I can't think of a better way to celebrate Columbus Day than to stay home and watch a movie. (Of course, that's how I celebrate just about every holiday.) Can't decide what to watch, let the DVD Talk Review Database help you decide. Here are some of the stand out discs that have been recently reviewed that you might want to check out: The Three Stooges Collection - Volume Four: 1943-1945 Brilliant, surreal physical comedy, where torture and pain are elevated to breathtaking grace; Horatio Hornblower: Collector's Edition - a fascinating chronological treatise of one man's journey through years of Naval service at a critical time for the British Empire; and Le Deuxième Souffle - a beautifully made and deliciously dark slice of French noir that delivers everything you'd hope it would and then some. Other recent reviews include: When We Left Earth - The NASA Missions, Dante's Inferno, and Up the Yangtze.  Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week and the ability to browse reviews by studio.

With the new television season underway, it seemed like a good time to poll the DVD Talk review staff and find out their favorite TV shows on DVD. The whole staff was asked for their input, and then we argued, pleaded, inveigled, threatened, and even cajoled each other. Eventually we settled on these nine shows. Ten would have been nice, but if we had to decide on another things would have gotten ugly. From classic 50's sitcoms to cutting edge dramas and even a British documentary, the list covers a wide range of styles and genres but no matter what your taste, you won't go wrong with any of these shows. Click here, to view DVD Talk's Best of TV on DVD! Want more?  Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVDTalk database.

Ridley Scott directs Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe in the explosive, oddly conventional terrorism thriller Body of Lies. Family cinema gets a needed shot of the dark in the Gil Kenan apocalyptic adventure movie City of Ember. And Guy Ritchie returns to the London crime genre with the crafty, tireless gangster thriller RocknRolla. Also in theaters: The Spanish film Rec gets an American makeover in the unfortunate Quarantine. Jonathan Demme and Anne Hathaway explore severe wedding day blues in Rachel Getting Married. Suicide, family, and the Mississippi Delta make for powerful cinema in Ballast. Director Mike Leigh decides to walk on the sunny side of the street in Happy-Go-Lucky. And the life of football star Ernie Davis is revisited in the obvious, but kindly bio-pic The Express. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: The Duchess, An American Carol, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Religulous, Appaloosa, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Blindness. Eagle Eye, Miracle at St. Anna, Nights in Rodanthe, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, Lakeview Terrace, Hounddog, Burn After Reading, and Flash of Genius. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

It seems like a higher and higher percentage of DVD releases are TV shows. Want to know which ones are worth picking up and which ones you should just catch as reruns? DVD Talk has you covered with our extensive TV on DVD reviews. This week's notable entries include: Robot Chicken: Season Three - the show sticks to the formula that has made the series a cult hit: quirky, distasteful and wonderfully irreverent humor; The Munsters: The Complete Series - Universal is putting out this boxed set that features some of their most legendary monsters just in time for Halloween; and Desperate Housewives: The Complete Fourth Season this season is truly a return to the darkly comic style that made the show such a cultural phenomenon. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Trial and Retribution - Set 1, This American Life - Season 1, and CSI: NY - The Fourth Season.  Want more?  Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVDTalk database.

With all of the new DVD announcements it's easy to miss some a title or two. Recently announced DVDs and Blu-ray discs of note include: Spinal Tap [Blu-ray] Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, and Derek Smalls are back and in high definition. This movies started the mockumentary genre and it's still one of the best. 1-20-09; Based on the hit British series, HBO's Little Britain USA arrives on DVD on 1-13-09; and the Frank Capra/Jimmy Stewart classic Mr. Smith Goes to Washington comes to DVD on 12-09-08 with a newly restored image. Other newly announced titles include: Moonlight - The Complete Series on 1-20-09, and Alan Resnais' Same Old Song on 12-16-08. Keep track of all the upcoming DVDs with the DVDTalk Release List.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: Saddle the Wind - John Cassavetes and Julie London enliven this Robert Taylor western from the fading MGM studio. A great appearance by Charles McGraw; written by Rod Serling and directed by Robert Parrish; The Godfather: The Coppola Restoration - Paramount's multi-disc Blu-ray set has stunning new restored transfers of the whole trilogy: The Godfather, The Godfather Part II and The Godfather Part III. Plus fine new documentaries and interactive guides; and Icons of Horror Collection: Hammer Films - Sony cleans out their vault of horrors with four desired Hammer titles: Terence Fisher's rare The Two Faces Of Dr. Jekyll with Christopher Lee, the excellent thriller Scream of Fear with Susan Strasberg, the so-so sequel The Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb, and The Gorgon, a creepy Terence Fisher effort with Barbara Shelley, Chris Lee and Peter Cushing. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

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