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In theaters this Wednesday:

• Hamlet 2—R—Steve Coogan plays Dana Marschz, a failed actor-turned-high-school drama teacher at Tucson, Arizona's West Mesa high. Dana sees himself as an inspirational teacher but his adaptations of popular films are not working, and his latest – recreating Erin Brokovich – is a flop and now his department has been targeted for closure. So Dana reaches deep within himself and comes up with a sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet – a musical extravaganza that stretches both political correctness and dramatic credibility. Soon after rehearsals begin there are objections from school officials and the community. But Dana gets unexpected support from an ACLU attorney and his favorite actress, Elisabeth Shue, as he moves ahead believing that his opus must be staged.

• Traitor—PG-13—When FBI agent Roy Clayton (Guy Pearce) heads up the investigation into an international conspiracy, all the clues seem to point to former U.S. Special Operations officer Samir Horn (Don Cheadle). A mysterious man with a web of connections to terrorist organizations, Horn has a knack for showing up on the scene just as a major operation goes down. An inter-agency task force looking into the case links Horn to a prison break in Yemen, a bombing in Nice and a raid in London, but as contradictory evidence emerges, Clayton is forced to question whether Horn is a disaffected former military operative or something much more complicated. Obsessed with finding the truth, Clayton tracks Horn across the globe.

 

In theaters this Friday:

• Babylon A.D.—PG-13—Vin Diesel stars as a mercenary hired to deliver a package from the ravages of post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to the teeming megalopolis of New York City. That “package” is a mysterious young woman with a secret.

• Disaster Movie—PG-13—The latest from the filmmaking team behind “Scary Movie,” “Date Movie” and “Epic Movie.” This one follows the comic misadventures of a group of ridiculously attractive 20-somethings during one fateful night as they try to make their way to safety while every known natural disaster from asteroids to tornadoes and earthquakes hits their city. Oh and they're also trying to solve a series of mysteries to end the rampant destruction.

• College—R—The story of three high school friends, played by Drake Bell, Kevin Covais, and Andrew Caldwell, who visit a local campus anticipating the best weekend of their lives. Once they get there, the rowdiest fraternity on campus decides to recruit them as “pledges,” subjecting them to endless humiliations in return for granting them access to the no-holds-barred college party scene. But the boys fight back after they meet three hot sorority girls and the frat threatens to expose their underage status.

 

New DVD releases:

• Chicago 10—Using a mix of animation, archival footage and famous voices – including Nick Nolte and Hank Azaria – director Brett Morgen tells the story of the eight people arrested and charged with conspiracy following the riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago in this documentary.

• What Happens in Vegas—Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher play two strangers who wake up together in Las Vegas and discover they've gotten married following a night of debauchery. Plus, one of them has won a huge jackpot after playing the other one's quarter. After a judge freezes the money and orders them to stick together for six months, the newlyweds devise scheme after scheme to undermine each other and get their hands on the money – only to find they are falling in love.

• And don't miss all of your favorite TV shows released on DVD this week:

     Season 2: The Untouchables, Vol. 2

     Season 4: Entourage

     Season 5: NCIS; One Tree Hill

     Season 6: The Shield

     Color Honeymooners: Collection 4

     Three Stooges Collection 3: 1940-1942

 

New CD releases:

• All Hope Is Gone – Slipknot

• Berlin Concert – Simone Dinnerstein

• Forth – The Verve

• Holler Back – The Lost Trailers

• Join the Band – Little Feat

• LAX – The Game

• Mission Road (Bonus DVD) – Chanticleer

• One Kind Favor – B.B. King

• Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams – Solange

• Somewhere – Eva Cassidy,

• Sunshine Lies – Matthew Sweet

• The Works [B&N Exclusive Version] – Jonatha Brooke

• This Much Is True – Maiysha

• Ultra Beatdown – Dragonforce

 

New Book releases:

• Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs — Author, and producer of TV's Bones, Kathy Reichs returns with her eleventh novel in the Temperance Brennan series. This time Temperance is called to the scene after some home renovations uncover a decapitated chicken, animal bones, and cauldrons containing relics from religious ceremonies. In the center of the shrine: a teenage girl's skull. Meanwhile, a headless, and strangely well preserved, teenage boy's body washes up on a nearby shore. Locals – led by a preacher turned politician – blame devil worshipers and Wiccans, igniting a witch-hunt bent on revenge.

• Fade Away by Harlan Coben — Hotheaded sports agent Myron Bolitar returns in his next adventure. The disappearance of his rival – in sports and in love – brings back many harsh memories. Now he's in the middle of stars, wanna-bes, gamblers and groupies trying to figure out how it all went so wrong and turned oh so violent for one sports hero. Now Myron must face a past he'd rather forget and a present he may not survive.

• Silks by Dick Francis & Felix Francis — father and son team up for their second novel, following 2007's Dead Heat. London barrister and amateur jockey Geoffrey Mason begins receiving threatening letters from a former client whose conviction was recently overturned, and soon after reluctantly accepts the case of jockey Steve Mitchell. Steve's accused of killing fellow jockey Scot Barlow with a pitchfork shortly after Scot and Steve had a falling out over Steve's sister, a veterinarian who'd recently taken her own life. When unknown parties order Geoffrey to lose Steve's case, he must balance his ethics with his sense of self-preservation.

 

 

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