Get your bongs ready, because Harold and Kumar are back in the sequel nobody actually asked for, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler team up to tackle the issue of babyfever in the charming comedy Baby Mama. And Ewan McGregor becomes the object of Hugh Jackman's torment in the sex thriller Deception. Also in theaters: Helen Hunt deals with her own issues of motherhood in her directorial debut Then She Found Me, and Burt Reynolds joins the world of poker in the gambling melodrama Deal. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Forbidden Kingdom, Zombie Strippers!, 88 Minutes, Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?, The Life Before Her Eyes, Prom Night, and The Visitor. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

TV on DVD remains very popular with more and more favorites being released. New TV reviews include:  The BBC Natural History Collection - quite simply the mother lode of natural history documentaries; Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! - Season 1 - a truly bizarre series that airs on The Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block it's essentially a warped sketch comedy show made up of skits and fake commercials that's pretty damn funny; and Dark Shadows: The Beginnings Collection 4 - a perfect opportunity to see creator Dan Curtis' avoidance of restraint in action. Over the course of these 35 episodes, it's a regular ghost gala!; Other shows include:  Disraeli (1978), Alien Nation - Ultimate Movie Collection,  and WWE - Royal Rumble 2008. Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVDTalk database.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: Charlie Wilson's War - Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman team up to tell the true story of a great American hero ... who waged a covert war in the right place at the right time. Great comic filmmaking, and some troubling political implications amid smashing success; Alain Delon Five-Film Collection - One of France's most popular stars shows his range of talent in a broad cross-section of feature vehicles: Diabolically Yours, La Piscine, The Widow Couderc, Le Gitan and Notre Histoire; Abel Raises Cain - Meet Alan Abel, the most amazing hoaxer of the 20th century. Abel pulls off countless hoaxes, big and small, with the sole purpose of opening our eyes to our own gullibility and the flawed nature of our information media. Fully documented and very funny; and Bamako - Abderrahmane Sissako's political gauntlet puts The World Bank on trial for bleeding dry his home country of Mali. Music, a western parody (with Danny Glover) and fiery rhetoric expose the greed of Globalization. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Another great week for DVDs with the studios releasing some good films and boxed sets such as:  The Savages [review] - This rare, realistic blending of drama and comedy is led by amazing performances from Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman; Cloverfield [review] - Packed with plenty of thrills, chills and suspense, this claustrophobic monster movie is crafted with care by true fans of the genre; and Charlie Wilson's War - Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Philip Seymour Hoffman star in this compelling and witty film from director Mike Nichols (The Graduate) and writer Aaron Sorkin (West Wing).; Other releases of note include:  My Boy Jack [review], Eclipse Series 10 - Silent Ozu [review], and The Orphanage. 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 the DVD Talk Review Database has some great new entries, including some discs you may have overlooked. Recent DVD Reviews include: The Bette Davis Collection - a great boxed set, easily one of the best so far this year, a collection of classic and overlooked titles covering several genres and a wide range of Davis performances, buttressed by scads of extras; The Fall Of The Roman Empire - one of the more literate and nuanced historical epics that plays out on a spectacularly lavish canvas; and The Magic Blade: Shaw Brothers - the real Hong Kong deal - filled with sensational swashbuckling this exciting extravaganza is guaranteed to turn you into a fan of the Shaw Brothers work.; Other recent reviews include: The Delirious Fictions of William Klein, Black White + Gray, and WWE - Royal Rumble 2008.  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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