Writer-Director Joe Carnahan follows up his 2002 hit, Narc, with the rough-and-tumble Smokin' Aces. Starring Jeremy Piven, Ray Liotta, and Ryan Reynolds, the film is an action-packed race to Lake Tahoe as a pair of FBI agents and seven assassins all look to claim the head of a sleazy magician. Smokin' Aces opens wide this weekend. Also in theaters this week is Catch and Release - Jennifer Garner stars in screenwriter Susannah Grant's directorial debut about a grieving fiancee putting her life back together; Epic Movie - this flick can't possibly be worse than Date Movie, right?; and Seraphim Falls - Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, and Anjelica Huston star in this excellent little western. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: The Hitcher, Alpha Dog, Primeval, Arthur and the Invisibles, Stomp the Yard, Freedom Writers, Little Children, Pan's Labyrinth. 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 very early look at Jess Franco's Count Dracula, the latest from The Criterion Collection, Monsters & Madmen, and Tempe's The Red Skulls), 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 an introduction to 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, join us in the DVD Stalk Forum to chat about all things horror, friend us on DVD Stalk's MySpace, drop by the DVD Stalk Apparel Store, and be sure to check out DVD Talk's reviews of over 1,700 Horror DVDs.

A number of notable TV on DVD releases reviewed this week including: 24 - Season 6 Premiere (First 4 Episodes) - if you missed the premiere of one of TVs hottest action shows you can catch up with the first four season episodes quickly released on DVD complete with a $10 coupon off of the full season when it's released; I Dream of Jeannie - The Complete Third Season - worth the purchase price just to watch Barbara Eden prance around in a harem costume for eleven hours; Deal - everything you've always wanted to know about the legendary game show Let's Make A Deal; The Librarian - Return to King Solomon's Mines - TNT produces a cheese-heavy action-adventure movie franchise that actually really works. 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 an extensive look at Criterion Collection's Monsters and Madmen - Criterion bundles four horror and Sci-Fi pix from the Gordons, Alex and Richard: The Haunted Strangler, Corridors of Blood, First Man Into Space and The Atomic Submarine. That makes two memorable Boris Karloff vehicles -- very good work there, Boris. -- and a pair of rather campy monster epics. With great commentaries from Tom Weaver and a couple of censored stabbings and scalpel incisions deleted from Corridors of Blood. Also in case you missed them be sure to read Savant's reviews of Yojimbo and Sanjuro: Two Samurai Films by Akira Kurosawa, Forbidden Hollywood Collection and The Wicker Man. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

After a quiet few weeks of releases, this year finally picks up with a strong slate of notable DVDs including: Sherrybaby [Review] - Maggie Gyllenhaal gives the performance of her career in this Sundance darling about a woman trying to pick her life back up after being in prison; This Film Not Yet Rated - Kirby Dick goes undercover to reveal the secrets and lies surrounding the MPAA's draconian rating's system; Saw 3 - the third and final chapter of this wildly successful franchise is worth checking out; Brokeback Mountain: CE [Review] - an amazing portrait of an enduring love and the heartbreak that lies at the end of it, now on the packed DVD it truly deserves. Other notable DVDs out this week include: The Guardian [Review] Jesus Camp [Review], Monsters And Madmen [Review], The Puffy Chair [Review], Robert Mitchum Col, and Yojimbo & Sanjuro [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 18,200 DVD reviews in the DVD Talk Review Database, it's easy to overlook some of the great reviews. Recent DVD Reviews include: Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back - 65 Tour Deluxe Edition - arguably the most influential rock 'n' roll documentary of all time is now in an absolute must own DVD collection; The Protector - deliriously entertaining with Tony Jaa who is reason enough to watch this film; I Trust You to Kill Me - there's a reason why Kiefer Sutherland is crazy about Rocco DeLuca and his music, after you see this film, you will be too; The Motel - an interesting debut for director Michael Kang, this Asian-American story of one boy's rite of passage has a quirky setting, realistically flawed characters and is strong enough to pick up as a rental; Street Fight - one of the best political documentaries we've seen in a long time, worthy of its accolades and certainly worth hunting down. 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 new feature which lets you Browse reviews by studio.

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