Mickey Rourke piledrives brilliantly in Darren Aronofsky's magnificent drama The Wrestler [2nd review]. Jim Carrey just can't say no in the tepid slapstick offering Yes Man. And Will Smith carries the weight of the world on his shoulders in the tragedy Seven Pounds. Also in theaters: Kate DiCamillo's soup-and-big-eared-mouse saga hits the screen in The Tale of Despereaux. Kate Beckinsale stands up for journalism in Nothing But the Truth. And Jeff Goldblum barks like a dog (literally) in Paul Schrader's Holocaust drama Adam Resurrected. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Reader, Doubt, Gran Torino, Milk, and Wendy and Lucy. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

This month Silent DVD looks at Flicker Alley's latest release, a five disc - eleven film set of rarely seen Douglas Fairbanks films. Douglas Fairbanks - A Modern Musketeer contains a nice selection of Fairbanks early work, before he became a swashbuckler and adventure hero. These comedy films are quite enjoyable and illustrate what a talent Fairbanks was. Want more?  Check out our earlier columns including reviews of The General, Kino's Slapstick Symposium Wave Three, and The 2008 San Francisco Silent Film Festival TV on DVD reviews in the DVDTalk database.

Studios have been releasing a good number of complete series sets. Now you can get the entire run of a show in one fell swoop, often cheaper than the individual season sets. Check out our reviews of the newest TV series sets including:  The Wire: The Complete Series - the kudos thrown to this show are not mere hyperbole. Believe the hype - this is a phenomenal series; Deadwood: The Complete Series - a compelling television drama about a ruthless, lawless camp turning into a bona fide township, which is known in the history books as Deadwood; and The Wild Wild West: The Complete Series - Taking the suspense and excitement of James Bond, the other worldly awe of science fiction shows, and setting it all in the old west, this show is still is as enjoyable today as it was 40 years ago. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Mythbusters: Big Blasts Collection, Inazuman: The Complete Series, and Power Rangers: Jungle Fury - Into the Jungle.  Want more?  Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVDTalk database.

A few more interesting discs have been announced in the last week or so. Recently announced DVDs and of note include: Gandhi [Blu-ray] - Sir Richard Attenborough's 1982 film won eight Oscars including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor. It gets the HD treatment on 2-20-09; The Venture Bros.: Season Three - the Adult Swim cartoon appears on Blu-ray and DVD on 3-24-09, and Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, and Michael Rennie star in the historical epic The Robe which will get a Special Edition release on 3-17-09. Keep track of all the upcoming DVDs with the DVDTalk Release List.

a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s2768end.html" title="Encounters at the End of the World"> This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: Encounters at the End of the World - Werner Herzog's eccentric travelogue-of-discovery takes him to McMurdo in Antarctica, to investigate what the researchers at work there are really like. It's one impressive revelation after another; White Dog - Samuel Fuller's last Hollywood film is a twofold allegory on racism. An actress finds a stray "white dog", an animal trained by racists to attack black people -- men women, children. An animal trainer is determined to deprogram the killer -- which keeps managing to escape; and Still Life - Jia Zhang-Ke's intriguing drama uses the story of two people looking for loved ones to show the massive societal upheaval created by the building of the Three Gorges Dam, which has flooded entire cities and forced mass migrations. With an entire second feature about an artist who went to the construction site to paint the workers. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

From pop tune-filled musicals to big-budget sequels to remakes of B-movies, this week there's something for just about everyone. Some of this week's more notable releases include: Mamma Mia! The Movie [DVD review, Blu-ray review] - It's nothing serious, it's nothing deep, but it's glorious to look at and most of the time a lot of fun to listen to. Fun, fun, fun; The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor [DVD review, Blu-ray review]- a movie that offers a lot of diverting CG antics; and The Third Man (Blu-ray) [review]- few movies are as eminently watchable - and rewatchable as this classic. An absolute must on Blu-ray. Other releases of note include:  Death Race (Unrated) [review], Death Proof (Blu-ray) [review], and Planet Terror (Blu-ray) [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.

In case you haven't checked out the DVDTalk review database lately, you should stop by to check out our review panel's take on the latest releases. New DVD reviews include: The Day the Earth Stood Still: Two-Disc Special Edition [2nd DVD review, Blu-ray Review ]- One of the true landmarks of science fiction cinema; Man On Wire - a fantastic film and easily one of 2008's best; and The Who At Kilburn: 1977 [Blu-ray review, 2nd Blu-ray review]- one of the great bands of all time at the apex of their powers. The concert shows them off brilliantly. Other recent reviews include: American Shopper, Burn After Reading, and The Best Of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.  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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