DVD Releases: January 15

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An Affair to Remember (1957) Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning. Two-disc anniversary edition with new digital transfer. Extras: Commentary by singer Marni Nixon and film historian Joseph McBride; "Affairs to Remember: Deborah Kerr"; "Affairs to Remember: Cary Grant:"; "Directed by Leo McCarey" featurette; "A Producer to Remember: Jerry Wald" featurette; "The Look of An Affair to Remember"; "AMC Backstory: An Affair to Remember"; "Fox Movietonews: An Affair to Remember Shipboard Premiere Attracts Celebrities" featurette; poster gallery; still gallery. (Fox).

Alex Haley's Queen (1993) Two-disc set with the entire three-night miniseries, $24.98. (Warner).

Already Dead (2007) Ron Eldard, Til Schweiger, Christopher Plumme. Revenge thriller about an architect, Thomas Archer (Eldard), whose ideal life is shattered when an intruder breaks into his home, kills his son and brutalizes his wife. When the police fail to find the killer, his therapist directs Archer to a covert agency that specializes in hunting down ruthless criminals. Extras: Deleted scenes. (Sony).

Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (1975) Remastered. Extras: "Unlucky in Love: An Unrequited Love Story" featurette; Two bonus TV specials: "You're in Love, Charlie Brown" and "It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown." (Warner).

California Dreaming (2007) Lea Thompson, Dave Foley, Patricia Richardson. An Omaha, Neb. suburban family's dream of traveling to California in an RV meets one obstacle after another. (MTI Home Video).

Crime Traveller (1997) Michael French, Chloe Annett. Three-disc set with all eight episodes of the BBC science fiction series about a detective and a scientist who have access to a time machine and use it to go back in time to gather evidence to solve crimes; $39.98 (BFS Entertainment).

Criss Angel: The Complete Season Three Three-disc set with 20 episodes, $34.95. (A&E Home Video).

Dragonlance (2008) Animated sword and dragon feature with the voices of Kiefer Sutherland, Lucy Lawless, Michael Rosenbaum. Direct-to-video. (Paramount).

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) Joan Taylor, Hugh Marlowe, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum. In black & white and colorized versions. Two-disc set. Extras: Commentary by Ray Harryhausen, Arnold Kunert, Jeff Okun, Ken Ralston; featurettes: "Ray Harryhausen on Earth vs. the Flying Saucers," "A Present Day Look at Stop-Motion," "The Colorization Process," "Original Screenplay Credits," "Tim Burton Sits Down With Ray Harryhausen, "Interview With Joan Taylor," "David Schecter on Film Music's Unsung Hero," "The Hollywood Blacklist and Bernard Gordon"; advertising artwork video montage of film's ad materials by producer Arnold Kunert; video photo galleries; sneak peek of digital comic book "Flying Saucers vs. the Earth." (Sony).

Extras Gift Set Seasons One and Two. $49.99. Extras: 90-minute "Extra Special Series Finale." (HBO Video).

Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest (2007) Griffin Clan spoof of "Star Wars." Animated. (Fox).

The First Days of ChristianityHistory Channel Ultimate Collection four-disc set takes a look at the events of Jesus' life and the lives of his Apostles, $17.95. (A&E Home Video).

Good Luck Chuck (2007) Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, Dan Fogler. R and unrated editions. Extras: Interactive sex matrix, "Kama Sutra" featurette, "All About the Penguins" featurette. (Lionsgate).

In the Heat of the Night 40th Anniversary Edition (1967) Dir.: Norman Jewison; Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant , Larry Gates, James Patterson, William Schallert. Extras: Commentary by Jewison, Grant, Steiger and Haskell Wexler; three featurettes: "Turning Up the Heat: Movie Making in the Turbulent 60s," "The Slap Heard Around the World," "Quincy Jones: In the Heat of the Music" featurette. (MGM).

Incredible Human Machine (2007) Documentary tour of the human body from the National Geographic Channel, $19.98. (Warner).

It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955) Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, Donald Curtis, Ian Keith. In black & white and colorized versions. Two-disc set. Extras: Commentary by Ray Harryhausen, Arnold Kunert, Randy Cook and John Bruno; Ray Harryhausen on It Came From Beneath the Sea" featurette; video photo galleries; "Tim Burton Sits Down With Ray Harryhausen" featurette; a video discussion of "It Came From Beneath the Sea's" 1955 marketing and advertising campaign by producer Arnold Kunert; "David Schecter on Film Music's Unsung Hero" featurette; "A Present Day Look at Stop-Motion" featurette; sneak peek of digital comic
book "It Came from Beneath the Sea ... Again!" (Sony).

Killer Diller (2004) Lucas Black, William Lee Scott. A guitar playing car thief meets an autistic savant piano player, and together they transform a group of reluctant halfway house convicts into The Killer Diller Blues Band. (Echo Bridge Home Entertainment).

Kingdom: Series 2 Delves even deeper into the realm of the supernatural that takes place at the Kingdom Hospital in Copenhagen then in the first acclaimed chiller. Danish with English subtitles. $26.98. Extras: Lars von Trier's "Kingdom" documentary, selected commentary, music video, more. (Koch Lorber).

Love Lies Bleeding (2008) Christian Slater, Jenna Dewan, Brian Geraghty. A struggling young couple stumbles upon a cache of dirty money after a shootout in their apartment building. (Sony).

Martin Scorsese Presents Val Lewton: Man in the Shadows (2007) Scorsese produced and narrates this fascinating study of Val Lewton, the legendary film producer who brought a new perspective to the horror genre at RKO during the 1940s, creating such gems as "Cat People," "Curse of the Cat People," "I Walked with a Zombie," "The Body Snatcher," "Isle of the Dead," "Bedlam" and "The Seventh Victim." $19.97. (Warner).

Mr. Woodcock (2007) Seann William Scott, Billy Bob Thornton, Susan Sarandon, Ethan Suplee, Amy Poehler, Emily Wagner, Evan Helmuth. Extras: Deleted scenes, making-of featurette, "P.E. Trauma" tales. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (New Line).

The Naked Prey (1966) Dir.: Cornel Wilde; Cornel Wilde, Ken Gampu. New, restored high-definition digital transfer. Extras: Commentary by film scholar Stephen Prince; "John Colter's Escape," a 1913 written record of the trapper's flight from Blackfoot Indians -- which was the inspiration for "The Naked Prey" -- read by actor Paul Giamatti; original soundtrack cues created by director Cornel Wilde and ethnomusicologist Andrew Tracey, along with a written statement by Tracey on the score; plus a booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Michael Atkinson and a 1970 interview with Wilde. (The Criterion Collection).

The New Adventures of Old Christine: The Complete First Season Two-disc set with 13 episodes, $29.98. Extras: "The Real Christine" featurette, unaired scenes, gag reel. (Warner).

Oswald's Ghost (2008) Dan Rather PBS documentary on the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Extras: Zapruder film, extended interviews, "Dealey Plaza Freaks." (Paramount).

Persuasion (2007) Sally Hawkins, Rupert Penry-Jones, Alice Krige, Anthony Head. Jane Austen's romantic masterpiece. (Warner).

Postwar Kurosawa: Eclipse Series #7 No frills collection of five Akira Kurosawa films: "No Regrets for Our Youth" (1946), "One Wonderful Sunday" (1947), "Scandal" (1950), "The Idiot" (1951) and "I Live in Fear" (a.k.a. Record of a Living Being) (1955). (The Criterion Collection).

The Real West: Cowboys & Outlaws History Channel Ultimate Collection four-disc set brings to life the most legendary cowboys and notorious outlaws of America's western frontier, $17.95. (A&E Home Video).

Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Third Season (1998-99) Four-disc set with 25 episodes, $42.99. (Paramount).

Saving Sarah Cain (2007) Lisa Pepper, Elliott Gould, Tess Harper. After her estranged sister's death, a self-absorbed, metropolitan newspaper columnist becomes the legal guardian of her five Amish nieces and nephews in the heartwarming family drama. (Fox).

Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006) Ewan McGregor, Polly Walker, Eileen Atkins, Hugh Bonneville, Tom Hardy, Andrew Lincoln, Gina McKee, Sophie Okonedo, Mark Strong. Investigates the lives of seven couples in various stages of relationships on a sunny afternoon in Hampstead Heath in England. Extras: "If You Build it They Will Come: The Making of Scenes of a Sexual Nature." (ThinkFilm).

She's Gotta Have It (1986) Dir.: Spike Lee; Tracy Camilla Johns, Tommy Redmond Hicks, John Canada Terrell, Spike Lee. (MGM).

Suburban Girl (2007) Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alec Baldwin, Maggie Grace, James Naughton, Chris Carmack. A Manhattanite book editor (Gellar) finds her take on the game of romance changed after she lures the attention of an influential older man. Extras: Commentary by director Marc Klein. (Image Entertainment).

The Ten (2005) Adam Brody, Rob Corddry, Famke Janssen, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Ken Marino, Gretchen Mol, Oliver Platt, Paul Rudd, Winona Ryder, Liev Schreiber, Justin Theroux, Jessica Alba. Series of 10 spoofs that reinterpret --- and reinvent --- the Ten Commandments. Extras: Commentary by director-writer David Wain, writer Ken Marino and Paul Rudd; alternate-take and deleted-scene vignettes; bonus interview; "Wainy Days Episode One" as seen on MyDamnChannel.com; ring tones and wallpaper. (City Lights Media).

Thunderbirds 40th Anniversary Megaset Twelve-disc set with all 32 digitally remastered episodes, $129.95. Extras: Photo gallery of production stills, two original 1965 "making-of" featurettes, "The History of The Thunderbirds" featurette, character biographies, Gerry Anderson biography and filmography. (A&E Home Video).

The Utopian Society (2003) Austin Nichols, Sam Doumit, Malin Akerman. Six college students have fun while struggling to write a paper on utopian societies. (Warner).

The Vietnam War DVD Set Two-disc History Channel set chronicling key events, from the advisors' arrival in 1959 to the airlift from the roof of the American Embassy in 1975, $29.95. (A&E Home Video).

Wedding Daze (AKA The Pleasure of Your Company) (2006) Jason Biggs, Isla Fisher, Michael Weston, Joe Pantoliano, Joanna Gleason, Edward Herrmann. After losing the woman of his dreams, a young man is convinced he'll never fall in love again, but at the urging of his best friend, he spontaneously proposes to a dissatisfied waitress named Katie and an innocent dare evolves into romance. Extras: Deleted scenes. (MGM).

When Harry Met Sally Collector's Edition (1989) Dir.: Rob Reiner; Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby. Extras: Commentary by Reiner, writer Nora Ephron and Crystal; deleted scenes; "It All Started Like This" featurette in which Ephron and Reiner talk about the development of the film; "Stories of Love" featurette with the real stories of the "authentic couples" in the film, as well as the story of Reiner's true love found during the shoot of the movie; "When Rob Met Billy"; "Billy on Harry"; "I Love New York" locations; "What Harry Meeting Sally Meant"; "So Can Men and Women Really Be Friends?" (MGM).