Christmas Gift Guide 2020 – Movies & TV Shows

In a world of streaming media, there is still something about either going to the movies or buying a bit of physical media that brings a smile to the face of film and TV buffs. So if your gift-receiver is one of those people who doesn’t have a thousand online streaming accounts, then here are some gift ideas for them.

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Lord Of The Rings 4K Trilogy (Extended & Theatrical Editions)
Where To Buy: JB Hifi
Price:
AUD $99

Three incredible films. One collection to rule them all!

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Based on J.R.R. Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is an epic adventure of good against evil, the power of friendship and individual courage. The saga centers around an unassuming Hobbit named Frodo Baggins who inherits a Ring that would give a dark and powerful lord the power to enslave the world. With a loyal fellowship of elves, dwarves, men and a wizard, Frodo embarks on a heroic quest to destroy the One Ring and pave the way for the emergence of mankind.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Frodo Baggins and the Fellowship continue their quest to destroy the One Ring and stand against the evil of the Dark Lord Sauron. The Fellowship has divided and now find themselves taking different paths to defeating Sauron and his allies. Their destinies now lie at two towers - Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupted wizard Saruman waits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The final battle for Middle-earth begins as Frodo and Sam, led by Gollum, continue their dangerous mission toward the fires of Mount Doom in order to destroy the One Ring.Aragorn struggles to fulfill his legacy as he leads his outnumbered followers against the growing power of the Dark Lord Sauron, so that the Ring-bearer Frodo may complete his quest. Based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure of good versus evil, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the ultimate achievement by director Peter Jackson in his acclaimed film trilogy.
Hobbit, The Trilogy 4K (Extended & Theatrical Editions)
Where To Buy: JB Hifi
Price: AUD $89

THE HOBBIT - AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY:
Follow Bilbo Baggins, who – along with the Wizard Gandalf and 13 Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield – is swept into an epic and treacherous quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.

THE HOBBIT - THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG:
Our heroes escape the giant Spiders and Wood-elves of Mirkwood before encountering the mysterious Bard, who smuggles them into Lake-town. Finally reaching the Lonely Mountain, they confront the Dragon Smaug.

THE HOBBIT - THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES:
The Dwarves of Erebor have reclaimed their homeland, but face the consequences of unleashing Smaug. As five great armies go to war, Bilbo fights for his life, and the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must unite or be destroyed.
Mulan
Where To Buy: JB Hifi (DVD, Bluray, 4K)
Price: AUD $19.98 to $39.98

To save her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man to battle northern invaders in China.
Blade (4K)
Where To Buy: JB Hifi
Price: AUD $24.98

Sworn to defend humanity, although not entirely human ... Born with the cunning and superhuman power of a vampire, but able to stalk by day as well as night ... Wesley Snipes stars in this action-packed thriller as the immortal vampire hunter Blade. Awakened to consciousness--and pain--before birth by the bite of the undead vampire that kills his mother, a young boy grows into a mythical warrior bearing a blood-curse: An almost insatiable desire for blood that he must fight every moment of every day. Blade uses his awesome power to battle the vampires led by his mortal enemy, the omnipotent vampire overlord Deacon Frost. The undead have infiltrated the corridors of power intent on conquering all mankind; now, against an army of immortals, one warrior must draw first blood.
Ray Harryhausen - Ultimate Blu-Ray Collection
Where To Buy: JB Hifi
Price: $99

The stop-motion animation by legendary special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen comprised some of the most visually stunning effects in film history. Collected here are seven of his most-loved films, displaying the talent and imagination responsible for changing the course of science fiction and fantasy films forever.

Featuring
  • Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
  • The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
  • The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
  • The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
  • Jason and the Argonauts
  • Earth Vs The Flying Saucers
  • It Came From Beneath the Sea
The New Mutants
Where To Buy: JB Hifi (DVD, Bluray, 4K)
Price: AUD $19.98 to $39.98

Five teenage mutants -- Mirage, Wolfsbane, Cannonball, Sunspot and Magik -- undergo treatments at a secret institution that will cure them of their dangerous powers. Invited by Dr. Cecilia Reyes to share their stories, their memories soon turn into terrifying realities as they start to question why they're being held and who's trying to destroy them.
Scooby-Doo! 5 Film Collection
Where To Buy: JB Hifi
Price: AUD $34.98

Halloween
Scooby-Doo and Shaggy’s favorite holiday is upon us! With fake monsters and candy galore – Halloween is heaven for these hungry foodies going door-to-door. But, this year, their sweet holiday turns sour when the neighborhood pumpkin patch is infected by toxic ooze, creating high-flying jack-o-lanterns, and a king-sized pumpkin leader squashing everything in its path. It’s up to Scooby-Doo and the gang as they team up with their pals, Bill Nye The Science Guy and Elvira Mistress of the Dark, to solve this mystery of gigantic proportions and save Crystal Cove!

Return to Zombie Island
Join Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and the Mystery Inc. gang as they win a vacation of a lifetime and attempt to put their mystery solving days behind them. As soon as they arrive to the tropical island, Velma, Daphne and Fred can’t help but notice how strangely familiar this island is, to a terrifying trip they once took decades ago. They soon find out paradise comes with a price when they encounter an army of zombies! Hop on board and travel with Scooby-Doo and the gang, as they unearth the mystery of Zombie Island in an original movie adventure!

Gourmet Ghost
Pull up a chair, tuck in that napkin, and get ready for a 5-star meal of mystery with Scooby-Doo and the gang, as we hit the road to visit the Rocky Harbor Culinary Resort to meet Fred’s uncle, world-famous chef Bobby Flay. Mystery Inc. quickly learns that this state-of-the-art cooking resort isn’t all steak and potatoes after they find out about the legend of the Red Ghost, and the unsolved disappearance of Bobby Flay’s great ancestor chef.

Curse of the 13th Ghost
After Mystery Inc. bumble a case and nab an innocent man, they’re forced into early retirement from solving crime. But it doesn’t take long before their old friend Vincent Van Ghoul needs help, and pulls the team right back into action. It all started one Summer when Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and Daphne secretly hunted down 12 of the world’s spookiest ghosts, but failed to catch the most evil one of all… the 13th ghost. With the 13th ghost on the loose, the gang will have to look past their hidden secrets and settle some unfinished business. Bundle up and get ready for the icy slopes of the Himalayan mountains, chilling car chases, crystal balls and spine-tingling spells in this terrifyingly fun original movie!

Shaggy's Showdown
When the Scooby gang visits a dude ranch, they discover that it and the nearby town have been haunted by a ghostly cowboy, Dapper Dan, who fires real fire from his fire irons. The mystery only deepens when it’s discovered that the ghost is also the long lost relative of Shaggy Rogers!
Pokemon: Movies 1-3 Collectors Edition
Where To Buy: JB Hifi (DVD, Bluray)
Price: AUD $32.98 & $36.98

POKEMON: THE FIRST MOVIE: The adventure explodes into action with the debut of Mewtwo, a bio-engineered Pokemon created from the DNA of Mew, one of the rarest of all Pokemon. After escaping from the lab where it was created, Mewtwo is determined to prove its own superiority. It lures a number of talented Trainers into a Pokemon battle like never before--and of course, Ash and his friends are happy to accept the challenge!

Ash's excitement turns to fear and anger when Mewtwo reveals its plan for domination, creating powerful clones of our heroes' Pokemon so it can even the """"imbalance"""" between Pokemon and their Trainers. Despite Ash's protests, Mewtwo refuses to believe that Pokemon and people can be friends. But faced with the determination and loyalty of a young Trainer, Mewtwo just might have to reconsider...especially when pitted against the power of the mysterious Mew!

POKEMON THE MOVIE 2000: Just one person can make a difference...In the Orange Islands far south of Kanto, a Trainer named Lawrence is on a sinister quest: catching the Legendary Pokemon Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres in an attempt to awaken Lugia, guardian of the sea! When Ash and friends arrive, the islanders ask him to gather three elemental orbs from different islands. As the weather across the world goes out of control, it becomes clear that the capture of the legendary trio has thrown the environment out of balance! With Lugia's help, can Ash find the orbs, restore the balance, and be the """"chosen one"""" that everyone turns to?

POKEMON 3: THE MOVIE: A crystal catastrophe is unleashed upon Greenfield, and Ash, Pikachu, and friends must figure out how to undo the damage to the once-beautiful town. But the unthinkable happens when Ash's mother is kidnapped by the powerful Entei, a Pokemon thought to have existed only in legend. Now Ash must go to her rescue, uncertain of what he'll uncover when he unlocks the real secret power behind the unbelievable turn of events: a young girl whose dream world is being turned into a nightmarish reality by the mysterious and unstoppable Unown!

PLUS Pikachu Shorts:
Pikachu's Vacation
Pikachu's Rescue Adventure
Pikachu & Pichu
Wild Thornberrys - Collector's Edition
Where To Buy: JB Hifi
Price: AUD $59.98

Get ready to journey around the globe with The Wild Thornberrys in this wildly popular series from Nickelodeon! Travel in the family's home on wheels, through epic locations around the planet in search of wildlife for Nigel Thornberry's nature show, and be clued into Eliza Thornberry's secret ... she can talk to animals! These 91 episodes are packed with adventure, taxing you from jungles and rainforests to cities and deserts across the world. Hop on for over 33 hours of intrigue, action, and laughter-packed excitement, great for the whole family!
Rugrats - Complete Collection
Where To Buy: JB Hifi
Price: AUD $99

You're gonna love this wheelie big Rugrats collection, I square! It's chock-full of the most hilarious adventures by the lovable kids known as the Rugrats. Baldly go where no baby has gone before with the inimitable Tommy Pickles, his pals Chuckie, Phil, Lil, cousin Angelica, and more of your timeless favourites. Join these entertaining babies in their nappy-clad escapades, as they try and make sense of their world--which sometimes means getting into hilarious trouble!
Red Dwarf - Season 11
Where To Buy: JB Hifi
Price: AUD $15.98

Red Dwarf Series XI sees two of the Dwarfers' dreams come true: Rimmer accidentally saves the life of a Space Corps Captain and is promoted to Officer, while Cat takes time off from being in love with himself to fall in love with a female Cat with a secret. Meantime, Lister wakes up to discover a deranged droid has stolen some of his body parts and Kryten has a mid-life crisis and considers leaving the Dwarfers for a younger crew. The posse also find themselves in an alternative America where modern technology is outlawed, making both Kryten and Rimmer illegal...
Pokemon: The Beginning (Season 1 & 2)
Where To Buy: JB Hifi
Price: AUD $44.98

Go back to the beginning and witness how it all began with the first two seasons of Pokemon!

SEASON 1: It's Ash Ketchum's tenth birthday and he's ready to do what many 10-year-olds in the Kanto region set out to do--become a Pokemon Trainer! Things don't go exactly the way he planned when he ends up with a Pikachu instead of a standard first Pokemon and winning gym Badges turns out to be much tougher than he thought. Luckily he's got former Gym Leaders Brock and Misty at his side, along with a bevy of new Pokemon friends, including Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander.

SEASON 2: Ash's journey to the top of the Indigo League continues--but will his friendship with fellow Pokemon League competitor Richie endanger his chances? With his Kanto journey completed, Ash finds there's still plenty to see and do when Professor Oak sends him and his friends to the Orange Islands. Brock falls head-over-heels for the attractive Professor Ivy and decides to stay with her, leaving Ash and Misty alone as a dynamic duo--at least until they meet intrepid Pokemon watcher Tracey Sketchit!
Mrs. Brown's Boys - D'Ultimate Christmas Collection
Where To Buy: JB Hifi
Price: AUD $79.98

Mrs. Brown and the family are ready to bring the Christmas cheer in D’ULIMATE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION! Includes 17 Special festive episodes full of chaos, mayhem, madness and of course the love of family at Christmas.

Includes
  • Mrs Browns Boys: A Wonderful Mammy
  • Orange is the New Mammy
  • Exotic Mammy
  • Mammy's Motel
  • Mammy's Ass
  • Mammy Christmas
  • The Virgin Mammy
  • Buckin' Mammy
  • Who's a Pretty Mammy?
  • Mammy's Tickled Pink
  • Mammy's Gamble
  • Mammy's Christmas Punch
  • mammy's Window's Memories
  • Mammy's Forest
  • Chezy Mammy
  • Mammy's Mummy
  • CSI: Mammy
Hey Arnold - Collector's Edition
Where To Buy: JB Hifi
Price: AUD $59.98

Life in the big city is one big adventure for Arnold. Living with his grandparents, who run the Sunset Arms boarding house, Arnold shares a roof with a diverse and unusual menagerie of characters (including his pet pig!). But as any fourth grader knows, some of the most memorable people you'll ever meet are in school. And with friends like Arnold's (including storyteller Gerald, class jinx Eugene, sometime-bully Harold, and the tomboy Helga, who harbors a secret crush on our hero), you can be sure that he's got some funny exploits to share with you.
Dragon Ball Super: Complete Collection
Where To Buy: JB Hifi (DVD, Bluray)
Price: AUD $279 to $299

With Majin Buu defeated, Goku has taken a completely new role as a... radish farmer?! With Earth at peace, our heroes have settled into normal lives. But they can't get too comfortable. Far away, a powerful god awakens to a prophecy revealing his demise at the hands of a formidable being. When his search for the Saiyan God brings him to Earth, can Goku and his friends take on their strongest foes yet?
Becker - The Complete Collection
Where To Buy: JB Hifi
Price: AUD $84.98

For six side-splitting seasons misanthropic New York doctor John Becker (Ted Danson) held court from his small practice in The Bronx, constantly annoyed by his patients and co-workers, from Head nurse Margaret (Hattie Winston) to Linda (Shawnee Smith) as well as friends, Chris (Nancy Travis), Jake (Alex Désert), and Hector (Jorge Garcia).

Celebrate the sweet and sour world of the one and only Dr. Becker in this complete and comprehensive collection of classic rants and raves, where no matter how much he carries on and despite everything that goes wrong in his life, his patients and friends truly understand him and remain loyal because Becker genuinely cares about them.
Game of Thrones - Season 1-8 (4K)
Where To Buy: JB Hifi
Price: AUD $359

The Emmy Award-winning Game of Thrones returns for a final season of duplicity and treachery, nobility and honor… and an epic clash between the living and the dead. With the Army of the Dead—led by the Night King, his White Walkers, and an undead dragon—bearing down on Jon and Dany and their combined forces, a denouement eight seasons in the making will be reached, answering a myriad of questions surrounding the fate of the series’ protagonists. Meanwhile, Jon’s true identity promises to undermine Dany’s claim to the Iron Throne…and, of course, Cersei has a devious strategy of her own.
Naruto Set 1 (Bluray)
Where To Buy: Amazon, Best Buy, RightStuff, Target, Walmart
Price: USD $39.99

The little ninja that changed the world finally comes to Blu-ray! Journey back to a simpler time when Naruto was a little scamp pulling pranks and defacing monuments. A social outcast with the dreaded Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit locked inside of him, Naruto’s infectious optimism and never-give-up attitude propel him towards the path of greatness. Relive the outrageous beginnings of a generation of ninja that would go on to become legends!

4-Disc Blu-ray Set, 27 Episodes in 1080p, 16x9 Video (Presented in its Original Full Frame), English and Japanese Stereo Audio, English Subtitles

SPECIAL FEATURES: Interview with Maile Flanagan (the English Voice of Naruto), Open and End Cleans, Trailers, English Credits