On November 17th, Paramount Home Entertainment will release Star Trek on DVD & Blu-ray and all of the big DVD chains are fighting to earn your business. That’s good for you, except for one thing. With all these great retail exclusives, how will you choose just one?

**Best Buy – Collectible Gift Set with four pack of badge pins. (As seen in photo)
**Hollywood Video – Rent/Buy any Star Trek DVD and be entered to win an autographed poster of Uhura (Zoe Saldana).
**Transworld (FYE/Coconuts/Suncoast) – Collectible Steelbook packaging.

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen will hit stores on October 20th in both DVD & Blu-ray.
If you’re going Blu-ray, head over to Best Buy for their limited gift set which includes an exclusive Optimus Prime mini head replica and $50 gift card to sideshowcollectibles.com. Now that’s a nice bonus.
If you’re not into the whole experience, Amazon has the single-disc DVD version of Transformers Revenge of the Fallen for under $20.
The official Transformers website has some fun content in honor of the release including personalized phone calls from Optimus Prime/Starscream and the “Robotize Me” app.
Want to go behind the …read more

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment calls a press conference to announce the release of Icons of Sci-Fi: Toho Collection on DVD.
Icons of Sci-Fi: Toho Collection is a great look at some of the classic films of Ishiro Honda and Toho Studios. This DVD set, which streets on August 18, includes H-Man (1958), Battle in Outer Space (1959), and Mothra (1961).  Each film has been digitally re-mastered for the best possible picture and includes the original Japanese versions and the U.S. versions, and commentaries on Battle in Outer Space and Mothra.
Mothra was one of my favorite Saturday afternoon monster …read more

Yeah, it’s cliché but I couldn’t resist – it’s also true. The new Star Trek movie DVD, which will be released on November 17,  is going to have an interactive feature that has never been used on a DVD before. It’s so new, I’m not sure I even understand it.
According to Variety, the DVD packaging will be the key to unlocking an online hologram image of the starship Enterprise. You’ll log in to a special site, then hold your box art up to a webcam for access. Now, if they stopped there, I’d figure that the box is …read more

Nightmare Before Christmas fans, have you seen Coraline? Based on a book by Neil Gaiman, this is the first stop motion film to be done in stereoscopic 3-D. It’s dark, it’s creepy and it’s now available on DVD.
The DVD from Universal Home Entertainment comes out on July 21 in a standard single disc version (the one we’re giving away) a Blu-Ray / DVD combo and a 2-disc collector’s version with tons of great special features.
To win your copy, courtesy of Universal Home Entertainment, simply leave a comment on this post and we’d love it if you mentioned your favorite …read more

We’ve got a new giveaway for five lucky SFUniverse readers, it’s the Nicolas Cage thriller “Knowing” on DVD.
In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule. But one of the students, a mysterious girl who seems to hear whispered voices, fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead.
Fast forward 50 years to the present: A new generation of students examines the contents of the time capsule and the girl’s cryptic message ends up in the hands …read more

Ever since those Winchester boys opened the gates of hell, it’s been a paranormal paradise here on Earth. And who do people call when they’ve got spirit problems? Ghostbusters, of course. Trouble is, there’s simply too much work for the guys to handle alone so they’ve decided to hire on some extra help. That’s where you come in.
The Ghostbusters are hiring and they’ve set up a new website where they’re taking applications. It’s called, (appropriately) GhostbustersIsHiring.com. Egon Spengler is still putting the finishing touches on the site, but when it’s done you’ll be able to upload your own ghostbusting photos …read more

Can you believe it’s been ten years since the release of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Meance? It seems like only yesterday that I was sitting in the audience watching. . . . hmmm. . . maybe I shouldn’t say. You know a lady never reveals her age.
It’s also been ten years since the release of the original Star Wars fandom documentary, A Galaxy Far Far Away. Back in 1999, filmmaker Tariqu Jalil decided to take his camera along on an exploration of the Star Wars phenomena. He hung out with fans who camped for more than a month …read more

Today’s the release day for that new set of Star Trek DVDs in both standard and Blu-Ray and both Best Buy and Hollywood Video are offering exclusives.
The items should be good on the purchase of any of the following; Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection, Star Trek: Motion Picture Trilogy, The Best of Star Trek: The Original Series or The Best of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Hollywood Video / Movie Gallery is giving away a free poster featuring the original crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise!
Best Buy is offering an exclusive Klingon Bird-of-Prey Token for Star Trek Scene It? DVD …read more

Not only does My Bloody Valentine 3-D star Jensen Ackles from Supernatural, but did you know that even Jared and Supernatural fans get a mention, too! It’s all part of the commentary track that you’ll find on the new DVD release which hits shelves on May 19.
Director Patrick Lussier and writer Todd Farmer have a congenial chat as they watch the film, doling out great behind the scenes stories and cluing you in on some of the things you may have missed. Ackles fans will get a particular kick out of Lussier’s observations about the talented actor, whom he …read more