A Bug’s Life Crawls onto Blu-ray

Monday, May 18, 2009
By: Thomas J. Mclean

A Bug’s Life, the second CG-animated feature from Pixar after the 1995 debut of Toy Story, arrives in high-def Blu-ray this week.

The Blu-ray edition of the film includes several new bonus features, a digital copy of the film and online access to avatars and a trivia game on Disney’s BD-Live Network. The new features include a special introduction from John Lasseter; a filmmakers’ roundtable discussion featuring Lasseter, Kevin Reher, Darla Anderson and Andrew Stanton; and animated storyboards from the original story treatment. The original DVD bonus features also are included in this two-disc set retailing for $39.99.

Other animated releases include Barney: Family Fun (HIT Entertainment, $19.98), Barney: Let's Go On Vacation (HIT Entertainment, $14.98), Care Bears: Fun Pack (Lionsgate, $19.98), Clifford The Big Red Dog: Fun Pack (Lionsgate, $19.98), DBZ: Fusion Reborn / Wrath of the Dragon (FUNimation, $24.98 DVD, $34.98 Blu-ray), Dragon Ball Z: Season 9 (FUNimation, $49.98), Gundam Seed Destiny Anime Legends Part 2 (Bandai Entertainment, $49.98), Thomas & Friends: Fun Pack (HIT Entertainment, $19.98) and Thomas & Friends: Team Up with Thomas (HIT Entertainment, $14.98, $16.98 with toy).

Live-action releases of note include Paul Blart: Mall Cop (Sony, $24.98 UMD, $28.96 DVD, $39.95 Blu-ray), Valkyrie (United Artists, $29.98 DVD, $34.98 special edition DVD, $39.99 Blu-ray), My Bloody Valentine 3-D (Lionsgate, $29.98 2-D only DVD, $29.95 DVD, $34.98 special edition DVD, $39.99 Blu-ray), and Fanboys (The Weinstein Co., $19.97).

Reader Comments

• shakeem winn : writer n artist : winn ltd.

  Monday, May 18, 2009

  The second but still the best. Of all the films in the Pixar Pantheon I highly regard this one as the best.