New on Blu-ray & DVD: May 8

The Story: Pack your suitcase and get your passport ready for this globetrotting Tom & Jerry cartoon compilation, featuring 22 classic theatrical shorts and episodes from Tom & Jerry Tales including The Million Dollar Cat, The Two Mouseketeers, Freaky Tiki, Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl and Din-O-sores.


Notable Special Features: An Ultraviolet digital copy.

The Story: This powerful, Peabody Award-winning 18-hour CNN documentary from 1998 charts the sweeping events that shaped the course of the Cold War and the United States' relationship with the Soviet Union – out on DVD for the first time to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. From award-winning documentarian Jeremy Isaacs (The World at War), Cold War is narrated by Kenneth Branagh and features striking, historical newsreel footage and captivating interviews from key leaders and political figures such as Mikhail Gorbachev, Fidel Castro, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Lech Walesa and others.

Notable Special Features: Includes the Oscar-nominated 1953 propaganda film The Hoaxters plus an extended interview with Cuban leader Fidel Castro and digital copy.

The Story: Batter up! The TV special Lucy Must Be Traded, Charlie Brown is paired up with a trio of sports-themed segments from The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show in Happiness is…Peanuts: Team Snoopy. Suit up for a triple-header of laughs, and then some, with the classic Peanuts gang!

The Story: Da plane! Da plane! The second season of the beloved late '70s/early '80s series Fantasy Island is finally on DVD! Featuring all 25 memorable episodes, Fantasy Island: The Complete Second Season finds favorite wish-fulfilling resort director Mr. Roarke (Ricardo Montalban) and his energetic sidekick Tattoo (Herve Villechaize) granting fantasies to such late '70s celebrities as Scott Baio, Danny Bonaduce, Sonny Bono, Annette Funicello, Eva Gabor, Peter Graves, Florence Henderson, Don Knotts, Maureen McCormick, Rue McClanahan, Roddy McDowell, Leslie Nielsen, Abe Vigoda, a young Michelle Pfeiffer and many more… Okay, boss!

The Story: The original that inspired the new Johnny Depp movie is now available for the first time in one colossal set (in a custom-made coffin, no less) containing every episode (a whopping 1, 225) of the late '60s gothic ABC soap that introduced the world to the cursed 200-year-old vampire Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid) and his wealthy, extended family in Collinsport, Maine -- among subplots of ghosts, witches, werewolves, demonic possessions, parallel worlds and time travel.


For those who just want a taste of the series, two DVD sets -- Fan Favorites and The Best of Barnabas – containing 9 episodes each are available.

Notable Special Features: Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series set contains more than 100 bonus in-depth interviews; a behind-the-scenes documentary and cast reunion; bloopers; a commemorative 96-page booklet with photographs and episode summaries and much more. The Fan Favorites and The Best of Barnabas DVDs includes informative new introductions by Kathryn Leigh Scott and Lara Parker.

The Story: Golden Globe winner Laura Linney returns as Cathy Jamison for a second season of the show that proves laughter is the best medicine. Following the stage-four melanoma diagnosis that rocked her world, Cathy finally shares the news with her family and decides to pursue experimental treatment. She quickly bonds with her fellow patient, Lee (Hugh Dancy) but isn't so sure about her new doctor (Alan Alda). Co-starring Oliver Platt and guest-starring Gabourey Sidibe, Cynthia Nixon and Parker Posey.

Notable Special Features: Deleted scenes and a gag reel.

The Story: The fan favorite comes to a rousing conclusion with the fifth and final season, now on DVD and Blu-ray. Chuck is ready to take Operation Bartowski freelance, using the cover of the Buy More electronics store to fund his team's own operations, leading to new missions, new stakes and new obstacles. With Chuck and Sarah as newlyweds and his family in on his secret, it has never been harder for Chuck to separate his spy life from his personal life.

Notable Special Features: Six all-new featurettes including Sandwiches and Superfans: The Saving of a Show and Chuck: The Future; a gag reel; commentaries; deleted scenes; and an extended version of the series finale episode!

The Story: Kate Beckinsale is back as the leather-clad vampire warrioress Selene in the fourth spectacular installment of the Underworld franchise. Picking up where Underworld: Evolution left off, the millennia-old battle between Vampires and Lycans rages on, pitting Selene against her most powerful adversary yet, just as she discovers a shocking secret that will change everything she has ever fought for. Michael Ealy, Theo James, India Eisley, and Stephen Rea also star.

Notable Special Features: Bloopers; commentary; five behind-the-scenes featurettes; Heavy Prey music video and much more.

The Story: Inspired by a true story, Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams play Leo and Paige, newlyweds whose happiness is derailed by a car accident that erases Paige's entire memory of her relationship with her husband. Refusing to give up, Leo decides to court Paige as if they've just met, with the hope that since they fell in love once, they can do it again. Scott Speedman also stars as Paige's first fiancé, and the cast is rounded out by Sam Neill and Jessica Lange.

Notable Special Features: Filmmaker commentary; blooper reel; deleted scenes; and three featurettes exclusive to the Blu-ray.

Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams renew romance in The Vow; Kate Beckinsale kicks Lycan butt in Underworld: Evolution; the original Dark Shadows; the final season of Chuck; The Big C and more in this week's new releases.