There's a little bit of something for everyone in the films opening wide this weekend. Jared Hess follows up his enormous cult-hit Napoleon Dynamite with the story of a unskilled cook at a Mexican monestary going under the mask as a Lucha Libre wrestler. Jack Black stars in Nacho Libre - easily one of the strangest comedies to come around in quite some time. Will Nacho... find the same cult following that Hess enjoyed with his previous film? I guess if we start seeing people wearing "Vote for Nacho" shirts, we'll have our answer. We also take a look at the dramatic re-teaming of Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock in The Lake House, where a mysterious mailbox becomes the conduit for two people sharing letters while living in the same house at completely different times. Sound confusing? Maybe, but it's delightfully so. Also in theaters this week is The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift (third film in that particular series), the sequel to 2004's live action Garfield film, Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties, and the crossword puzzle documentary Wordplay. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Cars, The Omen (2006), The Break-Up, The Puffy Chair, Peaceful Warrior. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films in theaters in our Movie Talk Forum Area.

DVD Stalk is only a month old and we couldn't be more excited by the response we've gotten from readers. This week, DVD Stalk is loaded with tons of great reviews, including a very early look at the next two Masters of Horror discs and a sneak peek of the new collector's edition release of The Omen. We also have information on all of this week's new horror releases, previews of upcoming scares, and an in-depth look at some overlooked horror films. Not to mention a very special look at Horror Movie Collectible Figures in our Severed Limbs section, and even a few more reader responses to the column. We hope you'll take a look at DVD Stalk and drop us a line to let us know what you think. And be sure to check out DVD Talk's reviews of nearly 1,500 Horror DVD Reviews as well as all the archives of the CineSchlock-O-Rama column.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: House of Strangers - Fox's latest noir is a steamy intrigue in a dysfunctional Italian-American banking family; The Quiet Earth - Geoff Murphy's science fiction thriller is about the last man alive in search of other human beings; Duma - Carroll Ballard's epic about a boy and his pet Cheetah was the topic for a lot of complaints when Warners declined to give it a theatrical release last year; Innocent Sorcerers - Andrzej Wajda gives us a swinging Warsaw of 1960, where jazz drummer Tadeusz Lomnicki has an in with all the girls; Dumbo Big Top Edition - Disney once again brings us the story of everyone's favorite infant peanut-eater, with a couple of changes to the lineup of extras; Loving Couples 9 Mai Zetterling's look at three women in turn-of-the-century Sweden is an emotional chronicle of sexual attitudes and habits in the upper classes. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Some great TV on DVD releases reviewed this week including: Medium: S1 - based on the story of real-life medium Allison DuBois, this supernatural thriller quickly became a hit and earned Patricia Arquette an Emmy®; NCIS: S1 - a spin-off of the popular JAG series, this crime drama differentiates itself by focusing on the men and women of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service; Slings & Arrows: S1 - Canada's funny, and touching, six-episode miniseries is "a valentine to the theater and those who make it their lives..."; Entourage: S2 - the second season of HBO's popular series is full of inside jokes, Hollywood jabs, and some very satisfying comedy for all the movie geeks out there; Sentinel: S1 - this fun series about a detective with some super-senses finally sees its first season make it to DVD; Family Affair: S1 - this straightforward and sweet 1960s series hopes its pratfalls and pathos will find their way into the hearts of viewers on DVD. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted TV on DVD.

A strong week for notable DVDs this week including: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang [Review] - legendary action screenwriter Shane Black is back with a fantastic love note to both the action and mystery genres; Beyond the Valley of the Dolls [Review] - Russ Meyer's unintentionally hilarious cult-classic gets a fully-packed DVD release including commentary with Roger Ebert; Cemetery Man [Review] - more than your typical Italian zombie gut-muncher with its meditation on life, love, death, and eternal loneliness; The Princess Bride: Dread Pirate Edition [Review] - Rob Reiner's timeless cinematic fairy tale gets an upgraded release. Other Notable DVDs out this week include: Beavis & Butt-Head: V2 [Review] The World's Fastest Indian [Review], Aquamarine [Review], Medium: S1 [Review] The Pink Panther: SE [Review], Green Street Hooligans [Review], Dharma & Greg: S1. 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're excited to be able to bring you several clips from the long awaited Cemetery Man. This Italian zombie classic was directed by Michele Soavi and stars Rupert Evert as a groundskeeper who tries to keep the dead from rising in his cemetery until the day he falls madly in love with one of them. Clips from Cemetery Man include: this zombie is really cramping my style, dying to get married, you don't want to interrupt my shower and wait, those aren't fire flies. (Get more info on the Cemetery Man DVD here). Be sure to catch past week's clips at DVD Talk TV.

This week we have a very special giveaway from Universal Home Entertainment for Dave Chappelle's Block Party. Dave Chappelle's Block Party follows the funnyman as he treats a Brooklyn neighborhood and a group of out-of-towners to a hilarious, no-holds barred, once-in-a-lifetime celebration including performances by Kanye West, Mos Def, Erykah Badu and the Fugees, who reunite for the first time in eight years. Dave Chappelle's Block Party Unrated DVD features: September in Brooklyn: Making of Block Party, Extended Music Acts and Ohio Players: The Bus Ride. Enter now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of Dave Chappelle's Block Party we're giving away this week.

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