (Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan has been fully restored) with new 7.1 Dolby TrueHD audio and with over 14 hours of special features, including 2 ½ hours of all-new material.  The collection also includes a bonus disc entitled “Star Trek: The Captains’ Summit” that features a 70-minute exclusive round table discussion hosted by Whoopi Goldberg in which William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes share candid moments and intimate details about life on the set.

The new high-definition presentations of these films are a huge upgrade over the DVD releases in the past.  There is some grain to be found, but overall there was great work done on each of these.  Overall, each of the six movies look phenomenal on the Blu-ray format. Virtually all of the extras from past DVD releases have been carried over here, along with TONS of new content exclusive to the Blu-ray format. On top of that, there has also been BD-Live content added in, as well as a sit-down called Star Trek The Captains’ Summit, which will be an absolute joy for any fan to check out. Paramount has gone above and beyond what was necessary to please Star Trek fans with this release, as this is an absolute must-buy to anyone who ever loved the films from this historic franchise!

The STAR TREK: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE COLLECTION Blu-ray discs are presented in 1080p high definition with English 7.1 Dolby TrueHD, French and Spanish audio and English, English SDH, French, Spanish & Portuguese subtitles.  The following details the special features on each disc:

Star Trek: The Motion Picture
        •    New Commentary by Michael & Denise Okuda, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Daren Dochterman
        •    The Longest Trek: Writing the Motion Picture (HD)
        •    Special Star Trek Reunion (HD)
        •    Starfleet Academy: Mystery Behind V’ger (HD)
        •    Deleted Scenes
        •    Storyboards
        •    Trailers & TV Spots
        •    Library Computer (BD Exclusive)
        •    BD Live: Star Trek I.Q.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
        •    Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer
        •    New Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer and Manny Coto
        •    James Horner: Composing Genesis (HD)
        •    A Tribute to Ricardo Montalban (HD)
        •    Collecting Star Trek’s Movie Relics (HD)
        •    Starfleet Academy: Mystery Behind Ceti Alpha VI (HD)
        •    Captain’s Log
        •    Designing Khan
        •    Original interviews with DeForest Kelley, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and Ricardo Montalban
        •    Where No Man Has Gone Before: The Visual Effects of Star Trek I: The Wrath of Khan
        •    The Star Trek Universe: A Novel Approach
        •    Storyboards
        •    Theatrical trailer
        •    Library Computer (BD Exclusive)
        •    BD Live: Star Trek I.Q.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
        •    Commentary by director Leonard Nimoy, writer/producer Harve Bennett, director of photography Charles Correll and Robin Curtis
        •    Commentary by Ronald D. Moore and Michael Taylor
        •    Library Computer
        •    Captain’s Log
        •    Terraforming and the Prime Directive
        •    Industrial Light & Magic: The Visual Effects of Star Trek (HD)
        •    Spock: The Early Years (HD)
        •    Space Docks and Birds of Prey
        •    Speaking Klingon
        •    Klingon and Vulcan Costumes
        •    Star Trek and the Science Fiction Museum Hall of Fame (HD)
        •    Starfleet Academy SCISEC Brief 003: Mystery Behind the Vulcan Katra Transfer
        •    Photo Galleries
        •    Storyboards
        •    Theatrical Trailer (HD)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
        •    Commentary by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy
        •    New Commentary by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
        •    Pavel Chekov’s Screen Moments (HD)
        •    The Three-Picture Saga (HD)
        •    Star Trek for a Cause (HD)
        •    Starfleet Academy: The Whale Probe (HD)
        •    Future’s Past: A Look Back
        •    On Location
        •    Dailies Deconstruction
        •    Below-the-Line: Sound Design
        •    Time Travel: The Art of the Possible
        •    The Language of Whales
        •    A Vulcan Primer
        •    Kirk’s Women
        •    From Outer Space to the Ocean
        •    The Bird of Prey
        •    Original interviews with Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner and DeForest Kelley
        •    Roddenberry Scrapbook
        •    Featured Artist: Mark Lenard
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        •    Storyboards
        •    Theatrical Trailer (HD)
        •    Library Computer (BD Exclusive)
        •    BD Live: Star Trek I.Q.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
        •    Commentary by William Shatner and Liz Shatner
        •    New Commentary by Michael & Denise Okuda and Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens and Daren Dochterman
        •    Star Trek Honors NASA (HD)
        •    Hollywood Walk of Fame: James Doohan (HD)
        •    Starfleet Academy: Nimbus III (HD)
        •    Harve Bennett’s Pitch to the Sales Team
        •    The Journey: A Behind-the-Scenes Documentary
        •    Makeup Tests
        •    Pre-Visualization Models
        •    Rockman in the Raw
        •    Star Trek V press conference
        •    Herman Zimmerman: A Tribute
        •    Original Interview: William Shatner
        •    Cosmic Thoughts
        •    That Klingon Couple
        •    A Green Future?
        •    Deleted Scenes
        •    Production Gallery
        •    Storyboards
        •    Theatrical Trailers (HD)
        •    TV Spots
        •    Library Computer (BD Exclusive)
        •    BD Live: Star Trek I.Q.

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
        •    Commentary by director Nicholas Meyer and screenwriter Denny Martin Flinn
        •    New Commentary by Larry Nemecek and Ira Steven Behr
        •    Tom Morga: Alien Stuntman (HD)
        •    To Be Or Not To Be: Klingons and Shakespeare (HD)
        •    Starfleet Academy: Praxis (HD)
        •    The Perils of Peacemaking
        •    Stories from Star Trek VI:
                o    It Started with a Story
                o    Prejudice
                o    Director Nicholas Meyer
                o    Shakespeare & General Chang
                o    Bring it to Life
                o    Farewell & Goodbye
        •    Conversations with Nicholas Meyer
        •    Klingons: Conjuring the Legend
        •    Federation Operatives
        •    Penny’s Toy Box
        •    Together Again
        •    DeForest Kelley: A Tribute
        •    Original cast interviews
        •    Production Gallery
        •    Storyboards
        •    1991 Convention Presentation by Nicholas Meyer
        •    Trailers
        •    Library Computer (BD Exclusive)
        •    BD Live: Star Trek I.Q.

Bonus Disc:
        •    Star Trek: The Captains’ Summit (HD)

TAKEN on DVD & Blu-ray!

Synopsis: When a former spy’s estranged daughter is kidnapped in France, he sets out to find her at any cost.  Relying on his special skills, he tracks down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launches a one-man war to bring them to justice and rescue his daughter.

A former spy relies on his special skills and killer instinct as he hunts down the men who kidnapped his daughter in Taken, an adrenaline fueled drama available on Blu-ray Disc (BD) and two-disc extended cut DVD with digital copy May 12 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.  Academy Award®-nominee* Liam Neeson (Schindler’s List) stars as Brian Mills, a former secret agent trained in hand to hand combat who struggles as a divorcee and father of 17-year old Kim (Maggie Grace, “Lost”).  Living with Brian’s ex-wife Lenore (Famke Jansson, X-Men: The Last Stand), Kim rarely gets the chance to see her father, but when she does he is often smothering and overbearing.  When the opportunity arises to travel to Europe with her best friend, Kim convinces her dad to let her go on the trip by leaving out some very important details.  The first stop for the girls is Paris, but hours after they arrive they are victims of a disturbing break-in and abducted by an Albanian criminal organization.  Now, with only 96 hours to find his daughter before she will disappear forever, time is running out and Brian Mills must put his CIA expertise to the test before its too late.

Loaded with action, suspense and excitement at every turn, the Taken Blu-ray Disc and DVD reveal an intense two-disc extended cut of the film with Digital Copy for portable media players.  Additional bonus features include audio commentaries by the director, writer and cinematographers, exclusive behind-the-scenes “making of” featurette and action packed side-by-side comparisons.

Two-Disc Extended Cut Blu-ray Disc Specs:
The Taken Extended Cut Blu-ray Disc (BD) is presented in widescreen format (2.40:01) with English 5.1 Dolby Digital Sound and Spanish/French Dolby Surround with English, French and Spanish subtitles. Bonus features include:

Disc One

  1. Extended Cut seamlessly branched with Audio commentary with Director Pierre Morel, Writer Mark Kamen, and Cinematographers Michael Abramowicz and Michael Julienne
  1. Exclusive Le “Making Of” featurette
  2. Inside Action: Side by Side Comparisons of:
  1. Peter Dies
  2. Bryan Escapes Construction Site
  3. Good Luck
  4. The Interrogation
  5. Bryan at Saint Clair’s
  6. Boat Fight
  1. Black OPS Field Manual
  2. Avant Premiere


Disc Two

  1. Digital Copy File of  Taken for Portable Players


Two-Disc Extended Cut DVD Specs:
The Taken two-disc Extended Cut DVD is presented in widescreen format (2.40:01) with English 5.1 Dolby Digital Sound and Spanish/French Dolby Surround with English, French and Spanish subtitles.  Bonus features include:

Disc One

  1. Extended Cut seamlessly branched with Audio commentary with Director Pierre Morel, Writer Mark Kamen, and Cinematographers Michael Abramowicz and Michael Julienne
  1.  Exclusive Le “Making Of” featurette
  2.  Inside Action: Side by Side Comparisons of:
  1. Peter Dies
  2. Bryan Escapes Construction Site
  3. Good Luck
  4. The Interrogation
  5. Bryan at Saint Clair’s
  6. Boat Fight
  1.  Avant Premiere


Disc Two

  1.  Digital Copy File of  Taken for Portable Players

 

Single-Disc Extended Cut DVD Specs:
The Taken single-disc Extended Cut DVD is presented in widescreen format (2.40:01) with English 5.1 Dolby Surround and Spanish/French Dolby Surround with English, French and Spanish subtitles.

Paramount Blu-Ray DVD Releases for Tuesday, May 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WAYNE’S WORLD
Synopsis: Based on the Saturday Night Live sketch of the same name, Wayne’s World is a wacky, irreverent pop-culture comedy about the adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey).   From Wayne’s basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called “Wayne’s World” on local public access television. The show comes to the attention of a sleazy network executive (Rob Lowe) who wants to produce a big-budget version of “Wayne’s World”—and he also wants Wayne’s girlfriend, a rock singer named Cassandra (Tia Carrere).   Wayne and Garth have to battle the executive not only to save their show, but also Cassandra. Director Penelope Spheeris, Myers and Carvey hang a lot of silly, but funny, jokes on this thin plot, and the energy of the cast—as well as the wild pop-culture references—make Wayne’s World a cut above the average Saturday Night Live spin-off movie.

Wayne’s World debuts on Blu-ray with a decent but at times uninspired 1080p, 1.78:1-framed transfer that generally passes for average-at-best high definition material. Detail is adequate, but nothing ever stands out as too terribly eye-catching. Colors are decent if not a bit faded in appearance, particularly during the film’s darker segments that tend to obscure detail, be it in clothing or the objects scattered around the “Wayne’s World” set. However, the transfer suddenly reveals more in the way of color and detail during some later segments of the film, noticeably during a sequence at a garage in chapter four.

Special Features:
Commentary with Director Penelope Spheeris
Extreme Close-Up
Theatrical Trailer

 

 

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WAYNE’S WORLD 2
Synopsis: The success of their TV show allows Wayne Campbell (Mike Myers) and Garth Algar (Dana Carvey) to finally move out of their parents’ homes, but now they have to figure out what to do with their lives. Wayne’s girlfriend, up-and-coming rock star Cassandra (Tia Carrere), is enjoying a career boost thanks to her new manager Bobby Cohn (Christopher Walker), but Garth thinks that Bobby is more interested in her body than her place on the charts. Meanwhile, Wayne is visited in a dream by the late Jim Morrison (Michael A. Nickles), who convinces him to promote a massive rock festival, “Waynestock,” featuring Aerosmith as headliners.   Garth, on the other hand, is finally relieved of his pesky virginity by femme fatale Honey Hornee (Kim Basinger), though it turns out that Honey has a hidden agenda.   Drew Barrymore, Harry Shearer, and Charlton Heston play cameo roles in Wayne’s World 2, and Jay Leno, Rip Taylor, and Todd Rundgren appear as themselves.

Wayne’s World 2 comes to Blu-ray with a decent Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless soundtrack. From the very first notes over the opening credits, a palpable difference between this soundtrack and that of its predecessor is noticeable, this one heftier and more robust, with a greater sense of warmth and space to it.

Special Features:
Commentary by Director Stephen Surjik
Extreme Close-Up

 

 

 

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MAJOR LEAGUE
Synopsis: She’s beautiful, smart, goal-oriented, and she just inherited the Cleveland Indians.  Unfortunately, she wants to move the franchise to Miami, and a losing season is her only ticket to Florida.   So she signs the wildest gang of screwballs that ever spit tobacco. They’re handsome, but they’re hopeless! Her catcher (Tom Berenger) is a washed-up womanizer who struck out in life.   Her ace pitcher (Charlie Sheen) is a punked-out crazy who struck out with the law. And her third baseman (L.A. Law’s Corbin Bernsen) is more concerned fielding endorsements than grounders.  Throw in a busload of other misfits and you’ve got yourself a hilarious line-up that’s destined for disaster! Or is it?

This Blu-ray edition of Major League makes the call to the bullpen and sends in a fine selection of bonus materials.

Special Features:
Commentary by Writer/Director David S. Ward and producer Chris Chesser
My Kinda Team
A Major League Look at Major League

 

 

 

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BLACK SHEEP
Synopsis: Mike Donnelly (Chris Farley) is dedicated to helping his big brother Al (Tim Matheson) win the race for Washington State governor, he turns every opportunity for votes into an embarrassing disaster.   Campaign aide and super slacker Steve Dodds (David Spade) volunteers to baby-sit Mike. Big mistake! When Mike discovers that the incumbent governor is a crook, he dives headfirst into a whole new level of well-intended destruction.   Chris Farley and David Spade, the stars of Tommy Boy, once again show why they are “the comedy team of the ’90s!” (Leo Quinones, KIIS-FM). Directed by Penelope Spheeris (Wayne’s World) and costarring Gary Busey, Black Sheep is “a crowd-pleaser directed with maximum energy!” (Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times). Featuring an electrifying performance by super Seattle band Mudhoney!

Paramount’s Blu-ray release of Black Sheep delivers surprisingly good results. Presented in 1080p high definition and framed inside 1.78:1 window, the transfer never misses a beat, remaining lively and natural throughout. The transfer reveals above-average levels of detail in most every shot. Bright, outdoor scenes fare extraordinarily well, as the texture of the street pavement, tree trunks, the political banners and signs, clothing, and all sorts of objects are rendered nicely and appear natural and lifelike. This Blu-ray release of Black Sheep offers absolutely no extra content.

 

 

 

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WITHOUT A PADDLE
Synopsis:Three childhood friends go into the Oregon wilderness in search of lost treasure.  They take a canoe upriver and everything that can go wrong, does.  Hunted by two backwoods farmers, they encounter death-defying rapids, tree-hugging hippie chicks and a crazy old mountain man played by Burt Reynolds.

The original Without a Paddle boasts a nice trio of comedy actors with Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, and Dax Shepard. In an offbeat comedy movie like this, having some star power certainly helps add some meat to the entertainment. Known talent separates Without a Paddle with the follow up, Nature’s Calling, which had a much less familiar cast, with a very similar storyline. Though neither movie is a classic, there are some laughs if you are in a lighthearted Friday night mood.

Special Features:
Commentary by Director Steven Brill
MTV’s Making the Movie: Without A Paddle
13 Additional Scenes with Optional Director Commentary
6 MTV Interstitials

Dadnapped and Hatching Pete on DVD

Fans get double the laughter and two times the fun when Disney Channel Original Movies Dadnapped and Hatching Pete arrive on DVD on May 12, 2009 from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. For the first time ever, two full-length movies featuring some of the network’s favorite young stars come together in a single disc for one low price! Dadnapped and Hatching Pete will provide viewers with hours of wholesome, hilarious entertainment, as well as a bevy of exclusive bonus features not available anywhere else.   
 
Top-flight Disney Channel talent shines in a pair of the network’s signature productions as Emily Osment, star of the hit Disney Channel series Hannah Montana, and David Henrie of Wizards of Waverly Place headline Dadnapped, an action-packed, thrill-a-minute comedy. Then a pair of tween faves rules the roost when Jason Dolley, of Cory in the House and Minutemen, and Mitchell Musso, of Hannah Montana, star in the screwball comedy Hatching Pete, a tale of fame, friendship and “fowl” play. 
 
In Dadnapped, fourteen year-old Melissa (Emily Osment) is struggling with a unique kind of sibling rivalry. To get her father Neil’s (George Newburn) attention, she has to compete with teenage spy Tripp Zoome, the main character in her father’s best selling novels. Her dad spends so much time on his imaginary son’s exciting missions that even Melissa’s special daughter-dad vacation gets interrupted by a promotional event for Neil’s newest book. But when Neil is abducted by overzealous fanboys and falls into the clutches of a pair of sinister brothers, the fictional Tripp can’t save him and Melissa will have to try to channel her “inner Zoome” to rescue her dad. 
 
A bashful high school student finds fames as a high-flying poultry impersonator in Hatching Pete. Pete’s (Jason Dolley) best friend Poole (Mitchel Musso) wants to keep up his family’s longstanding tradition of playing their high school mascot, the Chicken, but Poole is allergic to the costume. Pete agrees to stand in for his pal, but only on the condition that his identity remains a secret. The anonymity of the Chicken suit gives Pete the freedom he’s always dreamed of and a whole new personality emerges. His unexpectedly outrageous antics make the Chicken an instant celebrity— except no one knows it’s Pete. As Poole reaps the benefits of his pal’s talent, Pete must decide if it’s time to reveal that he’s the man behind the beak.
 
Hatching Pete Bonus Features

  1. Unmasking The Mascot – A Hatching Pete bonus feature so viewers can find out what it’s really like inside the suit!

Dadnapped Bonus Features 

  1. Exclusive Extended Ending 
  2. Trip Zoome: Off The Rails: An Animated Graphic Novel

Watch The trailer:



Seth MacFarlane’s CAVALCADE OF CARTOON COMEDY debuts on unrated Blu-ray

Seth MacFarlane, the creator of “Family Guy” and “American Dad”, brings you the Cavalcade of Comedy – non-stop, uncensored laughs with never-before-seen, exclusive new episodes – too outrageous for TV or the internet!

Prepare for non-stop, raw and brazen laughs with the bleeping hilarious series from the creator of “Family Guy” and “American Dad” when Seth MacFarlane’s CAVALCADE OF CARTOON COMEDY debuts on unrated Blu-ray and DVD May 12 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.  Featuring exclusive new episodes too outrageous for television or the internet, the DVD is packed with 50 shorts in total and highlights all-new classic characters, “Family Guy” voice talent and hilarious pop culture parodies of Jesus Christ, Bob Dylan, Ted Nugent, Quentin Tarantino, Super Mario, Jeff Goldbum and more.  The irreverent animated shorts that originally aired on YouTube and SethComedy.com are also included but now completely unedited and uncensored.  A must-own for fans, Seth MacFarlane’s CAVALCADE OF CARTOON COMEDY takes “Family Guy” and “American Dad” to the next, inappropriate, laugh-out-loud level and features bonus materials including the Red Carpet Premiere and still galleries.

The new Blu-ray and DVD releases collect those shorts, commercial-free. Also, this “uncensored” version features some naughtier words and includes some extra content from the Internet versions.

DVD Special Features
The Seth MacFarlane’s CAVALCADE OF CARTOON COMEDY DVD is presented in widescreen format with 5.1 Dolby Surround along with English, French and Spanish subtitles.  Bonus features include:
        •    Red Carpet Premiere
        •    Still galleries
                o    Rough character models
                o    Cleaned-up character models
                o    Colored characters models

BD Special Features
The Seth MacFarlane’s CAVALCADE OF CARTOON COMEDY Blu-ray Disc is presented in widescreen format with 5.1 DTS audio along with English, French and Spanish subtitles.  The BD includes all of the above DVD bonus features in hi-definition. 

 

GALAXY QUEST Deluxe Edition DVD

Galaxy Quest is back and better than ever.


Twenty years after their show was canceled, the stars of the Galaxy Quest TV series reluctantly cling to their glory years by appearing at sci-fi conventions and electronic store openings. However, when a distressed interstellar race mistakes the show for “historical documents”, Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen), ship commander, and his crew are unwittingly recruited to save them from a genocidal warlord.

 

By Grabthar’s hammer, the intrepid crew of the NSEA Protector is back in an all-new Deluxe Edition of the classic comedy GALAXY QUEST, arriving in our solar system May 12, 2009 on DVD from Paramount Home Entertainment.  Featuring an out-of-this-world all-star cast including Tim Allen (Wild Hogs), Sigourney Weaver (Baby Mama), Alan Rickman (Sweeney Todd), Tony Shalhoub (“Monk”), Sam Rockwell (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind), Enrico Colantoni (“Just Shoot Me”), Daryl Mitchell (“Ed”) and Justin Long (He’s Just Not That Into You), this rollicking send-up of sci-fi fanaticism is as funny today as it was when it premiered in theaters 10 years ago. 

 

The GALAXY QUEST Deluxe Edition DVD features a stellar array of all-new bonus material including new interviews with the actors and filmmakers discussing how the film came together and what they think of it today; a look at the extraordinarily talented and diverse cast; an exploration of the visual effects created by ILM and Stan Winston; the story of how the mannerisms of the Thermian race evolved; Sigourney Weaver rapping and so much more.


GALAXY QUEST Deluxe Edition DVD:


The GALAXY QUEST Deluxe Edition DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, Spanish 5.1 Surround and Thermian 2.0 Surround with English, French and Spanish subtitles.  Bonus features include:

 

  1. Historical Documents: The Story of GALAXY QUEST—Actors and filmmakers discuss how GALAXY QUEST came together, why it still works today and what they think of the film 10 years later.  Includes new interviews with Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell, Justin Long, Missi Pyle, Enrico Colantoni and respected Star Trek feature film writer and director Nicholas Meyer.
  2. Never Give Up, Never Surrender: The Intrepid Crew of the NSEA Protector—This featurette celebrates one of the most talented and diverse casts of fake sci-fi actors of all time.
  3. By Grabthar’s Hammer, What Amazing Effects— Explores the special effects, visual effects and creature effects created by ILM and famed effects artist Stan Winston.
  4. Alien School – Creating the Thermian Race— The story of how actor Enrico Colantoni developed the voice and manner of an alien race.
  5. Actors in Space—Delves deep into the psyche of a cast the likes of which have never been seen together before.
  6. Sigourney Weaver Raps—Needs no further explanation.
  7. Deleted Scenes (previously released)
  8. Thermian Audio Track (previously released)
  9. Theatrical Trailer (previously released)
The good news about Galaxy Quest is that you don’t have to be a big fan of sci-fi movies to love the movie. It offers a suspenseful storyline loaded with humor of many types.

 

Fifth Grade Class Wins Disney’s Environmentality Challenge with Wood Duck Conservation Project

Lynda Raquel’s fifth grade John Muir Elementary School class from Stockton won first place in Disney’s Environmentality Challenge with an all-expense paid trip to Disneyland and will star in a parade down Main Street U.S.A. For the winning class project, which focused on the conservation of the Wood Duck, the students restored two vandalized nesting boxes for local Wood Ducks who suffer from a dwindling population in Stockton’s Lodi Lake area.  To drive awareness, they created a web site and “duckumentary” about the cause which they screened in the community.  Proceeds from the screening were donated to local wildlife agencies.  

Beth Stevens, senior vice president of Environmental Affairs at The Walt Disney Company, Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Marge Kohler, Acting Deputy Regional Director U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and AG Kawamura, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture honored the winning students at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim. The celebration on Friday May 8, included:

  1. A ceremony honoring the students
  2. A parade down Main Street U.S.A
  3. Q&A sessions with the students and environmental state and federal dignitaries 
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Already in its 15th year, DEC is an annual competition developed by The Walt Disney Company together with the California Department of Education, the U.S. EPA, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, State of California Environmental Education Interagency Network, the K-12 Alliance, and the CREEC Network. The educational program, which targets fifth graders in California, Florida, Hong Kong, and the Cayman Islands, encourages environmental stewardship by asking students to take an environmental pledge and complete a class project which targets a real-world environmental challenge in their community. For more program information, visit www.DECkids.com

Movie Review: "My Life In Ruins"

 

From Nia Vardalos, writer and star of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” comes the uplifting comedy “My Life in Ruins.” Georgia (Nia Vardalos) has lost her kefi (Greek for “mojo”). Discouraged by her lack of direction in life, she works as a travel guide, leading a rag-tag group of tourists as she tries to show them the beauty of her native Greece while waiting to land her dream job. Opening their eyes to an exotic foreign land, she too begins to see things in new ways—finding her kefi and possibly love in the process.

 

The world was first introduced to Nia Vardalos in 2002 with her surprise hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which she wrote and starred in. Vardalos’s infectious charm and love for her characters permeated throughout the film, making it one of the most endearing romantic comedies in recent memory. The film seemed like the perfect career vehicle to establish Vardalos as a mainstream Hollywood actress. Since then, instead of capitalizing on her newfound fame, she keeps going back to her calling card, the misunderstood Greek American. First, she unsuccessfully tried to turn My Big Fat Greek Wedding into a television show, My Big Fat Greek Life, and now has made My Life In Ruins, which is being marketed as “the My Big Fat Greek Wedding girl goes back to Greece.” I am starting to feel this girl is like one of those one hit wonder bands who keep remaking and remixing their only hit over and over again, how many different versions of the Macarena are really necessary? The same applies here.

 

My Life In Ruins is a contrived attempt at recapturing the success of My Big Fat Greek Wedding and is met with some pretty inept results. Nia Vardalos’s character, Georgia, is a Greek American tour guide in Greece who is frustrated by the quality of her tourists. The film tries to find comedy in her tour group, but misses much more often than it hits. The story tries to incorporate every type of annoying tourist into one bus and the results are just as irritating as they would be in real life. The problem is the film doesn’t have the same affection for these characters’ quirks in the way My Big Fat Greek Wedding does. The organic connection, which brings that film together is completely missing in this jumbled second attempt. The same goes for the love story that develops between Vardalos’s tour guide character and her bus driver Poupi (yes his name is a poop joke) who can’t seem to find a spark. After such a great debut effort, this film falls to the wayside among the countless other romantic comedies without anything truly original to offer.

 

Scooby-Doo Where Are You Volume 2: Bump In the Night

A haunted amusement park, a dog-napping operation and an ape man who disrupts a movie set are some of the zany predicaments the Mystery Inc. gang encounters on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Vol. 2, available now on DVD from Warner Home Video (WHV).  This second collection of classic Scooby-Doo cartoons features four episodes from the original.


Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! first made its debut during CBS’ Saturday morning lineup and became an instant hit.   The series follows the adventures of Daphne, Fred, Shaggy, Velma and Scooby-Doo as they solve cases typically involving ghosts, monsters or other supernatural forces. Hi-jinks always ensue, with their investigations resulting in entertaining chase scenes mixed with catchy musical numbers and comedic antics. This hit program spawned several spin-off series, specials, consumer products and live action films.


Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Vol. 2 features the following episodes:

 

Decoy for a Dognapper – When several top show dogs are stolen, including a pedigreed female dog Scooby falls for, the kids go after a $500 reward offered by one of the dogs’ owners — it is up to Scooby-Doo to be a decoy for the dognappers.


What the Hex Going On? – A friend invites the gang to spend the weekend at her family’s estate, the Kingston Mansion, but a ghost turns up and changes her Uncle Stewart into an old man.


Never Ape an Ape Man – Daphne’s Uncle Maxwell, a movie director, hires the entire gang as extras in his new film: The Ape Man of Forbidden Mountain.  Although the film is shooting on-location, the set is soon closed when a real ape man shows up and wreaks havoc on the set.


Foul Play in Funland – The gang highly anticipates the opening of a new amusement park, but while clam-digging outside of it, the gang see the rides moving not only before the park is open, but with no passengers, as well.  Drawn into another mystery, the gang sets out to see if the park is haunted.

 

The four episodes are familiar and fun-filled, but would rather have all of the show’s episodes in one convenient set. So if you are looking for a few laughs from the original Scooby-Doo series, this release is worth checking out. 

BUY NOW: Scooby Doo, Where Are You?: Season One, Vol. 2 – Bump in the Night

NEW ON DISNEY DVD IMAGINATION MOVERS Warehouse Mouse Edition

The TV series features the blue-suited IMAGINATION MOVERS – Rich, Scott, Dave and Smittyas everyday guy brain-stormers working hard to solve “idea emergencies” in their Idea Warehouse, a place of infinite inspiration. The series introduces preschoolers to the Movers’ energetic rock and roll style of music while emphasizing creative problem solving skills. Through music and storytelling, the Movers encourage kids to exercise their bodies and brains with their motto – “Reach high, think big work hard, have fun!”.
 
In each episode of 
IMAGINATION MOVERS Warehouse Mouse Edition, the Movers, along with their friendly neighbor Nina and sidekick Warehouse Mouse, identify an “idea emergency” and then brainstorm problem-solving techniques, test out possible solutions and by the end of each episode, have used teamwork to solve the problem. IMAGINATION MOVERS, Warehouse Mouse Edition features four episodes and an exclusive bonus episode of the upcoming animated Playhouse Disney series Special Agent Oso.
 
IMAGINATION MOVERS premiered on Playhouse Disney in September 2008, with new episodes continuing to roll out into 2009. The series has been picked up for a second season, which will begin production in the spring. The quartet has won multiple national music awards and were named a Parenting Pick by Parenting Magazine. Most recently, the Movers and the TV series were honored with an award for Outstanding Kids Entertainment by the Common Sense Media Awards, which honors nationally recognized individuals and organization that have made a profound impact in the world of kids and family media. The Movers’ Walt Disney Records release, “Juice Box Heroes,” was selected by iTunes as a 2008 Top 10 pick in the children’s music genre.
 
BONUS FEATURES
*Exclusive episode of upcoming Playhouse Disney Series “Special Agent Oso.”

Check-out a clip from the DVD:



NEW ON DISNEY DVD MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE: MICKEY’S BIG SPLASH

The fun-filled DVD, perfect for summer vacation fun, features four episodes and a bonus feature starring the entire Clubhouse Gang –Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Minnie, Daisy and Pluto- on a series of exciting adventures including a day of fishing, a surfing beach party luau and much more. In the new episode Donald’s Ducks, Mickey and Donald rescue ten adorable ducklings in search of a summertime beach. The Mouseketools are put to work in Pluto’s Bubble Bath when Mickey and Pluto each get stuck in a Giant Bubble and start floating away from the Clubhouse eventually ending up back to ground just in time for a fun Tea and Biscuits Party with their friends. In Mickey Goes Fishing, Mickey and Pluto search for lunch for Pluto’s kitten, Mr. Pettibone. While in Pete’s Beach Blanket Luau, it’s the hottest day of the year and Pete decides to put on a Luau down at the lake to cool off.

The DVD also features an all-new game called ‘Fun In The Sun with Mickey and the Gang” that includes fun luau party planning activities and games.

With songs and dances and images known the world over, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse — Mickey’s Big Splash provides to young audience members another opportunity to see the iconic characters.  Plus, it’s even enjoyable for adults if they’re willing to give it a chance.  And there’s really not much more you can ask for from a preschool series than that.

 

 

Check out the trailer:



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