Sam Raimi's latest web-slinging adventure, Spider-Man 3, is so huge that we actually have not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 reviews. Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst are back, along with a couple new baddies, to thrill audiences and rule the box office once again. If your Spidey Sense is tingling that's because Spider-Man 3 opens everywhere this weekend. Also in theaters this week is Waitress - Adrienne Shelly's return to film also, unfortunately, ends up being her last after her horrific murder in NYC last November; Lucky You - Eric Bana, Robert Duvall, and Drew Barrymore star in Curtis Hanson's latest; and Killer of Sheep - Charles Burnett's 1977 masterpiece is finally making the art house rounds. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: The Invisible, Kickin' It Old Skool, Year of the Dog, Zoo, The Condemned, The Tripper, Next, Chasing October, Hot Fuzz, Vacancy, Fracture, In the Land of Women. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films in theaters in our Movie Talk Forum Area.

A ton of TV on DVD releases reviewed recently including: American Dad: Vol. 2 - when it does what it does best, namely topical, out-there comedy, it's right up there with the best animated sitcoms; Larry King Live - The Greatest Interviews - has a lot to offer, particularly for its historical/archival value with a great many newsmakers of the past 20-plus years; Moral Orel, Vol. 1, The Unholy Edition - an excellent satire of religious extremists and a parody of the traditional family sitcom; Beverly Hills, 90210: Season 2 - engaging drama that range from common and not-so-common teenage angst to soapy melodrama situations; Melrose Place - Season 2 - plenty of soapy content to draw you in, and even more to keep coming back for more; Michael Palin's Around the World in 80 Days - it's impossible to put into words how magnificent and moving a series like this truly is; Robson Arms - The Complete First Season - one of the best "dramedies" to come along in a long time. 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: Royal Flash - Richard Lester injects non-stop slapstick into George MacDonald Fraser's Captain Harry Flashman character; Army of Shadows - Jean-Pierre Melville's masterpiece of the French Resistance pits Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel and Simone Signoret against the German occupiers; Les Miserables - A Victor Hugo double bill: the superior 1935 version and the 1952 remake; Tonight We Raid Calais - Annabella is against commando John Sutton's mission to blow up a German munitions plant, but the rest of the French patriots are only too eager to help; La belle captive - Alain Robbe-Grillet's dreamy art film is compromised by a blah transfer; Euro Fiends from Beyond the Grave - Retromedia's triple bill rounds up three earlier releases at a bargain price: The Faceless Monster, The Red Headed Corpse, Satanik. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

An interesting mix of notable DVDs this week including: Dreamgirls [Review] - Bill Condon hits another home run on a disc worthy of DVD Talk's highest rating; Diggers [Review] - Magnolia launches another of their 'day and date' titles, a charming indie film that completely wins you over by the last frame; Films of Alejandro Jodorwsky [Review] - with a legendary feud with producer Allen Klein over, the cult favorites of Jodorwsky finally find their way onto DVD, and it was worth the blood sweat and tears. Other notable DVDs out this week include: Alpha Dog, Fletch: SE [Review], The Hitcher and Little Children. 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 we have several clips from Shout! Factory for the DVD release of Ironside - The Complete First Season. Chief of Detectives Robert Ironside (Raymond Burr) is shot down by a sniper's bullet while vacationing at a remote cabin. Surviving the assassination attempt, Ironside is left paralyzed from the waist down. Confined to a wheelchair, he becomes the head of his own special police unit, solving crimes with a crack team of investigators on the streets of San Francisco. Set during the turbulent '60s, Ironside - Season One confronted the hottest issues of its time - civil rights, drugs, hippies, rock 'n' roll - and gave television its first disabled hero. Ironside's featured many special guest stars - including Harrison Ford, Bruce Lee, Jack Lord, Susan Saint James, David Carradine and Gary Collins. Watch these clips from Ironside - The Complete First Season: Ironside trailer, opening, "Will you cover up for a killer?', "You're a long way from a race track german". Get more info on Ironside - The Complete First Season here.

With over 19K DVD reviews in the DVD Talk Review Database, it's easy to overlook some of the great reviews. Recent DVD Reviews include: 10 Items or Less - a lovely little film, rounded out by excellent bonus material; National Geographic - Galapagos - a formidable, wholly fantastic work; Venus - Peter O'Toole's achieves a sublime balance between poignancy and humor; Sleeping Dogs Lie - oddly relatable, funny and smart; Things to Do - a a solid new entry in the 20-something navel-gazing market that's both enjoyable and beautiful; Notes on a Scandal - venomous, trashy fun. Other new DVDs recently reviewed include: 131st Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Anna Karenina, Essential Classics: Dramas, Phantom Museums: The Short Films of the Quay Brothers and To Catch a Thief. 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 the ability to Browse reviews by studio.

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