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)
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