Dolly

CD ($49.98)



From her earliest honky-tonk singles in 1957, through her pop-crossover superstardom of the ’80s and into her flights of artistry in the 1990s, this 99-song, four-CD career retrospective includes 21 No. 1 singles, 11 classic duets with Porter Wagoner and a 60-page full-color booklet. Even though Dolly Parton went on to become a movie star, a Broadway composer and a pop-cultural icon, she was always, first and foremost, a singer and a songwriter—and this bountiful box set reminds you of the wide-ranging, never-dimming magic of her spectacular talent.

—Neil Pond, American Profile



The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

DVD ($28.96)



In this big-budget remake of the 1974 cult classic, John Travolta and Denzel Washington face off on opposite sides of a tick-tick-ticking subway hostage crisis. Travolta oozes tattooed, trigger-happy menace as the bad guy, and Washington does a great job as a Metropolitan Transit Authority dispatcher unexpectedly drawn into one heck of a stressful workday. Bonus content includes several featurettes, including one on filming the movie in the gritty subterranean world of the New York subway system.

—Neil Pond, American Profile



Touched By An Angel: Inspirational Collection—Holiday

DVD ($14.99)



Four episodes of the audience-favorite series, which ran for nine years on CBS, are assembled in this themed collection brimming with hope, optimism and holiday cheer. Roma Downey and Della Reese star, and perennial series guest star Randy Travis appears in his recurring role as Wayne in “Angel on a Roof,” about a Christmas miracle in a small Texas town.

—Neil Pond, American Profile