Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Sony, $28.96 DVD, $34.95 special edition two-disc DVD, $39.99 Blu-ray and DVD) arrives as the week’s major release. The movie, whose success at the box office and with critics exceeded expectations, includes a plethora of special features including a director’s commentary, behind the scenes features, game titled Flint’s Food Fight, a music video and more.
Perhaps even more anticipated by animation fans is Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures ‘ The Complete Series (Paramount, $42.99), bringing the classic late 1980s series home at last. The hilarious series, which had its share of controversy, was a seminal one for its time and featured work by Ralph Bakshi, John Kricfalusi, Bruce Timm and Andrew Stanton.
More classic superhero fare can be found in Super Friends!: Season 1, Vol. 1 (Warner Bros., $26.99), which brings at long last the original run of the classic superhero series home. The two-disc set features eight episodes, 20 minutes of bonus content and an interactive trivia game. Also out this week is Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Vol. 2 (Vivendi, $16.99), collecting episodes of the Marvel-Nicktoons series.
For the kids, a classic returns with a new two-disc edition of Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You ‘ Special Edition (Disney, $29.99). Also out for kids this week are Backyardigans: Join The Adventurer’s Club (Paramount, $16.99), Nickelodeon: We Love Our Friends (Paramount, $16.99), Sing Along with Barbie (Universal, $14.98) and Thomas & Friends: Splish, Splash, Splosh (HIT, $14.98).
Lastly, new to HD this week is Battlestar Galactica: Season One (Universal, $89.98 Blu-ray), out on Blu-ray for the first time.
