'THE LOOMING TOWER.' Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative writer Lawrence Wright and documentarian Alex Gibney dramatize the fateful '90s CIA-FBI rivalry that led to missing signals of al-Qaida activity soon to tragically coalesce on 9/11. Jeff Daniels stars as the FBI's John O'Neill in the 10-episode Hulu series, with Tahar Rahim as his key anti-terror agent, plus Alec Baldwin as intelligence chief George Tenet. Informative featurettes cover the agencies' enmity and the miniseries' global scope, while interviews feature creators, cast and real-life counterparts, along with pilot/finale commentaries. List price $30 DVD/$40 Blu-ray+digital, out this week from Warner.
'ROLLING STONE: STORIES FROM THE EDGE.' Gibney and Blair Foster direct HBO's two-part look back at 50 years of culture viewed through Jann Wenner's Vietnam-era counterculture rock newspaper turned big-time national magazine. Daniels narrates historic story excerpts, as the story moves chronologically from John Lennon to hip-hop to political journalism, through writers like Ben Fong-Torres, Cameron Crowe and Hunter S. Thompson. Bonus extended interviews; $27 DVD/$35 Blu, Shout
