DVD Releases

At a point in history when more people than ever are famous for no good reason - or for all the wrong reasons - it’s a timely move to reissue Oliver Stone’s frenetic tabloid-culture indictment “Natural Born Killers’’ (1994). The DVD stirs up fresh discussion with a 20-minute featurette that wonders how the exploits of homicidal Mickey and Mallory (Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis) would play out against today’s socially networked, holla-back landscape. The segment includes everyone from YouTube’s news manager to Twitter cofounder Evan Williams, but it’s slow to get to its point - first Joey Buttafuoco has to weigh in on how nutty the ’90s were. And the featurette’s participants don’t actually speculate about how the film would differ, only the characters’ bad behavior. Still, they suggest intriguing tweaks. Imagine Robert Downey Jr.’s Wayne Gale tweeting from his bloody tag-along with the killers, or Mickey-and-Mallory Flickr pages spilling over with photos of every crime scene. There’s also some skepticism that the pair could make a clean getaway when cellphone cameras are everywhere. “That’s [expletive],’’ Stone scoffs in response. “There are so many people in America who are missing, people who’ve changed their identities, who the FBI and the CIA can’t find.’’ Stone’s commentary and other extras are recycled, but a deleted scenes collection deserves its encore. Don’t miss Harrelson cross-examining Ashley Judd as he defends himself in court, or Denis Leary adding to the cacophony. (Warner, $20.97; Blu-ray, $28.99; available now)

TELEVISION

IT’S GARRY SHANDLING’S SHOW: THE COMPLETE SERIES (1986-90)

At last, it’s a DVD showcase for Shandling’s groundbreaking, fourth-wall-breaking sitcom about the foibles, infatuations, and vanity of life as Garry. Looking back, you’ll be surprised by how many rim-shot lines come between moments of real inspiration - also by how many of those lines Shandling legitimizes with his knowing wryness. “I just broke up with my girlfriend because she moved in with another guy,’’ he deadpans, and you have to laugh. Extras: Shandling, series co-creator Alan Zweibel, and writers supply commentary - an amusing case of Shandling deconstructing a show that was largely about him doing that very thing. (Shout! Factory, $159.99)

HORROR

THE WILLIAM CASTLE FILM COLLECTION (1959-64)

Unless you’ve got a really, really versatile home entertainment setup, there’s no way you’re going to fully recapture the B-movie gimmickry that made producer-director Castle’s reputation. (You’ve probably heard about the vibrating chairs set up for screenings of Vincent Price’s science-of-terror thriller “The Tingler.’’) This eight-film set does give an appreciation for Castle’s showmanship, though, partly through a feature documentary in which John Landis, John Waters, and other devotees are interviewed. In addition to “Tingler,’’ the lineup includes “13 Ghosts,’’ “Homicidal,’’ and Joan Crawford’s turn as an ax murderess, “Strait-Jacket.’’ (Sony, $80.95)

DRAMA

CHÉRI (2009)

Michelle Pfeiffer has rightly gotten plenty of credit for her willingness to look her age (and older) as a Belle Epoque Parisian courtesan who yearns to hold onto her young soul mate (Rupert Friend) as her seductive power fades. But this Colette adaptation by director Stephen Frears (“The Queen’’) isn’t the first time Pfeiffer has turned a trick like this. Watching here, we’re vaguely reminded of 1991’s “Frankie & Johnny,’’ in which she played a haggard waitress convincingly enough that it seemed like she’d always been wearing a diner uniform, and never that slinky “Fabulous Baker Boys’’ gown. Extras: Production featurette; deleted scenes. (Miramax, $29.99)

TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (2009)

If it’s all about the effects, why are they so uneven? For every eye-popping pyramid desecration, there’s a technomorphosis that’s just an indecipherable blur. Still, Shia LaBeouf does deliver the year’s Bay-siest line reading: “Optimuuuuus!’’ Extras: Commentary by Michael Bay and writers; production featurettes. (Paramount, $34.98; single-disc edition, $29.98; Blu-ray, $39.99)

FAWLTY TOWERS: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION (1975-79)

John Cleese’s snippy innkeeper is back behind the front desk in a remastered set featuring commentary by Cleese on every episode and new cast interviews. Fans will also want to note another distributor’s Oct. 27 release of “Monty Python: The Other British Invasion.’’ (BBC Video, $49.98)

MONSOON WEDDING (2001)

Mira Nair’s swirling portrait of the ramp-up to a Punjabi arranged marriage gets a reissue, accompanied by a collection of the director’s fiction and documentary shorts. (Criterion, $39.95; Blu-ray, $39.95)

NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD (2008)

Documentarian Mark Hartley romps through the wild world of “Ozploitation,’’ Australia’s raunchy, bloody exploitation flicks of the ’70s and ’80s. It’s a diverting survey, but “Mad Max’’ is likely the only film you’ll know. Extras: Project funding pitch by Quentin Tarantino. (Magnolia, $26.98; available now)

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE (1973)

Before Spike Jonze interpreted Maurice Sendak, there was this faithful animated short. The hourlong disc also features “Chicken Soup With Rice’’ and others by Sendak, with music by Carole King. (Scholastic Storybook Treasures, $14.95; available now)

Titles are in stores Tuesday unless specified.