Experience All the GLEE of the Sold-Out Nationwide Concert From the Comfort of Your Living Room On Blu-ray and DVD December 20th

Nominated for a Golden Globe® for Best Television Comedy, audiences everywhere can see TV’s hottest musical sensation as a full length feature film when GLEE: THE CONCERT MOVIE comes to Blu-ray and DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment on December 20th. Enjoy the breath-taking concert experience like never before with new exciting never-before-seen and extended performances, clips of fans’ favorite characters, exclusive extras and more, all from the comfort of your living room.

Featuring everyone’s favorite Glee stars including Lea Michele, Jane Lynch, Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer, Dianna Agron, Darren Criss, Mark Salling, Naya Rivera, Heather Morris and the rest of the Glee cast. GLEE: THE CONCERT MOVIE features fan favorite hits recorded live from the sold-out nationwide concert.

GLEE: THE CONCERT MOVIE on Blu-ray and DVD is the first ever home entertainment release to feature exclusive “Shazamable Moments.” Fans can access song lyrics to 18 featured tracks, exclusive photos, trivia question and clips from 30 “Shazamable Moments” through the Shazam app on their smartphones or tablets. How cool is that? Here’s a clip from YouTube of Artie and Mike performing Michael Jackson’s “PYT” that has the Shazam logo.

My favorite place to buy movies is Amazon.com, so I looked this one up. Glee: The Concert Movie on Blu-ray is $19.99, and the DVD of Glee: The Concert Movie is $14.99. You can also look for it at Walmart, Target, Best Buy, etc.

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From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes “Winnie the Pooh,”  a delightful romp through the Hundred Acre Wood that is sure to entertain kids of all ages. This is the first new Pooh movie in 35 years! I received the Winnie the Pooh Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy from Disney Home Entertainment to review.

“The entire story takes place in the course of a day,” says director Don Hall. “It’s business as usual in the Hundred Acre Wood. Pooh wakes up absolutely famished and he happens to have no honey. So that sets him out on his journey, which is ultimately derailed-first by a contest to find Eeyore a new tail.”

Pooh later finds a note from Christopher Robin that reads: “Gone out. Busy. Back soon.” But then Owl misinterprets the note, proclaiming that the boy has been captured by a creature called a “Backson.” Soon, the whole gang is on a wild quest to save Christopher Robin from the imaginary culprit. It turns out to be a very busy day for a bear who simply hoped to find some honey.

I saw the movie at a special screening during BlogHer this past summer, and I couldn’t wait to share it with my kids, especially my 5 year old daughter. To my surprise, not only did she watch (and love!) it, but my 15 and almost-13 year old sons watched it as well and really enjoyed it. They got a kick out of John Cleese’s narration, Tom Kenny (the voice of Spongebob) as Rabbit, and Craig Ferguson as Owl. There’s a sequence where Pooh daydreams about a world made of honey that my oldest son thought was amazingly done.

One tip for watching this movie – watch the credits. ALL the credits, because not only do the characters interact with the credits, but then there’s another bit of the movie at the end that is a must-see. Trust me!

I was also thrilled to see that the digital copy, DVD, and Blu-ray are all packed with bonus features. Check these out!

Blu-ray Bonus Features:

• Exclusive bonus short “Mini-Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Balloon” – In this charming short, Pooh comes up with a daring plan to get a hold of some honey by fooling a group of bees.

• “The Ballad of Nessie” – The animated short film included in the theatrical release is the heartwarming tale of how Nessie found her new home in the Loch Ness.

• “Winnie the Pooh and His Story Too” – A fun and informative behind-the-scenes look at the film, designed for the whole family. Hosted by John Cleese (narrator of the film), and with occasional help from Pooh himself, this featurette explores Winnie the Pooh?s history from his beginnings as a character in a book, to his continued life in the movies. The filmmakers reveal how they worked to keep the look of the characters and settings in this movie consistent with their first appearances on-screen in 1966. Pooh, being a bear of very little mind, finds much of this confusing, but the Narrator and the filmmakers make it all clear to Pooh – and you!

• Deleted Scenes introduced by directors, Stephen Anderson and Don Hall – 5 deleted scenes including “The Tummy Song,” “”Rabbit?s Friends and Relations,” “Original Eeyore Intro,” “Original Tigger Intro” and “Pooh Searches for a Tail”

• Sing-Along with the Movie – Follow the red balloon and changing word colors to seven song lyrics featured in the film.

• Disney Song Selection – “Winnie the Pooh Theme Song,” “The Tummy Song, “A Very Important Thing To Do,” “The Backson Song,” “It?s Gonna Be Great,” “Everything is Honey” and “The Winner Song Finale”.

DVD Bonus Features:

• “Mini-Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Balloon”

• “The Ballad of Nessie”

• Deleted scenes introduced by directors, Stephen Anderson and Don Hall – 3 deleted scenes including “The Tummy Song,” “”Rabbit?s Friends and Relations” and “Pooh Searches for a Tail”

Movie Download Bonus Features:

• “Mini-Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Balloon”

• “The Ballad of Nessie”

• Deleted Scenes introduced directors. Stephen Anderson and Don Hall – 3 deleted scenes including “The Tummy Song,” “Rabbit?s Friends and Relations” and “Pooh Searches for a Tail”

The Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy of Winnie the Pooh as well as the Winnie The Pooh Movie Two-Disc Blu-ray / DVD Combo in DVD Packaging are available where movies are sold as well as from Amazon.com. Either would make a wonderful holiday gift for a special little one on your list!
 
 

The show is set in Boston, with Harmon as Jane Rizzoli, a tough, working-class Homicide Detective, and Alexander as Maura Isles, a Medical Examiner who grew up privileged.  When the series opens, the two are friends and working together to solve crimes, while also helping each other navigate through life. The two actresses play off of each other perfectly, it’s completely believable that they’ve been friends for years and truly care about each other.

The series’ backstory is inspired by Tess Gerritsen’s book “The Surgeon”. Boston detective Jane Rizzoli (Angie Harmon) was investigating a serial killer named Charles Hoyt (Michael Massee) some time before the series began. Hoyt, who was banned from medical school for fondling a corpse, used his vast medical knowledge to systematically torture and kill vulnerable women. Eventually, he captures Rizzoli and pins her to the floor with scalpels. As he prepares to cut Rizzoli’s throat, her partner, Vince Korsak (Bruce McGill), shoots Hoyt and saves Rizzoli’s life. Rizzoli reasons that, after seeing her so vulnerable, Korsak would never trust her as a partner.

The series pilot, “See One. Do One. Teach One”, is largely based on the novel “The Apprentice”. Rizzoli and Isles investigate a killer with Hoyt’s modus operandi, plus an interest in necrophilia. Rizzoli and Isles discover that the copycat was a soldier named John Stark (Brendan McCarthy) who met Hoyt in medical school, had his identity erased for CIA black operations, and mimicked Hoyt’s MO in a killing spree during said operations. Meanwhile, Hoyt escapes from prison and rejoins his apprentice. They capture Rizzoli and attempt to kill her, but she manages to disarm them by tasing them and impaling Hoyt in the eye with a flare. She shoots the apprentice to death and, when Hoyt reaches for Rizzoli’s gun, she shoots him through the hands, giving him injuries similar to the ones he gave her.

Other great actors in this series include Lorraine Bracco (The Sopranos) as Jane’s mother and Chazz Palminteri (The Usual Suspects) as her father (that is some perfect casting right there),  Lee Thompson Young (FlashForward) as Rizzoli’s current partner Barry Frost, and Bruce McGill (he played D-Day on Animal House!) as Jane’s former partner Vince Korsak.

If you like shows like Law & Order, NCIS, or CSI, you’ll like Rizzoli & Isles. The Complete First Season has all ten episodes plus these bonus features -

• Rizzoli & Isles: Bringing the Characters to Life (Series Developer Janet Tamaro Discusses Adapting Dr. Tess Gerritsen’s Novels)
• Unaired Scenes
• Gag Reel
• Rizzoli & Isles: Chicks in a Bottle (Explore the Dynamics of One of TV’s Most Compelling Female Relationships Via Cast/Creator Interviews and Behind-the-Scenes Footage).