This week’s home entertainment offerings include this summer’s biggest movie, Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman, the independent comedy hit of the summer, The Big Sick, plus the latest season of the DC Comics-based Arrow TV series, anniversary editions of two great series from Joss Whedon, Firefly, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and a first Blu-ray release of the Ranma ½ OVAs.

Theatrical Movies

This week’s top release is the big box office hit of the summer, Patty Jenkin’s Wonder Woman (Warner Bros., “PG-13,” 133 min., $29.98, BD $34.99, 4K $44.95), which earned $410.5 million here in North America.  Warner Bros. badly needed a hit from its stable of DC Comics properties and Jenkins delivered a film that pleased both critics and audiences as it became by far the most popular film ever directed by a woman.  Gail Gadot provides a commanding performance in the title role, and Jenkins balances action, humor, and social commentary with a storyline that takes Wonder Woman back to World War I, a time of feminist ferment, when American women finally got the vote, and began to upset the patriarchal apple cart. Extras include 5 “vision of” featurettes explaining how the director was able to realize her conceptions on film, plus several other behind-the-scenes features, deleted scenes, and a gag reel.

Another worthy offering due on Tuesday is The Big Sick (Lionsgate, “R,” 120 min., $29.95, BD $39.95), a semi-autobiographical romantic comedy written by the Pakistani/American stand-up comic Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon.  With its naturalistic dialogue and reality-based, culture clash humor The Big Sick is not your typical romcom.  It wowed the critics, earning a 98% positive rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, but it also earned $50 million (versus a cost of just $5 million) in theaters, and deserves to find an even wider audience in the after-market.

Fans of the actor Sam Elliot are in for a treat with The Hero (Lionsgate, “R,” 93 min., $19.98, BD $24.98), a slice-of-life saga about an aging western star, who attempts to right some of the wrongs of a largely wasted life.  While the story has its clichéd elements, it also provides Elliot another chance to show off his considerable charm and acting talents.

Also out this week is the Christian family drama, The Resurrection of Gavin Stone (Universal, “PG,” 184 min., $19.98, BD $22.97), the story of a washed-up child actor who pretends to be Christian in order to get a part in an Easter pageant.

TV on DVD

It’s another heavy week for TV releases headed by Arrow: The Complete 5th Season (Warner Bros., $49.97, BD $54.97), which collects the latest season of the popular CW show that began the current renaissance of comic book-based live-action TV series, spawning The Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow.  In Season 5 Oliver Queen is the newly appointed Mayor of Star City and faces a host of new challenges.  Extras in this set include footage from the Arrow Comic-Con Panel as well as deleted scenes and several interesting behind-the-scenes featurettes.

For Joss Whedon fans there are two vintage releases of import, a 15th Anniversary Collector’s Edition of Firefly (Fox, 665 min., $29.98) that comes with a new poster and character cards plus plenty of special features including one in which Whedon sings the Firefly theme; and a 20th Anniversary Edition of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Series (Fox, $199.98), which includes all 144 episodes of the groundbreaking series.

Other releases of special interest to geek viewers include the Psycho-based Bates Motel: The Complete Series (Universal, 2,207 min., $149.98, BD $199.98), which ended its run last spring; the NBC time-travel series Timeless: Season 1 (Sony, 685 min., $35.99); the influential single-camera sitcom Modern Family: The Complete 8th Season (Fox, $29.98); and the movie-based action comedy Lethal Weapon: The Complete 1st Season (Warner Bros., $39.99).

Other contemporary series out this week include the CBS medical drama Code Black: Season 2 (Paramount, $45.98); the international political drama Madame Secretary: Season 3 (Paramount, $45.98); and the one and only season of the hostage drama, Ransom: Season 1 (Sony, $38.99).

This week’s only animated TV offering is The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour: Porky Pig 101 (Warner Bros., $47.99), a DVD-R release that includes 101 Porky Pig cartoons.

Vintage TV releases include a single-disc collection of the great Groucho Marx in You Bet Your Life (Kino, 225 min., $12.95); and the 1990s African-American sitcom Living Single: The Complete 2nd Season (Warner Bros., 669 min., $29.99).

Though we often don’t cover documentaries, Ken Burn and Lynn Novick’s The Vietnam War (PBS, 1,003 min., $99.99, BD $129.99), which debuted this week on PBS is an extraordinary in-depth look at the most contentious conflict in American history since the Civil War.

Anime

This week’s releases include the North American Blu-ray premiere of the Ranma ½ OVA and Movie Collection (Viz Media, $39.99, BD $54.97).  Fans of the TV adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi’s delightful martial arts manga will want the OVAs etc. to complete their collections.

Also due on Tuesday is the new Magical Girl anime from White Fox, Matoi: The Sacred Slayer: Complete Collection (Sentai Filmworks, 325 min., $49.98, BD $59.98).  This 13-episode 2016 series was streamed here on Hulu and the Anime Network, but is now available with an English dub.

This week’s re-priced re-release is One Piece: Collection 20 (Funimation, 575 min., $34.98), which includes 23 episodes of the long-running pirate anime series at a reduced per-episode cost.