Nobody really asked for a remake of John Carpenter's classic film, but if anyone is going to do it, why not Rob Zombie with his own version of Halloween? Reactions to Zombie's "re-imagining" seem to be mostly split down the middle (some have loved it...some have hated it), but one thing is for sure...the film is causing a stir. Halloween stalks and slashes its way into theaters everywhere this weekend. Also in theaters this week is Death Sentence - Kevin Bacons stars in James Wan's latest revenge flick; The 11th Hour - Leonardo DiCaprio produced (and hosts) this startling film about the world in which we live (and often taken for granted); and War - Jet Li and Jason Statham square off in this exciting action flick. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Ladron que Roba a Ladron, Balls of Fury, Freshman Orientation, September Dawn, The Nanny Diaries, Mr. Bean's Holiday, The Last Legion, Resurrecting the Champ, The Hottest State, September Dawn, Superbad. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films in theaters in our Movie Talk Forum Area.

DVD Stalk is back at it and packed with tons of great reviews (including looks at the DVD release of Dexter: The First Season, Horrors of Malformed Men, and The Dresden Files: The Complete First Season), information on all of this week's horror releases, and previews of some upcoming scares. This week, we're also giving away five copies of a DVD you're not going to want to miss! We also have our usual bag of evil goodies, including the DVD Stalk Blog and an opportunity to load up on DVD Stalk apparel. We hope you'll check out DVD Stalk and drop us a line to let us know what you think. Check out our daily DVD Stalk Blog, friend us on DVD Stalk's MySpace and DVD Stalk's Twitter, drop by the DVD Stalk Apparel Store, and be sure to check out DVD Talk's reviews of over 1,800 Horror DVDs.

A ton of notable TV on DVD reviews this week including: Dexter: Season 1 - a complex mystery, an arsenal of intriguing characters and true artistic style all add up to a mini-series that manages to make every episode enthralling while building an overall story that doesn't disappoint; Heroes - Season 1 - something that should not be missed - it is an epic, grand tale that will leave you wanting more; Masters of Horror: S1 [Review] - with an exhausting amount of extras, 13 entertaining hour-long movies, and a shockingly cheap price tag, this set is one of the best DVD deals money can buy; Man Stroke Woman: The Complete First Series - a top notch show that fans of British comedy should be sure to check out. Other recent TV on DVD reviews include: Flash Gordon - The Premiere Episode, Inside the Actors Studio: Leading Men, The Kids in the Hall: The Pilot Episode, Saturday Night Live - The Best of 06/07, South Park - The Complete Tenth Season and 'til Death - The Complete First Season. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted TV on DVD.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: Sacco and Vanzetti - Documentarians Peter Miller and Amy Carey Linton reconstruct the life and times of the immigrant anarchists whose trial became a major event of the 1920s; Clint the Nevada's Loner, There's a Noose Waiting for You Trinity! & Cjamango - Lee Broughton tackles full analyses of two Wild East releases, a double bill and a single; House of Games - David Mamet's first go at directing is a tense movie about con games run by master player Joe Mantegna, on both Lindsay Crouse and us, the audience; A Midsummer Night's Dream - You will believe that forest fairies can fly! Max Reinhardt's production of the Shakespeare comedy is a magical delight, thanks to the fantastic contributions of the Warners' production department; 3:10 to Yuma - Sony reissues Delmer Daves' western masterpiece in time to tie-in with a new remake; The Last Cigarette - The folks who brought us The Atomic Cafe try the same approach to Big Tobacco and cigarette advertising, with (cough-cough) eye-opening results. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

A good week for notable DVDs including: Air Guitar Nation [Review] - a truly exceptional documentary on a nearly absurd topic, but it's one that will have you cheering to the very end; Heroes - Season 1 [DVD Review | HD DVD Review] - one of the few run-away hits from last season now on a must own DVD and HD DVD release; Friday Night Lights: S1 - Universal shows the strongest support for a show they possibly can, they'll give you your money back if you don't absolutely love the series.. Other notable DVDs out this week include: 3:10 to Yuma [Review], Blades of Glory [Review], LOL [Review], Masters of Horror: S1 [Review], Offside [Review] Year Of the Dog [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.

With over 20K DVD reviews in the DVD Talk Review Database, it's easy to overlook some of the great reviews. Recent DVD Reviews include: As You Like It - Kenneth Branagh returns to the bard with another spectacular interpretation of the classic Shakespeare play; Police Beat - One of the best films you've never heard of, an immigrants' tale done so well that had more people seen it, it could have reinvented the genre; Year of The Dog - a strange mutt, but it's irresistible in its way - the movie bites when you think it's about to get cuddly, and it curls up in your lap when you suspect it's going in for the kill. Other new DVDs recently reviewed include: Diana: Last Days of a Princess, Disney's Little Einsteins - Rocket's Firebird Rescue, The Ex, Hana & Alice Life Support, The Milky Way - Criterion, Princess Raccoon, Sacco and Vanzetti. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week including a the ability to Browse reviews by studio.

It seems strange that the filmmaking team behind the excellent American Splendor chose to follow that film with The Nanny Diaries, but maybe they have aspirations of raising the film above its fluffy chick-lit-novel origins. Either way, the stunning and talented Scarlett Johansson stars in what is sure to be a hit based on the success of the book alone. The Nanny Diaries babysits your kids in theaters everywhere this weekend. Also in theaters this week is Mr. Bean's Holiday - people, apparently, still love Rowan Atkinson's 'Mr. Bean' character because he's back in theaters 10 years after the last 'Bean' film; The Last Legion - Colin Firth, Aishwarya Rai, and Ben Kingsley star in this surprisingly adventure flick; and Resurrecting the Champ - Rod Lurie directs Sam Jackson and Josh Hartnett in this moving film about a homeless man who thinks he's a former boxing champ. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: The Hottest State, September Dawn, Superbad, The Invasion, The Shark is Still Working: The Impact and Legacy of Jaws, Death at a Funeral, Manda Bala (Send a Bullet), Skinwalkers, No End in Sight, Rush Hour 3, Stardust. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films in theaters in our Movie Talk Forum Area.

This week we have a special giveaway from Universal Studios Home Entertainment for the highly anticipated release for Heroes: Season 1 on HD-DVD. Heroes was one of the run away smash hits of last season and now all 23 episodes from the first season are on HD DVD complete with over 10 hours of bonus features including: Never Before Aired 73-Minute Premiere Episode, 50 Deleted Scenes, The Making of Heroes, Interactive Character Connections, PIP Cast Video Commentaries, Helix Revealed, Artwork Presentation, a Web Enabled HD DVD feature, and much much more. Enter now for your chance to one of 5 copies of Heroes: Season 1 on HD DVD.

A ton of notable TV on DVD reviews this week including: Desperate Housewives: The Complete Third Season - The Dirty Laundry Edition - another fun and engaging season, it's a fun show that pulls you in with its eye-rolling drama and while watching it will not make your life complete, it will make it a little more exciting; House, M.D. - Season Three - a brilliant season powered largely by the incredible performances by Laurie and the rest of the cast, which make difficult concepts simple and beautifully human; Land of the Giants - The Full Series - an entertaining show that has all of the characteristics that made Irwin Allen productions so popular. Other recent TV on DVD reviews include: Dane Cook - The Lost Pilots, Grafters - Complete First Season , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: S5 and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3.1. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted TV on DVD.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: Raise the Red Lantern - Zhang Yimou's modern classic is unique, exotic and politically potent; Avant Garde 2, Experimental Cinema 1928-1954 - See some weird first efforts from name artists like James Broughton and Stan Brakhage, plus an unbelievably audacious two hour filmic rant by Jean-Isidore Isou; Words and Music - The wild story of the songwriting team of Rogers and Hart is squashed into a strange shape to please both the Production Code and MGM's sensibilities; The Lookout - Ace screenwriter Scott Frank scores high with his first directed feature, a superb thriller about a brain-damaged janitor sucked into a robbery scheme; 10:30 PM Summer - Jules Dassin's artsy character study takes an uneasy romantic triangle and mixes in a murder manhunt in a rainy Spanish town; The Deadly Companions - A gift from Finland, this R2 PAL disc offers a beautiful Panavision format rendering of Sam Peckinpah's obscure first feature, a muddled desert trek movie that grows in stature when seen in such a good transfer. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

A good week for notable DVDs including: Serenity: CE [Review] - based on everything we have come to know and expect from the Hollywood machine, this film should not exist, and yet here it is and again we applaud it; The Lives of Others [DVD Review | Blu-Ray Review] - one of last year's most important foreign imports and a film that is simply not to be missed; House of Games - Criterion [Review]- David Mamet's debut movie is an expertly constructed psychological scam that has been often imitated but never outdone. . Other notable DVDs out this week include: Broken English, Dexter - S1 [Review], House: S3 [Review], South Park: S10 and Ugly Betty: S1 [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.

Anime Talk is back with a boatload of anime reviews. Quite honestly this may be our biggest column ever. With titles like Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, Ergo Proxy, Heat Guy J, The Wings of Rean, The Third, and El-Hazard, hitting store shelves there is plenty to watch and more money to spend. Fortunately we have Wen-Tsai on our side who digs around the Internet and sniffs out the best anime deals for you. Give us a read and you may find something that interests you. Also in case you missed them, check out previous Anime Talk Columns: Ghost in the Shell Solid State, The Third: Girl With The Blue Eye, Suzuka, To Heart, and Naruto and Genshiken, Shingu, and Maburaho, oh my.

With over 20K DVD reviews in the DVD Talk Review Database, it's easy to overlook some of the great reviews. Recent DVD Reviews include: The Lookout - muscular and suspenseful, character-driven and poignant with first-rate writing and performances that make it one of the best films of the year; The Search for John Gissing - a solid 90 minutes of fun, especially Rickman, who is simply a wonderful bad guy and an underrated comic actor; The Shakespeare Collection - is simply the gold standard of Shakespeare sets now available, easily comparable to Criterion's releases of the Olivier films; Popeye the Sailor: 1933-1938, Vol. 1 - sixty cartoons, representing five years of hilarity and some of the best that early animation has to offer. Other new DVDs recently reviewed include: Air Guitar Nation, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters for DVD, Blades of Glory, A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash , Rob Zombie 3-Disc Collector's Set and Rowan Atkinson Live!. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week including a the ability to Browse reviews by studio.

Judd Apatow is riding high on the success of The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, but he merely produces the latest film in his ouevre, Superbad. Instead, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg team up to write this hilarious "quasi-autobiographical 1980s-style teenage sex comedy with laughs and heart and, merciful heavens, more laughs." Superbad strips down to its bra and panties in theaters everywhere this weekend. Also in theaters this week is The Invasion - Who was the genius that thought remaking Invasion of the Body Snatchers again was a good idea, and how'd they convince Nicole Kidman to star?; The Shark is Still Working: The Impact and Legacy of Jaws - the fantastic documentary about one of the greatest films of all time; and Death at a Funeral - Frank Oz directs this film about two brothers trying to stop a blackmailer from exposing their dead father's past. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Manda Bala (Send a Bullet), Skinwalkers, No End in Sight, Rush Hour 3, Stardust, Daddy Day Camp, Descent, The Bourne Ultimatum, Hot Rod, Becoming Jane, El Cantante, Fat Girls, Underdog. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films in theaters in our Movie Talk Forum Area.

DVD Stalk is back at it and packed with tons of great reviews (including looks at the DVD release of Vacancy, D.J. Caruso's Disturbia, and Masters of Horror: We All Scream for Ice Cream), information on all of this week's horror releases, and previews of some upcoming scares. We also have our usual bag of evil goodies, including the DVD Stalk Blog and an opportunity to load up on DVD Stalk apparel. We hope you'll check out DVD Stalk and drop us a line to let us know what you think. Check out our daily DVD Stalk Blog, friend us on DVD Stalk's MySpace and DVD Stalk's Twitter, drop by the DVD Stalk Apparel Store, and be sure to check out DVD Talk's reviews of over 1,800 Horror DVDs.

A number of notable TV on DVD reviews this week including: Ugly Betty: The Complete First Season - The Bettyfied Edition - a fun comedy/drama about a not-so-fashionable-looking, normal twenty-something who gets a break in the high-paced world of fashion; Hawaii Five-O - The Second Season - another fine six-disc boxed set featuring terrific transfers of the top-rated detective show; Dynasty - The Second Season - deliriously crude and manipulative, with gloss and money all over it to keep the stench down it's just as much fun as it was twenty-five years ago.. Other recent TV on DVD reviews include: Full House - The Complete Seventh Season, The Hills: Season 2, The New Statesman, Wanted: Dead or Alive - Season Two. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted TV on DVD.

Silent DVD is back this week with complete coverage of the 12th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival. This year's festival included the Louise Brooks film Beggars of Life, an early precursor to film noir, A cottage on Dartmoor, and the Ernst Lubitsch light drama The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg. Also in this month's installment is a look at Kino's Reel Baseball, a collection of silent movies based on America's favorite pastime, and information on upcoming silent films such including Lon Chaney's Hunchback of Notre Dame: Ultimate Edition. If you missed them check out earlier columns including coverage of: The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra's release of The General, and Criterion's wonderful edition of Pandora's Box.

A good week for notable DVDs including: Inland Empire [Review] - David Lynch's most ambitious, fractured film yet...it's like the final hour of Mulholland Drive stretched out to three hours; Vacancy [DVD Review| Blu-Ray Review] - a very fast-paced and tense thriller with some genuinely scary bits and some strong performances; Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters for DVD - with a bonus 80 minute bonus film this is a disc no respecting Aqua Teen fan could live without. Other notable DVDs out this week include: The Dark Crystal [Review], Labyrinth [Review], The Lookout, Puzzlehead [Review], Fracture [Review], God Grew Tired of Us [Review] and Taxi Driver [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.

This week we have a number of clips from the DVD release of That Girl - Season Three. The third season of That Girl is a pivotal one for aspiring actress Ann Marie (Marlo Thomas) and her ever-devoted boyfriend Donald Hollinger (Ted Bessell). In an era of great change, That Girl was a reflection of its time. Front-page issues such as spousal abuse, adoption, race relations and politics are woven into the high comedy. Guests include a who's-who of sitcoms: Penny Marshall, Vic Tayback, McLean Stevenson, Mary Frann (Newhart), and Danny Thomas. Check out these clips from That Girl - Season Three: My Sister's Keeper, The Hi-Jack And The Mighty There Was A Time Ann Met A Pie Man and It's So Nice To Have A Mouse Around The House. Get more info on That Girl - Season Three here.

With over 20K DVD reviews in the DVD Talk Review Database, it's easy to overlook some of the great reviews. Recent DVD Reviews include: Film Noir Classic Collection 4 - two of DVD Talk's reviewers took a look at this release from Warner Bros. and both came to the same conclusion: it's a title worthy of DVD Talk's highest rating; Unaccompanied Minors - Director Paul Feig must have pissed someone off in Hollywood to have his charming family Christmas movie dumped on DVD in August, but don't let a studio grudge keep you from this gem, but it now and then re-watch over the holidays; Graveyard of Honor - Takashi Miike remakes Kinji Fukasaku's seminal yakuza masterpiece with fantastic results. Other new DVDs recently reviewed include: 51 Birch Street, Absolute Garbage, Blue Water, White Death, Firehouse Dog, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Reel Talent: First Films by Legendary Directors. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week including a the ability to Browse reviews by studio.

There's been a lot of buzz in the home theater world about HDMI 1.3. With brand new lossless audio codecs, two new disc-based high definition formats, and a host of HDTV's coming out with all kinds of new features, it's more important than ever to know what you're getting into before you buy. In this week's HD Talk columnist Daniel Hirshleifer takes a look at HDMI 1.3. and sheds light on what you need to know about it. Also in this week's HD Talk news of the next generation players from both formats, a multi-city Blu-Ray Tour and the major releases on both platforms with Spider-Man The High Definition Trilogy on Blu-Ray and Blade Runner: 5 Disc Ultimate Edition on HD DVD. In addition we have a complete wrap up of all the notable recent HD DVD and Blu-Ray releases including: 300, Disturbia, Hot Fuzz, The Fifth Element - Remastered and more . In case you missed them be sure to check out our previous HD Talk columns with a look at TV on HD as well as a full explanation exactly why DVD Talk refuses to take sides in the format war. Finally, don't miss DVD Talk's Review database with almost 500 other HD and Blu-Ray Disc Reviews.

If you weren't already sick and tired of that "Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth" line yet, Rush Hour 3 is around to remind you that it hasn't been all that funny since the first installment. Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan team up again (this time in Paris) to take down some Chinese gangsters. Rush Hour 3 speeds into theaters everywhere this weekend. Also in theaters this week is Stardust - Matthew Vaughn directs Claire Danes and Sienna Miller in this fantastic Neil Gaiman adaptation; Daddy Day Camp - is Cuba Gooding, Jr. really this desperate for work?; and Descent - Rosario Dawson stars as college student in Talia Lugacy's debut feature film. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: The Bourne Ultimatum, Hot Rod, Becoming Jane, El Cantante, Fat Girls, Underdog, Bratz, Who's Your Caddy?, Laura Smiles, I Know Who Killed Me, The Ten, The Simpsons Movie. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films in theaters in our Movie Talk Forum Area.

A number of notable TV on DVD reviews this week including: Rome - The Complete Second Season - takes one of the most fascinating periods in the history of the world and distills it into something accessible and compelling for the casual viewer; Gideon's Trumpet - hailed as one of the very finest made-for-TV movies ever broadcast it's a tale as simple as the man who inspired it; Two's Company - The Complete Series - a delightfully witty, sharply delivered comedy of opposites. Other recent TV on DVD reviews include: The Business, Prime Suspect - The Final Act, The Real McCoys: Complete Season 1, Roseanne: Season Eight, Space: 1999 - 30th Anniversary Edition Megaset and Star Trek Fan Collective - Captain's Log. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted TV on DVD.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: Flash Gordon - Dino De Laurentiis' Disco-riffic comic strip epic comes to DVD in a extra super special Savior of the Universe Edition; Un chien Andalou - Luis Bunuel's epochal surrealist short subject includes interesting interviews with his son, Jean-Luis; Les enfants terribles - Jean-Pierre Melville's first film was this disturbing psychodrama about a possessive sister and a sickly brother; Showgirls - The critical commentary and trivia tracks on this Fully Exposed Edition make Paul Verhoeven's noxious melodrama almost watchable; The Lives of Others - This year's winner of the Best Foreign Film is a superb spy drama about the oppressive policies of the East German Stasi secret police; She (Deluxe Two Disc Edition) - Buried behind a colorized version and several infomercials is a fine full-length copy of Merian C. Cooper's super-production. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

This week we have a number of clips from the DVD release of Man Stroke Woman: The Complete First Series. Quick-witted and well-observed, this British series is a quirky and original take on men, women, kids, friendship, and pretty much anything that's worth having a laugh about. Produced by Ash Atalla, this ensemble piece brings together an irresistible collection of personalities. Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz and Shaun of The Dead)), Nicholas Burns, Daisy Haggard, Amanda Abbington, and Ben Crompton star. Extras include audio commentaries on each episode, a "making of" featurette and more. Check out the following clips from Man Stroke Woman: The Complete First Series: Men are Bastards, May I Be Completely Blunt?, You can never just say I look nice, The Dog Diet. Get more info on Man Stroke Woman: The Complete First Series here.

A good week for notable DVDs including: Disturbia [HD DVD Review | DVD Review] - a smart concept combined with Shia LaBeouf's star caliber performance and nod to Alfred Hitchcock make it a disc worth checking out; TMNT [Review] - Director/writer Kevin Munroe clearly knows and loves the Turtles and it really shows ; Unaccompanied Minors - Paul Feig (of Freaks and Geeks fame) takes a real story from This American Life and turns it into a charming and likable film. Other notable DVDs out this week include: 8 Simple Rules: S1 [Review], Bubba Ho-Tep: SE [Review], Dresden Files Season 1, Film Crew: Killers from Space [Review], The Muppet Show: S2 [Review], Rome: S2 [Review], The Simpsons: S10, That Girl-Season 3 and Unaccompanied Minors. 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.

This week we have a very special giveaway from Indican Pictures for the DVD release of Fakers. In this hilariously charming crime caper set in the eccentric London art world, Nick Edwards owes £50,000 to the super-smooth, yet brutal, crime-lord Foster Wright and has four days to find the cash. Nick knows nothing about working a heist of that size, but when he stumbles across a lost sketch by the legendary Italian artist Antonio Fraccini, he believes he's in the clear. The problem is, it's only worth 15 grand. With the help of the eternal cynic Eve and her extremely talented yet naive artist brother Tony, the plan is hatched; to forge the drawing and sell it to five Mayfair galleries within an hour before anyone catches onto the fact there's a scam going down. Enter now for your chance to one of 5 copies of Fakers DVD were giving away this week.

With over 20K DVD reviews in the DVD Talk Review Database, it's easy to overlook some of the great reviews. Recent DVD Reviews include: The Dark Crystal - 25th Anniversary Edition - a perfect film, and as new generations grow to understand its exquisiteness, the more precious an experience the motion picture becomes; Taxi Driver - a significant upgrade over previous releases with a clearer and more colorful picture that has more depth and more detail; Hard Boiled: Ultimate Edition - Action-packed and supremely entertaining, Hard Boiled remains one of Hong Kong's finest film exports and Woo's direction has arguably never been tighter. Other new DVDs recently reviewed include: After the Wedding , Avenue Montaigne, Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory 2, Funny Ha Ha, Gideon's Trumpet, The Host, Labyrinth: SE and Small Town Gay Bar. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week including a the ability to Browse reviews by studio.

With some exciting titles on the horizon there are still many releases coming out in the summer months to pay attention to. This time around Anime Talk takes a look at Desert Punk, Rozen Maiden, Ghost in the Shell's new OVA, and many, many more. WTK also brings us some anime bargains to help cushion the blow on your wallet. In case you missed them check out past Anime Talk columns including: The Third: Girl With The Blue Eye, Suzuka, To Heart, and Naruto, Genshiken, Shingu, and Maburaho, oh my! and Afro Samurai.

Paul Greengrass gives us the final chapter of the popular Bourne series with the excellent film The Bourne Ultimatum. Matt Damon returns as the amnesiac spy Jason Bourne in this thrilling third film. The Bourne Ultimatum remembers its way to theaters everywhere this weekend. Also in theaters this week is Hot Rod - Andy Samberg continues to ride the success of his "Lazy Sunday" SNL skit by bringing his funny to the big screen as a accident-prone daredevil; Becoming Jane - the highly underrated Anne Hathaway stars as a young Jane Austen in a romance of her own; and El Cantante - husband-and-wife team Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony star in this biopic about Salsa legend Hector Lavoe. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Fat Girls, Underdog, Bratz, Who's Your Caddy?, Laura Smiles, I Know Who Killed Me, The Ten, The Simpsons Movie, No End In Sight, This Is England, No Reservations, Arctic Tale, Hairspray, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, Sunshine, Rescue Dawn, Dynamite Warrior, Cashback, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Talk to Me. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films in theaters in our Movie Talk Forum Area.

DVD Stalk is back at it and packed with tons of great reviews (including looks at the highly-anticipated DVD release of The Host, Fred Dekker's The Monster Squad, and Bubba Ho-Tep: Hail to the King Limited Edition), information on all of this week's horror releases, and previews of some upcoming scares. We also have our usual bag of evil goodies, including the DVD Stalk Blog and an opportunity to load up on DVD Stalk apparel. We hope you'll check out DVD Stalk and drop us a line to let us know what you think. Check out our daily DVD Stalk Blog, friend us on DVD Stalk's MySpace and DVD Stalk's Twitter, drop by the DVD Stalk Apparel Store, and be sure to check out DVD Talk's reviews of over 1,800 Horror DVDs.

A number of notable TV on DVD reviews this week including: The Muppet Show 2 - this second season arguably features some of the series' best episodes, and the DVD was absolutely worth the wait; 8 Simple Rules: The Complete First Season - John Ritter's final series is light, entertaining and enjoyable a stark contrast to the next season which follows his passing; The Secrets of Isis - The Complete Series - one of the 1970s most beloved Saturday morning kids show plays extremely well today with plenty of fantasy-based action, moral lessons that don't grate, and a fine array of 70s supporting players. Other recent TV on DVD reviews include: The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog: Volume 1, Benson - The Complete First Season, Birdman and the Galaxy Trio: The Complete Series, Home Improvement - The Complete Seventh Season,Sabrina the Teenage Witch - The Second Season and Space Ghost and Dino Boy: The Complete Series. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted TV on DVD.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: Myrna Loy and William Powell Collection - America's favorite romantic couple from the Golden Age appears in five tailor-made vehicles; Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara - Criterion showcases a Japanese master of visual moods by framing his well-known success Woman in the Dunes with interesting experimental dramas made before and after; They Live By Night & Side Street - More from the Film Noir Classic Collection Vol. 4; La Jetee & Sans Soleil - Criterion gives us two of Chris Marker's best; 20 Million Miles to Earth 50th Anniversary Edition - The 'yumpin' Ymir gets a flattering but overblown 2-disc special edition, and a humiliating colorization makeover ... approved by effects auteur Ray Harryhausen; Great African Films Vol 1: Haramuya & Faraw! Mother of the Dunes - A pair of excellent African/French co-productions. One examines the changing face of life on the street in a slum in Burkina Faso, and the second shows a harried mother finding a way to keep her family together during an economic depression in Mali. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

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