New releases

Transformers The huge, shape-shifting Autobots and their new best bud (Shia LaBeouf) return to fight the evil Decepticon, this time in Blu-ray high-definition format. LaBeouf stars as a youth who becomes an ally to the transforming Autobots as their war with the Decepticons comes to Earth. The two-disc set of the summer 2007 blockbuster has a huge range of behind-the-scenes material, including an interview with executive Steven Spielberg, segments with the movie's Pentagon advisers on military action and equipment and commentary with director Michael Bay. While watching the movie, viewers also can access background details and short making-of videos. Blu-ray set, $39.99. (Paramount)

Then She Found Me Helen Hunt makes her directing debut and stars in this romance about a New York City schoolteacher whose life takes abrupt new turns: Her husband (Matthew Broderick) deserts her, her adoptive mom dies, her birth mother (Bette Midler) reappears in her life and she finds a fresh relationship with the newly divorced father (Colin Firth) of one of her students. The DVD and Blu-ray release come with cast interviews and commentary with Hunt, who also co-wrote the screenplay. DVD, $27.98; Blu-ray, $35.98. (Image)

The Promotion John C. Reilly and Seann William Scott are grocery workers going to extremes to undermine each other for a manager's job at a new store. The DVD has deleted scenes, outtakes, a making-of segment and commentary with writer-director Steve Conrad and his producers. DVD, $24.95. (Genius)

Bright Lights, Big City The '80s are revived in this 20th anniversary edition of the film starring Michael J. Fox as a writer partying through Manhattan like a madman to relieve his family strife. The DVD has behind-the-scenes featurettes and commentary with Jay McInerney, who adapted the screenplay from his novel. DVD, $14.98. (MGM)

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts gang returns in a new DVD edition of the perennial Halloween special that debuted in 1966. The disc includes a featurette tracing the long history of the show. DVD, $19.98. (Warner Bros.)

TV on DVD

The Big Bang Theory: The Complete First Season

Life: Season One

The Office: Season Four

Desperate Housewives: The Complete Fourth Season

Cheers: The Tenth Season

Ghost Whisperer: The Third Season

Supernatural: The Complete Third Season