Ah...the perfect team of Pixar and Brad Bird return with their latest adventure, Ratatouille. The idea is about as clever as it gets: an adorable rat that wants to be a cook! What's the worst to have in a kitchen? Exactly. We're thrilled to see this one. Ratatouille skampers into theaters everywhere this weekend. Also in theaters this week is Live Free or Die Hard - Bruce Willis is back as John McClane in this fourth installment of the Die Hard series; Evening - Vanessa Redgrave, Toni Collette, and Claire Danes star in this "beautiful museum piece that makes for a very tedious motion picture"; and Heart of an Empire - Star Wars get some screen time in this excellent documentary. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Broken English, Sicko, 1408, Evan Almighty, A Mighty Heart, You Kill Me, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Nancy Drew, Eagle vs. Shark. 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 the highly-anticipated Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, James Wan's Saw follow-up Dead Silence, and a peek at the last of the "Horror Films to Die For," The Abandoned), 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 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, friend us on DVD Stalk's MySpace and DVD Stalk's Twitter, drop by the DVD Stalk Apparel Store, and be sure to check out DVD Talk's reviews of over 1,800 Horror DVDs.

The TV on DVD releases keep rolling in at a fast pace and we have several of them reviewed including: Robin Hood - Season 1 - BBC's unique attempt on the historic and legendary story; CHiPs - The Complete First Season - this schmaltzy treat from the late 70's holds up really well and makes for good, fun entertainment; The Practice - Volume One - a well thought out and finely crafted program that will keep you glued to your television set until the final moment; Lovejoy - The Complete Season One - a sophisticated, charming and witty comedy/drama with Ian McShane. Other TV on DVD reviewed recently include: Bewitched - The Complete Fifth Season , The Bill - The Complete First Series, Foyle's War - Set 4, The Magnificent Seven - The Complete Second Season and Rising Damp - Series 4. 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: Cult Camp Classics Vol.1: Sci-Fi Thrillers - Warner Bros. breaks out the Allied Artists library of late '50s monster exploitation pictures: Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, The Giant Behemoth and Queen of Outer Space; Cult Camp Classics Vol. 2: Women in Peril - the collection starts with the excellent Caged, the first modern 'women in prison' film, and continues with major stars Lana Turner and Joan Crawford making utter ninnies of themselves in The Big Cube and Trog; Cult Camp Classics Volume 4: Historical Epics - an interesting spread of epic sword 'n sandal pix, the embarrassing Biblical sextravaganza The Prodigal, Howard Hawks' superior and much maligned Land of the Pharaohs, and Sergio Leone's not-bad Italo offering The Colossus of Rhodes; Gary Cooper MGM Movie Legends Collection - This collection rounds up three titles from the Goldwyn library - The Winning of Barbara Worth, The Cowboy and the Lady, The Real Glory and a reissue of Robert Aldrich's violent Vera Cruz; Love Stories - Polish writer-director-actor Jerzy Stuhr plays four roles in this odd drama about unusual relationships; Von Ryan's Express - Frank Sinatra gets a last chance at playing an action hero soldier in this exciting & clever escapist war adventure. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

A good mix of notable DVDs out this week including: Black Snake Moan [Blu-Ray Review | HD DVD Review | DVD Review] - Craig Brewer's follow up to Hustle and Flow with an extremely strong effort featuring stellar performances by Samuel L. Jackson and Christina Ricci and we've got day-and-date reviews on it for DVD, HD DVD and Blu-Ray; Shooter [Review] - a little cheesy, a little murky but entertaining in a way that only big-budget studio shoot-'em-ups can be; This is Tom Jones [Review] - Tom Jones' popular TV series captures why women swoon over the ever popular crooner. Other notable DVDs out this week include: Cult Camp Classics [Review], Behind the Mask - The Rise of Leslie Vernon [Review], MST3K V11 [Review], Peaceful Warrior Pride, Reno 911!: S4 [Review] and The Spaghetti West [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.

This week Anime Talk takes a look at some new series including: Tsubasa, Suzuka, To Heart, and 009-1. Along with the new series we also take a look a some strong established series including: Naruto, Kodocha, and Gilgamesh. As always we have Wen-Tsai's Anime Bargains packed with more great anime deals. With so many exciting anime titles coming to the market this summer the hottest place might just be right in front of your TV! In case you missed them check out past columns including: Genshiken, Shingu, and Maburaho, oh my!, Afro Samurai, Anime Boston, Samurai 7 Complete Collection, Final Fantasy VII Limited Edition, Disgaea, and Solty Rei and Comic-Con NYC 2007.

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: Miss Potter - a winning, often enchanting biopic of a modern-day woman trapped in Victorian-era England; Four Eyed Monsters - truly independent filmmaking that feels like a romantic date with a bohemian artist; Sweet Land - A Love Story - a fitting title for this enormously appealing rustic romance; The Bridge - a gorgeous and well-crafted documentary about the effects of suicide on the people left behind. Other new DVDs recently reviewed include: Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built, Henry Rollins: Uncut from NYC, If.... - Criterion Collection, King Boxer, Lucille Ball Film Collection, The One-Armed Swordsman, Shanghai Express and Silk. 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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