New on DVD: ‘Please Give,’ ‘The Bionic Woman’ and more

Please Give

Sony, $28.95; Blu-ray, $34.95

Writer-director Nicole Holofcener’s ability to turn everyday situations into gentle comedy serves her well in “Please Give,” a touching little film starring Catherine Keener and Oliver Platt as antique brokers waiting for their 91-year-old neighbor to die so they can buy her apartment. Rebecca Hall and Amanda Peet play the cantankerous old lady’s granddaughters — one shy and sensitive, the other aggressive and mean. The characters flirt, bicker, lie, worry and analyze their self-image to such a degree that even their generosity seems selfish. It’s true-to-life and very funny. On DVD and Blu-ray, “Please Give” adds outtakes and interviews.

The Bionic Woman: Season One

Universal, $39.98

Originally a one-off character in a very special episode of “The Six Million Dollar Man,” “Bionic Woman” Jaime Sommers (played by Lindsay Wagner) proved so popular that the show’s producers brought her back and then gave her a series, which ran for 11/2 seasons on ABC and one on NBC. “The Bionic Woman: Season One” DVD contains all 14 episodes of that first half-season plus all of the “Six Million Dollar Man” episodes that introduced the premise of a world-class athlete brought back from the brink of death thanks to cybernetics. The set also features interviews with and commentaries by the team that created one of the kitschiest, coolest adventure shows of the ‘70s.

Predators

20th Century Fox, $29.98; Blu-ray, $39.99

The Predator concept is elegant in its simplicity: just take a handful of soldiers, throw in an alien monster that’s hunting them for sport and sit back and enjoy the melee. But the latest sequel to the 1987 sci-fi-action classic isn’t as fun as it should be; director Nimród Antal, producer Robert Rodriguez and their team of writers introduce too many characters with too much explanation for who those characters are. But Antal is skilled at nerve-jangling action sequences, and whenever “Predators” ditches the set-up and just revels in bullets ‘n’ beasties, its formula still works. Another reliably winning combination? Rodriquez and DVDs. In addition to a Rodriguez-Antal commentary on the “Predators” DVD and Blu-ray, the producer leads fans through hours of fascinating behind-the-scenes and bonus material.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

20th Century Fox Blu-ray, $34.99

Long before “Troll 2,” long before “The Room,” people gathered en masse to mock “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” a campy gender-bending rock musical that’s actually pretty entertaining — even when it’s not being interrupted every 15 seconds by squirt gun-wielding, toast-throwing, costume-wearing audience members. “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” Blu-ray has plenty to offer those who enjoy the “making fun” part of the “Rocky Horror” experience and those who genuinely like the movie. Deleted scenes, a commentary track and reflective featurettes join sing-along tracks, shout-along tracks and picture-in-picture images of super-fans playing their part.

And…

Accidentally on Purpose: The First Season (Paramount, $41.99); Mirrors 2 (20th Century Fox, $22.98; Blu-ray, $29.99); The Psycho Legacy (Shout! Factory, $19.93); The Real L Word: Season One ( Showtime, $36.98); Seven Samurai (Criterion Blu-ray, $49.95); Smash His Camera (Magnolia, $26.98)