THE LIST: DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores week of June 1

DVDS
  “Alice in Wonderland” (PG): Johnny Depp and his favorite director, Tim Burton, reunite for a demented, down-the-rabbit-hole adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic, in which teenage Alice (“In Treatment’s” Mia Wasikowska) returns to a visually vivid Wonderland to encounter (among others) the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter), the Cheshire Cat (Stephen Fry) and the madcap Mad Hatter (who else but Depp?).
  Another oft-told tale rounds out today’s recent release slate: “The Wolfman” (R), a misbegotten reboot of the old Universal horror franchise, with Benicio Del Toro as the long-estranged son of a British nobleman (Anthony Hopkins) who returns to his ancestral home to investigate his brother’s mysterious death — until a bloodthirsty creature’s bite turns him into a hairy, howling homicidal maniac. From there, it’s on to movies that never played local theaters. “Small Town Saturday Night” (R) focuses on an aspiring Nashville star (“Star Trek’s” Chris Pine) torn between music and his hometown honey (Bre Blair). Sharon Gless headlines “Hannah Free” (not rated), about the lifelong love affair between two very different women. Steve Austin plays “The Stranger” (R), an amnesiac wanted by both the FBI and the Russian mob. And the World War I flying ace known as “The Red Baron” (PG-13) comes to life in a docudrama featuring “Valkyrie’s” Matthias Schweighöfer, “Inglourious Basterds’ ” Til Schweiger, “Flash Forward’s” Joseph Fiennes and “300’s” Lena Headey. Arriving Thursday: the rock documentary “U2 360° at the Rose Bowl” (not rated).
  Another documentary, “The Eastwood Factor” (not rated), explores Clint Eastwood’s 35 years as Warner Bros. star, producer and director; many of those movies also turn up in such Blu-Ray Disc sets as “Essential Eastwood: Director’s Collection” (R), which includes the Oscar-winners “Unforgiven” and “Million Dollar Baby.” Eastwood also headlines the Blu-Ray debut of Sergio Leone’s “The Man With No Name Trilogy” (not rated). And Eastwood’s “Dirty Harry” director, Don Siegel, shares the DVD spotlight with two top thrillers: 1968’s gritty “Madigan” (not rated), starring Richard Widmark and Henry Fonda, and 1973’s offbeat “Charley Varrick” (PG), filmed in Northern Nevada, with Walter Matthau as a small-time crook who outfoxes the mob.
  Tuning in to TV transfers (all unrated), Oprah Winfrey narrates the Discovery Channel’s “Life” (not rated), while David Attenborough narrates the original BBC version. Speaking of Britain, other British TV fixtures include Michael Kitchen in “Foyle’s War: Set Six,” ex-“ER” doc Alex Kingston in “Hope Springs” and Susannah York and Michael J. Shannon in “We’ll Meet Again.” Also on tap this week: “Drop Dead Diva: The Complete First Season,” “Ghost Hunters International: Season One, Part One,” “Peanuts: 1970s Collection, Vol. Two,” “16 & Pregnant: Season Two, Part One,” “The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Vol. Two,” “Burn Notice: Season Three,” “Mister Ed: The Complete Third Season,” “Rescue Me: The Complete Fifth Season” and “Midsomer Murders: Set 15.”

CDS
  Jack Johnson, “To The Sea”: The title of his latest disc seems obvious for a former pro surfer.
  But its actual subject is a bit less so: “To The Sea,” the new album from sunbaked singer/songwriter Jack Johnson, is a highly personal affair that revolves around a father’s relationship with his son.
  As such, expect the emotions to be at high tide.
  Also in stores: Clay Aiken, “Tried & True”; The Futureheads, “The Chaos”; Hawthorne Heights, “Skeletons”; The Melvins, “The Bride Screamed Murder”; Tift Merritt, “See You on the Moon”; and Paul Weller, “Wake Up the Nation.”

BOOKS
  “Bullet” by Laurell K. Hamilton: U.S. Marshal and vampire killer Anita Blake is trying to live a normal life in St. Louis when a vampire long thought dead reaches out. The Mother of All Darkness wants to reign over all the vampires in America, but to do so she needs to regain a body, and the dark goddess has her sights set on Anita’s.
  For readers who can’t get enough of vampires, Stephenie Meyer’s novella “The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner” tells the story of the title character, first introduced in “Eclipse,” and the newborn vampire army as they clash with Bella Swan and the Cullen family.
  Also hitting shelves this week: “Distant Thunders (Destroyermen Series No. 4)” by Taylor Anderson; “Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song and the Power of Perseverance” by David Archuleta; “The Particular Sadness Of Lemon Cake” by Aimee Bender; “My Name Is Memory” by Ann Brashares; “William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies” by John Carey; “The Spy” by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott; “The Burning Wire (Lincoln Rhyme Series No. 9)” by Jeffery Deaver; “The Infinity Gate (Darkglass Mountain No. 3)” by Sara Douglass; “Seaworthy: A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea” by Linda Greenlaw; “The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers: An Unconventional Memoir” by Josh Kilmer-Purcell; “Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Objective” by Eric Van Lustbader and Robert Ludlum; “The Mountain Between Us” by Charles Martin; “The Rule of Nine (Paul Madriani Series No. 11)” by Steve Martini; and “Captivity” by Deborah Noyes.