You can go where no man has gone before as you stroll through the video aisles, as “Star Trek: The Original Series: The Complete Series Blu-ray” is available for the first time in history.Wow, the high definition makes the show look like it never has before.
The 20-disc collection features all 79 episodes with a treasure trove of bonus material. It is presented by Paramount Home Video Distribution/CBS Home Entertainment.
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Speaking of mighty TV titles, check out “Games of Thrones Steelbook Seasons 3 & 4 Collector Sets” (HBO Home Entertainment). Awesome, collectible steelbook packaging accentuates these collector-edition Blu-ray sets. Each steelbook features a specific location that is significant to that season and includes usable magnets on packaging featuring GOT sigils and symbols. Additionally, besides the previous bonus features, another add-on is new audio technology Dolby Atmos, which delivers sound and music to specific areas of the room.
Disney presents Blu-ray 3D and Blu-ray of “Zootopia,” a mega-hit animated comedy-adventure that is really a buddy-cop comedy, with animals, of course! One of many bonus features, “Research: A True-Life Adventure” shows how filmmakers traveled the globe to find inpiration for the diverse characters.
“Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Complete Season One” (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment) is another family-friendly option on video shelves. The two-disc collector’s set includes all 16 first-season episodes.
What’s not to love with the “When Calls the Heart” productions? The latest is “Heart of a Hero” (Shout! Factory), a romantic adventure starring fetching Erin Krakow, Daniel Lissing and, of course, Jack Wagner and Lori Loughlin.
Icarus Films presents “I, Anna,” a tantalizing film about the lives of a beautiful divorcee and trouble detective, and how their lives intersect during the investigation of a vicious murder in London.
Speaking of London, “London Has Fallen” (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment) is all about revenge … against an American president. The Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Angela Bassett film is a follow-up to “Olympus Has Fallen.” Bonus features include a making-of special.
EntertainmentOne presents “Altered Minds,” a psychological thriller about a dying man who is accused on his deathbed by his family of adopting them to conduct dark experiments of mind control.
“The Wave” (Magnolia Home Entertainment) is a must-watch for anyone who has visited Norway (like me). A tsunami engulfs a Norwegian tourist destination, and a fjord is plummeted by tons of mountainous rock, creating a 300-foot-high wave. Will Geiranger ever be the same?