5 Things You Should Know About
By RICHARD CORLISS, Lev Grossman, Josh Tyrangiel
MUSIC
Elvis Presley The Complete '68 Comeback Special; available now When they say complete, they mean it. The first disc is an expanded version of the NBC special that ended the King's seven-year absence from live performing. The three others are bluesier, messier and, despite a crackling Are You Lonesome Tonight? and some very strange banter, inessential. B
BOOKS
Breaking Dawn By Stephenie Meyer; out now After three volumes of slow-motion foreplay, the last novel in the mega-best-selling Twilight series finally tells us everything we always wanted to know about sex (and marriage) with vampires but were terrified to ask. It's a wild but satisfying finish to the ballad of Bella and Edward. A-
MOVIES
Elegy Directed by Isabel Coixet; rated R; out now Professor has affair with lovely grad student: we've heard that one before. So had Philip Roth, whose novel The Dying Animal is acutely attuned to the dissonance of May-December love. This fine film has a touching performance by Penelope Cruz and a great one by Ben Kingsley. Cue the Oscar buzz. A-
Frozen River Written and directed by Courtney Hunt; rated R; out now August isn't usually a month for Academy Award--worthy acting, but the Kingsley raves have been joined by tributes to Melissa Leo's work in this Sundance Festival winner. She's superb as a harried single mom who gets involved in running illegals across the Canadian border. The film matches Leo's desperate tenseness to create a spare, absorbing melodrama. B+
Pineapple Express Directed by David Gordon Green; rated R; out now The Judd Apatow mob muscles into action comedy with this louche, lunatic tale of a process server (Seth Rogen, who co-wrote the script) and his marijuana dealer (James Franco) going klutzily on the run from druglords. It's the Two Stooges with guns, a car chase and some very dope dope jokes. B-