THE LIST: DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores week of May 4

DVDS
   “Nine” (PG-13) — In this musical inspired by Federico Fellini’s Oscar-winning 1963 classic “8,” director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis), the toast of 1960s “Cinema Italiano,” struggles to overcome a creative block — and juggle the attentions of the (too) many women in his life, played by (among others) Day-Lewis’ fellow Oscar-winners Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench and Sophia Loren.
   Elsewhere on the recent-release front, a minor league hockey player (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) finds himself transformed into the “Tooth Fairy” (PG), complete with tutu and wings, after he tells a youngster the Tooth Fairy doesn’t really exist. In “Leap Year” (PG), a wannabe bride (Amy Adams) follows her boyfriend to Ireland, planning to propose on Feb. 29, but winds up bickering through the countryside with a beguiling innkeeper (Matthew Goode). Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola continues a return to his indie roots with “Tetro” (not rated), about a young man (Alden Ehrenreich) who travels to Buenos Aires in search of his reclusive older brother (Vincent Gallo), a wreck of a writer whose unfinished play might provide clues to their shared past. A grieving widower (Andy Griffith), meanwhile, gets dating do’s-and-don’ts advice from his playboy grandson (Paul Campbell) in the comedy “Play the Game” (PG-13). In the genial caper “The Dukes” (PG-13), doo-wop singers who’ve seen better days (Robert Davi, Chazz Palminteri, Frank D’Amico) decide to supplement their income by knocking over a dentist’s safe full of gold. And a minister’s 23-year-old daughter (Letoya Luckett) breaks free of her dutiful existence to hit the road in an R&B singer’s gospel musical in the faith-based “Preacher’s Kid” (PG-13).
   Turning to titles that never made it to local theaters, writer pals have trouble offering honest criticism of each other’s work in the festival award-winner “The Blue Tooth Virgin” (R). Another award-winner, the Japanese drama “Tokyo Sonata” (PG-13), follows a family’s disintegration after the clan’s patriarch loses his job at a prominent company. On the documentary front, “Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story” (not rated) traces the rise of the Republican Party chairman who mentored George W. Bush and Karl Rove. And “9to5: Days in Porn” (not rated) explores the on- and off-screen worlds of adult entertainment. In our oldies-but-goodies department, Andy Griffith reprises his star-making stage role in the 1958 comedy “No Time for Sergeants” (not rated). Topping today’s Blu-Ray debuts: “Saving Private Ryan” (R) and a 45th-anniversary edition of “Dr. Zhivago” (PG-13), plus Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson in “K-19: The Widowmaker” (PG-13) and Kurt Russell (back as Snake Plissken) in John Carpenter’s “Escape From L.A.” (R).
   Local favorites lead off today’s TV lineup (all titles are unrated) with “Penn & Teller: Bullshit! — The Seventh Season.” David Tennant plays “Hamlet” to Patrick Stewart’s Claudius in an acclaimed modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, while David Suchet takes on the title role in the BBC miniseries “Freud.” And Jackie Gleason, Art Carney and Audrey Meadows return in “The Honeymooners: Valentine Special” and “Second Honeymoon.” Also arriving: “Marcus Welby, M.D.: Season One,” “On the Road With Charles Kuralt: Set Two,” “According to Jim: The Complete Second Season,” “Dirt: The Complete Second Season,” “Murdoch Mysteries: Season Two,” “The Facts of Life: Season Four” and “Man vs. Wild: Season Four.”

CDS
   The Flaming Lips, “The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs With Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing Dark Side of the Moon”
Tune in, turn on and drop all inhibitions with this one.
   You know you’re in for something, um, a little different, when Oklahoma City eccentrics The Flaming Lips tackle Pink Floyd’s classic “Dark Side of the Moon” with fellow rock square pegs Stardeath and the White Dwarves, punk luminary Henry Rollins and oversexed electro chanteuse Peaches in tow.
   Love it or hate it, you’ve definitely never heard anything like it. 
   Also in stores: Asia, “Omega”; Michael Bolton, “One World One Love”; Toni Braxton, “Pulse”; Broken Social Scene, “Forgiveness Rock Record”; Zac Brown Band, “Pass the Jar: Zac Brown Band and Friends Live from the Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta (CD/DVD)”; Court Yard Hounds, “Court Yard Hounds”; Deftones, “Diamond Eyes”; 8Ball and MJG, “10 Toes Down”; Godsmack, “The Oracle”; The Hold Steady, “Heaven Is Whenever”; Carole King & James Taylor, “Live at the Troubadour (CD/DVD)”; Minus the Bear, “Omni”; The New Pornographers, “Together”; Mike Patton, “Mondo Cane”; Barbra Streisand, “One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard — September 26, 2009”; Trina, “Amazin’.”

BOOKS
   “Dead in the Family” (Sookie Stackhouse/Southern Vampire Series No. 10) by Charlaine Harris: In the latest installment in the Southern Vampire Series, Sookie Stackhouse’s relationship with bloodsucker Eric Northman causes him to fall under the scrutiny of the Vampire King. At the same time, Sookie’s connection to the Shreveport pack draws her into the political debate over the Shifters. And as if that’s not enough, though the door to Faery has been closed there are still some Fae on the human side, and one of them is not too happy with Sookie.
   For readers looking for some nonfiction, Laura Bush writes about growing up in Texas, her early married life and being in the political spotlight as well as offering insight into what happens inside the White House in her new memoir, “Spoken from the Heart.”
   Also hitting shelves: “Blue-Eyed Devil” by Robert B. Parker; “I’ll Mature When I’m Dead: Dave Barry’s Amazing Tales of Adulthood” by Dave Barry; “Innocent” by Scott Turow; “The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn” by Nathaniel Philbrick; “Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House” by Meghan Daum; “Like Me” by Chely Wright; “The Map of True Places” by Brunonia Barry; “Mom Still Likes You Best: The Unfinished Business Between Siblings” by Jane Isay; “A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West” by Ian Johnson; “Play Dead” by Ryan Brown; “Private Life” by Jane Smiley; “Red Hats” by Damon Wayans; “The Red Pyramid” by Rick Riordan; “Saddled: How a Spirited Horse Reined Me In and Set Me Free” by Susan Richards; “The Shadow Effect: Harnessing the Power of Our Dark Side” by Deepak Chopra; and “Tell-All” by Chuck Palahniuk.