Dreamgirls
The musical that won an Academy Award for Jennifer Hudson in her film debut, that ALMOST got a best-picture nomination and ALMOST won Eddie Murphy an Oscar debuts on home video. The adaptation of the Broadway hit missed out on some key Oscar honors, but it was the latest $100 million hit in Hollywood's revival of the movie musical. Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Murphy and supporting-actress winner Hudson star in the tale of a 1960s female trio that rises to stardom out of Detroit's Motown music scene. The movie is available in a single-disc DVD edition and two-disc DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray releases, all containing 12 extended and alternate scenes, a Beyoncé music video and an unreleased musical number by Hudson. The two-disc sets also include a feature-length behind-the-scenes documentary, a handful of other featurettes and cast auditions and screen tests. Rated PG-13.
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Little Children
The satiric drama of suburban life brought a best-actress Oscar nomination for Kate Winslet and a supporting-actor nomination for Jackie Earle Haley, the comeback story of 2006 after a long absence from film for the co-star of 1979's "Breaking Away." Winslet leads an ensemble that includes Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Wilson and Noah Emmerich in a sexually charged story centered on secrets and lies behind the prim facades of a seemingly pleasant neighborhood, where a bored housewife takes up with a stay-at-home husband and a suspicious man leads a campaign of vigilante terror against a recently paroled sex offender. The bare-bones DVD could have used some background material, particularly an interview or commentary from director Todd Field, whose previous film was the critical hit "In the Bedroom." Rated R.
Illegal Aliens
Three months after Anna Nicole Smith's death comes her final flick, a B-movie science-fiction comedy in which she mercilessly parodies herself and her dopey-blonde persona. Smith stars as a none-too-bright alien who comes to Earth with two colleagues, the shape-shifting trio adopting the guise of human babes and hitting the streets to battle evil forces that threaten the planet. Wrestler Joanie Laurer co-stars as a looney alien villain intent on wiping out humanity. The DVD has commentary with the filmmakers, deleted scenes and a making-of featurette. Rated PG-13.
TV on DVD
The Best of the Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
One of television's most-wholesome classics returns with a four-disc compilation from the sit-com starring the real-life Nelson family — Ozzie and Harriet and their sons David and Ricky, who became a teen idol as a pop singer. The set has 24 episodes from the show's 14-year run, with extras including commentaries from David Nelson and Sam Nelson, son of the late Rick Nelson.
Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place
The second seasons of chic prime-time soap "Beverly Hills 90210" and spinoff "Melrose Place" debut in a pair of eight-disc sets. The "Beverly Hills 90210" set has 28 episodes and a handful of featurettes; the "Melrose Place" set has 31 episodes, with commentary on some from series creator Darren Star.
Will & Grace: Season Six
TV's favorite heterosexual and gay roommate combo is back. All 24 episodes from year six of the sitcom, which stars Debra Messing as a straight woman and Eric McCormack as her gay roomie, arrive in a four-disc set.
The King of Queens: 8th Season
Life goes on for deliveryman Kevin James, his beautiful spitfire of a wife (Leah Remini) and her crusty live-in dad (Jerry Stiller). A three-disc set packs year eight's 23 episodes.
