My DVD collection isn’t particularly expansive. Generally, I try and limit physical media to things that I know the kids and I are going to watch regularly and/or that aren’t readily available through Netflix or Amazon Instant Video. Over the past couple of years I’ve laboriously culled the herd down to only these necessities. Recently, […]
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Parody artist Insane Ian isn’t that insane with Grand Theft Audio, though he is quite amusing.
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All 13 episodes from The Hub’s weird, wonderful first season are now on DVD.
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Our winner will receive a new LG Blu-ray 3D player and the Blu-ray 3D combo pack for A Monster in Paris.
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Want to be adding this new family flick and a Blu-ray 3D player to your home theater system? You have a few days left to enter our giveaway!
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GeekMom is giving away the new animated Shout! Factory 3D Blu-ray and a little something to play it on.
Continue ReadingIt’s Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake!
Continue ReadingWith the latest round of super thin iMacs it introduced last year, Apple did away with optical drives in its all-in-one desktop PCs. Good riddance, so far as I’m concerned. In my experience, the optical drive is often the first …
Continue ReadingCongratulations to our winners for the Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters – Creatures Unleashed giveaway!
Continue ReadingCartoon Network has spent the last several weeks triumphantly celebrating its 20th anniversary, and it’s used this time to both reflect on past properties and continue to spotlight its current hits. One of these modern day success stories is J.G. …
Continue ReadingThe surreal fantasy world of Pen Ward’s Adventure Time has been going strong for four seasons, and it shows no signs of stopping. A brand new DVD collection, the third such budget sampler and the first since this summer’s epic …
Continue ReadingDisney has pulled Cinderella out of the vault and given her quite the makeover for her to be re-released on Blu-ray, October 2nd! I do not mean this literally, they did not re-make the movie with Taylor Swift as Cinderella …
Continue ReadingTempting as it is to call the new Harry Potter Wizard’s Collection magical, it isn’t… but it is the most awesome video boxed set ever made, and that’s not hyperbole.
Continue ReadingThe Wattersons are just like any other American family, a flawed but ultimately supportive enclave of personalities. The father is an oafish pink rabbit, the mother an overworked mess of a blue cat and their adopted son is the clan’s …
Continue ReadingAttention bronies and pegasisters: on the off chance that you haven’t already circled it on your calendar, today marks the release of the latest My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic DVD from Hasbro and Shout Factory. Like its predecessor, The …
Continue ReadingTransformersPrime_OneShallStand_CoverArtFans of the current Transformers Prime series, take note: next week the One Shall Stand DVD will be released. It’s actually a seven-episode story arc, taken from the end of Season One and the beginning of Season Two. (Yes, of …
Continue ReadingEarlier this week Adventure Time‘s phenomenal debut season finally made its way to DVD. In addition to all 26 of season one’s delightfully bizarre episodes, the two-disc set also features commentary, bonus shorts, animatics and a trio of behind-the-scenes featurettes.
Continue ReadingThe Lucasfilm-produced film Red Tails came out on DVD and Blu-ray in May, but you can get the chance to celebrate the release later this month in style! Lucasfilm is sponsoring the giveaway of a trip to the OshKosh Airventure …
Continue ReadingAdventure Time is a regular component of my family’s entertainment diet, and it’s one of those rare cartoons that I likely enjoy even more than my kids. So, like most fans, I’ve really been looking forward to a proper DVD …
Continue ReadingAs the Scooby-Doo franchise has developed over the years, the Scooby Gang has been around the world and then some. China, Hawaii, Transylvania, South America… they’ve been everywhere! I’ve really lost track of every destination that’s sported a mystery for …
Continue ReadingI love Scooby-Doo. Always have, always will. It’s the one cartoon that I distinctly remember from my childhood. When those bats flew out of the house and that ’60s groovy music kicked in, I was smiling ear to ear. The …
Continue ReadingI recently had the extraordinary good fortune to interview Kermit and Walter in honor of Disney’s release of The Muppets on DVD and Blu-ray. GeekDad: Any plans for a sequel? If so, any plans on what its focus may be? …
Continue ReadingNostalgia works on a bit of a sliding scale; not all properties are created equal. While shows like Transformers and The Smurfs are nigh universally remembered with a sort of detached fondness, it’s rare that we think of the scores …
Continue ReadingNostalgia works on a bit of a sliding scale; not all properties are created equal. While shows like Transformers and The Smurfs are nigh universally remembered with a sort of detached fondness, it’s rare that we think of the scores …
Continue ReadingI love the holiday season, especially now that my daughter is old enough to start to understand what is going on with the holidays. We celebrate Christmas, but I’d like her to know that there are other holidays that people celebrate during this time of year. The Night Before Christmas DVD set from Scholastic Storybook Treasures […]
Continue ReadingFrom the shores of Lake Silencio, Utah, to the kindness centers of Apalapucia, the sixth series of Doctor Who took fans on yet another spectacular rollercoaster ride through time and space. A quick TARDIS trip to the future revealed the …
Continue ReadingAs a family, we loved so many things about the most recently-concluded Doctor Who series. The head-spinning convolutions of forking and back-flipping character timelines; the awesome creepiness of The Silence; the return of old friends like the Cybermen and Craig …
Continue ReadingWe have a winner to announce for the Conan the Phenomenon Hardcover and Blu-ray Combo Pack GeekDad Giveaway! Congratulations to Lara Campbell of Pekin, Illinois, as she will be receiving the Conan the Phenomenon: The Legacy of Robert E. Howard’s …
Continue ReadingIn 2001, as I was commencing the final year of my Bachelor’s degree, a friend handed me her copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, thinking I would enjoy it. It was a good read, so I borrowed the second book. That was good too, but I have to admit, its main appeal for […]
Continue ReadingWe have another GeekDad Giveaway contest! Lionsgate Home Entertainment is releasing Conan the Barbarian on 3D/2D Blu-ray Combo Pack, 2D Blu-ray Disc, and DVD coming up November 22nd. Many of you will have already seen the film, and no doubt, …
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