Hollywood's theatrical nose dive continues this week with another very poor slate of movies in theaters. This week our reviewers give their thoughts on: Silent Hill - another video game makes its way onto the big screen in problematic fashion; The Sentinel - a very poor big screen attempt at "24" with Kiefer Sutherland doing the same character in a much poorer project; American Dreamz - a mixed bag from the director of American Pie, it has our reviewers split one saying check it out, another skip it. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films including: Scary Movie 4, Hard Candy, The Wild, Friends with Money, The Notorious Bettie Page and The Benchwarmers. As always we invite you to share your thoughts on films in theaters in our Movie Talk Forum Area.

Some great TV on DVD releases reviewed this week including: Home Movies: S4 - a solid finish to a great series; The Facts of Life: S1 & 2 - a corny, dated, intermittently amusing little piece of nostalgia-fluff; Tripping the Rift: S2 - a combination of parody, social satire, and an obvious love of movies make this dark series laugh-out lout funny; The Flintstones: S5 - a fantastic season from one of longest running animated prime time series in television history; Magnum P.I.: S4 - isn't classic TV but it's a step above the dismal third season; Garbage Pail Kids - about as good an animated series as you could probably get from a fad created by a trading card. 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: It's Always Fair Weather - MGM's last big Golden-Era musical is an unappreciated marvel; Winter Soldier - A 1971 picture about The Vietnam Veterans Against the War; Stalin's Bride - a parable about life under the communists in the Soviet Union; The Emilio Miraglia Killer Queen Box Set - Two giallo thrillers from the early 70s with glossy production values, beautiful female victims and general air of misanthropy; Mae West: The Glamour Collection - Universal groups five of Mae West's 9 classic films; The Complete Mr. Arkadin - Criterion's boxed set presents 3 versions of Orson Welles' fractured noir masterpiece; Mrs. Henderson Presents - Good taste, great actors, pleasant music and historically-accurate naughtiness on stage in 1930s London. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

On the latest episode of DVD Talk Radio, DVD Talk Editor Geoffrey Kleinman speaks with Eli Roth - writer and director of the uber splatter flick Hostel - a solid entry into the next American wave of extreme horror films. Eli Roth speaks about his experience making Hostel, working with Quentin Tarantino, the importance of online horror fans and 'The Splat Pack'. Listen to our interview with Eli Roth using our Online DVD Talk Radio Player or Download the complete interview with Eli Roth (24 min 17MB). Also be sure to listen to our recent interviews on DVD Talk Radio with Bill Paxton, Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan, Darren Lynn Bousman and Chris Gorak.

A number of interesting and notable DVDs out this week including: Hostel [Review] - 'Splat Pack' director Eli Roth shows that American directors can get as extreme as their Asian counterparts; Breakfast on Pluto [Review] - Neil Jordan's latest adaptation of a Pat McCabe novel features an excellent performance from Cillian Murphy; Herbie Hancock - Possibilities - another Day and Date - Theatrical, DVD and HDNet; Deep Blue [Review] - a feature length version of the amazing BBC series Blue Planet - Seas of Life. Other notable DVDs out this week include: Coachella: The Film [Review], The Complete Mr. Arkadin [Review], Cross of Iron [Review], Event Horizon: SE [Review] and Mrs. Henderson Presents [Review]. Read our List of Top Upcoming DVDs for more great DVDs out this week, visit 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 clip from BCI from the DVD release of Joecartoon.com Greatest Hits Volume 1. Joe Shields, a cult hero, widely considered to be the "godfather" of interactive animated content, created the award winning independent animation website better known as joecartoon.com. Now on DVD Joecartoon.com Greatest Hits Volume 1 features 40 outrageously funny episodes. In addition the DVD features 4 comical video clips, 8 Yo-Yo-Yo episodes and 3 Vintage Joe episodes. Check out a clip from the Joecartoon.com DVD. ( Purchase the Joecartoon.com Greatest Hits Volume 1 DVD here). Be sure to catch past week's clips at DVD Talk TV.

Now with over 15,400 DVD reviews in the DVD Talk Review Database, it's easy to overlook some of the great reviews. Recent DVD Reviews include: Event Horizon: SE - Paramount finally revisits Paul W.S. Anderson's darkest haunted house sci-fi spooktacular with a solid special edition; Magic - the cult classic finally comes to DVD; Silver Streak - Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor are a match made in comedic heaven and this film ages so well it's amazing; The Children Are Watching Us - both an important work in the artistic development of Vittorio De Sica and a transitional film bridging pre-war Italian cinema with postwar Neorealism; Paradise Now - easily the most controversial film to be released in North America this year; The Chicago White Sox: 2005 World Series - history is written by the winners and this time is a great underdog story. Visit the 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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