Danny Ocean rounds up the boys for a third heist in Ocean's Thirteen. Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, and the whole crew are back once again in this latest entry in the successful casino saga. They may not be perfect films, but they're a hell of a lot of fun. Ocean's Thirteen opens everywhere this weekend. Also in theaters this week is Surf's Up - Shia LaBeouf and Zooey Deschanel lend their voices to this delightful animated film that's not-just-another-animated-movie-about-penguins; Hostel: Part II - we follow the ladies this time around in Eli Roth's follow-up to his brutal torture flick; and Your Mommy Kills Animals - Curt Johnson's startling documentary about animal rights activists. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Disappearances, Knocked Up, Mr. Brooks, Day Watch, Severance, Crazy Love, Gracie, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Bug, Shrek the Third, Delta Farce, 28 Weeks Later, Georgia Rule, The Ex. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films in theaters in our Movie Talk Forum Area.

Anime Talk is back once again with a plethora of reviews for your reading pleasure. This time around we take a look at complete collections like Genshiken, Shingu, and Maburaho. Some shows also see their final volume such as Coyote Ragtime Show, Moon Phase, and Trinity Blood. WTK brings us some more anime bargains as well. Also in case you missed them check out past columns including: Afro Samurai, Anime Boston, Samurai 7 Complete Collection, Final Fantasy VII Limited Edition, Disgaea, and Solty Rei and Comic-Con NYC 2007.

A number of notable TV on DVD releases reviewed recently including: The Closer - The Complete Second Season - an excellent show with well thought out scripts, interesting stories, developed characters, and some very funny moments; Roots - 30th Anniversary Edition - one of those programs that everyone should own, and that families should sit and watch it together at least once every few years; Silver Spoons - The Complete First Season - grow its iconic personality so quickly, becoming a classic nibble of 80's cheese right out of the box; Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - The Complete First Season - not the radical attack on America that you've read about; it's much more genial and middle-of-the-road. Other TV on DVD reviewed recently include: Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Classic Collection, Volume 2, Alexander Hamilton, Chancer - Series 1, The Dark Ages and Jumong, Volume 1. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted TV on DVD.

DVD Talk's "High-Def Revolution" has been re-named HD Talk and has a new editor Daniel Hirshleifer. The mission of HD Talk is clear: unbiased coverage of all things HD no matter what format. That's right, you'll find no egotistical chest pounding declarations of format war winners here, just good solid news, information and reviews of all things HD. In this edition of HD Talk we take a look at the two flagship releases on each High-Def platform: The Matrix Trilogy and Pirates of the Caribbean to see how each format is positioning itself and if either format can really deliver the goods. Find out how these major releases stack up against each other and who wins this round of Clash Of The Titans - HD Style. Also this week we have important news from Sony about a major firmware upgrade for their PlayStation 3 which features DVD up-scaling to 1080p. In addition we have a round up of all the key Blu-Ray and HD DVD reviews from the past few weeks. Be sure to check out the past installments of HD Talk including: Pirate's Blu-Ray Event Launch Coverage, High-Def Format War Year 1 in Review and Music on HD .

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: Sansho the Bailiff - Another nigh-perfect Kenji Mizoguchi story, about children sold into slavery and a mother forced into prostitution; Who Can Kill a Child? - Definitely one of the better Spanish horrors of the 70s, this taboo-breaker walks a fine line between fine art and exploitation; Westerns with a Twist Box Set UK correspondent Lee Broughton tackles a trio of westerns made in East Germany: The Sons of Great Bear; Chingachgook: The Great Snake; and Apaches; Vengeance of the Zombies - Eurohorror at low ebb, as Leon Klimovsky and Paul Naschy present a crude pastiche of zombies, Indian spell-casting and Satanic rituals. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

A good mix of notable DVDs out this week including: Seinfeld: S8 [Review] - a real treat for fans as the series hits its prime, giving us a chance to really enjoy the humor of self-reference as well as the hilarious stories about the "nothing" of daily life; Sergio Leone Anthology [Review] - the highly anticipated anthology finally sees the light of day and it's one you'll want to add to your collection; Fired! - hen Annabelle Gurwitch got fired from a Woody Allen play she picked herself up (and and camera) and made an extremely enjoyable documentary that you shouldn't miss. Other notable DVDs out this week include: Coming To America: SE [DVD Review | HD DVD Review] Meatballs - Special Edition [Review], Rescue Me: S3 [Review], Robin Hood: S1 and Trading Places: SE [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 19K DVD reviews in the DVD Talk Review Database, it's easy to overlook some of the great reviews. Recent DVD Reviews include: Breach - Kinetic and riveting, Breach provides an authentic, focused portrait of Robert Hanssen and his world of carefully-guarded secrets; Reno 911! - Miami - the popular TV series scales well into an enjoyable feature film; Fantastic Four: Extended Edition - is the additional footage help save the Fantastic 4? Find out in our review. Other new DVDs recently reviewed include: Glastonbury, Hannibal Rising, How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company, Katharine Hepburn 100th Anniversary Collection, The Rembrandt Collection, The Two of Us - Criterion. 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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