Latest DVDs, CDs, books: May 15
A look at some of the DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores this week:
DVDS
“The Grey” (R): Grizzled Liam Neeson reunites with “A-Team” director Joe Carnahan for this tale of stranded Arctic plane-crash survivors menaced by wolves.
Glenn Close and Janet McTeer earned Oscar nominations for “Albert Nobbs” (R), a quiet-desperation tale of a repressed Victorian-era woman who masquerades as a man to earn her keep. In “Rampart” (R), Woody Harrelson brings the heat as a renegade cop struggling to sort out his professional and personal lives. Katherine Heigl plays Jersey-girl bounty hunter Stephanie Plum in an adaptation of Janet Evanovich’s best-selling “One for the Money” (PG-13). In the sci-fi thriller “Chronicle” (PG-13), high school pals (Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan, Alex Russell) develop telekinetic powers after discovering a strange cosmic force. And in “The Devil Inside” (R), a woman (Fernanda Andrade) tries to determine whether her mother is mentally ill or demonically possessed.
Leading today’s TV-to-DVD transfers (all unrated unless otherwise noted): “Hell On Wheels: The Complete First Season,” “Victorious: The Complete Second Season,” “Hazel: The Complete Third Season,” “Flashpoint: The Fourth Season” and “Riverboat: The Complete Series.”
CDS
Tenacious D, “Rize of the Fenix”: The greatest band in the history of recorded sound rises from the ashes of charred posers – and an underperforming movie.
Tenacious D, the two-man tsunami of rock featuring Jack Black and Kyle Gass, have returned to brand their Chuck Taylors on heavy metal’s backside.
Satan approves.
And so do we.
Also in stores: Beach House, “Bloom”; Best Coast, “The Only Place”; Cornershop, “Urban Turban”; The Cribs, “In the Belly of the Brazen Bull”; Hot Water Music, “Exister”; Killer Mike, “R.A.P. Music”; Adam Lambert, “Trespassing”; Willie Nelson, “Heroes”; PHILM, “Harmonic”; John Pizzarelli, “Double Exposure”; Lisa Marie Presley, “Storm & Grace”; Rye Rye, “Go! Pop! Bang!”; Santana, “Shape Shifter”; Shadows Fall, “Fire From the Sky”; Squarepusher, “Ufabulum”; and Various Artists, “Glee: The Music, Season Three – The Graduation Album.”
BOOKS
“Stolen Prey” by John Sandford: The latest in the Lucas Davenport series finds the investigator on the trail of three killers after the torture and execution of an executive and his family.
Also this week, Steve Berry blends fact and fiction, challenging the story of Christopher Columbus and the discovery of America in “The Columbus Affair.”
Also hitting shelves: “The Accused (Theodore Boone Series No. 3)” by John Grisham; “The Billy Bob Tapes” by Billy Bob Thornton; “Diablo III: The Order” by Nate Kenyon; “Gorilla Beach” by Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi; “The Great Bridge ” by David McCullough; “How Will You Measure Your Life?” by Clayton M. Christensen; “Immortal Hearts” by Ellen Schreiber; “In the Shadow of the Sword” by Tom Holland; “I Never Promised You a Goodie Bag” by Jennifer Gilbert; “I Suck at Girls” by Justin Halpern; “Lefty: An American Odyssey” by Vernona Gomez; “Making a Difference” by Chesley B. Sullenberger; “The Maps of Antietam” by Bradley Gottfried; “Oh, Baby!” by Tia Mowry; “Railsea” by China Mieville; “The Skinny Rules” by Bob Harper; and “The Voice of Reason” by Chael Sonnen.
