A new year dawns at HD Talk, but where DVD releases are often slow after the holidays, we're brimming with HD DVD and Blu-ray reviews! John Sinnott looks at one of the first Profile 1.1 Blu-ray discs, Resident Evil: Extinction [Review] and the film that started the whole series off, Resident Evil [Review]. Meanwhile, if you can't get enough Lost [Review/Review], we can ease your pain with a double helping of season three reviews on Blu-ray. Want more sci-fi in your TV? Stuart Galbraith IV reviews Battlestar Galactica - Season One [Review] on HD DVD. Daniel Hirshleifer compares Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [Review/Review] on both formats and likes what he sees. This is just the tip of the iceberg, so take a peek at the other exciting reviews we've added lately. And you can always go to the HD Talk Forum to get the word on all the latest High Definition news.

What does a stripper with a gun for a leg, bowling pin-wielding maniacs, and "Donkey Kong" kill screens have in common? They all appear in films that earned a place on DVDTalk Reviewer Brian Orndorf's List of the Best Theatrical Releases of 2007. If that's not enough, Brian also created a list of the worst films from last year too, which included such diverse things as mindless zombies with key card awareness, Kevin Bacon channeling Charles Bronson, Lindsay Lohan stripping. Read both lists, and in case you missed it, don't forget to check out DVDTalk's Top 20 DVD Releases of 2007

While our TV reviews are a bit scant this week, there are still some solid series being released including:  Chappelle's Show: The Series Collection - a show that used its two seasons to the utmost potential, creating consistently hilarious material that ruffles feathers while forcing you to think; Dave Attell - Captain Miserable - in an 51-minute special shot in Washington, D.C., Attell once again manages to shock and entertain, mixing talk of several highly-illegal acts into a frequently self-deprecating and funny set; Chancer: Series 2 - Flat-out one of the best British serials reviewer Paul Mavis has ever encountered. High Shakespearean tragedy, coupled with Dickensian social commentary and intricate, multi-character relationships, fitted into a melodramatic, punchy soap opera, make for a most unusual, satisfying British serial.   Other shows include:  City of Men and Little Women.  Want more?  Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVDTalk database.

Well, the holidays are finally over and we can finally get back to what's important...Anime! During the past few weeks in between shopping and family dinners we churned out several reviews for some great new shows, continuing volumes, and complete collections. Considering it also just happened to have turned 2008 we figured we'd take a look back at 2007 and come up with our top three favorite releases from the year.

This week the DVD Savant takes a look at a couple of new releases including: Walking Tall (1973) - THE big redneck movie of the 1970s, this vigilante epic is an inverted remake of an earlier socially conscious film noir by its director, Phil Karlson; Sawdust and Tinsel - Seldom-screened but nearly perfect, this early Ingmar Bergman show pits a nervous circus man against haughty city theater folk and his own ex-wife; and Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? - Made over a number of years, this beautiful Korean picture alludes to Buddhist teachings and could serve as an aid to meditiation.; Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

The week after Christmas has traditionally been a slow time for DVD releases, but there are some discs coming out that are worth a look:  Resident Evil - Extinction [review] - This film sticks to a pretty standard but completely reliable formula: hot chick fights zombies and stuff blows up; Shoot 'Em Up [review] - the ultimate anti-film-snob movie, lacking most anything resembling substance, but loaded with tons of fun, action and style; and September Dawn [review]- a maddening grab-bag of excellent and trite elements concerning the massacre of westbound wagon train settlers which was probably instigated by and involved the Mormons.   Other releases of note include: The Tudors - The Complete First Season, War, and Seaquest DSV: Season Two 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 20K DVD reviews in the DVD Talk Review Database, it's easy to overlook some of the great reviews. Recent DVD Reviews include: Mr. Bean's Holiday - which proves that nary a word need be uttered for a film to be consistently clever and well-written; Zodiac - The Director's Cut - an unbelievably detailed and engaging epic about the men who became obsessed with stopping a serial killer; and Dear Pillow - honestly quirky but unusually heartfelt coming of age story, the film is not only surprisingly entertaining but surprisingly poignant in ways you probably wouldn't expect it to be; Other recent reviews include: Titanic - 10th Anniversary Edition, Tyler Perry - The Plays, The Killing Kind, Wool 100%, Chameleon Street, and Dark Mind.  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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