By David Weiner
5:33 PM PDT, October 1, 2013
James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson and more make the apocalypse hilarious in This Is the End; The Wizard of Oz 75th Anniversary Edition on 3D Blu-ray; Glee's fourth season sings; New Girl; HIMYM; and more in this week's new releases.
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New on Blu-ray & DVD: October 1
Sony Pictures
James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson and more make the apocalypse hilarious in This Is the End; The Wizard of Oz 75th Anniversary Edition on 3D Blu-ray; Glee's fourth season sings; New Girl; HIMYM; and more in this week's new releases.
This Is the End
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Michael Cera and Emma Watson play versions of themselves in this hilarious hit apocalyptic comedy co-directed by Rogen. Trapped in a house when the real reckoning comes, the celebrities must grapple with cabin fever and try not to kill each other with their non-existent survival skills. Bonus features include a gag reel, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes, "line-o-rama" and much more fun stuff!
The Croods
Dreamworks Animation
This CGI prehistoric caveman comedy features the vocal talents of Emma Watson, Ryan Reynolds, Nicolas Cage, Cloris Leachman and Catherine Keener. Follow the world's first family as they set out on the adventure of a lifetime when their cave is destroyed and they discover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures -- and their outlook is changed forever.
The Wizard of Oz 75th Anniversary Edition on 3D Blu-ray
Warner Bros.
Follow the yellow brick road with this all-new 75th anniversary edition on 3D Blu-ray! Available in a regular Blu-ray featuring a 3D version of the film, The Wizard of Oz is also available in a 75th Anniversary Collector's Edition five-disc set with a new documentary, bonus features and premium collectible memorabilia including a sparkle ruby slippers globe, a 75th anniversary journal, a three-piece enamel pin set, a map of Oz and a 48-page hardcover book.
The Little Mermaid on Blu-ray
Disney
The Little Mermaid is back for the first time ever on Blu-ray! One of the last great hand-drawn animated films by Disney for quite some time, The Academy Award-winning classic (for Best Music, Original Score, and Best Music, Original Song -- Under The Sea) is based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale and follows Ariel, a free-spirited mermaid princess, who longs to be part of the human world – and gets her wish, thanks to the sneaky sea witch, Ursula. Ariel embarks on the adventure of a lifetime with her good friends Flounder and Sebastian at her side, but with her father's undersea kingdom at stake, she must find the courage and determination to make things right in both her worlds. Bonus features include Part of Your World music video performed by Carly Rae Jepson; deleted character details; Disney Intermission with Crab-E-Oke Sing Along and more!
Glee: The Complete Fourth Season
20th Century Fox
With plenty of music to spare, the exhilarating fourth season of the hit FOX show finds Rachel and Kurt in New York City, Finn with a surprising new career, Will and Emma at a crossroads and Sue confronting a shocking situation! Super guest stars include Sarah Jessica Parker, Kate Hudson and Whoopi Goldberg. Bonus features include deleted scenes, Glee Music Jukebox, Movin' On Up: Glee in NYC, Girls (and Boys) On Film and much more.
How I Met Your Mother: Season Eight
20th Century Fox
Neil Patrick Harris, Cobie Smulders, Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel and Josh Radnor are back for the hilarious seventh season of the hit comedy, with guest stars Mike Tyson, Seth Green, Jayma Mays, Ralph Macchio and Geddy Lee from Rush!
New Girl: The Complete Second Season
20th Century Fox
The romantic tension between Zooey Deschanel and Jake Johnson's characters escalate in the hilarious, quirky second season of the hit sitcom. Guest stars include Jamie Lee Curtis, Rob Reiner and Dennis Farina, with fun bonus materia including a gag reel, deleted scenes and the extended version of the hugely popular Virgins episode.
The Amityville Horror Trilogy on Blu-ray
Shout Factory
Get out! The '70s haunted horror classic based on a true story and its two follow-ups is now available in a three-film set from Scream Factory! Includes 1979's The Amityville Horror, the film that started it all, starring James Brolin, Margot Kidder and Rod Steiger; Amityville II: The Possession, the 1982 prequel also based on a true story starring James Olson, Burt Young, Rutanya Alda, Andrew Prine, Jack Magner and Diane Franklin; and the campy Amityville 3D (starring Tony Roberts, Tess Harper and Candy Clark), available for the first time ever on 3D Blu-ray. Includes extensive bonus features.
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! Best of Collection
Anchor Bay
Wow! The must-have addition to any preschooler’s DVD library featuring everyone’s favorite bendy-tailed guy is here! The Best of Collection features four jam-packed discs with 28 episodes and more than four and a half hours of engaging entertainment, chock full of singing and dancing. Includes coloring and activity sheets, toe-tapping music videos and much more.
House of Wax 3D 60th Anniversary Edition on 3D Blu-ray
Warner Home Entertainment
Just in time for Halloween, the original, creepy Vincent Price 3D favorite is back to celebrate its 60th anniversary, newly restored and remastered in high-definition 3D Blu-ray. The classic mystery shocker that paved the way for a 3D boom in the '50s follows the owner and figure sculptor in a wax museum whose specialty is historic figures. Left for dead after a dispute with his business partner, his fate and the mystery of how the lifelike waxed figures are created becomes gruesomely evident. Includes the new featurette House of Wax: Unlike Anything You've Seen Before and Mystery of The Wax Museum, the original 1933 film on which House of Wax is based. A 2D version of House of Wax is also included.
Jack Irish
Acorn Media
Iron Man 3 baddie Guy Pearce plays the brooding antihero Jack Irish, a former lawyer who has reinvented himself as a part-time private investigator and debt collector with a knack for getting into trouble. Set 1 contains two feature-length movie mysteries, Bad Debts and Black Tide, filled with smart performances and dark humor. Includes a behind-the-scenes featurette.
Beauty & the Beast: The First Season
Paramount
Smallville star Kristin Kreuk heads this reboot of the '80s TV favorite as Catherine Chandler, a detective who was saved from her mother's murderers by Vincent, a beast-like man (Jay Ryan), only to discover a decade later that he's an ex-supersoldier with a mysterious past.