Family films that include a good size portion of animated and VFX-heavy fare are sweeping onto DVD and Blu-ray this week, alongside this year’s Best Picture Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire.
The Danny Boyle directed Slumdog (Fox Searchlight, $29.98 DVD, $39.99 Blu-ray) is the powerhouse release of the week, giving home viewers a chance to see why it won eight Oscars and was nominated for two more.
Disney delivers a pair of Earth Day-themed animated features to DVD, with Handy Manny: Manny’s Green Team ($19.99) and School House Rock: Earth! ($26.99).
Disney also has a weekend release set for the Adam Sandler comedy Bedtime Stories ($29.99 DVD, $32.99 Deluxe Edition DVD, $39.99 Blu-ray), which hits stores April 3 on DVD and April 5 on Blu-ray. Fox has another family film release with Marley & Me ($29.98 DVD, $34.98 Special Edition DVD, $39.99 Special Edition Blu-ray).
Other animated releases due out on Tuesday include: Dragon Ball Z: Broly Triple Feature (FUNimation, $29.98 DVD, $34.98 Blu-ray), Go Diego Go: Rainforest Fiesta (Paramount $16.99), One Piece: Season 1, Fourth Voyage (FUNimation, $49.98), Pok’mon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior (Universal, $19.98) The Real Ghostbusters: Volume 1 (City Lights, $39.95), Shigurui Death Frenzy: The Complete Series (FUNimation, $59.98 DVD, $69.98 Blu-ray), Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Big Journey (Fox, $14.98), Super 300 Cartoon Collection (Digital1Stop, $24.98) and Thomas & Friends: High Speed Adventures (HIT Entertainment, $14.98).
