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'10,000 BC'

The good old days are back, when men were really hairy and saber-toothed tigers ate them. The latest action spectacle from director Roland Emmerich ("Independence Day," "The Day After Tomorrow") leaps backward from his usual sci-fi mold to prehistoric days, following the adventures of a young tribesman who fights off human enemies and rampaging beasts such as woolly mammoths while trying to retrieve his woman from warlords who have abducted her. The DVD and Blu-ray releases have deleted footage and an extended version of the ending. The Blu-ray disc also throws in a couple of featurettes on the era the movie depicts and how the filmmakers re-created ancient structures and extinct creatures. DVD, $28.98; Blu-ray, $35.99. (Warner Bros.)

Hollywood's fantasy craze continues with this adaptation from the book series about a strange old house and its other-worldly denizens. A single mom (Mary-Louise Parker), her teenage daughter and twin sons (both played by Freddie Highmore) move into the home of a vanished uncle, Arthur Spiderwick (David Strathairn), whose "field guide" of the fantastic creatures living in the area helps the family cope with an onslaught of evil beasties. Single-disc and two-disc DVD releases and the Blu-ray edition have excerpts from Arthur's field guide and a couple of featurettes. The Blu-ray and two-disc DVD release also pack deleted scenes and a handful of other making-of segments. Single-disc DVD, $29.99; two-disc DVD set, $36.99; Blu-ray, $39.99. (Paramount)

'Definitely, Maybe'

This how-I-married-your-mother romance features Ryan Reynolds as a hubby and father relating recollections of his past significant others to his young daughter. Reynolds plays a dad newly served with divorce papers who lets his curious kid (Abigail Breslin) in on the secret about the three loves of his life (Elizabeth Banks, Isla Fisher and Rachel Weisz) without disclosing which one eventually would become her mom. Along with deleted scenes, the DVD has commentary with Reynolds and writer-director Adam Brooks, plus a look at how the filmmakers crafted the designs and styles of the 1990s for the flashback scenes. DVD, $29.98. (Universal)

'Persepolis'

This nominee for best animated film at the Academy Awards is not your typical family cartoon. Co-directing with Vincent Paronnaud, graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi renders an autobiographical coming-of-age tale about a young Iranian girl experiencing terror and tragedy during the Islamic revolution of the 1970s and later searching out her identity as a teenager and woman in Europe. Chiara Mastroianni and her real-life mom, Catherine Deneuve, lead the voice cast for both the foreign-language version and a dubbed English edition contained on the DVD and Blu-ray disc that also features Sean Penn, Gena Rowlands and Iggy Pop. Satrapi, Paronnaud and Mastroianni provide commentary, and other extras include a session with cast and crew at last year's Cannes Film Festival. DVD, $29.95; Blu-ray, $38.96. (Sony)

TV on DVD:

"Futurama: The Beast With a Billion Backs" -- The sci-fi TV cartoon from "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening spawns its second straight-to-DVD feature-length adventure, with two more planned. Set in the 31st century, the comic tale has interstellar delivery folks Leela, Fry, Bender and shipmates encountering a space monster with billions of tentacles and a hankering for love. The DVD has deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes segments and commentary with Groening and collaborators. DVD, $29.98. (20th Century Fox)