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X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 2

In 17 classic episodes from the show’s second and third seasons, X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 2, the X-Men take part in classic adventures straight from the pages of the comic books. These include trips to the Savage Land, through time in Time Fugitives, and to space in the Phoenix Saga.

Star Trek (2009)

Kirk and company are back on the big screen in a completely new take that delves back into the past yet feels like the start of a whole fresh series of adventures.

Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 2

The Toons are back for more, in a slightly weaker second half of their first season that still provides some laughs on the way to bouncing back to the top for their next season.

The Venture Bros.: 3rd Season

More wackiness, more revelations, and more delightful weirdness is found in this third season release of a show that has grown well past its “spoof” origins.

Freakazoid!: Season 2

Warner Animation’s crazy superhero is back in a season that sometimes struggles to be as manic as first time out but still entertains with a series of random spoofs.

Sin City: Blu-ray Disc (plus Recut, Extended & Unrated Edition)

Robert Rodriquez turns Frank Miller’s Sin City strips into a visceral movie and a adult, but terrific Blu-ray experience!

Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword

Scooby-Doo and the rest of the Mystery, Inc. gang travel to Japan for their latest adventure. There, they explore the delicate relationship between modern Japanese culture and ancient Japan.

Snoopy’s Reunion: Remastered Deluxe Edition

Along with It’s Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown, this disc provides two mediocre TV specials… but just try to watch Flashbeagle without being fascinated by 1980s kitsch.

X-Men: The Animated Series – Volume 1

In these 16 classic episodes from X-Men: The Animated Series, the X-Men encounter new enemies and old foes in their quest for peaceful coexistence with mankind.

Max Fleischer’s Superman: 1941 – 1942

Max and Dave Fleischer’s exceptionally vibrant and brilliantly animated science fiction cartoons come to disc in a deluxe collection that may not be definitive but is probably the best these cartoons are ever likely to look. Not “super” but not killed by Kryptonite either.

Gulliver’s Travels

Max and Dave Fleischer’s first animated feature gets a down and dirty treatment on Blu-ray, which you’ll certainly find an old VHS edition would beat out in terms of quality. Avoid at all costs!

The Day The Earth Stood Still: Blu-ray Disc Special Edition

Klaatu Keanu’s latest, The Day The Earth Stood Still, takes a few diversions from the excellent Robert Wise original, aalso handily included in this Blu-ray set in high-definition!

Bedtime Stories

Adam Sandler’s jump to family fare – for Disney no less – is an uninspired, drab and flat fantasy that lacks any magic, and this disc presentation doesn’t do a lot to add any.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars – A Galaxy Divided

The Star Wars saga continues with The Clone Wars, the latest chapter in the Skywalker family saga. In the first four episodes of the series, Anakin continues to fight for the Republic against Count Dooku and his droid army of Separatists.

Schoolhouse Rock! Earth

The makers of the original Schoolhouse Rock series return with all new material for a new generation. Focusing on songs about conservation and the environment, the aim is to promote awareness about our planet so that it is conserved for new generations.

Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird – 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

The Sesame Street Muppets make their big screen debut as they attempt to set out and find Big Bird in a decent addition to the Henson film series.

Paul & The Dragon

Holland’s AniKey Studios’ debuting short film is a really entertaining approach to helping children and their parents cope and overcome major illness.

Watchmen: Tales Of The Black Freighter

This film tie-in tells a dark tale of a man’s desperate bid to race an unearthly pirate ship to his home town. Some interesting bonus features also enhance the Watchmen film experience.

The Odd Couple: Centennial Collection

The classic live-action comedy The Odd Couple is the latest Paramount picture to be added to its Centennial Collection.

Bolt

Disney’s latest CGI comedy adventure delivers some big fun but ultimately fails to join the ranks of the Studio’s best, even under Pixar head John Lasseter’s supervision.

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: The Complete 2nd, 3rd & 4th Seasons

Scooby-Doo and the rest of the gang return for the final three seasons of one of the most popular revivals of the classic series in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. In seventeen episodes, the gang solve mysteries, find clues, and unmask villains in hilarious adventures.

Monsters vs Aliens

Be afraid. Be very afraid of Monsters vs Aliens.

The Zeta Project: Season One

This Batman Beyond spin-off features a robot fugitive trying to evade government forces while seeking his creator.

Pinocchio: Platinum Edition

Walt Disney’s true masterpiece gets the Platinum Edition treatment, though its a light affair where the supplements can’t hold a candle to the brilliant feature or its digital makeover.

The Real Adventures Of Jonny Quest: Season One, Volume One

The third series for Jonny Quest wasn’t the hit that Turner had hoped for, but it did produce a number of very good episodes despite a troubled production history.

The Smurfs, Vol. 1: True Blue Friends

In five classic episodes from the beginning of the show’s second season, the Smurfs face-off against new villains and participate in exciting adventures. The popular show returns to DVD in a new kid-friendly, single disc release for more casual fans of the show.

Wonder Woman

The Amazon princess finally gets her own movie, and it’s pretty good. Lots of action, but also with some humor, make this a winner.

Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic

In an alternate version of the eighties in New York City, Nixon is serving his fifth term as president, America has won the war in Vietnam, the Cold War is at its most heated, costumed vigilantes have been outlawed, and a former vigilante, named Comedian, has been found murdered outside his apartment. In this world, another costumed vigilante named Rorschach investigates the murder while trying to convince his former colleagues that there is a wide conspiracy against them.

South Park: The Complete Twelfth Season

The boys are back in the Park for another fourteen episode run, coming over as shocking and hilarious as ever, even if this is a little more scatter-shot than usual season.

Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Disney’s south of the border comedy adventure is your typical talking dogs movie, though the off the wall promise of the teaser trailer is lacking in the final result.