THE LIST: DVDS, CDS and books hitting stores this week
DVDS
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (PG-13): Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley et al. are back in the third installment of the "Pirates" franchise. There is a treasure chest full of extras, including multiple commentaries -- Depp and director Gore Verbinski on one, the writers on another, and one that is scene specific and includes several people -- assorted featurettes and a blooper reel.
Also out today: "Arctic Tale" (G); "Antonia" (PG-13); "Erik the Viking: Director's Son's Cut" (Unrated); "Ford at Fox" (Unrated); "The Hottest State" (R); "Ingmar Bergman: Four Masterworks" (Unrated); "Live-In Maid" (Unrated); "MGM Decades Collection" (Various ratings); "The Nanny Diaries" (PG-13); and "Rocky: The Complete Saga" (Unrated).
CDS
Various Artists, "Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis"
Bang your head, save a tree, bust a move, protect the ozone: You can go Greenpeace real easy like with this CD/two DVD set from the Live Earth concerts this summer, where big names such as Metallica, the Foo Fighters, the Beastie Boys and Duran Duran rocked out for the environment.
There's lots of good stuff here: Roger Waters tearing into "Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2," A.F.I.'s combustible "Miss Murder" and a raucous pairing of Madonna and Goglo Bordello on "La Isla Bonita," which is hot enough to melt the polar ice caps.
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Also in stores: Trace Adkins, "American Man -- Greatest Hits Vol. II"; Birdman, "5 Stunna"; Daft Punk, "Alive 2007"; Nick Drake, "Fruit Tree"; Ghostface Killah, "The Big Doe Rehab"; Godsmack, "Good Times, Bad Times -- 10 Years of Godsmack"; Wyclef Jean, "Carnival II: Memoirs of an Immigrant"; Armin Van Buuren, "Universal Religion 2008"; Rufus Wainwright, "Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie."
BOOKS
"T is for Trespass" by Sue Grafton: In the latest Kinsey Millhone crime novel the private eye finds herself involved in a case of identity theft while looking after an older neighbor injured in a fall and becoming suspicious of the home aide hired to care for the man.
Also out today: "Captain's Fury: Book Four of the Codex Alera" by Jim Butcher; "Jim Cramer's Stay Mad for Life: Get Rich, Stay Rich (Make Your Kids Even Richer)" by James J. Cramer; "Hogs in the Shadows: Combat Stories from Marine Snipers in Iraq" by Milo S. Afong; and "Antony and Cleopatra: A Novel" by Colleen McCullough.
