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The new CD+DVD commemorative package “Woody Guthrie at 100! Live at the Kennedy Center” was released today via Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, The package captures the historic all-star concert staged in the Okemah native’s honor last October in Washington, D.C.

This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is: “Moonshiners: Season 1” Reality TV seems to have given in to a lowdown obsession with all things hillbilly (witness a recent succession of show such as “Bayou Billionaires,” “Hillbilly Handfishin’,” “Here Comes Honey Bob Boo,” “Duck Dynasty” and so on).

A version of this review appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. “Oz the Great and Powerful” Traversing the Yellow Brick Road is a tricky balancing act that director Sam Raimi mostly pulls off in captivating style with “Oz the Great and Powerful.” Enchantingly spun off 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz,” one of the most beloved movies in cinema history, and the L.

Blu-ray review: “Oz the Great and Powerful”

Give the gift of gangsters and guns to entertain Dad on Father's Day.

Looking for gifts to make Dad glad on Father’s Day? How about “stories ripped from the headlines,” as the old Hollywood cliché goes. As in Warner Bros. gangster movies of the ’30s and ’40s, such as the four immortal machine-gun-and-mayhem masterpieces contained in “Ultimate Gangsters Collection: Classics” Blu-ray box set.

This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is: “Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder” Of all the writers and activists associated with the Beat Generation of the 1950s, Lawrence Ferlinghetti is certainly among the most flamboyant and enduring. Still blowing and going at 93, he’s the subject of a hugely entertaining documentary, “Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder” (due out on DVD Tuesday).

It’s generally recognized that the original “boy from Oklahoma” was the folksy, rope-twirling philosopher Will Rogers. So there’s a delicious and slightly ironic twist to Warner Bros. Studio’s DVD reissue of the 1954 oater “The Boy From Oklahoma,” which starred the Okie icon’s son, Will Rogers Jr., who was born in New York City and grew up in Beverly Hills.

A version of this review appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. “Meet the Fraggles” In many ways, “Fraggle Rock” remains the redheaded (well, sometimes yellow- or purple-haired) stepchild to “The Muppets” and “Sesame Street,” ubiquitous and enduring franchises inhabited by similarly colorful critters dreamed up by puppet pioneer Jim Henson.

While young American readers follow the antics of Jeff Kinney's Wimpy Kid books and Beverly Cleary's Ramona novels, British youngsters seem equally dedicated to their own spunky young troublemaker in Francesca Simon's popular Horrid Henry series.

“Meet the Fraggles,” a single-disc six-episode collection, makes a fine entry into the tunefully entertaining puppet series from the 1980s.

‘Yesterday's Enterprise' a highlight of exceptional season

Touted as one of Quentin Tarantino’s favorite films, the revenge thriller “Rolling Thunder” (1977) was also one of the better offerings from low-budget specialists American International Pictures in the last decade of their existence before the company was absorbed by Filmways in 1980.

This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is: “Horrid Henry: The Movie” While young American readers follow the antics of Jeff Kinney’s Wimpy Kid books and Beverly Cleary’s Ramona novels, British youngsters seem equally dedicated to their own spunky young troublemaker in Francesca Simon’s popular Horrid Henry series.

She was Pollstar’s Top Female Country Touring Artist of 2012, and Checotah native Carrie Underwood now brings the magic of her sold-out “Blown Away Tour” to DVD with the Aug. 13 release of “The Blown Away Tour: LIVE.” Filmed in concert this past March in Ontario, Calif., “The Blown Away Tour: LIVE” features more than 20 songs, with performances of a dozen of the six-time Grammy winner’s No.

A version of this review appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. “Cloud Atlas” With three co-writer/directors, a star-studded international cast and six interconnected stories, maybe it’s not a surprise that “Cloud Atlas” is such a surprising cinematic creation: a big-budget spectacle and weighty art-house drama all in one.

The revenge thriller “Rolling Thunder” (1977) was also one of the better offerings from low-budget specialists American International Pictures.

“Cloud Atlas” is a sweeping film with six narratives that span 500 years, starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry.

This week, the oddest DVD to appear on release lists is: “Shanks” For most of his colorful, eccentric career William Castle was known as a master of gimmickry and director of scores of low-budget thrillers. But at the tail end of his career, the director, actor and producer (known for such trickery as “The Tingler” and such high-gloss horror as “Rosemary’s Baby,” which he produced) closed things out with a truly unique, quasi-silent film called “Shanks” (due out on DVD Tuesday).

A version of this review appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman. “Bangkok Revenge” With the summer blockbuster season in full swing, it’s somehow comforting to remember that the Hollywood studios don’t have the market cornered on cringe-worthy action flicks with atrocious acting, preposterous dialogue and shoddy storytelling.