Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Johnny Depp and the rest of his pirate cronies return for part three of their high-seas adventures, which joined its predecessors as one of Hollywood's biggest-ever blockbusters.

Picking up with the cliffhanger of 2006's second chapter, the latest movie has Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley teaming with old foe Geoffrey Rush to retrieve Depp's Capt. Jack Sparrow from the great beyond after he's banished to Davy Jones' Locker.

The movie comes in a bare-bones single-disc DVD or two-disc DVD and Blu-ray high-definition sets stuffed to the hatches with extras. Among the behind-the-scenes materials are segments on Capt. Jack's opening sequence, in which visual effects create an entire ship's complement of Depps, and the relationship between Depp and Rolling Stones idol Keith Richard, who plays Jack's father (Depp says his original notion for the first movie was playing Jack as a cross between Richards and wily cartoon skunk Pepe LePew).

The DVD set dissects the effects that went into the climactic battle on the edge of a giant whirlpool, while the Blu-ray set features a more extensive look at the sequence.

Superbad

Geeks staked a claim to much of the summer audience with this comedy hit produced by Judd Apatow, director of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up".

Co-written by and co-starring Apatow regular Seth Rogen, the lead player from "Knocked Up", the movie features Jonah Hill, Michael Cera and Christopher Mintz-Plasse as social misfits on a prowl for booze in hopes of scoring with women at a party as high-school graduation nears.

The movie is available in the R-rated theatrical version or an unrated edition on single DVD versions, or in two-disc DVD and two-disc Blu-ray releases with the unrated cut. Along with deleted and extended scenes, extras include a script run-through from 2002 in which Rogen reads the part that went to Hill, a character named Seth whose misadventures were based on Rogen and co-writer Evan Goldberg's own teen days. Apatow, Rogen, Goldberg and the lead actors also provide commentary.

The Nanny Diaries

Scarlett Johansson lands a thankless gig as a new college graduate who takes a nanny job and finds herself nursemaid to a really messed-up family in this adaptation of the best-selling book.

Laura Linney and Paul Giamatti co-star as the well-off and demanding Manhattanites who hire Johansson to tend their bratty kid, while the cast also includes Alicia Keys and Chris Evans.

The DVD includes a making-of featurette, a segment with the book's authors, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, and a collection of bloopers.

Ford at Fox

This mammoth set pays tribute to one of Hollywood's greatest and most-prolific directors. John Ford is best-remembered as the man behind such John Wayne classics as "The Searchers," "The Quiet Man" and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance", yet this marvellous 21-disc package offers a survey of the director's three-plus decades at 20th Century Fox, including "The Grapes of Wrath", "How Green Was My Valley", "My Darling Clementine", "Drums Along the Mohawk" and "Young Mr. Lincoln". Among the 24 films are silent productions such as "The Iron Horse", "3 Bad Men" and "Hangman's House", in which Wayne first appears as an extra, plus the Will Rogers comedies "Doctor Bull", "Judge Priest" and "Steamboat Around the Bend".

The set includes a new documentary, "Becoming John Ford," a 168-page book loaded with photos from the films, and reproductions of souvenir booklets for two Ford films.

TV on DVD

"The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: The Complete Series" — The 1960s spy series arrives on DVD in its entirety with a 41-disc package containing all 105 episodes. A small-screen answer to James Bond, the show starred Robert Vaughn and David McCallum as agents for the United Network Command for Law Enforcement, an agency battling a shadowy group bent on world domination. Extras include interviews with the two stars and other collaborators and segments on the shows gadgets, music, women and guest stars. The set is available exclusively from Time Life (www.timelife.com).

"24: Season Six" — The US government bails Kiefer Sutherland out of hellish imprisonment in China — and promptly turns him over to terrorists for execution. But of course, his day is just beginning as the bad guys set off a nuclear explosion on American soil and Sutherland's Jack Bauer races to prevent other bombs from going off.

A seven-disc set has all 24 episodes from the sixth year, plus deleted scenes and commentary.

"Saturday Night Live: The Complete Second Season" — An eight-disc set packs all 23 episodes from the late-night comedy show's 1976-77 season, which saw Chevy Chase depart but Bill Murray join the cast that included John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd and Gilda Radner.

"Battlestar Galactica: Razor" — Ten days after its TV premiere, the feature-length movie spinoff of the sci-fi series lands on DVD. Featuring Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell and other series cast members, the tale follows the journey of a sister battleship that survives the sneak attack that virtually wipes out humanity.

"Will & Grace: Season Seven" — The sitcom starring Debra Messing and Eric McCormack as roomies returns in a four-disc set with the seventh year's 24 episodes.

"Diagnosis: Murder — The Third Season" — Dick Van Dyke is back as the offbeat doctor who solves crimes in his spare time. A five-disc set has season three's 18 episodes.

"7th Heaven: The Fifth Season" — The wholesome family show led by Stephen Collins, Catherine Hicks and Jessica Biel continues in a six-disc package with all 22 episodes from year five.

"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — The Fourth Year" — The New York cops specialising in sex crimes are on the job again with a five-disc set containing season four's 25 episodes.