It’s a big day for heroines, with the most-recent adventures for Tinker Bell and Katniss Everdeen arriving on home video.
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast (Disney, $36.99 Blu-ray, DVD and digital copy; $29.99 DVD) is the seventh in the series of Tinker Bell movies and features a tale of Fawn befriending a frightening creature and finding a way for it to be accepted by the other fairies of Pixie Hollow. Boasting a more action-oriented take on the fairies, bonus features include: “5 Essential Ingredients to Getting Gruff,” “My Dad’s Movie: The True Story of the Neverbeast,” “Jeff Corwin’s Guide to Real-World Neverbeasts” and deleted scenes.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (Lionsgate, $39.99 Blu-ray, DVD and digital copy; $29.95 DVD and digital copy) presents the penultimate chapter in the saga of Katniss Everdeen and features five hours of bonus materials, including a feature-length behind-the-scenes documentary “The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of Mockingjay – Part 1.” Additional special features include “Straight from the Heart: A Tribute to Philip Seymour Hoffman,” deleted scenes, an audio commentary with director Francis Lawrence and producer Nina Jacobson, as well as the “Songs of Rebellion: Lorde on Curating the Soundtrack” featurette.
It’s a big week for kid-oriented discs, with the release of Barbie in Princess Power (Universal, $26.98 Blu-ray, DVD and digital copy; $19.98 DVD), Adventure Time & Friends (Warner Bros., $9.97 DVD), Adventure Time: Frost & Fire (Warner Bros., $19.82 DVD), Bubble Guppies: Fin-Tastic Collection (Paramount, $21.99 DVD), Dr. Seuss’ Cat in the Hat & Friends (Warner Bros., $19.97 DVD), Lalaloopsy: The Festival of Sugary Sweets (Lionsgate, $14.98 DVD and digital copy), Paw Patrol: Marshall & Chase on the Case (Paramount, $14.99 DVD), Peanuts: Snoopy & Friends (Warner Bros., $9.97 DVD), Peg + Cat: Peg Rocks (PBS, $12.99 DVD) and Thomas & Friends: Dinos & Discoveries (Universal, $14.98 DVD).
Anime releases include Unbreakable Machine Doll: The Complete Series (FUNimation, $64.98 Blu-ray and DVD), Space Dandy: Season 1 (FUNimation, $69.98 Blu-ray and DVD) and Ranma½ : Set 5 (VIZ Media, $54.97 Blu-ray, $44.82 DVD).
