THE LIST
DVDS
"Grindhouse Presents Planet Terror" (Unrated): The Robert Rodriguez half of the homage to exploitation double features created by Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino arrives in an extended and unrated version. This is the one where Rose McGowan has a machine gun leg. Bonus features include commentary from Rodriguez.
Also out today: "Crazy Love" (PG-13); "Girl 27" (Unrated); "The Hoax" (R); "Kings of South Beach" (Unrated; "Michael Moore Hates America" (R); "A Mighty Heart" (R); "My Best Friend" (PG-13); "The Reaping" (R); "Showbusiness: The Road to Broadway" (PG); "Transformers" (PG-13); "Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film, 1900-1934" (Unrated); and "The Woods Have Eyes" (Unrated).
CDS
Underworld, "Oblivion With Bells": Underworld long has been one of the most concussive of electronica troupes, awash in hazy psychedelia and beats forceful enough to chip concrete.
Their latest disc is equally seductive and severe, a slow and sultry strip tease that ultimately sees this duo baring their fangs instead of their flesh.
Your bell will be rung right along with theirs.
Also in stores: The Charlie Daniels Band, "Deuces"; Aretha Franklin, "Rare and Unreleased Recordings From the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul"; The Fray, "Reason"; Jars of Clay, "Christmas Songs"; Jimmy Eat World, "Chase This Light"; Toby Keith, "A Classic Christmas"; The Pipettes, "We are the Pipettes"; R.E.M., "Live"; Angie Stone, "The Art of Love and War"; Neil Young, "Chrome Dreams II"; Various, "A Disney Channel Holiday."
BOOKS
"The Almost Moon" by Alice Sebold: From the author of "The Lovely Bones" comes this fast-paced novel about the ties between a mother and daughter after a woman crosses the line into the unthinkable.
Also in stores today: "Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life Every Day" by Joel Osteen; "The Abstinence Teacher" by Tom Perrotta; "20th Century Ghosts" by Joe Hill; "Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain" by Oliver W. Sacks; "Young Stalin" by Simon Sebag Montefiore; "Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography" by David Michaelis and "Cheating at Canasta" by William Trevor.
