The Must List: What's Hot for the Week Ending Nov. 28, 2010

''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,'' Kanye West's newest release, ''Metropolis'' on DVD and Blu-ray, ''Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit,'' and more
By EW Staff
November 17, 2010 at 09:00 PM EST

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ILLUSTRATION BY JOSUE EVILLA; Radcliffe, Watson: Jaap Buitendijk (2)

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS — PART 1
It’s the beginning of the end for the Hogwarts saga and the adventure is epic, as our mature and resourceful wizard trio bands together to beat back Voldemort’s growing power. (Rated PG-13)

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MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY, Kanye West
After a year of being bashed for various ill-timed remarks, West returns with a masterpiece that almost vindicates his loose-cannon persona — blending his distinctive soul sound with demented effects and some of his brashest raps yet.

Watch his ”Power” video
Read the EW review

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THE NEW YORKER STORIES, by Ann Beattie
Beattie’s a maestro of short fiction, and now you can read her New Yorker pieces without those distracting cartoons.

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Barney Britton/Redferns

”BLUES RUN THE GAME,” Laura Marling
The singer and her simple acoustic guitar wonderfully cover Jackson C. Frank’s tune, with an assist from producer Jack White.

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AN OBJECT OF BEAUTY, by Steve Martin
His new novel, set in the ruthless New York art scene, is an impressive work that proves the comedian-cum-musician-cum-author is not so much a jack-of-all-trades as a master.

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Follow Martin on Twitter

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Phil Caruso

THE NEXT THREE DAYS
Director Paul Haggis (Crash, In the Valley of Elah) takes a break from heavy emotional dramas to create this gripping, high-octane thriller (rated PG-13) starring Russell Crowe as a man who attempts to break his wife (Elizabeth Banks) out of jail after she is convicted of murder.

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Everett Collection

METROPOLIS on DVD and Blu-ray
Great ­robotic Teutonics! Fritz Lang’s 1927 silent-era sci-fi ­classic has been ­restored to even greater glory with 25 ­minutes of rediscovered footage long thought to be lost to time.

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Buy the disc
Browse EW’s gallery of robot movies

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THE COMEBACK on the Sundance Channel
Raise your hand if you agree it was a crime that Lisa Kudrow’s hilarious 2005 satire was canceled after one season. Everyone? Good. Now console yourselves with this reairing, starting Nov. 23.

Read more about the return
Browse EW’s gallery of great series
Download Kudrow’s ”Web Therapy” from iTunes

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Everett Collection

AMERICA LOST AND FOUND box set
BBS Productions made some of the most groundbreaking movies of the late ’60s and early ’70s, including Easy Rider (pictured). Criterion collects that and six others in this expert Blu-ray set.

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Read more about the set
Watch the Easy Rider trailer

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Electronic Arts

NEED FOR SPEED: HOT PURSUIT
Cruise through Seacrest County with up to eight of your friends in the latest edition of the speed-demon videogame franchise. Whether you fancy Porsches, Audis, or Maseratis, there are plenty of options to choose from for chasing down a thief or peeling away from the ­police. (PS3, Xbox, PC, Wii; rated E)

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