Fantasy DVD & Blu-rays 2013 List

With Winona Ryder • Tim Burton • Martin Short • Catherine O'Hara • Don Hahn • Robert Capron • Christopher Lee • Allison Abbate • John August • Conchata Ferrell • Martin Landau • Atticus Shaffer

From creative genius Tim Burton comes Frankenweenie, a tale about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life—with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor’s fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new “leash on life” can be monstrous.

With Alec Baldwin • Chris Pine • Hugh Jackman • Guillermo del Toro • Jude Law • Isla Fisher • Dakota Goyo • David Lindsay-Abaire • William Joyce • Michael Siegel • Nancy Bernstein • Christina Steinberg • Peter Ramsey

Rise of the Guardians tells the story of a group of well-known childhood heroes (Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, Jack Frost and Sandman) – each with their own extraordinary abilities. When an evil spirit known as Pitch (also known as The Boogeyman) lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.

With James Cameron • Aron Warner • Andrew Adamson • Erica Linz • Jason Berrent • Lutz Halbhubner • Matt Gillanders

A young couple who is separated must journey through the astonishing and dreamlike worlds of Cirque du Soleil to find each other, as audiences experience the immersive 3D technology that will allow them to leap, soar, swim, and dance with the performers.

With Cate Blanchett • Evangeline Lilly • Benedict Cumberbatch • Orlando Bloom • Elijah Wood • Luke Evans • Martin Freeman • Andy Serkis • Peter Jackson • Lee Pace • Philippa Boyens • Guillermo del Toro • Hugo Weaving • Ian McKellen • Fran Walsh • Stephen Fry • Richard Armitage • Ken Stott • Barry Humphries • Adam Brown • William Kircher • James Nesbitt • Phillippa Boyens • Graham McTavish • Bret McKenzie • Stephen Hunter • Sylvester McCoy • Ryan Gage • Jed Brophy • Ken Kamins • Aidan Turner • Conan Stevens • Carolynne Cunningham • John Callen • Mark Hadlow • Peter Hambleton • Mikael Persbrandt

This prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy follows Bilbo Baggins, an upstanding member of the "little people,” on the hazardous journey with Gandalf the Grey. Together with 13 fortune-seeking dwarves, Bilbo Baggins will be swept out his door and into a dangerous but grand adventure through the Lonely Mountains, where he must contend against all manner of enemies, from dragons, to giant spiders, hostile elves, ravenous wolves, and – perhaps the most perilous of all – a subterranean creature named Gollum from whom Bilbo wins a magical ring (the ring that rules them all) in a riddling contest!

With Jet Li • Vivian Hsu • Charlene Choi • Raymond Lam • Siu-Tung Ching • Zhang Wen • Shengyi Huang

Based on an old Chinese legend about an herbalist who falls in love with a thousand-year-old White Snake disguised as a woman. Jet Li stars as a sorcerer who discovers her true identity and battles to save the man's soul.

With Aleksander Nordaas

Two crime-scene cleaners discover a mythical, tailed female creature in a concealed cellar. She never utters a word, unable to tell her story, but the pieces of the puzzle soon come together: she's been held captive for decades for reasons soon to surface.

With Stanley Tucci • Nicholas Hoult • Neal H. Moritz • Bryan Singer • David Dobkin • Ewan McGregor • Bill Nighy • Ian McShane • Eleanor Tomlinson • Christopher McQuarrie • Darren Lemke • Michael Bomback

A drama that takes an adult look at the Jack and the Beanstalk legend. When a princess is kidnapped, the long-standing peace between men and giants is threatened. A young farmer is given an opportunity to lead a dangerous expedition to the giants' kingdom in hopes of rescuing her.

With James Franco • Mila Kunis • Joey King • Michelle Williams • Sam Raimi • Joe Roth • Rachel Weisz • David Lindsay-Abaire • Abigail Spencer • Mitchell Kapner • Bruce Campbell

When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot—fame and fortune are his for the taking—that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone’s been expecting. Reluctantly drawn into the epic problems facing the Land of Oz and its inhabitants, Oscar must find out who is good and who is evil before it is too late. Putting his magical arts to use through illusion, ingenuity—and even a bit of wizardry—Oscar transforms himself not only into the great and powerful wizard but into a better man as well.

With Stanley Tucci • Nicholas Hoult • Neal H. Moritz • Bryan Singer • David Dobkin • Ewan McGregor • Bill Nighy • Ian McShane • Eleanor Tomlinson • Christopher McQuarrie • Darren Lemke • Michael Bomback

A drama that takes an adult look at the Jack and the Beanstalk legend. When a princess is kidnapped, the long-standing peace between men and giants is threatened. A young farmer is given an opportunity to lead a dangerous expedition to the giants' kingdom in hopes of rescuing her.

With Philip Winchester • James Purefoy • Max von Sydow • Mackenzie Crook • Michael J. Bassett

Captain Solomon Kane is a brutally efficient 16th Century killing machine. Armed with his signature pistols, cutlass and rapier, he and his men unleash their bloodlust as they fight for England in war after war on all continents.

As the story opens, Kane and his band of pillagers are carving a bloody path through hordes of defenders in an exotic city in northern Africa. But, when Kane decides to attack a mysterious nearby castle to plunder its rumored riches, his mission takes a fateful turn. One by one, Kane’s men are picked off by demonic creatures until he alone is left to face the Devil’s own Reaper -- dispatched from the depths of Hell to lay claim to his hopelessly corrupt soul. Though Kane at last manages to escape, he knows that he now must redeem himself by renouncing violence and devoting himself wholly to a life of peace and purity.

His newfound spirituality, however, is quickly put to the ultimate test when he begins his journey across an England ravaged by diabolical human Raiders controlled by a terrifying, masked Overlord. After Kane fails to thwart the brutal slaughter of the Crowthorns, a Puritan family that has befriended him, he vows to find and free their enslaved daughter Meredith -- even if it means jeopardizing his own soul by re-embracing his murderous talents for a higher cause. His determined search eventually brings him face to face with his family’s own deadly secrets as he attempts to save Meredith and all of England from the forces of evil.

With Tom Cruise • Morgan Freeman • David Fincher • Dylan Clark • Peter Chernin • Melissa Leo • Joseph Kosinski • Olga Kurylenko • William Monahan • Zoe Bell • Barry Levine • Michael Arndt • Andrea Riseborough • Karl Gajdusek • Nikolaj Coster Waldau • Jesse Berger

On a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man’s confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind.

Jack Harper (Cruise) is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete.

Living in and patrolling the breathtaking skies from thousands of feet above, his soaring existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.

With Anna Kendrick • Jimmy Miller • Ken Jeong • Thomas Lennon • John Francis Daley • John Michael Higgins • Craig Robinson • Rob Corddry • David Mimran • Paul Scheer • Ana Gasteyer • Ed Solomon • Paul Middleditch • Rob Huebel • Chris Matheson • Jordan Schur • Adrianna Costa • David Householter

When the Apocalypse actually happens and a billion people are raptured up to heaven, Lindsey (Kendrick) and her boyfriend Ben (Daley) are left behind in suburban Seattle. The young couple try their best to lead a normal life surrounded by talking locusts, blood rain showers, and pot-smoking wraiths. But when The Beast (Robinson) makes his home base in their neighborhood, Lindsey finds herself the object of his affection. With the help of her family, friends, and a lawn-mowing zombie neighbor, the young couple set off to stop the Anti-Christ from taking her as his bride... and just maybe, saving the world in the process.

With Billie Burke • Judy Garland • Bert Lahr • Victor Fleming • Ray Bolger • Jack Haley • Margaret Hamilton

Released in 1939, The Wizard of Oz is considered to be one of the most iconic films of all time. The film was adapted from L. Frank Baum’s timeless children’s tale about a Kansas girl’s journey over the rainbow.

With Seema Biswas • Deepa Mehta • Shriya Saran • Shabana Azmi • Rajat Kapoor • Shahana Goswami • David Hamilton • Salman Rushdie • Satya Bhabha

At the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, as India proclaims independence from Great Britain, two newborn babies are switched by a nurse in a Bombay hospital. Saleem Sinai, the illegitimate son of a poor woman, and Shiva, the offspring of a wealthy couple, are fated to live the destiny meant for each other. Their lives become mysteriously intertwined and are inextricably linked to India's whirlwind journey of triumphs and disasters.

With Charlie Hunnam • Idris Elba • Ron Perlman • Guillermo del Toro • Travis Beacham • Mary Parent • Jon Jashni • Max Martini • Charlie Day • Rinko Kikuchi • Clifton Collins Jr. • Thomas Tull • Diego Klattenhoff • Robert Maillet • Callum Greene • Rob Kazinsky

When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes-a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)-who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse.

With Christopher Nolan • Henry Cavill • Amy Adams • Russell Crowe • Zack Snyder • Kevin Costner • Laurence Fishburne • Michael Shannon • Charles Roven • David S. Goyer • Diane Lane • Emma Thomas • Deborah Snyder • Jonathan Nolan • Antje Traue • Richard Schiff • Harry Lennix • Ayelet Zurer • Thomas Tull • Lloyd Phillips

A child sent to Earth from a dying planet is adopted by a couple in rural Kansas. Posing as a journalist, he uses his extraordinary powers to protect the his new home from an insidious evil.

With Neil Patrick Harris • Brendan Gleeson • Sofia Vergara • Anton Yelchin • Christina Ricci • George Lopez • Fred Armisen • Raja Gosnell • Jayma Mays • J.B. Smoove • Jordan Kerner • David Weiss • Katy Perry • John Oliver • David I. Stern • Jonathan Winters

In this sequel to The Smurfs, the evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. But when he discovers that only a real Smurf can give him what he wants - and only a secret spell that Smurfette knows can turn the Naughties into real Smurfs - Gargamel kidnaps Smurfette and brings her to Paris, where he has been winning the adoration of millions as the world's greatest sorcerer. It's up to Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy, and Vanity to return to our world, reunite with their human friends Patrick and Grace Winslow, and rescue her! Will Smurfette, who has always felt different from the other Smurfs, find a new connection with the Naughties Vexy and Hackus - or will the Smurfs convince her that their love for her is True Blue?

With Kevin Zegers • Lily Collins • Harald Zwart • Bob Shaye • Kevin Durand • Jared Harris • Michael Lynne • Martin Moszkowicz • Robert Kulzer • CCH Pounder • Robert Sheehan • Lena Headey • Dylan Sellers • Jessica Postigo • Marlene King • Jemima West • Jonathan Rhys-Meyers • Jamie Campbell-Bower • Robert Maillet • Godfrey Gao

Set in contemporary New York City, a seemingly ordinary teenager, Clary Fray (Lily Collins), discovers she is the descendant of a line of Shadowhunters, a secret cadre of young half-angel warriors locked in an ancient battle to protect our world from demons. After the disappearance of her mother (Lena Headey), Clary must join forces with a group of Shadowhunters, who introduce her to a dangerous alternate New York called Downworld, filled with demons, warlocks, vampires, werewolves and other deadly creatures.

With Chris Columbus • Missi Pyle • Jake Abel • Alexandra Daddario • Nathan Fillion • Yvette Nicole Brown • Leven Rambin • Scott Alexander • Logan Lerman • Anthony Head • Karen Rosenfelt • Brandon T. Jackson • Mary Birdsong • Michael Barnathan • Thor Freudenthal • Larry Karaszewski

To save their world, Percy and his friends must find the fabled and powerfully magic Golden Fleece. Embarking on a treacherous odyssey into the uncharted waters of the Sea of Monsters (known to humans as the Bermuda Triangle), they battle terrifying creatures, an army of zombies, and the ultimate Evil.