Voting Opens for the 2015 'Home Media Magazine' Awards

9 Mar, 2015 By: John Latchem

Consumer voting for the 2015 Home Media Magazine Awards has begun.

Through April 17, film and TV fans and home entertainment enthusiasts can visit www.HomeMediaMagazine.com/awards-vote to select their favorite DVD and Blu-ray Disc titles of 2014, nominated by studios and distributors.

The results of the consumer vote will be combined with ballots submitted by a panel of journalist and blogger judges. Winners will be announced May 4. Judges will also select a top Blu-ray, TV on disc and a best overall title.

2015 ‘Home Media Magazine’ Award Nominees

Best Direct-to-Video Title
Jingle All the Way 2, Fox
The Pirate Fairy, Disney
Turtle Power: The Definitive History of TMNT, Paramount

Best Catalog Title
Ghost in the Shell: 25th Anniversary Edition, Anchor Bay
The Jungle Book: Diamond Edition, Disney
Krull (Blu-ray), Mill Creek
The Legend of Billie Jean: Fair Is Fair Blu-ray Edition, Mill Creek
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: 75th Anniversary Edition, Sony Pictures
Phantom of the Paradise: Collector’s Edition, Shout! Factory
White Christmas: 60th Anniversary Edition, Paramount
Young Frankenstein: 40th Anniversary Edition, Fox

Best Boxed Set (Non-TV)
Gamera: 11-Film Blu-ray Collection, Mill Creek
Halloween: The Complete Collection, Anchor Bay/Shout! Factory
Herzog: The Collection, Shout! Factory
The Ong Bak Trilogy, Magnolia
Stanley Kubrick: The Masterpiece Collection, Warner
Star Trek Compendium, Paramount
Steven Spielberg: Director’s Collection, Universal
The Vincent Price Collection II, Shout! Factory

Best 3D Disc
The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Sony Pictures
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Disney/Marvel
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Fox
Guardians of the Galaxy, Disney
The Lego Movie, Warner
The Protector 2, Magnolia
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Anchor Bay
Transformers: Age of Extinction, Paramount

Best Documentary
The Act of Killing, Cinedigm
Altina, First Run
Bears, Disney/Disneynature
Fed Up, Anchor Bay
Generation Iron, Anchor Bay
I Am Ali, Universal
Jodorowsky’s Dune, Sony Pictures
Muscle Shoals, Magnolia

Best Foreign Film on Disc
Big Bad Wolves, Magnolia (Hebrew)
Broken Circle Breakdown, Cinedigm (Dutch)
Instructions Not Included, Lionsgate (Spanish)
1,000 Times Good Night, Film Movement (English/Irish-Norwegian production)
Rigor Mortis, Well Go USA (Cantonese)
Stalingrad, Sony Pictures (Russian-German)
We Are the Best, Magnolia (Swedish)
The Wind Rises, Disney (Japanese)

Best Indie/Small Budget Film on Disc
1,000 Times Good Night, Film Movement
Altina, First Run
The Double, Magnolia
Escape From Tomorrow, Cinedigm
Frank, Magnolia
Frontera, Magnolia
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart, Shout! Factory
Nymphomaniac Vol. 1-2, Magnolia
Return to Nuke Em High Vol. 1, Anchor Bay
Short Term 12, Cinedigm

Best AV Quality/Blu-ray Disc Movie
The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Sony Pictures
Bears, Disney/Disneynature
Ender’s Game, Lionsgate
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Fox
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Lionsgate
Transformers: Age of Extinction, Paramount
Visitors, Cinedigm

Best Older TV Show on Disc
Batman ’66: The Complete Series, Warner
Hill Street Blues: The Complete Series, Shout! Factory
I Love Lucy: Season 1 Blu-ray, Paramount
Little House on the Prairie: Season 1 Remastered, Lionsgate
Pee-wee’s Playhouse: The Complete Series Blu-ray, Shout! Factory
WKRP in Cincinnati: The Complete Series, Shout! Factory
The Wonder Years: The Complete Series, Time Life/StarVista

Best Complete TV Series Set
Batman ’66, Warner
Highway to Heaven, Mill Creek
Hill Street Blues, Shout! Factory
How I Met Your Mother, Fox
Pee-wee’s Playhouse, Shout! Factory
The Sopranos Complete Series Blu-ray, HBO
Spartacus, Anchor Bay
True Blood, HBO
WKRP in Cincinnati, Shout! Factory
The Wonder Years, Time Life/StarVista

Best Miniseries or TV Movie on Disc
Caillou’s Holiday Movie, NCircle
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Fox
Normal Heart, HBO
True Detective, HBO
The White Queen, Anchor Bay

Best Nonfiction TV Show
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Fox
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, PBS
Unsung Heroes: The Story of America’s Female Patriots, Mill Creek

Best AV Quality/TV on Blu-ray
Boardwalk Empire: Season 4, HBO
Game of Thrones: Season 3, HBO
True Detective, HBO
The Walking Dead: Season 4, Anchor Bay

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Best Extras/Bonus Materials
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Paramount
Banshee: Season 2, HBO
Boardwalk Empire: Season 4, HBO
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Fox
Ender’s Game, Lionsgate
Frozen, Disney
Game of Thrones: Season 3, HBO
The Giver, Anchor Bay
Halloween: The Complete Collection, Anchor Bay/Shout! Factory
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Lionsgate
Orange Is the New Black: Season 1, Lionsgate
Sleeping Beauty: Diamond Edition, Disney
Snowpiercer, Anchor Bay
True Blood: Season 7, HBO
22 Jump Street, Sony Pictures
The Walking Dead: Season 4, Anchor Bay

Best Box Art
Arrested Development: Season 4, Fox
Banshee: Season 2, HBO
Boardwalk Empire: Season 4, HBO
Ender’s Game, Lionsgate
Frozen, Disney
Game of Thrones: Season 3, HBO
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, Time Life/StarVista
True Blood: Season 6, HBO
True Detective, HBO

Best Packaging
Batman ’66: The Complete Series, Warner
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Caesar’s Warrior Collection, Fox
Herzog: The Collection, Shout! Factory
Sons of Anarchy: The Collector’s Set, Fox
The Walking Dead: Season 4 Limited Edition (Tree Walker), Anchor Bay
The Wonder Years: The Complete Series Experience, Time Life/StarVista

Best Restoration
Halloween Collection: Halloween 6 Producer’s Cut, Shout! Factory/Anchor Bay
Little House on the Prairie: Season 1 Remastered, Lionsgate
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: 75th Anniversary Edition, Sony Pictures
Nightbreed: Collector’s Edition, Shout! Factory
Pee-wee’s Playhouse: The Complete Series, Shout! Factory
The Rocky Heavyweght Collection, Fox

Best Title Upgrade
Ghostbusters: 30th Anniversary Edition, Sony Pictures
Halloween: The Complete Collection, Anchor Bay/Shout! Factory
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, Time Life/StarVista
Pee-wee’s Playhouse: The Complete Series, Shout! Factory
Sleeping Beauty: Diamond Edition, Disney

GENRE CATEGORIES

Best Animation Disc
Enest and Celestine, Cinedigm
Frozen, Disney
How to Train Your Dragon 2, Fox/DreamWorks
Jack and the Cuckoo Clock Heart, Shout! Factory
The Lego Movie, Warner
My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, Shout! Factory
Rio 2, Fox
The Snowman, NCircle

Best Kidvid Disc
Alpha & Omega 2: A Howl-iday Adventure, Lionsgate
Caillou’s Holiday Movie, NCircle
My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks, Shout! Factory
Paw Patrol, Paramount/Nickelodeon
Planes: Fire & Rescue, Disney
Rio 2, Fox
The Snowman, NCircle

Best Fitness Disc
Calorie Killer Yoga With Colleen Saidman, Gaiam
Firm Vol. 1: Body Sculpting Basics With Susan Harris, Anna Benson
Jillian Michaels: One Week Shred, Gaiam/Empowered
Original FitPrime Fast Cheetah, Anna Benson
WHFN: Killer Weights and Killer Cardio, Anna Benson Other

Best Sports Disc
Spirit of the Marathon II, FilmWorks
Super Bowl XLVIII Champions: Seattle Seahawks, Cinedigm

Best Faith-Based Title
God’s Not Dead, Cinedigm
Heaven Is for Real, Sony Pictures

Best Comedy
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, Paramount
Orange Is the New Black: Season 1, Lionsgate
22 Jump Street, Sony Pictures
Veep: Season 2, HBO

Best Drama
Boardwalk Empire: Season 4, HBO
Game of Thrones: Season 3, HBO
The Hundred-Foot Journey, Disney
Saving Mr. Banks, Disney
True Detective, HBO
12 Years a Slave, Fox

Best Action
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Disney
The Equalizer, Sony Pictures
The Expendables 3, Lionsgate
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Lionsgate
In the Blood, Anchor Bay
Lone Survivor, Universal
The Protector 2, Magnolia
Robocop (2014), Fox
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Anchor Bay
Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist, Funimation

Best Fantasy
Game of Thrones: Season 3, HBO
Krull, Mill Creek
Nightbreed, Shout! Factory
Once Upon a Time: Season 3, Disney
True Blood: Season 7, HBO

Best Sci-Fi
Ender’s Game, Lionsgate
Ghost in the Shell: 25th Anniversary Edition, Anchor Bay
Guardians of the Galaxy, Disney/Marvel
Krull, Mill Creek
The Last Days on Mars, Magnolia
Snowpiercer, Anchor Bay
Star Trek Compendium, Paramount

Best Dystopia
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Fox
Divergent, Lionsgate
Ender’s Game, Lionsgate
The Giver, Anchor Bay
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Lionsgate
Snowpiercer, Anchor Bay
The Walking Dead: Season 4, Anchor Bay

Best Teen Future
Divergent, Lionsgate
Ender’s Game, Lionsgate
The Giver, Anchor Bay
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Lionsgate

Best Superhero Disc
The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Sony Pictures
Batman ’66: The Complete Series, Warner
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Disney/Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy, Disney/Marvel
Robocop (2014), Fox
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), Paramount
Thor: The Dark World, Disney/Marvel

Best Comic Book Adaptation
The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Sony Pictures
Batman ’66: The Complete Series, Warner
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Disney/Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy, Disney/Marvel
Robocop (2014), Fox
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Anchor Bay
Snowpiercer, Anchor Bay
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), Paramount
Thor: The Dark World, Disney/Marvel
The Walking Dead: Season 4, Anchor Bay

Best Anniversary Edition
Ghost in the Shell: 25th Anniversary, Anchor Bay
Ghostbusters: 30th Anniversary Edition, Sony Pictures
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: 75th Anniversary Edition, Sony Pictures
Sleeping Beauty: Diamond Edition, Disney
White Christmas: 60th Anniversary Edition, Paramount
Young Frankenstein: 40th Anniversary Edition, Fox

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