DVD Releases: July 10

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After the Wedding (2007) Mads Mikkelsen, Rolf Lassgard, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Stine Fischer Christensen, Christian Tafdrup. (Genius Products).

The Astronaut Farmer (2007) Dir.: Michael Polish; Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Dern, Jon Gries, Kiersten Warren, Mark Polish, Sal Lopez, Tim Blake Nelson, Virginia Madsen, Max Thieriot, Jasper Polish, Logan Polish, J.K. Simmons. Extras: "How to Build a Rocket: The Making of The Astronaut Farmer" featurette, "A Conversation With NASA Astronaut David Scott" featurette, outtakes. (Warner).

Beauty and the Beast: The Second Season Six-disc set with 22 episodes, $49.99. Extras: Introduction on select episodes by Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman. (Paramount)

Bewitched: The Complete Fifth Season (1967-68) Four-disc set with 30 episodes, $39.95. (Sony).

A Bullet for Joey (1955) Edward G. Robinson, George Raft, Audrey Totter. (MGM Film Noir).

The Contractor (aka The Shooter) (2007) Wesley Snipes, Lena Headey, Charles Dance. An ex-CIA agent is asked to take out a terrorist, only to realize he's been set up by his former employer. (Sony).

Dancing in Twilight (2005) Erick Avari, Louise Fletcher, Mimi Rogers, Kal Penn, Sheetal Sheth. A middle-aged man must cope with the death of his wife and the arrival of his son and his girl friend. (BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd.).

Ever Since the World Ended (2001) Twelve years after a devastating plague has emptied the world of people, two San Francisco filmmakers traverse the nearly deserted city with a camera and a microphone, exploring the harsh ralities people must face to rebuild civilization. (BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd.).

Extras: The Complete Second Season Six episodes, $29.98. Extras: "Art of Corpsing" behind-the-scenes featurette, "Extras Backstage" featurette, "Taping Nigel: The Gimpening" featurette, outtakes and bloopers. (HBO Video).

The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark Writers and star of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" bring their brand of film commentary to a new line of B-movie sendups. First up is "Hollywood After Dark" (1968) starring Jack Vorno and Rue McClanahan about a down-on-his-luck loner who falls in with the wrong crowd in Tinseltown and finds salvation in the arms of a stripper. $19.99. (Shout! Factory).

Home Run Derby: Volume 1 "Home Run Derby" was a 1959 TV show held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, pitting the top sluggers of the Major Leagues against each other in a nine-inning home run contest. The eight episodes in Vol. 1 pitted Mickey Mantle vs. Willie Mays, Harmon Killebrew vs. Mantle, Hank Aaron vs. Ken Boyer, more; $14.98. Vol. 2 will be out August 14 and Vol. 3 will arrive September 25. (MGM).

Joan Collins: Superstar Collection Five-disc set with "Girl in the Red Velvet Swing," "Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!" "Sea Wife," "Seven Thieves" and "Stopover Tokyo," $19.98 each or $49.98 the set. (Fox).

Kansas City Confidential (1952) John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef, Jack Elam. (MGM Film Noir).

The Last Mimzy (2007) Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Michael Clark Duncan, Rhiannon Leigh, Chris O'Neil, Rainn Wilson. Extras: Commentary by director Bob Shaye, "Hello (I Love You)" Roger Waters music video, deleted scenes, "Adapting the Story" featurette, "Bob Shaye: Director Profile," "Casting the Kids" featurette, "Production Design and Concept Art" featurette, "Real Is Good: The Visual Effects" featurette, "Editing and Music," six "Behind-the-Movie" featurettes, interactive games, more. (New Line).

The Last Time (2007) Michael Keaton, Brendan Fraser, Amber Valletta, Neal McDonough, Michael Lerner, David Jensen, Daniel Stern. A top salesman (Michael Keaton) rediscovers a lust for life after falling for the fiancee of a new salesman (Brendan Fraser) he has taken under his wing, a Midwest transplant finding his footing in New York. Extras: Deleted scenes. (Sony).

My Super Sweet 16: Season 1 & 2 Two-disc set with 13 episodes, $24.99. Extras: Two bonus episodes. (MTV/Paramount).

The Stranger (1946) Dir.: Orson Welles; Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Richard Long. (MGM Film Noir)

Super Sweet 16: The Movie (2007 -- TV) MTV movie based on the MTV series. Extras: "Best of My Super Sweet 16," deleted scenes, outtakes and bloopers. (MTV/Paramount).

Sweet Land (2006) Alan Cumming, Ned Beatty, Lois Smith, Alex Kingson, John Heard, Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee. Extras: Commentary by director Ali Selim and Elizabeth Reaser and Tim Guinee; "Labor of Love: The Making of Sweet Land." (Fox).

Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara Four-disc set with four films written and directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara: "Pitfall" (1962), "Woman in the Dunes" (1964) and "The Face of Another" (1966). New, restored high-definition digital transfers. Extras: Video essays on all three films by critic and festival programmer James Quandt; four short films by Teshigahara: "Hokusai" (1953), "Ikebana" (1956), "Tokyo 1958" (1958) and "Ako/White Morning" (1963); new documentary about the working relationship beween Teshigahara and Kobo Abe, including interviews with Japanese-film scholars Donald Richie and Tadao Sato; booklet featuring essays by James Quandt, Howard Hampton, Audie Bock, and Peter Grilli and Max Tessier's 1964 interview with Teshigahara. (The Criterion Collection).

Thunderpants (2002) Rupert Grint, Stephen Fry, Bruce Cook, Anna Popplewell, Ned Beatty, Paul Giamatti, Keira Knightley. An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him to fame as he fulfills his ambition of becoming an astronaut. Extras: "Patrick Smash's Video Diary," "The Official Fart Thesaurus," "Going All the Way" music video by allSTARS. (Weinstein Co./Genius Products).

The Woman in the Window (1944) Dir: Fritz Lang; Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Dan Duryea.(MGM Film Noir)