‘The Family Stone’ just rolls along with hijinks

Selected home-video releases:

“The Family Stone” – A big, sloppy ensemble gathers for a big, sloppy family Christmas in this feel-good comedy that mixes bouncy holiday hijinks with a dramatic shade or two.

In her first major role since “Sex and the City,” Sarah Jessica Parker leads the cast as an uptight businesswoman whose fiance’s laid-back kinfolk take an immediate dislike to her when they meet over the holidays.

The cast includes Diane Keaton, Claire Danes, Craig T. Nelson and Luke Wilson.

The DVD has six deleted scenes, a question-and-answer session with the cast, a making-of feature and commentary with Parker and Dermot Mulroney, who plays her fiance. Writer-director Thomas Bezucha teams with some of his filmmaking collaborators for separate commentary. $29.98. (20th Century Fox)

“Tennessee Williams Film Collection” – The playwright’s best-known film works are packaged in an eight-disc boxed set, led by new DVD editions of “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.”

The two-disc “Streetcar” release replaces a bare-bones previous DVD, the new set featuring Marlon Brando’s screen test for a film in the late 1940s that was never made, believed to be the first time the actor worked in front of the camera. Co-star Karl Malden offers commentary, and the set has a documentary on director Elia Kazan and five other behind-the-scenes segments.

The boxed set has single-disc releases of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and four films making their DVD debuts: “Night of the Iguana,” “Sweet Bird of Youth,” “Baby Doll” and “The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone.”

Each film has a mix of commentary and features, and the boxed set includes the 1973 documentary “Tennessee Williams’ South.”

DVD boxed set, $68.92; “Streetcar” two-disc set, $26.99; single DVDs, $19.97 each. (Warner Bros.)

TV on DVD:

“Dinosaurs: The Complete First and Second Seasons” – The 1990s comedy features puppets from Jim Henson Productions in a sit-com about a family of prehistoric reptiles dealing with domestic life 60 million years ago. The first 29 episodes come in a four-disc set, along with two behind-the-scenes features. $39.99. (Disney)

“Kate &Allie: Season One” – Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin scored a 1980s sit-com hit as single moms sharing a house with their kids. The DVD has the first six episodes, plus an episode from the second season, a conversation with Saint James and director Bill Persky and a gag reel. $29.98. (Universal)

“3rd Rock From the Sun: Season 4” – After “Kate &Allie,” Curtin signed on with John Lithgow and company for the sit-com about a band of aliens masquerading as a human family to research life on Earth. $39.98. (Anchor Bay)

“King of the Hill: The Complete Sixth Season” – Texas propane salesman Hank Hill, his messed-up family and friends are back with another season of the animated series. $39.98. (20th Century Fox)

“The Nanny: The Complete Second Season” – Fran Drescher in the 1990s sit-com. $39.95. (Sony)

Other new releases

“Last Holiday” – Queen Latifah plays a meek cookware saleswoman who learns she has three weeks to live in this comic update of a 1950 Alec Guinness movie. Co-starring with LL Cool J and Gerard Depardieu, Latifah makes a thin flick tolerable. Heavy on food and cooking themes, “Last Holiday” comes to DVD with a couple of recipes from the movie. The disc also has two deleted scenes and three behind-the-scenes segments. $29.99. (Paramount)

“Hoodwinked” – An irreverent retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale, featuring the voices of Glenn Close and Anne Hathaway. Along with five deleted and extended scenes, the DVD includes a music video and commentary with director Cory Edwards and screenwriters. $29.95. (Genius)

“The Lucy and Desi Collection” – Before they were America’s favorite TV couple, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were big-screen partners. They met on the set of 1940’s Broadway musical adaptation “Too Many Girls” and were married soon after, teaming again in the 1950s for “The Long, Long Trailer” and “Forever Darling.” All three are included in a three-disc set, accompanied by vintage short films and cartoons. “The Long, Long Trailer” and “Forever Darling” also can be bought separately. DVD set, $29.92; single DVDs, $14.97 each. (Warner Bros.)

Also, the sixth and final season of “I Love Lucy” debuts on DVD. $38.99. (Paramount)

“The Family Stone” stars Craig T. Nelson (left), Sarah Jessica Parker, Ty Giordano, Savannah Stehlin, Elizabeth Reaser, Dermot Mulroney, Rachel McAdams, Diane Keaton and Brian White.