Latest DVDs, CDs, books, Nov. 13

DVDS

“Brave” (PG): Young Scottish archer Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald) joins the ranks of Disney heroines in this animated tale from Pixar that also features the voices of Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson and Craig Ferguson.

Elsewhere, Laguna Beach, Calif., pot-growers (Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Johnson) wage war against the Mexican cartel (led by Salma Hayek and Benicio Del Toro) that kidnapped the woman (Blake Lively) they love in the Oliver Stone thriller “Savages” (R).

Four suburbanites (Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade) looking for a little excitement end up having to save their neighborhood from aliens in the comedy “The Watch” (R).

And the future of the time-share tower at Planet Hollywood Resort lies at the heart of the documentary “Queen of Versailles” (PG), which plays out like the pilot for one of Bravo’s crazy-millionaire reality shows.

Topping today’s TV transfers: “Doctor Who: Series Seven – Part One,” “Lost Girl: Season Two,” “Duck Dynasty: Season One” and “Storage Wars Texas: Season One.”

CDS

Soundgarden, “King Animal”: It’s been 16 years since Seattle grunge band Soundgarden put out an album of fresh material.

First song on their new record?

“Been Away Too Long.”

Yup.

Also in stores: Christina Aguilera, “Lotus”; The All-American Rejects, “Flatline EP”; Bobby Bare, “Darker Than Light”; Susan Boyle, “Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs From the Stage”; Colette Carr, “Skitszo (Part 1)”; Joe Cocker, “Fire It Up”; Judy Collins, “Judy Collins Live at The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Celebrating Fifty Years of Timeless Music”; Deftones, “Koi No Yokan”; Lana Del Rey, “Paradise”; Brian Eno, “LUX”; Green Day, “¡Dos!”; Guided By Voices, “The Bears For Lunch”; How to destroy angels_ , “An omen EP_ “; Machine Head, “Machine F**king Head Live”; Madness, “Oui, Oui, Si, Si, Ja, Ja, Da, Da”; One Direction, “Take Me Home”; Punch Brothers, “Ahoy!”; School of Seven Bells, “Put Your Sad Down”; Sufjan Stevens, “Silver & Gold”; and The Weeknd, “Trilogy.”

BOOKS

“Merry Christmas, Alex Cross” by James Patterson: A hostage situation on Christmas Eve takes Detective Alex Cross away from his family – possibly forever.

On the nonfiction front, Willie Nelson, with the help of Kinky Friedman, shares his insights and memories in “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road.”

Also hitting shelves: “Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness” by Susannah Cahalan; “Cross Roads” by William Paul Young; “Dear Life” by Alice Munro; “A Death in the Small Hours” by Charles Finch; “Echo” by Alyson Noel; “The Hare with Amber Eyes” by Edmund de Waal; “Help, Thanks, Wow” by Anne Lamott; “The Joy of Hate” by Greg Gutfeld; “The Last Man” by Vince Flynn; “Meet Me at Emotional Baggage Claim” by Lisa Scottoline; “The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy” by David Nasaw; “Reached” by Ally Condie; “Sweet Tooth” by Ian McEwan; and “The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)” by Jeff Kinney.

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