Video NewsBriefs, February 1, 2011 

In late 2010, Walt Disney Studios released Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland on the new Blu-ray 3-D platform as part of a $49.99 multiformat combo pack (Blu-ray 3-D + Blu-ray + DVD + digital copy). On February 1, Disney’s original 1951 animated classic of the same name will debut on 2-D Blu-ray. Extras for that set include the newly discovered Cheshire Cat song “I’m Odd” and a never-before-seen 1959 televised introduction to the production by Walt Disney. More at www.disneystore.com.

In response to skyrocketing DVD circulation and hoping to keep patrons abreast of the latest movie/TV titles as well as those they might have missed or forgotten, Monroe Free Library, NY, last year created a Siskel and Ebert–style monthly web show titled Reel Talk and cohosted by library director Marilyn McIntosh and head of circulation Carol Bezkorowajny. Now several episodes into its second “season,” the show has reviewed everything from Mad Men to Psycho and highlighted a host of movies adapted from books, e.g., Precious (based on Sapphire’s Push). Watch the complete series at ­monroefreelibrary.org/video.

Newly available from A&E Home Entertainment on Blu-ray disc: the 35th-anniversary edition of Space: 1999; Season 1. Though A&E also offers a 30th-anniversary edition of the epic sf series starring Martin Landau on DVD, this new digitally restored, hi-definition set additionally includes hours of extras, e.g., four featurettes, episode commentaries, a special on the work of producer Gerry Anderson, deleted scenes, and extensive image galleries. More at shopaetv.com.

Newly available from New Yorker Films on DVD: Nine Nation Animation, a selection of nontheatrical animated shorts hailing from around the world and on subjects ranging from construction workers discussing the meaning of life to a dysfunctional relationship between a cat and a mouse. Most of the featured shorts are festival prize winners, including the Belgian film Flatlife, which won a 2004 Jury Prize at Cannes. For more info, email nontheatrical@newyorkerfilms.com or call 212-645-4600, x104.

Newly available from Cerebellum Corporation as part of its “Defined Learning” series of DVDs are three award-winning entertainment titles that originally aired on Discovery Canada: The Sex Senses: The Erotic Allure, Forensic Factor: Unexpected Killers, and Behind the Scenes. More at www.cerebellum.com.—Raya Kuzyk