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Green Zone

Universal, $29.98; Blu-ray, $39.98

Did “Green Zone” arrive five years too late or 10 years too early? Director Paul Greengrass and writer Brian Helgeland adapt Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s nonfiction book “Imperial Life in the Emerald City” into a jittery thriller that deals less with the absurd bureaucracy surrounding the American occupation of Baghdad than with the attempts of one soldier (played by Matt Damon) to learn why his commanders are feeding him bad intelligence. Greengrass is a fine action director and Damon’s a compelling lead, but the story of the Iraq War’s early days has been well told by countless documentaries now, and “Green Zone” doesn’t offer much of a fresh perspective. The DVD and Blu-ray are well fleshed out, though, with a Damon-Greengrass commentary, deleted scenes, and footage of Damon training for the role.

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The Last Station

Sony, $27.96; Blu-ray, $34.95

Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren were Oscar-nominated for writer-director Michael Hoffman’s “The Last Station,” an adaptation of Jay Parini’s novel about the tumultuous last year in the life of author Leo Tolstoy (played by Plummer). The story is more gripping than melancholy; as Tolstoy’s wife (played by Mirren) battles with her husband’s devotees over who should own the rights to his work, Hoffman grapples with what happens when a writer’s ideals conflict with his family obligations. The DVD and Blu-ray contain a Plummer-Mirren-Hoffman commentary and deleted scenes.

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She’s Out of My League

Dreamworks, $29.98; Blu-ray, $39.99

Perhaps inspired by the glaring attractiveness-differential in “Knocked Up,” the slob-com “She’s Out of My League” stars Judd Apatow regular Jay Baruchel as a geeky public servant who embarks on a relationship with a gorgeous yuppie played by Alice Eve. The movie’s title sums up its lone comic idea, which the filmmakers flog until it becomes strained. Baruchel’s such a likable actor that it’s actually easy to see why a woman would fall for his character, and in presuming there’s some kind of problem with it, “She’s Out of My League” proves more superficial than its characters. The DVD and Blu-ray feature a commentary by director Jim Field Smith and an assortment of bloopers and deleted scenes.

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Remember Me

Summit, $26.99; Blu-ray, $34.99

Fate and fear drive the plot of “Remember Me,” which stars Emilie de Ravin as a sheltered college student who has a fling with a scruffy troublemaker, played by Robert Pattinson. Both of these kids come with a lot of baggage — much of it handed to them by their families — so “Remember Me” is largely about them overcoming their problems with trust and commitment. The movie is fairly bland for most of its running time until a last-act plot twist that either makes “Remember Me” more profound or more stupid, depending on how the viewer perceives it. Director Allen Coulter defends the film on one DVD/Blu-ray commentary track, while Pattinson takes his turn on another.

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The Good Guy

Lionsgate, $27.98

Writer-director Julio DePietro positions the Manhattan romance “The Good Guy” as a more grounded alternative to frivolous Hollywood rom-coms, but though the milieu is more real, the plot’s still a groaner. Scott Porter plays a Wall Street hotshot who’s grooming an honest, naive young man (played by Bryan Greenberg) to be a shark. But he does his job too well and the kid swoops in on his girlfriend, a bookish idealist played by Alexis Bledel. The actors are fine, and the setting is beautiful, but despite insidery details about cocksure stock traders, “The Good Guy” is rote boy-meets-girl fare. The DVD includes a commentary track by DePietro and Bledel.

And...

“Avatar the Last Airbender: The Complete Book One” (Nickelodeon, $55.98); “Bluebeard” (Strand, $27.99); “Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: London Calling — Live in Hyde Park” (Columbia, $17.98; Blu-ray, $29.98); “Checkmate: The Complete Series” (Timeless, $79.98); “Close-Up” (Criterion, $39.95; Blu-ray, $39.95); “Death Race 2000” (Shout! Factory, $19.98; Blu-ray, $26.97); “Entourage: The Complete Sixth Season” (HBO, $39.98; Blu-ray, $49.99); “Hung: The Complete First Season” (HBO, $39.98; Blu-ray, $49.99); “Le Combat Dans L’Ile” (Zeitgeist, $29.99); “The Maid” (Oscilloscope, $29.99); “Red Desert” (Criterion, $39.95; Blu-ray, $39.95); “Riverworld” (Vivendi, $19.97; Blu-ray, $24.99); “A Star Is Born” (Warner, $20.98; Blu-ray, $34.99); “Stones In Exile” (Fontana, $19.98); “Wolf Moon” (Lionsgate, $26.98)