Cate Blanchett steps back into the role that made her a bonafide star in Elizabeth: The Golden Age. A fantastic follow-up to the original, our very own Jamie S. Rich's review even includes a beautiful illustration by the amazing artist Joëlle Jones. Elizabeth: The Golden Age gets into costume to arrive in theaters everywhere this weekend. Also in theaters this week is Michael Clayton - George Clooney stars as a "fixer" at a New York law firm in this excellent film; We Own the Night - Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, and Mark Wahlberg star in this James Gray mob flick; and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck steal the show in this character-driven tale of the legendary outlaw. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Naked Boys Singing!, Lust, Caution, Steal a Pencil for Me, The Final Season, The Heartbreak Kid, The Seeker: The Dark is Rising, Weirdsville, Dedication, Goal II: Living the Dream, Ira & Abby, The Darjeeling Limited. 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 looks at the DVD release of 1408, Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, and the sequel 28 Weeks Later), 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 2,000 Horror DVDs.

A ton of notable TV on DVD reviews this week including: The War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick - For documentary fans and WWII buffs alike, Ken Burns' The War offers a thoughtful portrait of life on the front line and back home in America; Jericho: The Complete First Season - proved that given the right incentives, it could become the kind of show that fans always thought it could be; providing hope for the future as the show got a third life in large part due to their efforts; C.S.I. New York - The Third Season - The series took a detour from the "C.S.I." playbook in the third season, focusing more on plot-driven stories than character-driven stories, and the results are several stand-out mysteries and a finale that's just unbelievable. Other recent TV on DVD reviews include: Doctor Who - Survival, Hannah Montana - Life's What You Make It, Ironside - Season 2, Jesse James: Legend, Outlaw, Terrorist, Robert Klein: The HBO Specials 1975-2005. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted TV on DVD.

This week's Anime Talk takes a look at the the death of Geneon - one of the larger distributors of anime in the US packs up shop and goes away leaving a trail of unfinished series and a ton of questions in its wake. The gap left by Geneon's departure will surely be filled by the ever prolific: ADV, FUNimation, Bandai Visual, Bandai Entertainment, Manga, VIZ, and Media Blasters. So the anime train keeps rolling... In that spirit we have reviews of Witchblade, Wings of Honnaemise, Naruto's first movie and more. There are many solid releases out right now that deserve the time it takes to watch them through. Just stick with us and we'll help you decide what's worth it!

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: Treasures III: Social Issues in American Film 1900-1934 - The National Film Preservation Foundation's four disc boxed set has dozens of short subjects and four rare features by the likes of Cecil B. De Mille, William Desmond Taylor, King Vidor, Mary Pickford; Anne of the Thousand Days / Mary, Queen of Scots - A bargain double bill from Universal, with both of Hal Wallis' Charles Jarrott-directed historical epics; A Few Days in September - A spy thriller with a great cast (Juliette Binoche, John Turturro) but a limp script and a trite, tasteless angle on 9/11; The Films of Kenneth Anger Vol. 2 - The second half of Fantoma's beautifully restored set of Kenneth Anger classics contains full versions of Scorpio Rising, Kustom Kar Kommandos, Invocation of My Demon Brother and Lucifer Rising; The Intruder - Roger Corman's socially conscious look at bigotry and race-baiting is easily the best film of its kind, and gives William Shatner his most interesting role; The Lost World (1925 + 1960) - See giant lizards with rubber frills chew each other up! Irwin Allen's kiddie matinee pastiche of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic abuses good reptiles and good actors (Claude Rains, Michael Rennie). Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

This week's HD Talk finds Daniel Hirshleifer making two trips. The first is to Industrial Light and Magic in San Francisco to hear about Transformers on HD DVD. While there, he meets a few industry legends and takes a gander at some classic movie props. The second is to Universal to chat with industry big wigs about the web-enabled features on many new HD DVDs, including Knocked Up and the upcoming Evan Almighty. Elvis Presley makes his hi def debut as Don Houston checks out Viva Las Vegas and John Sinnott reviews Jailhouse Rock. Both come away quite pleased with the image and sound of movies that are over 50 years old. Daniel Hirshleifer and Adam Tyner look into two 70's classics, Halloween and Deliverance respectively, and found that both still scare and thrill us as well now as they did three decades ago. All of this and two full audio interviews are available in this week's HD Talk. The discussion of both HD DVD and Blu-ray continues in the HD Talk Forum, so stop by and weigh in with your thoughts!

A strong week for notable DVDs including: Surf's Up [DVD Review | Blu-Ray Review] - With its laidback vibe and character-driven storyline, Surf's Up might actually be a bit subtle for the youngest viewers, but this flick is lovingly rendered and thoroughly likable; Reign Over Me [Blu-Ray Review] - an incredible film about friendship, family, and what is most important in life; 28 Weeks Later [Review] - with frenetic camera work and sharp tension that sits like an urchin in your gut, you'll easily get sucked into this second gruesome foray with the "infecteds". Other notable DVDs out this week include: Black Sheep, Evan Almighty [Review], The Film Crew: The Giant of Marathon, Hitler - The Rise of Evil [Review] , Joseph Campbell: Mythos I [Review], Man Push Cart, Michael Palin - Pole to Pole [Review], Poltergeist 25th Ann, Wrong Turn 2: Dead End [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.

In this week's DVD Talk Clip of The Week we have a look at three new DVDs: from KOCH Vision - Hitler: The Rise of Evil. Robert Carlyle portrays Adolph Hitler in a performance that "conveys the depths of the tyrant's evil" (San Francisco Chronicle). Never before available on DVD, the Emmy Award-winning mini-series Hitler: The Rise of Evil [view extended trailer] stars Peter O'Toole, Stockard Channing, Jena Malone, Julianna Margulies, Matthew Modine and Liev Schreiber. Also this week we have a clips from two acclaimed Sundance Film Festival official selections from KOCH LORBER Films: Ramin Bahrani's Man Push Cart [view trailer], the Independent Spirit Award nominee that Roger Ebert praised as "an experience - I loved it," and Christoffer Boe's Allegro [view trailer], a mind-bending exploration of love and memory that Filmmaker magazine called "accomplished, original and thought provoking."

With over 20K DVD reviews in the DVD Talk Review Database, it's easy to overlook some of the great reviews. Recent DVD Reviews include: Transformers - Fans of the original would probably lean toward the 1986 film, if given a choice between the two, but this new vision does manage to stand on its own as a silly, exciting theme-park ride; Meet the Robinsons - Remember those days of yore when you went to animated movies just to have a little fun, share some yuks and maybe get a little misty-eyed at the end? Meet the Robinsons, though it is ostensibly about the future, will take you right back to that halcyon past with flying colors; The Hole Story -A wonderful glimpse at the manic nature of the creative process is laugh-out-loud funny, while at the same time inspirational and poignant. Other new DVDs recently reviewed include: Felix the Cat: The Complete 1958-1959 Series, Show Business: The Road to Broadway, The Strange Case of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, The Treatment and The War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. 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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