Johnny Depp steps into the legendary, sinister lead role as Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Tim Burton's adaptation of the classic musical about some very special meat pies also stars Helena Bonham Carter and Alan Rickman, and is already at the forefront of some Oscar chatter. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street delivers those meat pies to people in theaters everywhere this weekend. Also in theaters this week is Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story - John C. Reilly and Jenna Fischer send up the musician biopic genre in this hilarious Apatow-produced parody; There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film is getting some major Oscar buzz; and Persepolis - "one of the best movies of the year, and missing it would be to deprive yourself of something you really shouldn't do without." Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: National Treasure: Book of Secrets, P.S. I Love You, The Great Debaters, The Water Horse, Charlie Wilson's War, I Am Legend, The Perfect Holiday, The Kite Runner, Youth Without Youth, Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Golden Compass, Atonement, Juno, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films in theaters in our Movie Talk Forum Area.

Some great TV shows have made their way onto DVD this week including:  Little Britain: The Complete Collection - With a blend of surreal humor, eerily evocative roleplaying, and searing sense of humor, this is one of the most socially devastating TV shows in recent memory; Lost - The Complete Third Season - taken as a whole, and without the enforced breaks in continuity the show suffered during its broadcast run, the third season of Lost is arguably its finest yet; Roots - The Complete Collection - one of the epochal television events of the 20th century, this miniseries created a cultural ripple which many would argue continues to this day.  Other shows include:  Frasier - The Tenth Season, McLeod's Daughters - Season 4, Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. - The Third Season, Will and Grace: Season Seven, Bill Maher - The Decider, and The Wiggles - Getting Strong.  Want more?  Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVDTalk database.

Literary circles stood up and took notice when Marjane Satrapi released her comic book memoir Persepolis in 2003. In the book, Satrapi tells the story of her youth growing up in Iran, tackling complex issues of patriotism, family, and love. This highly acclaimed comic has now been adapted into a feature-length animated film, co-directed by the artist and Vincent Paronnaud. The film version of Persepolis won a Grand Jury prize at Cannes this year, as well as receiving honors from the Sao Paulo, Vancouver, and Cinemanila Film Festivals and the British Film Institute. It's coming about the movie, which is one of our very favorite films of 2007. Hear the whole interview , conducted by our own Jamie S. Rich, on this weeks' DVDTalk Radio.

This week the DVD Savant presents his seventh 'best-of' DVD list, another string of head-scratchers that doesn't follow conventional wisdom but amounts to a stack of good entertainment. New reviews include: Shinobi no mono - an exciting and clever suspense film unlike the general run of stiff & stylized samurai pix; Latitude Zero - With dueling submarines, brain surgery to create a flying Griffin, goofy monster rats and goofier monster bat men this film lies somewhere in the twilight zone between 2001: A Space Odyssey and Teletubbies; and The Way I Spent the End of the World - A charming coming-of-age story set in Romania just before the fall of the oppressive Nicolae Ceaucescu regime.; Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Another banner week for DVDs with the studios releasing some great films and boxed sets:  The Simpsons Movie [review] - a hilarious film that takes all of the things that makes the TV show so successful and deftly expands them to fill a feature length movie; Blade Runner Set [review] - the new revision plus three archival cuts and a huge volume of often-fascinating extras including many alternate scenes which are being shown for the first time; and Stardust [review] - excellent fantasy film packed solid with rich performances and a reliably stimulating narrative.  Other releases of note include: Halloween - Unrated Director's Cut, The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, Vol. Two, and One Tree Hill - The Complete Fourth Season 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 a special giveaway from Paramount Home Entertainment for Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease: Vegas Strip and Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease: In The Bedroom. Bringing total body fitness straight from the Vegas strip and into the sexiest room in the house, Carmen combines body-sculpting dance moves with sultry stretches and toning exercises to help viewers take off those extra pounds while taking it all off in routines that are both fun and effective. Enter now for your chance to win one of 5 pairs of Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease: Vegas Strip and Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease: In The Bedroom on DVD.

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: The Bourne Ultimatum - a movie filled with clever reversals and bruising fight sequences which is an absolute thrill to watch; Barbara Stanwyck Signature Collection - another fantastic compilation featuring a unique star amongst the old studio system. Intelligent, vulnerable, tough, and funny, she had it all.; and Werner Herzog - White Diamond/Wheel Of Time - Herzog blends sound and vision like no one else and has created, with these two pictures, a pair of completely worthwhile and engrossing films; Other recent reviews include: Colma: The Musical, Queen: Rock Montreal, Blame It on Fidel, Edvard Munch-Special Edition, High School Musical 2, and The Leading Ladies Collection, Vol. 2; Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week and the ability to browse reviews by studio.

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