The Squeakquel is in the house.
The CG animation/live-action hybrid hit Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (Fox $29.98 DVD, $39.99 Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack) arrives on home video this week, bringing with it a slew of bonus features. The film is being released as a single-disc DVD, as two-pack with bonus disc Squeak Along, and as a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack.
The single-disc edition includes the Munk Music Machine and Music Mania featurettes; while the Squeak Along bonus disc piles it on with a historical featurette on the Chipmunks, an introduction to the Chipettes, music videos and sing-along features. The Blu-ray edition features all that, plus the A-l-v-i-n-n-n-n!!! Album Maker, Live Lookup and Music In A Nutshell: Song Trivia.
If that’s not enough Chipmunks or Chippettes for you, there’s also the animated release Alvin and the Chipettes: Cinderella, Cinderella (Paramount, $16.99)
Also out this week is Guy Ritchie’s hip, VFX-enhanced version of Sherlock Holmes (Warner Bros., $29.98 DVD, $35.99 Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack).
New DVD releases for the kid vid set include Backyardigans: Escape From The Tower (Paramount, $16.99), Ben 10 Alien Force: Season 1, Vol. 6 (Warner Bros., $14.98), Nick Jr. Favorites: Go Green! (Paramount, $16.99) and WordGirl: Earth Day Girl (Paramount, $16.99)
In other home entertainment news, Disney has announced the release Oct. 5 of Beauty and the Beast: Diamond Edition as a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. A two-disc DVD edition of the restored and upgraded release will follow Nov. 23.
The film, which has been unavailable since 2003, will include restored picture, an upgraded 7.1 sound and hours of features including behind the scenes featurettes, deleted scenes, enhanced music tracks and more.
Here’s a sneak peek of Beauty and the Beast: Diamond Edition:
