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New Movies & TV Shows on DVD and Blu-ray

Christmas is coming at us fast… if we have movie fans on our shopping lists, sometimes it’s pretty convenient to hit up online resources and git these titles in the mail pronto!!!

Movies coming out this week on new DVD & Blu-ray releases on Tuesday, December 13th, include stars such as Jack Black (voice), James Franco, Seth MacFarlane (voice), Timothy Dalton, Colin Farrell & some classic Judy Garland (on a new Blu-ray Disc {BD}).  (And don’t forget, if you’re interested, you can sign up for a chance to win Farscape, the entire series, on Blu-ray.  Now that would be a great gift for yourself loved on your list I mean!)

This week there are around 100 new titles hitting the market, so let’s dive right in looking at something for the entire family,

New DVD and Blu-ray Releases - Kung Fu Panda, Planet of the Apes, Family Guy

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Kung Fu Panda 2 on DVD

Kung Fu Panda 2 (on Amazon)

Kung Fu Panda 2 stars Jack Black, Seth Rogen and Angelina Jolie is a great and fun animated flick.  I caught this one in the theater and loved it. {Movie review of Kung Fu Panda 2 }

The DVD package special features include

- Sneak peek episode of the upcoming Nickelodeon TV series “Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness”
- Filmmakers’ Commentary
- Meet the Cast
- World of DreamWorks Animation

While the DVD/Blu-ray combo pack includes the following special features:

Disc One (HD)

- Kung Fu Panda 2 movie
- An all-new Po adventure, Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
- Sneak peek episode of the upcoming Nickelodeon TV series “Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness”
- Blu-ray Exclusive Extras:

The Animator’s Corner
Trivia Track
Animation Inspiration

- Filmmakers’ Commentary
- Kickin’ It with the Cast
- Panda Stories: Inside the World of the Giant Panda
- Kung Fu Shuffle
- Nǐ Hǎo
- World of DreamWorks Animation

Disc Two (SD)

- Kung Fu Panda 2 movie
- Digital Copy Download: Kung Fu Panda 2

Kung Fu Panda World
- Get 2 free Kung Fu Panda World Online Game Memberships (memberships good through 4/30/12).
- Kung Fu Panda World is the virtual game world for kids to follow in Po’s footsteps to become a kung fu master.
- Create avatars, play games with favorite characters, win points towards earning a kung fu black belt, chat with friends and more!

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If you ask me about whether you want to BRoWT (Buy, Rent, or Wait till it comes to TV), I think this is one of those special movies that would do a fine job sitting on your entertainment shelf for repeated viewing.

IMDb score, after almost 42k votes, sits at 7.5.  That’s  a good score!

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Jumping from the family friendly animated film to the serious movie buff and fan of the franchise, we have this week,

Rise of the Planet ofthe Apes on DVD and Blu-ray

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Two-Disc Edition Blu Ray + DVD/Digital Copy Combo)

Rise of the Planet of the Apes, starring James Franco, Andy Serkis and Freida Pinto.

As far as I’m concerned, this prequel to the Planet of the Apes classic movie franchise did the franchise justice and did not disappoint.

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In case you didn’t know, The Expendables, starring Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren and Steve Austin pulled in around $275 million worldwide.

The movie was made, sort of indie style, meaning it was made outside the normal studio system.  Then Lionsgate picked it up for distribution.

The sequel for The Expendables is being developed by Stallone under the umbrella of producer Millennium Films and is meeting with directors to helm the next film in the franchise.

He had starred and directed the first film.

The script for The Expendables 2 has been written already, by David Agosto (Big Canyon) and Ken Kaufman (The Missing).

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