The following DVDs will be released Tuesday, unless otherwise specified:
"Armored" (Sony, $28.96) — ★½ — Over-familiar and industrial, a factory film. Matt Dillon and Laurence Fishburne star.
Special features: Behind-the-scenes minidocumentary.
PG-13 (violence, profanity) — Roger Moore, The Orlando Sentinel
"Astro Boy" (Summit, $26.99) — ★★ — An animated feature cobbled together from parts of earlier, better movies. Freddie Highmore voices the title character.
Special features: Behind-the-scenes minidocumentaries.
PG (violence, vulgarity, brief drugs)
"Bandslam" (Summit, $25.99) — ★★ — This musical comedy for teens takes itself a little too seriously.
Special features: Deleted scenes, music video.
PG (violence, slurs, vulgarity, brief drugs)
"Brief Interviews With Hideous Men" (MPI, $19.98) — Comedy based on the book, directed by and starring John Krasinski (TV's "The Office")
Special features: Behind-the-scenes minidocumentary.
Not rated, probable R (profanity, vulgarity, slurs)
"Broken Embraces" (Sony, $28.96) — ★★½ — Penelope Cruz is terrific, but this is not one of Pedro Almodovar's better films. Spanish with subtitles.
Special features: Deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes minidocumentary.
R (vulgarity, sex, nudity, profanity, drugs, slurs, violence)
"Did You Hear About the Morgans?" (Sony, $28.95) — ★½ — One of the most surprising comedy duds of the year. Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker star.
Special features: Deleted scenes, outtakes.
PG-13 (violence, profanity, vulgarity, slurs, brief drugs, brief sex)
"The Fourth Kind" (Universal, $29.98) — ★½ — An unconvincing alien abduction tale. Milla Jovovich stars.
Special features: Deleted scenes.
PG-13 (violence, profanity, brief sex, brief gore, slurs, brief drugs, vulgarity)
"Ninja Assassin" (Warner, $28.98) — ★★ — This revenge-thriller is over-the-top violent and gory — but isn't half-bad.
Special features: Deleted scenes.
R (violence, gore, profanity, torture, slurs, vulgarity, brief drugs)
"The Princess and the Frog" (Disney, $29.99) — ★★★½ — Disney's latest, a traditionally animated fantasy, is a rousing return to form.
Special features: Deleted scenes, music video, games; three-disc "combo" pack ($44.99) also includes both Blu-ray and standard DVD versions and a digital copy for home electronics devices.
G (violence, vulgarity, slurs, brief drugs)
"Wonderful World" (Magnolia, $26.98) — Multicultural romance tale starring Matthew Broderick and Sanaa Lathan.
R (profanity, drugs, sex)
Some upcoming DVD releases include:
MARCH
March 20: "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" — Summit
March 23: "The Blind Side" — Warner; "Brothers" — Lionsgate; "Damage" — Fox; "Fantastic Mr. Fox" — Fox; "The Men Who Stare at Goats" — Anchor Bay; "The Prisoner" — Warner
March 30: "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" — Fox; "An Education" — Sony; "Sherlock Holmes" — Warner; "Under the Sea" — Warner
APRIL
April 6: "Bad Lieutenant — Port of Call: New Orleans" — First Look; "The Collector" — Vivendi
April 13: "Defendor — Sony; "Pirate Radio" — Universal; "The Slammin' Salmon" — Sony; "Tenderness" — Lionsgate
April 20: "Homecoming" — Paramount; "The Lovely Bones" — Paramount; "The Young Victoria" — Sony
April 27: "It's Complicated" — Universal; "Transylmania" — Sony