New on DVD/Blu-ray: Call Me Fitz: Season 1, Frisson des collines, Nirvana: Live at the Paramount, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, True Legend

Call Me Fitz: Season 1
Vancouver-raised actor and Beverly Hills 90210 alumni Jason Priestley stars as Richard Fitzpatrick, a substance-abusing, womanizing used-car salesman in this Canadian sitcom. When a risky stunt puts Richard in touch with his conscience, he finds himself with a split personality and battling his inner demons.

Frisson des collines
In this French-Canadian drama, a young Quebec boy’s dreams of seeing his idol Jimi Hendrix play at Woodstock are quashed when his father dies and his family life is turned upside down. However, things appear to look up for the 12-year-old when he falls for his attractive school teacher.

Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
In 1991, Nirvana performed at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre, the same year the grunge-rock band’s sophomore release, Nevermind, hit airwaves. This release, featuring 19 songs recorded live, celebrates the 20th anniversary of the trio’s breakthrough album.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Shia LaBeouf returns as Sam Witwicky in director Michael Bay’s third installment of the Transformers franchise. Prepare for more robots, more explosions, and more babes (in the form of model-turned-actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) as the Autobots fight the Decepticons for a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon. Transformers: Dark of the Moon will be released on September 30.

True Legend
Starring Chiu Man-cheuk, Andy On, and Michelle Yeoh, acclaimed Chinese stuntman Yuen Woo-ping directs this martial-arts epic, in which a retired Qing dynasty general named Su Qi-Er must fight his vengeful half-brother in order to save Su’s son.

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