These are some of the latest movies to land on DVD, led by a Peter Bogdanovich double-feature.

"Nickelodeon"/"The Last Picture Show" (Columbia, 1971/1976, R/PG, b/w and color, two discs, $24.96)

"The Last Picture Show" is, of course, Bogdanovich's second directing effort and the breakthrough movie that boosted him to the A-list, an excellent black-and-white character study that won supporting-actor Oscars for Cloris Leachman and the great Ben Johnson, discovered Cybill Shepherd and boosted the careers of Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms and Ellen Burstyn, among others. It's also rated R, primarily for sex and nudity.

But "Nickelodeon" is really the draw here, for a couple of reasons … First, it's a redo, as Bogdanovich has gone back and tweaked the film. (Which he also did to "The Last Picture Show" some years ago.) But he also removed the color for this special edition, feeling black-and-white was more appropriate and evocative to the subject matter (although the original color version is also here).

The PG-rated "Nickelodeon" is a comic homage to the silent-film era, with Ryan O'Neal essentially repeating his character from Bogdanovich's "What's Up, Doc?" in this case as a hapless lawyer who inadvertently becomes a filmmaker in the movies' earliest history. But it's Burt Reynolds who essentially steals the show as a hayseed who becomes O'Neal's action star. Co-stars John Ritter, Tatum O'Neal, Brian Keith and Stella Stevens also fare well.

"Nickelodeon" is no classic but it's an enjoyable romp, and I'm with Bogdanovich on the black-and-white choice.

Bonus features include new and old material for "The Last Picture Show" and Bogdanovich's entertaining audio commentary on the new version of "Nickelodeon."

Extras: widescreen, audio commentaries, featurettes, trailers

"The Last Word" (Image/Think, 2008; R for language, sex; $27.98)

Stoic, aloof Evan (Wes Bentley) is a writer who makes his living in a bizarre way — he composes suicide notes for people planning to take their own lives (one of whom is played by Ray Romano).

When Evan meets the free-spirited Charlotte (Winona Ryder), a sister of one of his clients, they begin an affair, which forces him to spin lie after lie to sustain the rocky relationship. Offbeat, dark and highly implausible satire is well played but not for all tastes. (And someone should tell Romano that simply playing a foul-mouthed character does not automatically earn respect as an actor — Tom Cruise in "Magnolia" and "Tropic Thunder" notwithstanding.)

Extras: widescreen, deleted scenes, photo gallery, trailer