Autumn is definitely working its magic on the home video shelves, delivering this week a double dose of magic and frosty coolness.
Leading the pack is the most-recent original animated DVD feature starring Peter Pan’s best pal, Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (Disney, $29.98 DVD, $39.99 Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack). Directed by Klay Hall, the movie includes as bonus features deleted scenes, a Magical Guide to Pixie Hollow, alternate scenes and a featurette on how filmmakers turned Epcot Center at Disney World into Pixie Hollow.
Also out this week is the summer smash hit Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Fox, $29.98 DVD, $39.99 Blu-ray). Packed with bonus features, this international blockbuster also is available in double pack with The Scrat Pack, a collection of the shorts, exclusive games and other material starring the determined critter and his beloved nut (Fox, $34.98). With an international box-office gross of $878,498,000 the movie is one of the year’s biggest features.
Fox is celebrating the release of the film Tuesday with a special event at ICE at Santa Monica, 1324 Fifth St. in Santa Monica, Calif., that includes a 45-foot-tall ice sculpture of Scrat. The sculpture, which uses more than 133,000 pounds of ice, is attempting to break the Guinness Record for tallest ice sculpture, which currently stands at 40.28 feet. Ice skating and other entertainment will be available, with the sculpture due to be unveiled Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 4 p.m.
Soaring into orbit this week are the new feature Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (Universal, $26.98 DVD, $39.98 Blu-ray) and Cartoon Network’s hit The Secret Saturdays, Vol. 2 (Turner, $14.97).
Anime fans will find this could be an expensive, but rewarding week, with the release of Pokemon DP Battle Dimension, Box 3 (VIZ, $24.92), Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Vol. 5 and Vol. 6 (VIZ, $14.98 each), Genshiken 2: Vol. 2 (Media Blasters, $29.99), Little Snow Fairy Sugar: Collection 1 (ADV, $39.98), Naruto Shippuden: Vol. 2 (VIZ, $24.92) and Popotan: Complete Collection (ADV, $29.98).
And classic cartoons get the deluxe treatment in the new collections Adult Swim in a Box (Turner, $69.98), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero Complete Collection (Vivendi, $179.99), Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s Vol. 2 ($26.99) and Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1970s Vol. 2 ($26.99).
