Jerry Seinfeld's highly-anticipated animated film, Bee Movie, finally comes to fruition with some very solid results. What the film may lack in clever plot, it certainly makes up for with the presence of Seinfeld and some beautiful visuals. Bee Movie buzzes into theaters everywhere this weekend. Also in theaters this week is American Gangster - put Ridley Scott together with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe and you get a pretty amazing work of cinema; Martian Child - John Cusack and Amanda Peet lead the way in this interesting little film about a boy who believes he's a Martian; and Runnin' Down a Dream: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Peter Bogdanovich's excellent film about one of rock music's greatest legends. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Bill's Big Pumpkins, Darfur Now, Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten, Control, Dan in Real Life, Saw IV, Blade Runner: The Final Version, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Bella, King Corn, Mr. Untouchable, Cinerama Adventure, Sleuth, Lars and the Real Girl, Gone Baby Gone, 30 Days of Night. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films in theaters in our Movie Talk Forum Area.

A ton of notable TV on DVD reviews this week including: The Sopranos - Season Six, Part 2 - it doesn't get better than this, and it's always great to see a top-notch series retain its impeccable quality by leaving while the show can still be Highly Recommended; Absolutely Fabulous - White Box - Once again playing Patsy and Edna, Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders gather the troops for an extended romp full of raunchy humor and ridiculous situations; American Gangster: The Complete First Season - a sometimes successful, sometimes wrong-headed documentary look at six of the most notorious African-American crime figures of the latter half of the 20th century. Other recent TV on DVD reviews include: Jumong, Volume 3 (MBC TV Series), Little People, Big World: Season 1 , Medium - The Third Season, NCIS Naval Criminal Investigative Service - The Fourth Season and Route 66 - Season 1, Vol. 1. 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: Breathless - Jean-Luc Godard crashed into film directing with this brash re-think of film style and visual grammar; Under the Volcano - John Huston's powerful take on the Malcolm Lowry novel hands Albert Finney one of his best roles; The Beast With a Million Eyes & The Phantom From 10,000 Leagues - These early American Releasing Corporation Sci-Fi pictures were probably poison to double bills in 1955, Now they're excellent teaching tools for anyone considering imitating mainstream entertainment on a microscopic budget; Yang Ban Xi: The 8 Model Works - a new Chinese documentary about the massive operas commissioned by Chairman Mao's wife during the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution, when they were almost the only public theater not outlawed; A Woman without Love (Una mujer sin amor) - Facets nails one of Luis Bunuel's rarest Mexican films, a soap opera sensitive to the plight of a woman trapped in a loveless marriage. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Just in time for Halloween comes a selection of HD Talk's horror picks. From old standbys to modern shockfests, we guarantee you'll find something in here that'll scare your socks off. Also in this week's HD Talk Daniel Hirshleifer gives us a status update on Blu-ray Profile 1.1 and discusses the pros and cons of this format update as well as a complete run down of our recet HD DVD and Blu-ray reviews including: Spider-Man 3, Top Gun, and The Day After Tomorrow. Be sure to drop by our HD Talk Forum and share your thoughts and feelings about the next generations of high-def entertainment.

The end of October is the official beginning of the wave of huge holiday releases including many notable releases this week: No End in Sight - a jaw-dropping great documentary which takes an unflinching look at the war in Iraq, a must see film; My So-Called Life [Review] - one of those extremely special series which finally gets the extra special treatment it deserves; Twin Peaks - The Definitive Gold Box Edition - David Lynch's masterpiece finally gets put back together in a release fans will eat cherry pie over; Spider-man 3 [Blu-Ray Review] - one of the biggest summer blockbuster rides in like a white knight to help defend big blu in the format war. Other notable DVDs out this week include: Angel - Special Collector's Set; The Blood Shed [Review], Day Watch [Review], Jackie Chan - The Myth [Review], Scrubs - S6 and Talk to Me [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 for our Clip of The Week we have several clips from Shout! Factory's release of My So-Called Life: The Complete Series. The long-awaited box set tells the whole story of this beloved television show. An authentic portrayal of teenage and parental angst, My So-Called Life expressed the challenges of growing up and growing older. Along with nineteen episodes, the bonus features illuminate the origin, life and afterlife of this benchmark series with all-new interviews and episode commentaries featuring the original cast and creators. Watch these clips from My So-Called Life: The Complete Series: In The Car, I'm In Love, You Died Your Hair, Clair Daines Interview and My So Called Life Trailer. Get more info on My So-Called Life: The Complete Series here.

Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas, a prolific audio commentator and essayist, chats with DVD Talk's Stuart Galbraith IV about the new Mario Bava Collection, the future of DVD and High-Def formats, and Lucas's incredible magnum opus, a 12-pound, 1,000-page full-color monster biography of Bava (Black Sunday, Rabid Dogs, Twitch of the Death Nerve), a book that was 32 years in the making. Read our complete interview with Tim Lucas.

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