BBC Home Video have announced that two vintage Doctor Who episodes will be released on DVD on September 17.
For fans of the old Doc, specifically the second one, Patrick Troughton, Doctor Who: The Ice Warriors has the spacey shamus landing on Earth to find its in the grips of a second ice age. But when scientists try to stop it, they discover an alien frozen in the ice and, of course, set him free (because, let’s be honest, if they hadn’t, this would’ve been a really short episode).
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced that the Will Smith sci-fi movie After Earth will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 8.
Along with the film, both the DVD and Blu-ray editions will include “A Father’s Legacy,” a featurette on stars Will and Jaden Smith; “1,000 Years In 300 Seconds,” an on-set featurette with the cast; “The Nature Of The Future” featurette, which looks at the environment and creatures in the movie; a digital copy of the film; and the winning video in the “XPRIZE After Earth” challenge, which, according to the release, had “teams from around the world submitted video proposals to address the global challenge of promoting a more sustainable way of living, as well as the steps they would take when using an unmanned rover to assess whether Nova Prime, mankinds potential new home, is inhabitable.”
In addition, the DVD/Blu-ray combo pack will alsoa previously unseen version of the film’s opening, a featurette on how the world was created, a look at how the action scenes were constructed, and a featurette with previously unseen animatics and storyboards.
No price was listed in the announcement, but Amazon currently has the DVD available for preoder for $27.89 and the DVD/BD combo pack for $32.39.
When 2K Games originally announced that the strategy series XCOM would be getting a shooter-oriented spin-off — now called The Bureau: XCOM Declassified — longtime fans of the series didn’t care. But what about those who prefer shooters over strategy (like me)?
Gentle Giant have announced that they’ve got three Star Wars collectibles in the works, including a new Kenner Jumbo figure, a Clone Wars statue, and a special something for fans of The Star Wars Holiday Special.
Lilo & Stitch is, arguably, one of the best animated movies Disney ever made. So why then is this new Blu-ray edition such a botch job?
Aniplex Of America have announced that they’ll be bringing the anime Kill La Kill to the U.S. via online streaming and home video. The ’toon comes from the duo of director Hiroyuki Imaishi and writer Kazuki Nakashima, who previously collaborated on Gurren Lagann.
In an age when so many sci-fi movies are really just big dumb action flicks with aliens or superheroes, it’s nice when someone tries to do something a little deeper. Unfortunately for director Neill Blomkamp, one bad idea undermines all of the good ones in his new movie, Elysium.