DVD Releases: March 20

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• Always Will (2006) Follows Will, an unpopular high school senior who uncovers a time capsule from his old elementary school and discovers that with it he can magically go back in time to change his past. Directed by Michael Sammaciccia but made by and with kids. (MTI Home Video).
• Are We There Yet? (2005) Ice Cube, Nia Long. Extras: Sneak Peek of the sequel "Are We Done Yet?"(Sony).
• Batman Beyond: Season 3 Two-disc set with 13 episodes, $26.99. (Warner Home Video).
• Blood Diamond (2006) Dir.: Edward Zwick; Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Sheen, Stephen Collins. In single-disc and two-disc editions. (Warner).
• The Bridesmaid (2006) Dir.: Claude Chabrol; Benoit Magimel, Laura Smet, Aurore Clement, Bernard Le Coq, Solene Bouton, Anna Mihalcea. Extras: "Chabrol Directs The Bridesmaid" featurette; Chabrol interview, biography and filmography; still gallery. (First Run Features).
• The Care Bears Movie 25th Anniversary Limited Edition (1981) Restored. Voices of Mickey Rooney, Jackie Burroughs, Georgia Engel, Sunny Besen Thrasher. Extras: TV special "Professor Cold Heart and the Freeze Machine," unavailable since its original broadcast. (MGM).
• The Care Bears TV Series: Volume One: Care-a-lot Adventures Four animated episodes, $14.98. (MGM).
• The Care Bears TV Series: Volume Two: Forest of Feelings Four animated episodes, $14.98. (MGM).
• Christy: The Complete Series (1994-95) Four-disc set with all 19 episodes, $39.98. (Fox).
• Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner -- Uncensored! (2006) Single disc, $19.99. Extras: Red carpet interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, making-of featurette, "The Colbert Report: Fart Jokes," more. (Paramount).
• Eragon (2006) Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich, Christopher Egan, Gary Lewis, Djimon Hounsou, Rachel Weisz. Available as a single-disc and two-disc Special Edition. Extras: Single-disc: Commentary by director Stefen Fangmeier. Special Edition: Commentary by director Stefen Fangmeier; six-part "Inside the Inheritance Trilogy: The Magic of Eragon" featurette; Random House Digital Novel featuring the first two chapters of "Eldest," the second novel from the "Inheritance Trilogy"; "The Inhabitants of Alagaesia" character profiles; extended and deleted scenes; "The Secrets of Alagaesia" visual effects showcase; "The Vision of Eragon" animatic sequence and conceptual art gallery; storyboards; animation guide; "Become the Dragon Rider -- Creating the Video Game"; interview with "Inheritance Trilogy" author Christopher Paolini. Available on Blu-ray. (Fox).
• Everyone's Hero (2006 -- TV) Dir.: Christopher Reeve; voices of William H. Macy, Rob Reiner, Brian Dennehy, Raven, Robert Wagner, Jake T. Austin, Mandy Patinkin, Forest Whitaker, Whoopi Goldberg. Family animated adventure about a young boy who embarks on a cross-country adventure to retrieve Babe Ruth's stolen bat so the Yankees can win the 1932 World Series. Extras: Commentary by uncredited co-directors Colin Brady and Dan St. Pierrre and writers Jeff Hand and Rob Kurtz; "Making of Everyone's Hero: The Little Guy's Journey" featurette; "Remembering Christopher Reeve" featurette. (Fox).
• Family Favorites 4 Movie Collection Two-disc set with four theatrical tiles: "The Little Rascals" (1994), "Casper" (1995), "Flipper" (1996) and "Leave It to Beaver" (1997), $16.24. (Universal).
• First Born (2007) Elisabeth Shue, Steven Mackintosh, Kathleen Chalfant, Khandi Alexander, Anne Wolf. Creepy thriller about a pregnant woman and her baby, in the vein of "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Others." (First Look Home Entertainment).
• Garfield & Friends: An Ode to Odie Thirteen episodes from the "Garfield & Friends" TV series hand-picked by Garfield creator Jim Davis; $14.98. (Fox).
• Global Warming: What's Up with the Weather? (2007) Two-hour NOVA/Frontline documentary; $19.95. (WGBH Boston Video).
• Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film(2006) Documentary explores the history, influences and gory special effects that define the slasher genre of filmmaking. Featuring interviews with horror masters John Carpenter, Wes Craven and Rob Zombie; $24.98. Extras: Filmmaker commentary. (ThinkFilm).
• The Hunt (2006) Joe Michael Burke, Cliff De Young, Robert Rusler. Filmmakers making an instructional hunting video stumble upon the relics of a bizarre religious monument and soon realize they're being stalked by someone or something not of this earth. (Image Entertainment).
• The Hunt for the BTK Killer (2005 -- TV) Gregg Henry, Maury Chaykin, Robert Forster, Michael Michele, Michael Fox. (Sony).
• JAG: The Complete Third Season (1997-98) Six-disc set with 24 episodes, $64.99. (Paramount).
• Justice League Unlimited: Season 2 Two-disc set with 26 episodes, $26.99. (Warner Home Video).
• Kaboom! The Sizzling Story of ExplosionsTwo-disc set with two NOVA productions that explore the history of pyrotechnics: "Kaboom!" and "Fireworks"; $29.95. (WGBH Boston Video).
• Mana: Beyond Belief (2004) Documentary on the world of "power objects": religious, artistic, economic, patriotic or ridiculous; $24.95. (Genius Products).
• Masters of Horror: John Carpenter's Pro-Life (2007) Ron Perlman, Mark Feuerstein. Carpenter's contribution to the Showtime anthology. Extras: Commentary by Carpenter and writers Drew McWeeny and Scott Swan, "Final Delivery: The Making of Pro-Life" featurette, "Demon Baby: Birthing the FX Sequence" featurette, storyboard gallery, director bio, screenplay (DVD-ROM). (Anchor Bay).
• Maude: The Complete First Season Three-disc set with 22 episodes, $29.95. (Sony).
• Miami Vice: Season Three Five-disc set with 24 episodes, $59.98. (Universal).
• Miami Vice: Season Four Five-disc set with 22 episodes, $59.98. (Universal).
• Michael Shayne, Private Detective CollectionTwo-disc set with four mysteries featuring Lloyd Nolan as the hard-boiled, square-jawed detective, $29.98: "Michael Shayne: Private Detective" (1940), "Sleepers West" (1941), "The Man Who Wouldn't Die" (1942) and "Blue, White and Perfect" (1942). Extras: "Follow That Lead!" interactive trivia guide, "Nabbing Crooks the Michael Shayne Way" featurette, "The Detective Who Never Dies" featurette, "The Art of Robert McGinnis: Mike Shayne and Beyond" featurette, restoration comparisons. (Fox).
• The Naked City (2005) Dir.: Jules Dassin; Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor, Frank Conroy. "There are eight million stories in the Naked City": Master noir craftsman Jules Dassin and newspaperman-cum-producer Mark Hellinger's dazzling police procedural shot entirely on location in New York City. New, restored high-definition digital transfer. Extras: Commentary by screenwriter Malvin Wald, footage from director Jules Dassin's 2003 appearance at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, analysis of the film's New York locations by Celluloid Skyline author James Sanders, new video interview with NYU film professor Dana Polan, stills gallery. (The Criterion Collection).
• The Nativity Story (2006) Dir.: Catherine Hardwicke; Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Oscar Isaac, Ciaran Hinds, Shaun Toub. (New Line).
• NewsRadio: The Complete Fifth Season (1998-99) Three-disc set with 22 episodes, $29.95. Extras: Bloopers, "The Lost Episode" featurette, commentary on select episodes. (Sony).
• The Night of Truth (2004 -- Dioula/French) Feature debut by one of Africa's most talented female directors, Fanta Regina Nacro, takes place in an unnamed country where two peoples, after a decade of atrocities, have embarkd on a path to peace. As they prepare for a celebratory feast, each side is haunted by the past -- will the night bring understanding or revenge? Extras: Film notes, director's statement, "Africa in Context," resources. (First Run Features Global Lens Collection).
• Re-Animator Limited Edition (1985) Dir.: Stuart Gordon; Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale, Robert Sampson. Brand-new remastered transfer, approved by director Stuart Gordon; remastered Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 sound. Two-disc set, housed in a package with newly created artwork and containing a collectible "Re-Animator" syringe-shaped highlighter. Extras: Commentary by director Stuart Gordon; commentary by producer Brian Yuzna and actors Bruce Abbott, Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton and Robert Sampson; new featurette: "Re-Animator Resurrectus"; music discussion with composer Richard Band; deleted and extended scenes; TV spots; production stills from brian yuzna's private collection; behind-the-scenes, posters & advertising, storyboard and fun-on-the-set galleries; Stuart Gordon bio; screenplay (DVD-ROM); "Herbert West, Reanimator" by H.P. Lovecraft (DVD-ROM). (Anchor Bay).
• Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave(2005) Aimee-Lynn Chadwick, Cory Hardrict, John Keefe, Jenny Mollen, Peter Coyote. College students play with a drug more potent than Ecstasy that eventually turns them into flesh-eating zombies. (Lionsgate).
• Rocky Balboa (2006) Dir.: Sylvester Stallone; Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Milo Ventimiglia, Geraldine Hughes, Antonio Tarver, Talia Shire.Extras: Commentary by Stallone, deleted scenes, alternate ending, boxing bloopers, "Skill vs. Will: The Making of Rocky Balboa," "Reality in the Ring: Filming Rocky's Final Fight," "Virtual Champion: Creating the Computer Fight." Available on Blu-ray. (Sony).
• Run's House: The Complete Seasons 1 & 2 (2005) Three-disc set of the MTV reality show, $39.99. (Paramount).
• Sleeper Cell: The Complete Second Season (2006) Three-disc set with eight episodes, $29.99. (Paramount).
• Sleepers (2005) Two-disc set with all four episodes from the Masterpiece Theatre BBC spy thriller miniseries, $49.99. (Acorn Media).
• Some Things That Stay (2004) Kevin Zegers, Alberta Watson, Stuart Wilson, Katie Boland. A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl from a liberal upbringing who moves with her family to a conservative baptist community in rural 1950s America. (Echo Bridge Home Entertainment).
• Stan Lee Presents: The Condor (2007) Full-length, animated feature film created by comic book legend Stan Lee. Voice of Wilmer Valderrama. Adventure of a college dropout skateboarder who uses experimental NanoBot technology to turn into a superhuman skater after a vicious attack that leaves his legs mangled and parents dead; $14.98. Extras: "The Making of the Condor," Outskating DVD game, 16-page comic book: Mosaic by Stan Lee. (Starz Home Entertainment).
• The W.C. Fields Comedy Collection Volume 2 Five-disc set, $59.98. (Universal).
  * You're Telling Me! (1934) W.C. Fields, Joan Marsh, Buster Crabbe, Adrienne Ames.
  * The Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) W.C. Fields, Mary Brian, Kathleen Howard, Grady Sutton, Vera Lewis.
  * The Old Fashioned Way (1934) W.C. Fields, Joe Morrison, Baby LeRoy, Judith Allen, Jan Duggan.
  * Poppy (1936) W.C. Fields, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Cromwell, Granville Bates.
  * Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941) W.C. Fields, Gloria Jean, Leon Errol, Margaret Dumont.
• The Wild Wild West: The Complete Second Season (1966-67) Sevendisc set with 28 episodes, $54.99. (Paramount).
• Wondrous Oblivion (2003) Sam Smith, Leagh Conwell, Dominic Barklem, Jo Stone-Fewings, Emily Woof, Yasmin Paige. Coming-of-age story about an 11-year-old boy who lives with the singular dream of being a cricket star. Extras: Commentary by Director Paul Morrison, making of featurette. (Palm Pictures).