THE LIST: DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores week of May 26

DVDS
  “New in Town” (PG-13): There’s nothing new in this fish-out-of-water comedy, about a Miami corporate climber (a strident Renée Zellweger) who finds herself in frost-bitten Minnesota, modernizing a snack food factory — and cozying up to the locals, especially the hunky union rep (Harry Connick Jr.).
  And in “Forever Strong” (PG-13), a hot-shot rugby player (“Never Back Down’s” Sean Faris) winds up behind bars and gets a second chance by playing for a rival team — forcing him to choose between playing for his tough new coach (Gary Cole) or his overbearing father (Neal McDonough) once he’s released from prison.
  High-profile names also turn up in several titles making their Las Vegas debuts on DVD.
  A hit man (Mickey Rourke) and a psycho upstart (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) collide with an about-to-divorce couple in the witness protection program (Diane Lane, Thomas Jane) in the Elmore Leonard thriller “Killshot” (R). Rosario Dawson rounds out the starring cast for “Shakespeare in Love” director John Madden. Another thriller, “Powder Blue” (R), intertwines the lives of desperate L.A. residents from an overwhelmed erotic dancer (Jessica Biel) to a grieving husband (Ray Liotta) and a terminally ill ex-con (Forest Whitaker). Kris Kristofferson, Lisa Kudrow and Patrick Swayze co-star.
  The film festival favorite “All the Days Before Tomorrow” (not rated) casts Richard Roundtree, Joey Kern and Alexandra Holden in a poignant romance about two friends pondering life’s questions — and their potential future together. Brittany Murphy plays “The Ramen Girl” (not rated) in a culture-clash comedy about an American slacker working for a tyrannical Tokyo chef. And Cuba Gooding Jr., Ron Perlman, Henry Rollins and Ray Winstone lead the cast of the apocalyptic horror thriller “The Devil’s Tomb” (R).
  Some notable titles also make their at-long-last U.S. DVD debuts. Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1970 freak-out “Zabriskie Point” (R), a portrait of late ’60s America as seen through the eyes of a pot-smoking secretary (Daria Halprin) and an on-the-run student radical who meet in Death Valley. Rod Taylor co-stars; watch for Harrison Ford (uncredited) as a Highway Patrol officer. David Cronenberg’s 1993 “M. Butterfly” (R) stars Jeremy Irons and John Lone in an adaptation of Henry Hwang’s Tony-winning play about a French diplomat and his strange affair with a Chinese spy who conceals his true identity. And “Chariots of Fire” director Hugh Hudson revamps his 1985 Revolutionary War flop in “Revolution: Revisited” (PG-13), which stars Al Pacino as an illiterate trapper turned reluctant American recruit and Donald Sutherland as a British officer.
  This week’s titles making the jump to Blu-Ray Disc include “Field of Dreams” (PG), “Seabiscuit” (PG-13), “Cinderella Man” (PG-13), “Inside Man” (R) and “Children of Men” (R).
  Leading today’s documentary list: “Inquiring Nuns” (not rated), a blast from the past about two nuns who hit the streets of 1968 Chicago to ask everyone from hippies to academics about the elusive subject of happiness. “Harlan Ellison: Dreams with Sharp Teeth” (not rated) presents a portrait of the prolific writer, while “Picasso: A Film by Didier Baussy-Oulianoff” (not rated) explores the legendary artist’s works — and inspirations.
  On the foreign-language front, director Wayne Wang’s “Princess of Nebraska” (not rated) follows a pregnant college student (Li Ling) from Beijing to Nebraska to San Francisco, while “On the Beat” (not rated) takes a humorous look at the daily grind of two mismatched Beijing cops.
  For kids of all ages, “Land of the Lost: The Complete Series” (not rated) provides a small-screen primer for the big-screen adaptation of this ’70s adventure favorite, while separate ’60s and ’70s volumes of “Saturday Morning Cartoons” (not rated) revive such animated fixtures as Top Cat, Atom Ant, Quick Draw McGraw and the Jetsons.
  For connoisseurs of drama, Ian McKellen plays the title role in an acclaimed 1970 BBC version of Christopher Marlowe’s “Edward II” (not rated). And series arriving on DVD (all unrated) include “Designing Women: The Complete First Season,” “The Mod Squad: Season 2, Volume 2,” “Gunsmoke: Season 3, Volume 2,” “The Closer: The Complete Fourth Season” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — The Ninth Year.”

CDS
  Marilyn Manson, “The High End of Low”: His appetite for self-destruction is seemingly never slaked, and on his latest disc, Marilyn Manson is out to spill more blood, even if it’s his own.
  Manson’s last album, 2007’s “Eat Me, Drink Me,” was pretty much a love letter to his girlfriend at the time, actress Evan Rachel Wood, and the sonics of the disc followed suit: It was a less harsh-sounding, more glam-indebted effort that toned down the heavy metal malevolence. 
  But after a tumultuous split with Wood, Manson is once again baring his teeth in particularly ruthless fashion.
  With bassist Twiggy Ramirez back in the band after an eight-year hiatus, Manson and Co. have returned with plenty of love lost.     
  Also in stores: Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women, “Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women”; Grizzly Bear, “Veckatimist”; Khanate, “Clean Hands Go Foul”; Julian Marley, “Awake”; Mandy Moore, “Amanda Leigh”; Phoenix, “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix”; Michelle Shocked, “Soul of My Soul”; Tiga, “Ciao!”; and Viva Voce, “Rose City.”

BOOKS
  “The Scarecrow” by Michael Connelly: In the latest thriller from the best-selling author, Jack McEvoy, a police reporter for the Los Angeles Times, has been told to hit the bricks. He decides to go out with a bang though by pursing a story about a teen gangbanger.
  As the reporter begins looking into the murder that got the teen arrested, he begins to think the kid is innocent. After a similar killing brings him to Las Vegas, he starts to suspect that someone is watching him ... and someone is. Look for a review of this novel at The Book Nook soon.
  Also expected out this week is “Shanghai Girls” by Lisa See. The book, set in 1937 Shanghai, focuses on two sisters, Pearl and May, sold into marriage after their family goes from riches to rags.
  Also hitting shelves this week: “Excuses Begone!: How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits” by Wayne W. Dyer; “I’m Down: A Memoir” by Mishna Wolff; “Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Untimely Death in Africa” by Mark Seal; “Diamondhead” by Patrick Robinson; "The Sorceress (Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Book 3)” by Michael Scott; “Nightwalkers” by Peter T. Deutermann; “The Unseen” by Alexandra Sokoloff; “The King James Conspiracy” by Phillip DePoy; “The Wide Smiles of Girls” by Jennifer Manske Fenske; “See No Evil” by Jamila Gavin; “Far Bright Star” by Robert Olmstead; “Peril on the Sea” by Michael Cadnum; “An Honorable German” by Charles McCain; “Castration Celebration” by Jake Wizner; and “Sprout” by Dale Peck.