DVD Releases: January 8

[Sonnie]

All-New Super Friends Hour Season 1, Volume 1 DC Comics animated series on ABC; 32 episodes featuring Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman and Aquaman; two-disc set $26.99. Extras: "One Dimensional Goodness: The Super Friends and the Good Old Days," "Origins of the Guest Stars" featurettes. (Warner).

Between the Lions: Season One 30 episodes of the kids series highlighting a magical place where characters pop off the pages of books, vowels sing, and words take on a life of their own; $79.95. (WGBH Boston Video).

Beyond the Ring (2007) Andre Lima, Martin Kove, Gary Busey. A retired martial arts champion returns to the ring to earn money to pay for his ill daughter's health care. (MTI Home Video).

Black Irish (2005) Michael Angarano, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Guiry, Melissa Leo. Gifted, compassionate 15-year-old pitcher Cole McKay (Angarano) watches his troubled Irish-Catholic family implode around him as he clings to his dream of making the state baseball championships. (Echo Bridge Home Entertainment).

Boogeyman 2: Unrated Director's Cut (2005) Tobin Bell, Danielle Savre. Direct-to-video sequel. Extras: Commentary by director Jeff Betancourt and screenwriter Brian Sieve, commentary by Tobin Bell, Danielle Savre and producers Steve Hein and Gary Bryman; featurette: "Bringing Fear to Life: Makeup Effects From Storyboards to Screen"; storyboards. (Sony).

The Catherine Cookson Anthology Eight of the popular author's most popular novels adapted and produced for British television from 1989-2000. Eight-disc set, $99.98. (Koch Vision).

Citizen Tanouye (2005) Documentary about Southern California native Ted Tanouye who, faced with relocation to a Japanese internment camp during World War II, instead chose to serve in the United States Army. Decades after his death, America paid Tanouye its greatest tribute by awarding him the Medal of Honor. (WGBH Boston Video).

Curb Your Enthusiam: The Complete Sixth Season Two-disc set with eight episodes, $39.98. Extras: Behind-the-scenes footage, conversation between Larry David and Susie Essman, gag reel. (HBO Video).

Death Sentence (2007) In theatrical and unrated versions. Extras: "Fox Movie Channel Presents: Making a Scene," "Fox Movie Channel Presents: Life After Film School With Kevin Bacon," Webisodes. (Fox).

Dragon Wars (2007) Jason Behr, Amanda Brooks, Robert Forster, Aimee Garcia, Craig Robinson Extras: "5,000 Years in the Making" featurette, storyboard-to-screen featurette, photo gallery. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony).

Gunsmoke: The Second Season, Volume 1 (1956-57) Three-disc set, $39.99. (Paramount).

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968) Alan Arkin, Chuck McCann, Sondra Locke, Stacy Keach, Cicely Tyson. (Warner Directors' Showcase: Take Three).

The Invasion (2007) Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jackson Bond, Jeffrey Wright, Veronica Cartwright. Extras:"We've Been Snatched before: Invasion in Media History" documentary; three featurettes: "The Invasion: A New Story," "The Invasion: On the Set" and "The Invasion: Snatched." Available on HD DVD and Blu-Ray Disc. (Warner).

Joshua (2007) Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Celia Weston, Dallas Roberts, Michael McKean, Jacob Kogan. Thriller about a young boy's resentment toward his baby sister that triggers a series of tragic events that fill his household with utter despair and unspeakable horror. Extras: Commentary by writer-director George Ratliff and writer David Gilbert, deleted scenes, Dave Matthews music video "Fly," cast and crew interviews. (Fox).

The Killing Floor (2007) Marc Blucas, Shiri Appleby, Reiko Ayelsworth. A horror book agent moves into a lavish penthouse apartment only to encounter mysterious events; his suspicions that someone is watching his every move becomes his real life horror story. (ThinkFilm).

Klimt (2006) John Malkovich, Veronica Ferres, Saffron Burrows. Biodrama about Austrian painter Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), who was both acclaimed and condemned during his lifetime for pioneering the depiction of sexuality in art through his paintings, murals and sketches. (Koch Lorber).

Mammoth (2006) Vincent Ventresca, Summer Glau, Tom Skerritt, Leila Arcieri, Marcus Lyle Brown. Sci Fi Channel telefilm. A meteor smashes into a small Louisiana town's natural history museum, reanimating a 40,000-year-old woolly mammoth and unleashing it on a deadly and destructive rampage. Under orders to contain the threat at all costs, a special team is given 17 hours to kill the marauding, alien-possessed beast ... or the entire town, perhaps the world, will be decimated. (Union Station Media).

Maneater (2007 -- TV) Gary Busey, Ty Wood, Ian D. Clark. A Bengal tiger that has escaped from a traveling carnival terrorizes the Appalachian community of Mount Raven in an isolated region of Georgia. (Genius Products).

Payday (1972) Rip Torn. Extras: Commentary by director Daryl Duke and producer Saul Zaentz. (Warner Directors' Showcase: Take Three).

Personal Best (1982) Dir.: Robert Towne; Mariel Hemingway, Scott Glenn, Patrice Donnelly, Jodi Anderson, Kenny Moore. (Warner Directors' Showcase: Take Three).

Redemption of the Ghost (2002) Diane Ladd, John Savage, Alexandra Paul, Rachel Hunter. An escaped convict redeems himself through the love of two young children. (Echo Bridge Home Entertainment).

The Riches Season One Four-disc set with 13 episodes, $49.98. Extras: Commentary, casting sessions, gag reels, webisodes. (Fox).

The Ritz (1976) Dir.: Richard Lester; Jack Weston, Jerry Stiller, F. Murray Abraham, Paul B. Price, Rita Moreno. Extras: Vintage featurette "You're an Actor, Jack Weston." (Warner Directors' Showcase: Take Three).

Rob & Big: The Complete Seasons 1 & 2 -- Uncensored (2006) Four-disc set with 16 episodes of the reality buddy comedy series, $42.99. Extras: Commentary, deleted scenes. (Paramount).

Secrets of the Samurai Sword NOVA documentary takes audiences on a historical journey back 600 years to investigate the unique creation of the deadliest medieval fighting weapon -- the Japanese Samurai Sword; $19.95.(WGBH Boston Video).

Sunshine (2007) Rose Byrne, Cliff Curtis, Chris Evans, Troy Garity, Cillian Murphy, Hiroyuki Sanada, Benedict Wong, Michelle Yeoh. Extras: Deleted scenes, commentary by director Danny Boyle, Web production diaries, two short films. Available on Blu-ray Disc. (Fox).

Tell Me a Riddle (1980) Dir.: Lee Grant; Melvyn Douglas, Lila Kedrova, Lee Grant, Brooke Adams. (Warner Directors' Showcase: Take Three).

Thank Heaven (2001) Jenny McCarthy, Matt Keeslar. Comedy about a couple deeply in love who make each other miserable until the man finds God on the golf course. (Echo Bridge Home Entertainment).

310 to Yuma (2007) Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Dallas Roberts, Ben Foster, Vinessa Shaw. Extras: Commentary by director James Mangold, "Destination Yuma" making-of documentary, "An Epic Explored" featurette, "Outlaws, Gangs and Posses" documentary, deleted scenes. (Lionsgate).

Terry Jones' Barbarians Monty Python's Terry Jones takes viewers on an expedition through Roman history from the alternative perspective of the barbarians. Four-part TV documentay views the history of the Roman Empire as seen by the Britons, Gauls, Germans, Greeks, Persians and Africans; $29.98. (Koch Vision).

Two and a Half Men: The Complete Second Season Four-disc set with 24 episodes, $44.98. Extras: " 2 1/2 Days in the Life of 2 1/2 Men" behind-the-scenes fetaurette, "The Serious Business of Writing Comedy" featurette, gag reel. (Warner).

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, One & Two All four mysteries from the British Tv series about a young, aspiring private detective learning the ropes from her mentor, disgraced ex-policeman Bernie Pryde. But when Pryde's sudden suicide leaves Cordelia the sole proprietor of his ramshackle agency, she is forced to continue her education on the job. Based on the acclaimed works of P.D. James. $49.95. (WGBG Boston Video).

The Waltons: The Complete Sixth Season Five-disc set with 22 episodes, $39.98. (Warner).

What's New Scooby-Doo? The Complete Third Season Single-disc with 13 episodes, $19.98. Extras: Bonus episode. (Warner).

White Noise 2 (2005) Nathan Fillion, Katee Sackhoff. Direct-to-video sequel. Extras: Deleted scenes, "Exploring Near-Death Experience" featurette, "Journey Into Madness" featurette, "The Making of White Noise 2." (Universal).

Zodiac Director's Cut (2007) Dir.: David Fincher; Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey Jr., Brian Cox, John Carroll Lynch. Two-disc set. Extras: Commentary by Fincher, Gyllenhaal, Downey, producer Brad Fischer, screenwriter James Vanderbilt and writer James Ellroy; "Zodiac Deciphered: The Making of Zodiac" featurette; "The Visual Effects of Zodiac"; sequence breakdowns; "This Is Zodiac Speaking" featurette; "Prime Suspect" featurette. Also available on HD DVD. (Paramount).