Blade Runner Ultimate Collector's Edition
List: $78.92 DVD; $99.98 HD & Blu-ray
No need to even wrap this one. Five versions of Ridley Scott's masterpiece starring Harrison Ford come packed inside this numbered, limited-edition Rick Deckard briefcase. Disc One is the newly remastered, restored and sweetened Blade Runner: Final Cut with director's commentary and new 5.1 audio. Disc Two contains the feature-length behind-the-scenes documentary Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner. The film's 1982 theatrical version, 1982 international version and 1992 director's cut make up Disc Three. Disc Four bundles more than 15 bonus features including more than 80 minutes of deleted scenes. The real gem is Disc Five which houses the movie's ultra-rare workprint version. Also inside your briefcase you'll find a Spinner car replica, an origami unicorn figurine, illustration and photo cards and a lenticular Motion Film Clip in lucite. Available on DVD, HD-DVD and Blu-ray formats.
Live Free or Die Hard: Collector's Edition
List: $34.98 DVD; $39.98 Blu-ray
See if Steve Carell's impassioned deconstruction of the Die Hard franchise on The Office holds up. The kick-ass return of Bruce Willis as New York cop John McClane is given its due in this kick-ass, unrated, two-disc special edition DVD in widescreen with concussive 5.1 Dolby Digital sound. The extended cut of the cyber-terrorist action flick co-starring "Mac Guy" Justin Long includes deleted scenes and audio commentary by Willis and director Len Wiseman. The highlight of the second bonus disk is Yippee-Ki-Yay, Motherfucker!, a one-on-one conversation with Bruce Willis and co-star Kevin Smith. The comprehensive feature-length documentary Analog Hero in a Digital World: Making of Live Free or Die Hard is divided into 10 chapters that include "Attack of the Franchise" and "The Cutting Room." And the infamous "Die Hard" montage YouTube video by Guyz Nite has been expanded to include Live Free or Die Hard footage. Also available on Blu-ray disc.
Superbad: 2-Disc Unrated Extended Edition
List: $34.95 DVD; $43.95 Blu-ray
Überproducer Judd Apatow (Freaks and Geeks, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up), writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (Da Ali G Show) and director Greg Mottola (The Daytrippers) join forces to reinvent the teen coming of age comedy as the dirtiest movie of the season. This unrated cut incorporates additional footage considered too raunchy for theaters, if that can be imagined. The DVD screen menu operates by clicking through young Seth's profane doodles. If you have trouble counting Suberbad's numerous obscenities, activate the "Line-O-Rama" which keeps a running tally. More bonuses include "TV-Safe Lines," in which Jonah Hill stumbles through clean alternate lines ostensibly for use in a TV broadcast or in-flight movie. In the tongue-in-cheek featurette "Everyone Hates Michael Cera -- The Unfortunate True Story," cast and crew dish about why they hate the movie's co-star (a.k.a. George Michael on the late Arrested Development). If you need more, check out the on-set diaries, table reads, deleted scenes, a gag reel and audition footage.
Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition
List: $99.99
Forget pumpkin pie. Bring on the cherry pie and a damn good cup of coffee to commemorate the return of Agent Cooper in David Lynch's surreal TV soap opera. In its entirety for the first time on DVD, all 29 original episodes of the 1990-91 cult sensation starring Kyle MacLachlan with Sherilyn Fenn, Joan Chen, Mädchen Amick and Lara Flynn Boyle come in this 10-disk box set with a goldmine of extras, starting with the two-hour pilot, plus the stand-alone international pilot which solves the series-long mystery of who killed Laura Palmer. (Watch this feature last if you don't already know who killed the cheerleader.) The eponymous Pacific Northwest lumber town has never looked (or sounded) so good thanks to re-mastering from the original negative with 5.1 audio. In the "A Slice of Lynch" bonus feature, the elusive, reclusive David Lynch himself sits down for a rare roadhouse rap with stars MacLachlan and Amick. Other DVD bonuses include each episode's Log Lady introductions, and a few surviving deleted scenes. Inside the front flap of the DVD case look for a random 10 postcards out of a series of 61. (Like baseball cards, you'll have to buy more packs to get them all.)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition
List: $39.95 DVD; $49.95 Blu-ray
The perfect gift for either the film lover or the sci-fi geek on your list. This box set packs all three versions of Spielberg's 1977 extraterrestrial masterpiece: its 1977 theatrical release; the 1980 expanded special edition (which includes shots of the mothership's interiors); and the 1988 director's cut (originally released as the collector's edition). Inside the flip-open cardboard pencil case is a full-color, 68-page collector's book with trivia, production stills and cast and crew bios. The best part of the package, though, is a double-sided fold-out poster. On one side: timelines that illustrate the minute-by-minute differences from cut to cut of the movie; on the other, a reproduction of the original movie poster.
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