Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan have arrived to shoot up a city and rescue a baseball card in director Kevin Smith's Cop Out. Read reviews from Brian Orndorf and Tyler Foster. A quaint Iowa town is overrun with zombies in the horror remake The Crazies. And Kristen Stewart works out her loneliness in The Yellow Handkerchief. Also in theaters: Racial and sexual lines are drawn in Toe to Toe. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Shutter Island, The Wolfman, Frozen, Valentine's Day, A Prophet, Saint John of Las Vegas, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, From Paris with Love, Dear John, Edge of Darkness, The Good Guy, Red Riding Trilogy, The Secret of Kells, The Book of Eli, Avatar, and Crazy Heart. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

Eli Roth has been having a great year and deservedly so. If you've been living under a rock for the past few months then you may be unaware of the wave of acclaim Inglourious Basterds has been receiving. Roth is currently a part of that acclaim due to his hilarious turn as The Bear Jew. DVD Talk writer Jack Girous had a chance to talk with Roth where they touched on Basterds, buy mainly focused on his directorial debut Cabin Fever. It's finally coming out on Blu-ray and it features his original Director's Cut. Read what Roth had to say about horror films, his influances, and much more in this exclusive DVDTalk interview.

Interested in the latest TV on DVD reviews? DVD Talk has you covered! This week's notable entries include: Defying Gravity: The Complete First Season - a startlingly produced, well-expressed piece of science-fiction; G.B.H. - quite hilarious and often thought-provoking, this British mini-series comes highly recommended; and Wartime Britain: Three Complete Dramas - a trio of excellent series that look at England during WWII: Housewife, 49, The Heat of the Day, and Island at War. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Gary Unmarried: The Complete First Season, Taggart - Set 2 and The Complete Inspector Lewis.  Want more?  Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVDTalk database.

Some cool discs are going to be released in the near future. Check out these newly announced titles: Up in the Air on DVD and Blu-ray - Jason Reitman's surprise hit will hit store shelves on 3/9/10; Penn & Teller Bullsh*t: Complete Seventh Season on DVD - this time the two magicians debunk astrology, the idea that video games create violent teens, and laughs at the 2012 'prophecy'. It will arrive on home video on 5/4/10; and Stagecoach on DVD and Blu-ray - Criterion will release a new version of the influential John Ford/John Wayne western. Look for it on 5/25/10. Keep track of all the upcoming releases with the DVDTalk Release List.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews and articles including: Capitalism: A Love Story - Michael Moore's latest may be his best; it looks at the veritable overthrow of our democracy by corporations and the financial industry. Entertaining good information presented in a clear manner, free of Moore's earlier ambush tactics; The Last King of Scotland - Forest Whitaker is the intimidating Idi Amin Dada in Kevin Macdonald's suspenseful story of a Scots doctor who becomes a close advisor to a maniacal dictator; and I Died a Thousand Times - Jack Palance and Shelley Winters star in a CinemaScope and color remake of the Bogart favorite High Sierra. With Lee Marvin and Lon Chaney Jr. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

There's a few new releases this week that you won't want to miss. Check out these hot titles: Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths [Blu-ray review] - this movie easily ranks as one of DC's strongest animated movies from the past few years; The Informant! [Blu-ray review] - one of the best movies of the 2009, it's a real winner; and Midsomer Murders: Set 14 [DVD review] - More mayhem and laughs from this sensational series. Other releases of note include:  Everybody's Fine [DVD review], Make Way For Tomorrow - Criterion Collection [DVD review], and Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker [DVD 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.

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Our reviewers have been busy this week, filling the DVD Talk Review Database more great entries. Some new reviews of note include: Fantastic Mr. Fox - a nonstop visual delight, taking stop-motion animation to new heights of innovation and beauty; To Live and Die in L.A. - an impressive work that stands the test of time; those turned off by the film when it was first released might want to give it another chance; and The Box - this beautiful, suspenseful film will have you watching intently until the very end. Other recent reviews include: 24 City, TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Sci-Fi Adventures, and Troma's first Blu-ray release Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.  Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews.

Martin Scorsese cracks open Leonardo DiCaprio's furious mind in the thriller Shutter Island. Read reviews from Brian Orndorf, Jason Bailey and Jamie S. Rich. A young man finds his life turned upside down inside a French prison in the Oscar-nominated A Prophet. And the horror of a ski lift is explored in the literal chiller Frozen. Also in theaters: Steve Buscemi travels to Hell as Saint John of Las Vegas. And Alexis Bledel looks for The Good Guy. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: The Wolfman, Valentine's Day, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, From Paris with Love, Dear John, Edge of Darkness, Red Riding Trilogy, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead, The Secret of Kells, The Book of Eli, Avatar, Sherlock Holmes, Crazy Heart, and The Blind Side. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

More TV shows have made their way on to DVD, and DVD Talk has got them covered. Check out our reviews of the newest TV releases including: Sarah Silverman Program: Season Two, Vol. 2 - a consistently funny show that continually finds new ways to build parodies of traditional sitcoms around the oh so charming and hilarious Sarah Silverman; Doctor Who: The Black Guardian Trilogy - a set of three Doctor Who adventures staring Peter Davison in the lead role that is quite good; and The Patty Duke Show: The Complete Second Season - A slight tweaking to the two main themes keep this show quite fresh and entertaining. Highly Recommended. Other shows recently reviewed include:  The Shooter Series, Volume One: Brett Ratner, Vega$: The First Season, Volume 2 and WWE: TLC (Tables, Ladders and Chairs) 2009.  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: The Terminal Man - A bizarre experiment in post- 2001 Sci-Fi: homicidal mental patient George Segal is "cured" with surgically-implanted brain probes. Michael Crichton and Mike Hodges' thriller segues rom a fascinating futuristic surgery to a more predictable killer-on-the-loose story; The Last Grenade - Stanley Baker, Richard Attenborough and Honor Blackman star in an exploitative action drama about mercenaries clashing on the Hong Kong - Red China border. With Alex Cord as a crazed hipster soldier of fortune; and Paris, Texas - Wim Wenders made an international splash with this quirky, intense tale of a father seeking to reunite the family he abandoned four years before. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

There have been some highly anticipated movies and shows (by yours truly in no one else) recently scheduled for release. Check out these newly announced discs: Gamera: The Giant Monster on DVD - Daiei answer to Godzilla, the giant flying turtle will be terrorizing the citizens of Japan on on 5/18/10; True Blood: The Complete Second Season on DVD and Blu-ray - the mysterious residents of Bon Temps (shape-changers, psychics, and, of course, hunky but sensitive vampires) return to home video on 5/25/10; and Daria: The Complete Animated Series on DVD - The sarcastic teen's show, a spin off from Beavis and Butt-head is excellent and well worth owning. Look for it on 5/11/10. Keep track of all the upcoming releases with the DVDTalk Release List.

Another banner week for DVDs with the studios releasing some great films and boxed sets such as: Halo Legends [Blu-ray review] - something that fans of anime and the Halo game franchise absolutely must pick up; Black Dynamite [DVD review] - a smart comedy that delivers a multitude of very broad laughs mixed in with some very clever meta jokes; and Lola Montes - Criterion Collection [DVD review] - Max Ophuls's final masterpiece is a virtuoso effort, bringing together technique and craft in perfect symmetry. Other releases of note include:  Revanche - Criterion Collection [DVD review, Blu-ray review], Coco Before Chanel [Blu-ray review], and Law Abiding Citizen [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.

This week the DVD Talk Review Database has some great new entries, including some discs you may have overlooked. Recent DVD Reviews include: Bushido - The Cruel Code of the Samurai - an excellent if relentlessly bleak film from a master filmmaker who deserves to be better known in the west; Good Hair - a film that strikes with some potent informational body blows, putting a spotlight on black hair that's shocking, enlightening, and frequently riveting; and Hunger (Criterion Collection) - a brilliant, intense, visceral experience delivered by fearless performers and committed filmmakers. Other recent reviews include: The Escapist, The Wolf Man, and Halloween II: Unrated Director's Cut (2009).  Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews.

The Anime Talk reviewers have been surviving the blizzards that have been tearing through the country, and these foot+ snowstorms have afforded them plenty of time to catch up on anime! After all, is there anything better than curling up close to the TV with a mug of hot cocoa? For this column they've got a couple of manga reviews as well as a decent supply of anime write ups to peruse as stuff like Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne, Sands of Destruction, Linebarrels of Iron, and D.Gray Man (Blu-ray) all landed on their doorstep. Oh, and a little title called Halo Legends (Blu-ray) is featured at the bottom. WTK brings a selection of the best bargains you'll find on the web as well, so if you find yourself with some extra income I'm sure he'll find a way for you to separate yourself from it. Read all this and more in this month's Anime Talk!

Benicio Del Toro, Emily Blunt, and Anthony Hopkins fight the fury of the full moon in The Wolfman. Read reviews from Brian Orndorf and Jamie S. Rich. Garry Marshall corrals a horde of actors to portray the ups and downs of Valentine's Day. And Chris Columbus tries to rekindle his fantasy franchise expertise with Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Also in theaters: Shakespeare is pantsed in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: From Paris with Love, Dear John, Edge of Darkness, The Red Riding Trilogy, The Secret of Kells, When in Rome, Legion, Tooth Fairy, The Book of Eli, Avatar, Terribly Happy, Sherlock Holmes, Crazy Heart, Up in the Air, and The Blind Side. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

TV on DVD remains very popular with more and more favorites being released. New TV reviews include: Doctor Who: The Complete Specials [DVD review, Blu-ray review] - though the five Specials contained in this set are uneven, fans will still want to grab it to see the conclusion of David Tennant's tenure in the title role; Special Bulletin - One of the best and most unique television dramas of the 1980s earns the DVD Talk Collector Series rating; and Route 66: The Complete Third Season - A superlative collection of episodes from the best season of the series. Other shows recently reviewed include:  The Life and Times of Tim: The Complete First Season, Mister Ed: The Complete Second Season and The Deadly Tower.  Want more?  Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVDTalk database.

One month into 2010, and we already have what seems like an embarrassment of riches in terms of DVDs. Criterion has really knocked it out of the park with their new boxed set Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy - Watching this collection doesn't feel like you're just watching movies, but like you are watching history; the three-disc Che set, also from Criterion earns the DVD Talk Collector Series rating, and then there's Wim Wenders' drama Paris, Texas which is described as "a film of countless pleasures." Check out all that and much, much more in this month's installment of Talking Out of Frame: Arthouse Cinema on DVD.

Some great (and not so great) movies have been scheduled for release. Check out these newly announced titles: The Princess and the Frog on DVD and Blu-ray - Disney's latest animated feature arrives on 3/16/10; Ninja Assassin on DVD and Blu-ray - just because DVD Talk's review of the theatrical release called it "a confused, tedious merging of absurdly overcooked violence and a drab screenplay" doesn't mean it's not worth checking out when it is released on 3/16/10. Or maybe it does; and Doctor Who: Dreamland on DVD - David Tennant stars in the second animated Doctor Who adventure to be released on DVD. Look for it on 5/4/10. Keep track of all the upcoming releases with the DVDTalk Release List.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews and articles including: Bad Girls of Film Noir Volume 1 - Columbia reaches into its "B" noir racks to come up with a fistful of femmes, some more fatale than others: Evelyn Keyes, Lola Albright, Lizabeth Scott and Gloria Grahame. The films in question are The Killer that Stalked New York, Two of a Kind, Bad for Each Other and The Glass Wall; Countdown - Robert Altman's first major studio feature gives us a superior suspense film about the space race to the moon, with good performances from James Caan, Robert Duvall, Barbara Baxley and Joanna Moore. The film is all the more daring, considering that it was made the year before the Apollo moon landing; and The Last Stage - Wanda Jakubowska's harrowing tale of Auschwitz is probably the earliest and certainly one of the most graphic -- it was filmed in the actual concentration camp just three years after the close of the war. This is a problem picture: influenced by pro-Soviet propaganda, it's accurate in some details and shamefully deceitful in others. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Michael Hoffman for a while now has been delivering solid work ranging from the hilarious Soapdish to even his impressive take on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. His latest film The Last Station falls perfectly into his long line of successes. DVD Talk writer Jack Giroux had a chance to talk with the director about his work, love, and Tolstoy. Read the whole interview here and don't miss out on our earlier interviews including talks with Jonathan Mostow and Terry Gilliam.

Some great discs are being released this week. Check out these new movies: A Serious Man [DVD review, Blu-ray review] - another challenging, memorable film from the Coen brothers - one that invites and rewards multiple viewings; Rod Serling - Studio One Dramas [DVD review] - Featuring two original scripts by Serling, both teleplays are deftly executed, done-in-one dramas, and well worth repeat viewings; and The Time Traveler's Wife [Blu-ray review] - a mood piece on the concept of free will, smashed into the center of an engrossing love story. Other releases of note include:  Dangerous Man [DVD review], Stephen Romano Presents Shock Festival [DVD review], and Endgame (2009) [DVD 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.

Some great DVD reviews have been added to the the DVD Talk Review Database recently including: Top Gear: The Complete Season 12 - brings more of the funny and remains one the better (or at least more entertaining) shows on television; Wild Oranges - a good early example of the kind of crazed melodrama that would eventually prove to be King Vidor's specialty; and The House of the Devil - a slow-burn film that gives us a likeable character thrust into a situation that slowly gets out of hand. Other recent reviews include: Electric Purgatory, The Good Soldier , and Alien Planet.  Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews.

Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried fall in love through letters in the romance Dear John. Read reviews from Brian Orndorf and Jason Bailey. The spirit is alive in the Oscar-nominated animated film The Secret of Kells. And John Travolta has come to France armed with guns and cheeseburgers in the action-comedy From Paris with Love. Read reviews from Brian Orndorf and Tyler Foster. Also in theaters: The residents of West Yorkshire are plagued by crime in the Red Riding Trilogy. Read reviews of the three films, 1974, 1980, and 1983. And something's rotten in the state of Denmark in Terribly Happy. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Edge of Darkness, Nick Nolte: No Exit, When in Rome, Legion, Tooth Fairy, The Book of Eli, The Lovely Bones, Avatar, Sherlock Holmes, Crazy Heart, Up in the Air, and The Blind Side. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

When it comes to TV on DVD, especially British shows, the publisher Acorn is in a league of their own. They consistently release excellent sets that garner raves from DVDTalk reviewers. Some of their most recent collections, that all come Highly Recommended, include: Doc Martin - Series 3 - a well-written, superbly-acted comedy-drama that is extremely funny when its title character is at his cruelest best; A Mind to Kill: Series 1 - Graphic, depressing, hard-edged, and solid - a winner for anyone looking for something tough and off-beat; and Midsomer Murders: Barnaby's Casebook - filled with odd and likeable characters, some crackin' mysteries and a nice dollop of humor, mystery fans will have a great time watching this wonderful series. Other Acorn shows recently reviewed include:  The Red Green Show: The Infantile Years - Seasons 1991-1993, Murphy's Law: Series One and Bonekickers.  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: Goodfellas - Martin Scorsese's near-perfect gangster saga takes the genre in a new direction away from the glamour of post- Godfather tales. Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro and especially Joe Pesci are chilling as venal, horrible Brooklyn mobsters; The Master Race - A conniving Nazi takes on a new identity to foment unrest and rebellion in Allied-liberated Belgium. George Coulouris is excellent in this unusual example of leftist political predictions -- set in the post-war recovery period, this was written and filmed just after D-Day by Hollywood Ten casualty Herbert Biberman; and The Music Man - Warners' Blu-ray of the celebrated 1962 musical looks very, very good in HD. Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, and troublesome pool tables star. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Some excellent titles have been announced recently including: The Fantastic Mr. Fox on DVD and Blu-ray - this absolute charmer is sweet and sunny and unquestionably entertaining. It arrives on 3/23/10; The Men Who Stare At Goats on DVD and Blu-ray - the indescribable satiric film that's big on laughs and puzzlement will be on store shelves on 3/23/10; and Icons of Suspense: Hammer Films on DVD - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment presents six thrillers from Hammer including These Are the Damned (aka The Damned, 1963), Peter Cushing in Cash on Demand (1961), and Maniac (1963). Look for it on 4/6/10. Keep track of all the upcoming releases with the DVDTalk Release List.

There's a few new releases this week that you won't want to miss. Check out these hot titles: Zombieland - a barreling, jaw-cracking action picture that's also good for a few sizable laughs; Triangle [Blu-ray review] - a highly recommended film that plays like an extended episode of The Twilight Zone; and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [Blu-ray review] - Director Terry Gilliam manages to capture on film the spirit of lunacy that makes Hunter S. Thompsons classic book such a fantastic read. Other releases of note include:  Love Happens [Blu-ray review], TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Marx Brothers [DVD review], and Hitler's Bodyguard [DVD 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.

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Check out the latest DVD reviews that have been entered into the DVD Talk Review Database including: Paris, Texas [DVD review, Blu-ray review]- an amazing film that is beautifully photographed, outstandingly well-acted, warmly funny, and emotionally resonant; Fame (1980)[Blu-ray] - an excellent Blu-ray release of an underrated, often misunderstood film; and Saw VI: Unrated Edition - While it doesn't have the visceral sting of the first two films, it makes up for it in intensity and rock solid genre performances. Other recent reviews include: WWII in HD, Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy - Criterion Collection, and Holes in My Shoes.  Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews.

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