The cinematic return of the biggest green superhero around is here with The Incredible Hulk. DVD Talk critics Brian Orndorf and David Walker both recommend the fast-paced picture. M. Night Shyamalan imagines the end of the world in the disappointing horror bonanza The Happening. And the disabled become the object of sexual fetishes in the unnerving drama Quid Pro Quo. Also in theaters: Jonathan Rhys Meyers portrays the saintly George Hogg in the historical melodrama The Children of Huang Shi, also starring Chow Yun Fat and Radha Mitchell. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Strangers, Sex and the City, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Kung Fu Panda, Mother of Tears, The Fall, The Promotion. War, Inc., Iron Man, and Mongol. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

DVD Stalk rises from the grave once more to fill you in on all the latest and greatest horror films as well as a few older titles that may have flown under your radar. This month we've got a look at the two latest George A. Romero titles as well as a spotlight on the films of Dario Argento and a peek back at some classic titles from Hammer. If that weren't enough, how about our reviewers' takes on The Eye, the Sweeney Todd Blu-ray disc, and much more! All in this month's DVD STalk!

More TV shows have made their way on to DVD, and DVDTalk has got them covered. Check out our reviews of the newest TV releases including:  ''CHiPs'' - The Complete Second Season - even if you're not a fan of the show, you owe it to yourself to read Paul Mavis' enthusiastic (some would say too enthusiastic) review of the second season; ER - The Complete Ninth Season - Defying all odds, the medical drama continues to impress, finding new ways to tell a story and maintaining consistent character development; The Fugitive - Season One, Volume Two - one of television's greatest drama anthologies has arrived on DVD, though there are no extras and a warning on the back that the music has been edited, it's still a powerful show and one of the year's best releases. Other shows include:  When the Moors Ruled in Europe, Fantastic Four - World's Greatest Heroes - The Complete First Season, and JAG - The Sixth Season.  Want more?  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: Tobor the Great - A ditzy, juvenile anti-commie boy & robot story from 1954. Tobor has brains, brawn and communicates through ESP. Now, if only he did something interesting; The Andromeda Strain (2008) - This new miniseries comes to DVD only a couple of days after its TV premiere. Michael Crichton's classic is 'expanded' with 101 new Sci-Fi sidebars and political detours; and Day of the Outlaw - Andre De Toth's snowbound western pits Robert Ryan against Burl Ives in a tense story of a mountain town overrun by an outlaw gang. Tina Louise co-stars in this superior 50s western. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Those SOBs at the studios are hyping more mediocre films this week hoping to convince the public that they're worth buying on DVD or Blu-ray. Case in point:   Jumper [review], [review], [Blu-ray review] - A lack of clarity combined with the horrendous onscreen talent turns this film from a potential big screen blockbuster (and fantastic future franchise) into a Sci-Fi Channel direct-to-DVD splat. There are some good releases though, making this, yet again, another banner week for DVDs. Check out: John Adams [review] - a superb portrayal of one of the seminal figures of American history fueled by two knockout performances by Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney; and The Bucket List [review]- the kind of movie Frank Capra himself would be making were he around today--equal parts slapstick, drama and character study, with just a sprinkling of schmaltz thrown in for good measure. Other new banner releases include:  High Noon: 2-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition [review] (which is not to be confused with the plain old Collector's Edition), Icons of Adventure [review] and Soap: The Complete Series. 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 KOCH Lorber Films for the 2008 U.S. theatrical release Summer '04 (view trailer) - now available on DVD. This "classic psychological thriller" (The Village Voice) stars the captivating German actress Martina Gedeck (2007's Academy Award-winning The Lives of Others) as a beautiful, 40-year old woman who gets drawn into a tragic love triangle while on vacation with her family. Jealous of the brazen sensuality exuded by her teenage son's girlfriend, Miriam is drawn into an illicit affair that leads to volatile consequences. Of Gedeck's performance, Nerve.com said "she puts most of Hollywood's aspiring sex kittens to shame." Enter now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of the newly released Summer '04 DVD, which also includes a special Making-of Featurette and Deleted Scenes.

Our reviewers have been busy this week, filling the DVD Talk Review Database more great entries. Some new reviews of note include: The Three Stooges Collection, Volume Two: 1937-1939 - The shorts in this collection find the team at the very top of their game; they rank alongside the funniest two-reel comedies ever made; Storm - the Swedish directorial team of Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein gives thier take on The Matrix and manages to dothe near impossible. They've made a movie that is as good - or perhaps even better - than the film that inspired them; and The Red Violin - One of the Nineties' more sweeping, elegant epics, this is a full-blooded motion picture experience, a romantic ode to the power of art that grips you from the opening moments and does not let go. Other recent reviews include: China's Great Wall, Classe Tous Risques - Criterion Collection, and Train On The Brain.  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.

There's been a virtual flood of silent films arriving on DVD lately, and that means that we have yet another installment of Silent DVD. This week we have a look at the films of one of the most famous people of the 20th Century, Harry Houdini. Universally known as an extraordinary magician and escape artist, he was also a genius when it came to promotion. Realizing the power of movies early on, he released a 15 chapter serial as well as a string of feature films. Now Kino has gathered all of his surviving movies as well as some wonderful extras and released them in one very reasonably priced set. Houdini - The Movie Star is one of our favorite silent releases so far this year. We also have a review on Kino's The Magic of Méliès DVD. These 15 early films by the French film innovator are both entertaining and creative and just the thing for someone who wants to sample Méliès work. Be sure to check out all this and more in this week's Silent DVD.

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