The brand-new animated feature Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers arrives on home video today, along with the third season of the French/Canadian animated series Redwall, based on the fantasy book series by Brian Jacques. On the visual effects side, there’s plenty to be found in the Warner Home Video releases of the big-budget disaster pic, Poseidon and the video-game inspired creep-out, Silent Hill.
Directed by Scott Jeralds (Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico, Superman: The Animated Series), Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers capitalizes on the popularity of pirate movies by setting the cat-and-mouse chase action on the high seas. When they come across a cured treasure map, Tom and Jerry each set out in search of buried booty, contending with nasty pirates and sea creatures along the way. Bonus materials incude a ‘swashbuckling menu challenge,’ according to the trailer. The Warner Home Video release lists for $19.98.
The third and final season of Redwall tells the story of Martin the Warrior, the mouse hero of Redwall Abbey, and his journey from childhood to legendary status achieved by battling an order of villainous rats. The disc includes 13 episodes and the soundtrack performed by the Czechoshlovak State Orchestra. The release is distributed by FUNimation and retails for $29.98.
Director Wolfgang Petersen’s remake of The Poseidon Adventure, now simply titled Poseidon, stars Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas and Richard Dreyfuss as passengers abord a cruise ship that gets turned upsidedown by a massive tidal wave. Released theatrically earlier this summer, the film features visual effects by Motion Picture Company, Giant Killer Robots, Hydraulx, CIS Hollywood, Industrial Light & Magic, Frantic Films, Lola Visual Effects, Pixel Playground and Scanline. The two-disc Special Edition includes such extras as a the behind-the-scenes featurette titled Poseidon: A Ship on a Soundstage, a film school intern’s diary, a set design featurette titled Poseidon: Upside Down and the History Channel documentary Rogue Waves. The Special Edition lists for $34.98 while the standard release can be had for $28.98.
Based on the successful Konami video game, Silent Hill stars Radha Mitchell as a woman who encounters supernatural forces as she searches for her lost daughter in an abandoned West Virginia town that was devastated years earlier by a massive fire. Directed by Christophe Gans (Brotherhood of the Wolf), the chiller features some striking and haunting visuals created by vfx houses BUF, Luma Pictures, Mr. X Inc., MOKKO Studio, C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, Intelligent Creatures Inc., Frantic Films and Invisible Pictures. DVD extras incude a making-of featurette titled Path of Darkness, six production diaries that delve into the origins of Silent Hill, casting the film, building the town, stars and stunts, creature choreography and constructing the creepy creatures. The DVD carries a suggested retail price of $28.95.
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