Tarantino XX 8-Film Collection
Has it really only been twenty years since a video store clerk named Quentin Tarantino revolutionized independent film with his gangster picture, Reservoir Dogs? That modern classic leads off this comprehensive career box-set, which offers Blu-ray versions of every Tarantino feature (it’s a shame his Four Rooms segment wasn’t included) from Pulp Fiction to Inglourious Basterds. New extras include a 20-year retrospective documentary featuring interviews with some of the director’s key collaborators, a critic’s roundtable analyzing his importance and a collection of trailers for his latest movie, Django Unchained, due out in time for Christmas 2012.
Price: $119.99
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Desperate Housewives: The Complete Collection
Pining for a return visit to Wisteria Lane? Now you can drop by that murder-and-sex filled suburban enclave anytime with this 45-disc set of all eight seasons, which comes in a collectible replica of Mary Alice’s steamer trunk and includes behind-the-scenes featurettes, deleted scenes and interviews with the cast.
Price: $149.99
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The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury
The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor
Season 3 of AMC’s zombie show is in full swing, in all of its poorly-acted, horribly frustrating, but still addictive glory. Get these prequel (prose) novels so the Walking Dead fan in your life can learn the surprising backstories that weren’t even covered in the graphic novels — thus providing a rare opportunity to spoil things for both their comics-reading friends and the TV-only Deadheads.
Price: each $24.99 (hardcover)
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Doctor Who: Salt and Pepper Shakers
A TARDIS for your salt, a Dalek for your pepper… and they’ll spice up the life of your favorite Doctor Who fan — if you can deal with them reenacting episodes during dinner.
Price: $17.98
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Beats Pill
When you were ill with a case of whack beats, who’s the doctor that they told you to go see? If it was Dr. Dre, you have terrible friends who want you to die. But the upshot is that Dre makes a popular, bass-heavy set of headphones and other music devices like this pill-shaped, lightweight speaker that can connect to your Bluetooth devices. It comes in white, black and red and looks like it can cure most musical ailments.
Price: $200
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