Touchdown-minded Texans

Friday Night Lights

Billy Bob Thornton, Tim McGraw

Universal, $30

Director Peter Berg uses a semi-documentary style to adapt the bestseller by his cousin, H.G. Bissinger, about the 1988 Permian High School team of West Texas. Not only does Berg capture the town’s obsessive devotion to its team, but also the pressure and stress put on these teenagers to be champions.

The digital edition is acceptable, with passable documentaries on the making of the film and on the real players depicted in the film; an extra scene shot after the film was completed; outtakes; a trivial behind-the-scenes “player” cam; an interview with country singer Tim McGraw, who makes a promising film debut; and chummy commentary between Berg and Bissinger.

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The Forgotten

Julianne Moore, Dominic West

Sony, $29

Screenwriter Gerald Di Pego states in the commentary of this goofy alien abduction thriller that the genesis for the film came to him in a dream: He saw a framed picture of a couple and their child and, before his eyes, the child disappeared from the photo. When he woke, he began writing a mystery revolving around a missing child.

Julianne Moore plays a grieving mother who loses her 9-year-old boy in a plane crash. But one day she’s told by her husband (Anthony Edwards) and her shrink (Gary Sinise) that she fabricated memories of a son she never had.

The ho-hum DVD has the theatrical version and the extended version with an alternate ending, deleted scenes and two average documentaries. Director Joseph Ruben and Di Pego supply audio commentary.

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Cellular

Kim Basinger, William H. Macy

New Line, $28

Sorry, wrong number! This thriller, co-written by Larry Cohen of “It’s Alive” and “Phone Booth” fame, stars Kim Basinger as a teacher kidnapped by a group of thugs. Though the phone is broken in the attic where she is kept prisoner, Basinger puts together some of the phone’s wires and makes a random connection with a beach bum on his cellphone.

The extras are more enjoyable than the film. The “making of” documentary is a cut above average, as is a short but intriguing documentary on how cellphones have changed culture. The documentary with the most local interest is the one that examines the Rampart police scandal. The audio commentary is clever, with director David Ellis calling cast and crew to talk about the film.

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Catwoman

Halle Berry, Sharon Stone

Warner Home Video, $29

Halle Berry worked hard to be taken seriously as an actress, culminating with the best actress Oscar for 2001’s “Monster’s Ball.” But many of her subsequent film roles have been disappointing, none more so than in this action-adventure.

Berry plays a timid graphic designer working for a cosmetics firm who is murdered when she discovers the company’s new skin cream is dangerous. But after a cat brings her back to life, she discovers she’s not quite the mouse she once was and sets out to avenge her “death.”

The DVD is anything but the cat’s meow, with a snoozy alternate ending, dull additional scenes and a vapid behind-the-scenes feature. The only decent extra is a breezy documentary, “The Many Faces of Catwoman,” hosted by Eartha Kitt, who played the role on TV.

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Susan King

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Also this week

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“Metallica: Some Kind of Monster” (Paramount: $29.99); “Rosenstrasse” (Columbia TriStar: $29.95); “The Cookout” (Lions Gate: $26.98); and “Stella Street” (Columbia TriStar: $24.96).

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Top video rentals

1. “Troy”

2. “Anchorman”

3. “Open Water”

4. “Collateral”

5. “The Manchurian Candidate”

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What’s coming

Tuesday: “Alien vs. Predator,” “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow,” “First Daughter,” “When Will I Be Loved,” “Head in the Clouds” and “Story of the Weeping Camel”