If it's the Fourth of July, it must be time for a Will Smith movie. The superstar returns to screens with the bad attitude superhero extravaganza Hancock. DVD Talk critics Brian Orndorf, Jamie S. Rich, and David Walker all weigh in on the action tale. Monica Ali's best-selling novel comes to life in the searing drama Brick Lane. And the kid-sized mystery Kit Kittredge: An American Girl opens wide across North America. Also in theaters: The life and madness of Hunter S. Thompson is explored in the documentary Gonzo. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Wanted, Wall-E, The Incredible Hulk, The Happening, Get Smart, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Kung Fu Panda, The Love Guru, The Fall, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Finding Amanda, and Iron Man. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

This week there are a few reviews of some great TV series, especially if your a fan of older shows. Some of the TV on DVD reviews you'll want to read include:  Doctor Who - Beneath The Surface - These three stories from the long-running BBC show feature all of the appearances of both the Silurians and the Sea Devils, and is a must-buy for fans of the show; The Rat Patrol: The Complete Series - Clean, efficient, and professional each episode is competently executed for maximum action and excitement; Ice Road Truckers: On & Off The Ice - a solid release that stands as a fine accompaniment to the first season of History Channel's successful show. Other shows include:  Early Edition: The First Season, Prehistoric Earth, and The X-Files: Revelations.  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: Journey to the Far Side of the Sun - We like it, it's a childhood favorite, but Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's far-out space picture is a bare concept that goes absolutely nowhere. Psychedelic space naps, actors without marionette strings, rockets, things blowin' up. Boom!; The Night They Raided Minsky's - This affectionate comedy-musical has great songs, funnymen, a sparkling cast and an interesting lesson to teach about the changes in popular taste -- lowbrow taste. Directed by William Friedkin, the film is an editorial battleground, one of the most famous films "created" in post-production; and Hitler: The Last Ten Days - Legend reaches into Paramount's vault again to present this respectable true story of the final week + of the Third Reich, holed up in a battered Berlin bunker. The big attraction is Alec Guinness' interpretation of Adolph Hitler -- he gets high marks for a difficult role. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

From silly comedies to thought proviking documentaries and a look inside Madison Avenue, this week's DVD releases have something for everyone. 30 Days: The Complete Second Season [review] The second season of Morgan Spurlock's show is even better than the first. Episodes are informative, promote intelligent discussion, entertaining, and at times alternately funny and heartbreaking; Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters - Criterion Collection [review] - Paul Schrader's biopic of the controversial and provocative Japanese author works on multiple levels to break down the writer's life, to show how much of it is interior and how fact and fiction blend into one another; and Mad Men - Season One [review]- If you're a fan of well-written, character-driven drama, especially one that recreates an era in loving (and sometimes frightening) detail, Mad Men will not disappoint. Other new releases include:  Quantum Hoops [review], Drillbit Taylor [review] and My Blueberry Nights [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.

Every week DVDTalk's panel of writers adds dozens of reviews to the DVD Talk Review Database. With so many entries it's easy to miss some quality DVDs. Some new reviews of note include: A Collection of 2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films - 2007 was a complete knockout for Academy Award-nominated short films and this disc gathers the best of them in one amazing collection; High Noon (2-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition) - do yourself a favor and rush out and buy this noe. This edition is worth it for the new transfer of this iconic western; and Caramel - This is a film for those who like their cinema mixing everything there is to mix: humor, drama, rhetoric, religion, erotica, and everything else that falls in between. Don't miss it. Other recent reviews include: The Mummy, Definitely, Maybe, and The Ballad of Narayama (1983).  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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