New on home video this week \ DVD releases available Tuesday

“Marley & Me” (PG, 115 minutes): Based on the best-selling book by John Grogan, which chronicled his life with a large, lovable and deeply neurotic dog, the film proves the obvious: Not every book has a movie lurking in it. By the time John and Jennifer (Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston) and their three kids settle into a beautiful house near Philadelphia, Marley is an old dog. When the bell finally tolls for poor Marley, director David Frankel spares no manipulation to create a death scene worthy of Dickens. And if the dog that plays Marley wasn’t drugged into a glassy-eyed state for the death scene, then his final weary stare into the great hunting grounds beyond can be ranked as a masterful moment in the annals of canine thespians. Contains thematic material, suggestive content and language. DVD Extras: Deleted scenes; gag reel; Special Edition contains five additional featurettes.

“Seven Pounds” (PG-13, 113 minutes): It’s difficult to gauge exactly how much to say about a film whose chief pleasure derives from the essential mystery surrounding the film’s enigmatic title. What weighs seven pounds? And what does it have to do with the seven strangers sought out by IRS agent Ben Thomas (Will Smith)? Early on, we see him conducting what can only be called, at best, unorthodox audits, and at worst, harassment of people who owe money to the feds. Ben comes across as part stalker, part con man. Hints are given, slowly, that something tragic has happened to him that also affected seven other people — and now he’s trying to make it right. Contains disturbing thematic content, bloody imagery and a scene of sensuality. DVD Extras: Deleted scenes; commentary with director Gabriele Muccino; featurettes.

“Slumdog Millionaire” (R, 121 minutes): The resourceful, unerringly grounded title character is Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), a lanky kid from the Mumbai slums whom we meet just after he wins 10 million rupees on India’s version of the “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” TV show. Accused of cheating, Jamal is taken into custody by the Mumbai police, and he proceeds to tell them his story of decidedly unsentimental education by way of poverty, tribal strife, abandonment, exploitation, gangs and star-crossed love. Director Danny Boyle has clearly found inspiration in the geography and textures of modern-day India. But even at its most superficial, this chai-fueled fable retains its appeal, largely because of Boyle’s fluency with the medium he so obviously loves. Winner of eight Oscars, including Best Picture. Contains violence, disturbing images and profanity. DVD Extras: Commentary with Boyle, Patel, producer Christian Colson and writer Simon Beaufoy; deleted scenes; featurettes.

“Tell No One” (UR, 125 minutes): Grown-ups eager to see just a good movie, are urged to find their way to this crafty, swift, subtly stylish thriller from French director Guillaume Canet. Francois Cluzet plays pediatrician Alex Beck, who is embroiled in a brutal crime and then, eight years later, becomes re-embroiled. Pursued by legal and extra-legal authorities, Alex must rely on his wits as well as the support of his sister Anne (Marina Hands) and her lover, Helene (the terrific Kristin Scott Thomas), as well as some unlikely allies in the criminal underworld of Paris’ less-than-chic precincts. Canet creates a palpable sense of tension and foreboding that is sadly dissipated by the film’s final twist. Contains profanity, violence, disturbing images and adult themes. In French with subtitles.

Also: “The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations,” “Hannah Montana: Keeping It Real,” “Ogre,” “Ricky Gervais: Out of England,” “Special” and “Time Crimes.”

—The Washington Post