Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s weekly sneak peek at the major DVD and Blu-ray releases! Using the gallery below, you’ll be able to navigate through some of the key titles that hit stores on December 9, including Marvel Studios’ intergalactic hit Guardians of the Galaxy, the latest season of “Doctor Who” (the first to feature Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor), Lenny Abrahamson’s quirky dramatic comedy Frank, the family film sequel Dolphin Tale 2 and, available in their entirety on DVD for the first time, both “Mork & Mindy” and “The Jeffersons.”
Check it all out in the gallery viewer below and expand to full screen to check out descriptions for each release.
This Week on DVD and Blu-ray - December 9, 2014
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Doctor Who: Series Nine
Peter Capaldi takes the lead as the 12th Doctor, joining Jenna Coleman's Clara Oswald for an incredible 12-episode season that offers adventures everywhere (and everywhen) from Sherwood Forest to the very end of the universe. Packed with special features, this box set lands just in time to get caught up before the special new December 25 episode, "Last Christmas."
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Dolphin Tale 2
Winter, the real life star of the 2011 hit Dolphin Tale, returns with a new friend, a baby dolphin named Hope, for this family film followup that also reunites the original film's human cast. The sequel hits Blu-ray today with a light assortment of behind-the-scenes materials.
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Frank
Lenny Abrahamson quirky and stylish dramatic comedy is headlined by Michael Fassbender, who appears underneath an enormous false head, playing an eccentric artist who has some severe personality quirks.
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Guardians of the Galaxy
Marvel Studios does it again with James Gunn's smart, funny and extremely offbeat adventure that expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe on an intergalactic level, assembling an unforgettable cast of characters that will hopefully share the screen for years and years to come. Check out our expanded review of the special features-intense Blu-ray.
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The Jefferson: The Complete Series
It was more than seven years ago that the sixth season of "The Jeffersons" hit DVD and seasons seven through eleven have been MIA ever since. Shout! Factory comes to the rescue this week, bringing the full series home in a massive box set that offers all 253 episodes across 33 discs!
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Mork & Mindy: The Complete Series
Although we lost the incomparable Robin Williams earlier this year, his incredible on-screen legacy lives on. This week, the full series of "Mork & Mindy" is finally made available on DVD, courtesy of Shout! Factory, and this new 15-disc set includes all 91 episodes, spread across four seasons.
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The Night Porter
Liliana Cavani's 1974 drama tells the disturbing tale of a woman in post-WWII Vienna who reignites a sadomasochistic relationship with the man who tortured her in a concentration camp. One of Criterion's earlier releases, The Night Porter this week gets an HD upgrade from a 2K digital restoration.
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Safe
With Still Alice currently earning Julianne Moore some serious Oscar buzz, fans should be sure to check out her incredible performance as a woman suffering a very different kind of illness in Todd Haynes' unsettling 1995 drama, which hits Blu-ray for the first time this week courtesy of The Criterion Collection.
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Time Bandits
Terry Gilliam's delightful adventure across time and space gets an HD upgrade this week from the Criterion Collection. In addition to a new 2K transfer and all the previous supplementary material, this release offers Criterion's first-ever lenticular slipcover!
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Under the Dome: Season Two
The mystery of what is happening in Chester's Mill intensifies in the second season of CBS' hit Stephen King adaptation. All 13 season-two episodes come together today in a four-disc set, backed by a variety of bonus content, including new interviews with King.
