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Thanks to a successful run at 2009 Sundance, blaxploitation spoof Black Dynamite blasts its way onto DVD/Blu-ray on 2/16/2010; both include commentary, extra scenes, and featurettes.

Make your day with the Dirty Harry Collection (Blu-ray/DVD), due out 2/16/2010; it’s cheaper than the Ultimate Collection by leaving out extras, but still includes all five films.

It didn’t do well in theaters, but we’re still rootin’ for Astro Boy as a robot-tastic flick; it arrives on Blu-ray/DVD 3/16/2010 with deleted scenes, featurettes, and two new animated scenes.

Available on DVD 1/25/10: equality gets taken to its illogical extremes in 2081, a 25 minute dystopic short film; it’s based on Kurt Vonnegut’s short story, Harrison Bergeron.

History Channel’s Life After People: The Series begins where the original film left off, with in-depth looks at the decay of cities like L.A. and London; it includes 10 episodes on 3 discs.

No, this isn’t the mediocre mid-90s Tom Cruise reboot; Mission: Impossible-Complete Series packs all 171 episodes of the original Emmy-winning Cold War-era TV show onto 46 discs.

A must for baseball fans, the Official World Series Film Collection sports 20 discs and nearly 3,000 minutes of game highlights from 1943-2008 in a 58-page book (foreword by Bob Costas).

Ultraman: The Complete Series packs all 39 episodes of the legendary 1960s live-action TV show into a budget-priced 4-disc set; it includes both Japanese and English audio and subtitles.

Swift. Silent. Deep. is a documentary that gets deep in the powder with the Jackson Hole Air Force; the underground enthusiasts have a heavy hand in today’s modern ski bum culture.

Transformers: 25th Anniversary Matrix of Leadership Edition is an uber-set for fans: it includes all 98 episodes of G1 on 16 DVDs, a 60-page book, and Autobot and Decepticon magnets.