ALBUMS

Dropping Friday:

John Anderson: "Years"

Hamilton Lelthauser: "The Loves of Your Life"

Joe Satriani: "Shape Shifting"

The sleep eazys (with joe bonamassa): "Easy to Buy. Hard to Sell"

The strokes: "The New Abnormal"

BOOKS

Released this week:

Julia Alvarez: "Afterlife"

Robert KoLker: "Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family"

Veronica Roth: "Chosen Ones"

Anne Tyler: "The Redhead by the Side of the Road"

Jesmyn Ward: "Navigate Your Stars"

Lisa Wingate: "The Book of Lost Friends"

Don Winslow: "Broken"

VIDEO

Released Tuesday:

"Cats": Star-studded but not well-received version of Andrew Lloyd Weber's musical, starring Dame Judi Dench, James Corden, Idris Elba. It's based on T.S. Eliot's poems. PG.

"Dolittle": New live-action with animation version of the story of a doctor (Robert Downey Jr.) who can talk to the animals and sets out to find a mythical island with his whimsical crew. PG.

"Escape from pretoria": Daniel Radcliffe stars in this true story of a pair of men who escape from prison during the unrest of apartheid's fall. PG-13.

"Little Women": The classic American tale of a family struggling during the Civil War is revived and stars Saoirse Ronan and Emma Watson. It's directed by Oscar nominee Greta Gerwig and was nominated for several 2019 film awards. PG.

tv on dvd: "Madam Secretary: The Final Season"

Digital: "Gretel & Hansel," "Like A Boss" both out on Amazon and iTunes Tuesday; "Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpions Revenge" due Sunday.