This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews and articles including: The Color Purple - Steven Spielberg's long-form saga of injustice and heartbreak in Georgia is aided by wonderful performances; Hotel - Arthur Hailey's novel becomes an interesting saga of the last day of a grand New Orleans hotel, where efforts to sell are made difficult by the crimes and crooked deals of by its high-class guests; and Blondie Johnson - Joan Blondell gets a thorough leading-lady workout in this spirited Pre-Code about an impoverished woman who rises in the rackets, almost becoming a lady gang leader. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.