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27 January will bring the Disinformation Company release of 2012: Science or Superstition. This documentary focusing on the fascinating end of the Mayan Long Count Calendar will arrive with a 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, a stereo track, and a set of featurettes. SRP is $19.95.



















Image Entertainment has announced a 3 March release of Bert Kreischer: Comfortably Dumb. This stand-up performance by the acclaimed comedian will arrive with a 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer and a stereo track. No bonuses will be included. SRP is $14.98.



















Shout! Factory will release The Secret Policeman’s Balls on 27 January. This 3-DVD collection of five notable concerts featuring such talents as the Beyond the Fringe troupe, the Monty Python Troupe, Sting, Jackson Browne, and Kate Bush will arrive with 1.33:1 transfers, stereo tracks, a feature-length documentary (Remember The Secret Policeman’s Ball?), commentaries and intros from series creator Martin Lewis, deleted performances, TV spots, trailers, and news excerpts. SRP is $39.99.





















Image Entertainment has announced a 3 March release for Body in Numbers. This collection of Discovery Channel episodes about the human body will arrive with 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen transfers and stereo tracks. No bonuses will be included. SRP is $19.98.



















Fox will release Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Season Four, Volume One on 31 March. This first installment of the last season of the science-fiction show will arrive with 1.33:1 transfers and mono tracks, a recut, unaired pilot episode for Eleven Days to Zero, a set of interviews, and a stills gallery. SRP is $39.98.




Capitol/EMI has announced plans to release That Lucky Old Sun on 27 January. This collection of live performances by Brian Wilson that were captured as the Beach Boys singer toured for his latest album. They will arrive with 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen transfers, both Dolby Digital 5.1 and stereo tracks, a feature-length documentary on the making of the album, a set of commentaries from Wilson and Scott Bennett, two featurettes, and deleted performances. SRP is $24.98.

















Icarus Films has announced a 13 January release of Our Daily Bread. This critically acclaimed documentary about industrial food production will arrive with a 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, a stereo track, an interview with director Nikolaus Geyrhalter, two stills galleries, and the director’s filmography. SRP is $29.98.


















Image Entertainment will release Real Time on 3 March. This comedy starring Randy Quaid and Jay Baruchel will arrive with an anamorphic widescreen transfer and a Dolby Digital 5.1 track. No bonuses will be included. SRP is $27.98.




















MGM will release the original The Pink Panther on Blu-ray Disc on 27 January. This Petter Sellers comedy classic will arrive with a 2.20:1 1080p transfer, a DTS-HD 5.1 track, a Blake Edwards commentary track, five featurettes, and a trailer. SRP is $34.99.



















MTI Home Video will release Kiss of the Vampire on 6 January. This horror flick starring Daniel Goddard and Gary Daniels will arrive with a 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, a Dolby Digital 5.1 track, some cast biographies, and trailers. SRP is $24.95.



















Final details have been announced for Shout! Factory’s 27 January DVD release of Blossom: Seasons One and Two. This inaugural 6-DVD set of the sitcom will arrive with 1.33:1 transfers and stereo tracks, three featurettes, and a set of cast/crew commentary tracks. SRP is $49.99.























Final specs have been announced for Image Entertainment’s release of Ping Pong Playa on Blu-ray Disc on 6 January. This comedy starring Jimmy Tsai and Roger Fan will arrive with a 1080p transfer and a DTS-HD 5.1 track. No bonuses will be included. SRP is $35.98.



















Paramount has announced a 6 January release of Dexter: The First Season on Blu-ray Disc. This acclaimed Showtime drama’s debut season will arrive with 1.78:1 1080p transfers, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 tracks, a pair of commentary tracks featuring various cast and crew members, and some BD-exclusive goodies: two featurettes, a podcast featuring star Michael C. Hall, the first episode of Dexter’s third season, and the first two episodes of The United States of Tara. SRP is $57.99.

















Image Entertainment will release Just for Laughs: Working Class Comics on DVD on 3 February. This collection of standup material from comics like Larry the Cable Guy and Jeff Foxworthy will arrive with a 1.33:1 transfer and a stereo track. No bonuses will be included. SRP is $14.98.



















High School Musical is coming to Blu-ray Disc from Buena Vista on 17 February. This franchise-starting hit will arrive with a 1080p transfer and a set of bonus features; but both the disc’s extras and audio specs have yet to be confirmed. SRP is $34.99.



















Sony will release Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway on Blu-ray Disc on 3 February. This performance of the award-winning play will come with a 1.78:1 1080p transfer, a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track, a set of featurettes, and two BD-exclusive additional featurettes. SRP is $38.96.



















We have received final specs for Image Entertainment’s 3 March release of Fourplay: Live in Capetown. This concert featuring the world’s top contemporary jazz ensemble will arrive with a 1.33:1 transfer and a Dolby Digital 5.1 track. No bonuses will be included. SRP is $19.98.



















New Yorker Home Video has announced a 31 March DVD release of Same Old Song. This film from acclaimed director Alain Resnais (Hiroshima, Mon Amour) will arrive with an anamorphic widescreen transfer, a Dolby Digital 5.1 track, and the film’s theatrical trailer. SRP is $29.95.



















Fox has released final specs for their 3 February Blu-ray Disc edition of Napoleon Dynamite. This beloved oddity of a film will arrive with a 1080p transfer, a DTS-HD 5.1 track, two commentaries (one by director Jared Hess, actor Jon Heder, and producer Jeremy Coon and the other by actors Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez, Jon Gries, and Tina Majorino), two documentaries, deleted scenes, outtakes, and a set of featurettes. SRP is $34.99.

















Shout! Factory will release No Better Place: Fountains of Wayne Live in Chicago on 24 February. This first-ever DVD release from the “Stacy’s Mom” rockers will arrive with an anamorphic widescreen transfer, a Dolby Digital 5.1 track, and a bonus acoustic set from the band. SRP is $19.98.




Fox has announced a 3 February Blu-ray Disc release of The Secret Life of Bees. This drama starring Dakota Fanning and Jennifer Hudson will arrive with a 2.35:1 1080p transfer, a DTS-HD 5.1 track, two commentaries (one by director Gina Prince-Bythewood, producers Lauren Shuler Donner and Joe Pichirallo, and actors Dakota Fanning And Queen Latifah; another by Prince-Blythewood and editor Terilyn Shropshire), some deleted scenes, and a set of featurettes, including BD-exclusive Beekeeping 101. SRP is $39.99.
















Image Entertainment will release Treasures from American Film Archives v. 4: Avant-Garde on 3 February. This 2-DVD set of short films from some long-lost American film archives will arrive with 1.33:1 transfers and stereo tracks. No bonuses will be included. SRP is $49.98.




We have final specs for the 17 February Warner DVD release of Alien Raiders. This sci-fi adventure starring Carlos Bernard and Jeff Licon will arrive with an anamorphic widescreen transfer, a Dolby Digital 5.1 track, five featurettes, and a set of trailers. SRP is $24.98.



















We have final announcement details for Fox’s 20 January release of City of Ember. This adventure from producer Tom Hanks starring Tim Robbins and Bill Murray will arrive with a 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer and a Dolby Digital 5.1 track. No bonuses will be included. SRP is $29.98.



















Final specs have been announced for Sony’s 27 January Blu-ray Disc release of Lakeview Terrace. This Patrick Wilson and Samuel L. Jackson thriller will arrive with a 2.40:1 1080p transfer, a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track, a commentary by director Neil LaBate and Kerry Washington, some deleted scenes (with optional commentary), and six featurettes. SRP is $39.95.


















Paramount will release National Lampoon’s Stoned Age on 20 January. This goofy college comedy from director Adam Rifkin will arrive with a 1.33:1 transfer, a Dolby Digital 5.1 track, a Rifkin commentary, a blooper reel, some deleted scenes, a set of featurettes, the film’s trailer, and a DVD-ROM comic book version of the film. SRP is $29.98.





















Shout! Factory will release Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video on a 13 January DVD. This cult-classic comedy collection featuring Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, and Gilda Radner will arrive with an anamorphic widescreen transfer, a stereo track, a commentary by writer Mitch Glazer, and two featurettes. SRP is $19.99.



















Sony has announced plans to release Songs in Ordinary Time on 27 January. This CBS television movie starring Sissy Spacek and Beau Bridges will arrive with a 1.33:1 transfer and a stereo track on DVD. No bonuses will be included. SRP is $19.94.




Sony will release Bewitched: The Complete Seventh Season on 3 February on DVD. This season of the hit show (which was nominated for an Emmy) features guest performances from Cesar Romero and Imogene Coca and will arrive with 1.33:1 transfers and mono tracks. No bonuses will be included. SRP is $39.95.



















We have final specs for Sony’s 27 January Blu-ray Disc release of Groundhog Day. This Bill Murray comedy will arrive with a 1.85:1 1080p transfer, a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track, a commentary by director Harold Ramis, three featurettes, a set of deleted scenes, and a BD-exclusive picture-in-picture track with Needle Nose Ned. SRP is $28.95.


















Fox will release Gospel Hill on 10 February. This inspirational drama starring Angela Bassett and Danny Glover will arrive on DVD with a 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer and a Dolby Digital 5.1 track. No bonus features will be included. SRP is $26.98.



















Fox will release Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder on 24 February. This latest adventure from the Futurama folks will arrive with an anamorphic widescreen transfer, a Dolby Digital 5.1 track, a commentary by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, John DiMaggio, Maurice LaMarche, Michael Rowe, Lee Supercinski, Patric M. Verrone, and Peter Avanzino, a set of featurettes, some deleted scenes, and an animatic sequence. SRP is $29.98.


















3 February will bring the release of The Tenth Circle from Sony. This Lifetime movie starring Kelly Preston will arrive with a 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer, a Dolby Digital 5.1 track, and a set of previews. SRP is $24.96.




Final specs have been announced for Fox’s 3 February Blu-ray Disc release of Little Miss Sunshine. This Oscar-winning comedy starring Alan Arkin and Steve Carell will arrive with a 1080p transfer, a DTS-HD 5.1 track, a commentary by directors Jonathon Dayton and Valerie Faris, some deleted scenes, four featurettes, a stills gallery, a music video, and a promo for the film’s soundtrack. SRP is $34.99.


















20 January will bring the release of Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger from HBO. This 3-DVD set of stand-up performances from the famed comedian will arrive on DVD with an anamorphic widescreen transfer, a Dolby Digital 5.1 track, three full performances of the show, a behind-the-scenes featurette, and an interview with the comic. SRP is $29.98.