Steven Universe: Gem Glow
Voice Cast: Zach Callison, Estelle, Michaela Dietz, Deedee Magno Hall, Matthew Moy, Kate Micucci, Tom Scharpling, Grace Rolek
Studio: Cartoon Network
Releae Date: January 13, 2015
Retail: $14.97
ASIN: B00OQRUACQ
Running Time: 132 minutes
Rating: TV-PG
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

Available to own on DVD is Cartoon Network's Steven Universe: Gem Glow, featuring 12 exciting episodes. The original Pilot episode is included on the single-disc as an extra.

Created by Rebecca Sugar, Steven Universe debuted on the Cartoon Network in November 2013 and it has received mostly positive reviews from critics. The series centers on four Crystal Gems (Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and Steven), whom all draw their powers from gemstones. Steven inherited his gemstone from his mother. While Steven isn't helping the Crystal Gems, he spends his days in Beach City training to use his new-found power. 

The episodes on the disc are:

Laser Light Cannon - A red eye threatens the city and the only way to stop it is to locate the Laser Light Cannon.

Gem Glow - Steven's favorite brand of ice cream sandwiches, Cookie Cat, have been taken off of the market.

Cat Fingers - While trying out his shape-shifting abilities, Steven turns his fingers into cats.

Bubble Buddies - After protecting Connie from a falling rock, Steven magically creates a magic crystal bubble, but now he can't get rid of it.

Clarence: Mystery Pinata
Voice Cast: Skyler Page, Katie Crown, Sean Giambrone, Tom Kenny, Roger Craig Smith
Studio: Cartoon Network
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Retail: $14.97
ASIN: B00OQRUAJ4
Running Time: 132 minutes
Rating: TV-PG
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:
 
Arriving on DVD this Tuesday February 10, 2015 is Cartoon Network's Clarence: Mystery Pinata, featuring 12 exciting 11-minute episodes. As an added special feature, the single disc set also includes the original pilot episode!

Clarence was created by Skyler Page and premiered last February after the Hall of Game Awards. The pilot was nominated for a Creative Arts Emmy Award. It has received high reviews from critics and animation fans.

The series follows a wholehearted boy named Clarence (voiced by Skyler Page during season one and will be voiced by Spencer Rothbell for the second season), who sees the good in everyone and everything. He spends his days going to school and hanging out his with pals, Jeff Randell and Ryan "Sumo" Sumozski. Most of the episodes focuses on Clarence and his pals setting off on an adventure or getting into some sort of trouble.

The episodes include:

Remake Rewind: D.O.A. Double Feature
Directors: Rudolph Maté, Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Edmond O'Brien, Meg Ryan
Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Retail: $9.98
ASIN: B00QMWEHWW
Running Time: 181 minutes
Rating: NR/R
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

Mill Creek Entertaining is releasing Remake Rewind DVDs this month, featuring the original and redone of several movies. One of the DVDs features the 1950 classic film noir D.O.A. and the 1988 remake of the same name. There are no special features or extras on the disc.

1950 film follows an accountant, Frank Bigelow (played by Edmond O'Brien), taking a vacation a much needed vacation. One night he stops by the nightclub "The Fisherman," and unnoticed to him, a stranger swaps drinks with him. He wakes up the next morning feeling a bit ill, so he visits a local doctor who informs him that he has been poisoned. The doctor gives him even more grim news - he has about 48 hours to live. With time running out, he is determined to find out who poisoned him and why.


The 1988 remake follows a similar storyline with a few twists, the film now follows Professor Dexter Cornell (played Dennis Quaid) finding himself being poisoned at a nightclub. With less than 36 hours to live, he goes to visit his soon-to-be-divorced ex-wife, Gail (played by Jane Kaczmarek), but he arrives just as she is being murdered. The killer knocks him out from behind. When he wakes up, he is surrounded by the police, whom all are convinced that he killed his wife.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Retail: $36.99
ASIN: B00O4ZC4TW
Running Time: 81 minutes
Rating: PG
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

Arriving on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 from Walt Disney Home Entertainment is the family-comedy Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The film is directed by iguel Arteta and stars Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner and Ed Oxenbould. Special Features on the Blu-ray includes Alexander ...In Real Life; Snappy Crocs And Punch Roos: The Australian Outback Yard Party; Walkabout: A Video Diary; And The Delightful, Magnificent, Very Good Bloopers and the music video "Hurricane" by the Vamps.

Based on the children's book of the same name by Judith Viorst, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day centers on 11-year-old Alexander Cooper (played by Ed Oxenbould), whom always has a terrible, horrible, no good, bad day, every single day. He wakes up at midnight on his birthday and wishes that his family could have just one bad day, so they would know what he goes through every day. To his surprise, his wish comes true.

His father's, Ben (played by Steve Carell), job interview doesn't go exactly as planned. His mother, Kelly (played by Jennifer Garner), works for a publishing company and she had arranged for a book reading with actor Dick Van Dyke, but it goes horribly wrong. Alexander's older brother, Anthony (played by Dylan Minnette), has even a more worse day when he gets expelled from school and he fails his driving test. His older sister Emily (played by  Kerris Dorsey), an aspiring actress, gets a terrible cold on the day she is to debut as Peter Pan in her school's play. And for some reason his baby brother Trevor (Elise and Zoey Vargas) has a green marker all over his face.

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101 Dalmatians: Diamond Editon
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman
Voice Cast: Rod Taylor, Cate Bauer, Betty Lou Gerson
Ben Wright, Lisa Davis, Martha Wentworth
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Retail: $36.99
ASIN: B00OZLF4AG
Running Time: 79 minutes
Rating: G
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

Getting the Diamond Edition Blu-ray treatment on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 is the classic Disney animation film 101 Dalmatians!

The film is based on the 1957 book by Dodie Smith, which was adapted to the screen by Bill Peet.  Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske and Wolfgang Reitherman co-directed the film, which was original titled One Hundred and One Dalmatians. It arrived in theaters in 1961 to critical acclaim and was re-released several times to theaters over the years. A live-action version was released in 1996, followed by a sequel in 2000. A short-lived animated series aired in 1997 and in 2003 the direct-to-video sequel, 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, was released.

101 Dalmatians centers on a male dalmatian, Pongo, and his bachelor owner, Roger, whom run into a single woman, Anita, and her female dalmatian, Perdita, while out for a walk on the streets of London. Roger and Anita fall in love and get married and so do their dalmatians, Pongo and Perdita. The dalmatians eventually have their own pups, fifteen to be exact - Patch, Lucky, Rolly, Penny, Freckles and Pepper. (The names for the other pups are never mentioned in the film.)

Anita's old schoolmate, Cruella De Vil, is wanting to purchase all fifteen puppies, but Roger and Anita decide to keep all the dalmatians. Everything seems to be perfect for the family until the puppies are kidnapped...

Bonus Features include:

Poker Night
Director: Greg Francis
Starring: Beau Mirchoff, Titus Welliver, Michael Eklund, Ron Eldard, Corey Large, Halston Stage, Giancarlo Esposito, Ron Perlman
Studio: XLrator Media
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Retail: $14.99
ASIN: B00PV09C6M
Running Time: 105 minutes
Rating: Not Rated
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:

Arriving on DVD from XLrator Media on Tuesday February 10, 2015 is the crime thriller Poker Night. The film is written & directed by Greg Francis and it stars Beau Mirchoff, Titus Welliver, Michael Eklund, Ron Eldard, Corey Large, Halston Stage, Giancarlo Esposito and Ron Perlman. There are no special features on the disc.

Poker Night is set in Warsaw, Indiana and centers on a rookie detective Stan Jeter (played by Beau Mirchoff) and his nearly underage girlfriend, Amy (played by Halston Sage), whom are kidnapped and tortured by a sadistic masked serial killer (played by (Michael Eklund). Stan must use the knowledge handed down to him by his veteran officers, Calabrese (played by Ron Perlman), Bernard (played by Giancarlo Esposito), Davis (played by Corey Large), Maxwell (played by Titus Welliver) and Cunningham (played by Ron Eldard), so he can outsmart the killer.

The film was released on VOD on December 5, 2014 and received a limited  theatrical release on December 20. It received mostly negative reviews from critics and holds a 38% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.