Whose voice is in his head?

One thing you can say for sure about German-born director Marc Forster is that he is not repetitive.

He followed the gritty racial drama “Monster’s Ball,” for which Halle Berry won an Oscar, with “Finding Neverland,” a magical drama about James M. Barrie’s inspiration for “Peter Pan.” Forster then directed the disappointing psychological thriller “Stay.” His latest film, “Stranger Than Fiction” (Sony, $29), which makes its DVD bow today, is an offbeat comedy about a stolid IRS agent (a subdued Will Ferrell) who begins to hear the nagging voice of a narrator (Emma Thompson) in his head. Dustin Hoffman, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Queen Latifah also star. Screenwriter Zach Helm received a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for his original screenplay.

Though Forster doesn’t provide any commentary, the six featurettes on the production, including a look at Forster’s creative team and the film’s clever special effects, are a cut above the norm.

Ridley Scott making a romantic comedy is something akin to John Huston directing the musical “Annie.”

With movies such as the sci-fi monster thriller “Alien,” period action drama like “Gladiator” and the tense battle film “Black Hawk Down” under his belt, the British filmmaker decided to try something lighter.

The result -- “A Good Year” (Fox, $30) -- withered on the vine critically and commercially. Even Russell Crowe, who won an Oscar in “Gladiator,” couldn’t save this adaptation of Peter Mayle’s bestselling novel about a tightly wound British executive who inherits his late uncle’s (Albert Finney) vineyard in Provence.

Decent behind-the-scenes documentaries on “A Good Year” can be watched separately or during the movie. Scott and writer Marc Klein offer zesty commentary, and Scott and Crowe appear in an energetic promo for the film.

Terry Gilliam is another renowned director whose latest film, “Tideland” (ThinkFilm, $28), was poorly received by critics and moviegoers last fall.

In fact, the film’s domestic box office take was only $66,453; internationally it took in $130,710.

Young Jodelle Ferland stars in this dark fantasy about a young girl who communicates with the bodiless heads of her dolls after her mother (Jennifer Tilly) and father (Jeff Bridges) die of drug overdoses.

The two-disc set of “Tideland” features a decent documentary, “Getting Gilliam,” with commentary from the director Vincenzo Natali and Gilliam, behind-the-scenes footage, production interviews and a bizarre video introduction to the film by Gilliam. In his commentary with screenwriter Tony Grisoni, Gilliam can’t stop complaining that no one understood his film.

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Also new this week

“Heart of the Game” (Miramax, $30): Inspiring documentary follows a women’s high school basketball team over six years, focusing on the unorthodox coach Bill Resler and a brilliant point guard. Extras include better-than-average mini-docs, deleted scenes and passionate commentary from first-time filmmaker Ward Serrell.

“Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny” (New Line, $28): Those who can’t get enough of Jack Black and Kyle Gass will probably enjoy this comedy that fictionalizes how the two met. Others, not so much. Extras include 14 deleted or extended scenes, a standard “making of” documentary, the music video and a look behind its making, a “jump to a song” feature and R-rated commentary from Black and Gass.

“Reno 911! -- Reno’s Most Wanted (Uncensored)” (Paramount, $20): With the big-screen version of the ribald Comedy Central series -- a spoof of “Cops” -- currently in theaters, Paramount is offering this greatest hits edition that includes selected episodes, a musical number -- “Don’t Steal Cable” -- and the “Deputies’ Favorite Calls.”

“Secret Agent (a.k.a. Danger Man) -- The Complete Megaset Collection 2007” (A&E;, $150); The 18-disc collection features 39 episodes of “Danger Man,” the British international intrigue series, which aired briefly in America in 1961, starring Patrick McGoohan as a brilliant security investigator working with NATO, as well as 47 episodes of the expanded series “Secret Agent,” which aired in the U.S. in 1965-66 and spawned the hit title tune “Secret Agent Man.” After “Secret Agent” left the airwaves, McGoohan resurrected his John Drake character -- though he’s never named in the series -- in the classic “The Prisoner.”

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And

“The Return” (Universal, $30); “Da Vinci’s Inquest -- Season 1” (Acorn, $60); “Girlfriends -- The Complete First Season” (Paramount, $37); “The State Within” (BBC Warner, $30).

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susan.king@latimes.com