This week several great movies and TV shows are coming out, including a few that shouldn't be missed: Sherlock: Season 2 [Blu-ray review] - one of the most extraordinary series on television... all three of this year's feature-length adaptations are phenomenal; The Secret World of Arrietty [Blu-ray review] - there's so much about the film to admire and adore not the least of which is its stunning animation and gentle nature; and Route 66: The Complete Series [Blu-ray review] - Quite simply, the best television drama anthology of the 1960s. Other reviews of note include Castle in the Sky [Blu-ray review], A Bullet for the General [Blu-ray review], and Carol Channing - Larger Than Life [Blu-ray review]. Be sure to check out our DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

Blood will be spilled. Lives will be lost. Men will be ruined. AMC's critically-acclaimed series Hell on Wheels (watch trailer) tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on a Confederate officer (Anson Mount) who travels west to find the Union soldiers who murdered his wife. His unrelenting quest leads him to "Hell on Wheels," the dangerous, raucous town that follows the construction of the nation's first transcontinental railroad. Loaded with Bonus Features (including over twenty behind-the-scenes featurettes), experience this must-see series from the very beginning with the 3-disc set of Hell on Wheels: The Complete First Season - available now on Blu-ray and DVD. Enter now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of Hell on Wheels: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray from Entertainment One.

TV on DVD remains very popular with more and more favorites being released. New TV reviews include: Agatha Christie's Poirot: Series 4 - three excellent adaptations of the world's best-selling author and her famous sleuth; Adam-12: The Final Season - Reed and Malloy on their last patrol... powerful moments still manage to manifest themselves in the show with more episodes working than not; and Car 54, Where Are You? - The Complete Second Season - the sublimely silly sitcom returns for 30 more episodes. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol, Borgia: Faith and Fear - Season One, and King Arthur and Medieval Britain.  Want more?  Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVDTalk database.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews and articles including: Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Sony's new disc of the Pythons' funniest film gives the wild comedy a terrific HD transfer; an excellent set of extras does the rest; The Big Heat - Fritz Lang's furious film noir cop saga sees Glenn Ford as a hell-bent avenger out to bring down an entire syndicate for the death of a loved on; and The Odessa File - Jon Voight disguises himself as an older SS sergeant to help track down a Nazi war criminal. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

It's a busy week in theaters, with Sacha Baron Cohen returning to the big screen as The Dictator, Maggie Gyllenhaal bringing the humble origins of the vibrator to life in Hysteria, and Jennifer Connelly as a slightly off-balance single mother in the small-town comedy/drama Virginia. Richard Linklater's true crime comedy and Jack Black vehicle Bernie goes into wider release; read reviews by Tyler Foster and Jamie S. Rich. Also this week: Morgan Spurlock explores changing notions of masculinity in Mansome, a French police squad investigates child abuse in the Cannes Jury Prize winner Polisse, DIY gamers take on the video game industry in Indie Game: The Movie, and a therapist and patient lock in a battle of wills in the trippy sci-fi throwback Beyond the Black Rainbow. Be sure to catch our reviews of other recent theatrical films: God Bless America, Sleepless Night, The Avengers, The Five Year Engagement, Elles, The Giant Mechanical Man, Citizen Gangster, Damsels in Distress, and The Cabin in the Woods.