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DVD/Blu-ray roundup : 'Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters,' 'It's a Disaster,' 'Twilight Zone,' 'Dick Van Dyke Show' In this week's roundup of DVD and Blu-ray reviews: One utterly bizarre fantasy, an offbeat apocalypse tale and a pair of classic TV shows.

Classic tale, new twist. That is what you can look forward to if you happen to pick up director Tommy Wirkola's latest adaptation of the Hansel and Gretel story - ' Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters .'

It's a hectic weekend at the video store this week with a plethora of new releases hitting store shelves to satisfy all shapes and sizes.

Among the movies that became available Tuesday, June 11 on Blu-ray and DVD at retail stores and rental outlets throughout the Valley are a new take on an old fairy tale, a prequel to a cinematic classic and a dramatic actioner starring Dwayne Johnson.

After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution.

The leather-clad mercenary heroes tote big guns and bigger egos as they squash skin-damaged sorcerers in high-speed combat scenes.

With the old partnership of director Paul Greengrass and Jason Bourne himself absent, series scriptwriter Tony Gilroy takes the directorial reins for the fourth espionage adventure.

The Bourne Legacy 's Jeremy Renner and Prince of Persia 's Gemma Arterton team up in the action-packed dark fantasy film Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters written and directed by Norwegian filmmaker Tommy Wirkola.

The Top Gun star has been impressed with James' work over the past few years and feels he can join the growing number of Brits appearing in Hollywood blockbusters.

Joan Allen has become a staple of the Bourne franchise, more so than anyone else [except for Matt Damon , obviously].

Just a few weeks ago Dread Central was invited to a special event at Spectral Motion to celebrate the stunning visual effects behind Tommy Wirkola's Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters , which is currently available on Digital Download and hits Blu-ray and DVD on June 11th.

Yesterday we brought you an exclusive look at one of the featurettes on the Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters Unrated Blu-ray, and now today we have three more clips to share that focus on the candy house set, a Jeremy Renner fight scene, and Renner's casting for the film.

So how do you come up with the right balance of gore and goodies for a movie? If you're director Tommy Wirkola, you just keep piling on the red stuff! Yep, I knew there was a reason we liked him! Check out this exclusive clip from Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters ! Boasting a worldwide box office of over $211 million, Tommy Wirkola's fantasy ... (more)

For today's digital release of Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters , ComingSoon.net is participating in a "witch hunt." This is a multi-site hunt and the first person to find all six witch images and uncover the complete secret URL , will win an iPad mini with digital versions of the theatrical and Unrated Cut.

Jeremy Renner was notoriously prickly while promoting "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" earlier this year, acting as if he truly hated the movie based on the classic fairy tale and wanted to distance himself as far from it as possible.