Ben Affleck makes his triumphant return to the big screen this week in Allen Coulter's dark drama Hollywoodland. Boasting an incredibly strong cast including Affleck, Diane Lane, and Adrien Brody, Hollywoodland gets the jump on this year's L.A. whodunits by beating Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia into theaters by one week. Also in theaters this week is The Protector - Tony Jaa's second U.S. effort is the next film in the Quentin Tarantino Presents... line; The Covenant - the film that proves Renny Harlin can still get work in Hollywood, even after directing Exorcist: The Beginning; and Idiocracy - Mike Judge's latest offering sends Luke Wilson 1,000 years into to the future where he finds he's the smartest person around. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Aurora Borealis, Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, The Wicker Man, Crank, This Film Is Not Yet Rated, The Quiet, Lassie, Crossover, Trust the Man, Invincible, Beerfest, How To Eat Fried Worms, Bandidas, Snakes on a Plane. 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 a look at Lucky McKee's The Woods and the first season of Supernatural), information on all of this week's horror releases, previews of some upcoming scares, and a close look at a few overlooked horror films. We also have in-depth peeks at the new 10th Anniversary Edition of the Troma classic Tromeo & Juliet, Criterion's excellent treatment of Jigoku, and an Independent Horror Alert: Evil Aliens. We hope you'll check out DVD Stalk and drop us a line to let us know what you think. Join us in the DVD Stalk Forum to chat about all things horror, friend us on DVD Stalk's MySpace, and be sure to check out DVD Talk's reviews of over 1,500 Horror DVD Reviews as well as all the archives of the CineSchlock-O-Rama column.

A TON of TV on DVD releases reviewed this week including: The Office: Season 2 - surpassing the British series which inspired it, The Office truly finds its wings in this second season becoming a landmark comedy series; Lost - The Complete Second Season - at times painfully frustrating, but a show whose mythology, characters and plots are ultimately worth following; Surface - The Complete Series - a good program that ended before it should have, filled with suspense, mystery and enough action to please most Sci-Fi fans; Supernatural: The Complete First Season - if you're looking for a creepy show that has a good mixture of mystery, suspense, and horror, this is the show for you; South Park: S8 - Eight seasons in and this show just keeps getting funnier and edgier; The Tick vs. Season One - An excellent series which gets a not-so-excellent DVD release; Fraggle Rock: The Complete Second Season - a show that hasn't lost its charm as it's aged well for a nice trip back down memory lane. 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: Godzilla - Gojira Deluxe Collector's Edition - The Unstoppable Titan of Terror is back -- Back to Back! Classic Media gives us a quality edition of both the Japanese and American versions of the 50's original atom-smasher; Playtime - Criterion adds an enhanced transfer, about five minutes of new footage and a great selection of extras to this retrofit of an earlier out-of-print release; Shinbone Alley - Don Marquis' "archy & mehitabel" become the subject of an animated musical, by way of a Broadway adaptation from the 1950s; The Little Shop of Horrors - This colorized re-issue of the Public Domain Little Shop has one good thing going for it -- a second good transfer of the original B&W version; Putney Swope - Robert Downey's anarchic satire on Madison Avenue uses the new ratings system to go far - way far - into uncharted territory of racial humor. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

This week we have a clip from Lifesize Entertainment's DVD release of Ryna. Sixteen-year-old Ryna is the daughter of a poor Romanian who runs a gas station in a small community on the Donau. Ryna has been brought up as a boy because her father had longed for a son. A deeply layered coming-of-age film, Ryna is as much about strong binding family ties and a young girl's search for her identity as it is about poverty, social suppression and the abuse of power by those who rule under the guise of a false freedom. Watch a clip from Ryna - this week's Clip of The Week. (Get more information about The Ryna DVD here). Be sure to catch past week's clips at DVD Talk TV.

A number of notable DVDs out this week including: United 93 - a 9/11 inspired film that simply exceeds all expectations; District B13 [Review] - a complete guilty pleasure action film in the company of The Transporter and Ong Bak; Broken Trail [Review] - a phenomenal film made for AMC Movie Channel that stands shoulder to shoulder with some of the best films of the year; Three Criterion reissues that should not be missed: Brazil [Review], Playtime [Review] and Seven Samurai [Review]. Other notable DVDs out this week include: Ace Ventura: Double Feature, Amarcord [Review], Japan's Longest Day [Review], Lost: S2 [Review], Supernatural: S1 [Review] and Unknown White Male [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 special giveaway from First Independent Pictures for the DVD release of The Great New Wonderful. The Great New Wonderful has an amazing cast including: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Edie Falco, Tony Shalhoub, Olympia Dukakis and Stephen Colbert in a smart and funny comedy about life in New York City one year following 9/11. The Great New Wonderful DVD features: Five Mini-Movies, Deleted Scenes, NYC Behind The Scenes, Director Danny Leiner Commentary and More. Enter now for your chance to one of 5 copies of the The Great New Wonderful DVD were giving away this week.

Now with over 16,800 DVD reviews in the DVD Talk Review Database, it's easy to overlook some of the great reviews. Recent DVD Reviews include: X-3: X-Men - The Last Stand - Brett Ratner isn't in the same league of Brian Singer, but the X-Men franchise is strong enough to survive him; Lucky Number Slevin - a twisted, grimly funny slice of noir that builds to an emotionally satisfying climax; Thank You For Smoking - writer/director Jason Reitman teams with Aaron Eckhart to make habit-forming filmmaking in one of 2006's great films; The Devil and Daniel Johnston - an emotionally shattering journey exploring madness, love and creativity, all of which tentatively co-exist within the troubled, turbulent soul of this singular artist; Head Trauma - quiet, unassuming, and surprisingly satisfying this is a solid piece of indie horror filmmaking; The Woods - not the stellar sophomore follow up to May that Lucky McKee fans were looking for, but still worth checking out. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

Last year DVD Talk writer das Monkey ventured to 'The Island' to talk to cast and crew about Lost: Season One. Now he returns to 'The Island' with a complete report for one of Television's most talked about shows and one of the biggest DVDs releases of the year - Lost - The Complete Second Season - The Extended Experience [Review]. Read das' interviews with cast members Evangeline Lilly, Josh Holloway, Jorge Garcia, Yunjin Kim, Daniel Dae Kim, Terry O'Quinn and Michael Emerson as well as some of the members of the creative team including: Carlton Cuse, Bryan Burk and Michael Giacchino. Read das' comprehensive report and Complete Review of the Lost: The Complete Second Season DVD.

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