The wrath of horror icon Jason Voorhees has been resurrected by another frightening figure of cinema, Michael Bay, in Friday the 13th. Clive Owen and Naomi Watts battle merciless evil in the form of a global bank in the Tom Tykwer thriller The International. And Joaquin Phoenix has to pick between Gwyneth Paltrow and Vinessa Shaw in the James Gray drama/male fantasy Two Lovers. Also in theaters: Actress Isla Fisher is wonderful, yet the materialistic comedy Confessions of a Shopaholic is not. And the mob genre is taken to disturbing new heights in the outstanding crime film Gomorrah. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Coraline, He's Just Not That Into You, The Pink Panther 2, Push, Taken, New in Town, The Uninvited, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, and Gran Torino. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

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:  Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Collection 3 - informative and entertaining with a engaging character serving as host, this is a terrific series; American Originals Megaset - giving a glimpse of hazardous occupations performed under arduous (at best) conditions this set includes the first seasons of Ice Road Truckers, Ax Men, and Tougher in Alaska; and The Universe: Collector's Edition - an interesting, entertaining, and well produced look at our galaxy and the rest of the cosmos. Other shows recently reviewed include:  The Rockford Files: The Final Season, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - The Eighth Year, and Night Court - The Complete Second 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: Cyclops - Roger Corman conquers a new exploitation jungle, the cable TV backwater of the Sci-Fi channel. This Roman monster mash uses standing sets and mediocre effects but delivers the requisite gallons of gory mayhem.; Changeling - Clint Eastwood fashions a tense kidnapping story for Angelina Jolie, but something's missing at the center. Great acting, nice period detail, true story; and Five - Arch Oboler's prophetic is the first post-nuke drama, a grimly uncompromised Sci-Fi story that plays like a foreign art film ... in 1951. Very different, very original. With Susan Douglas, William Phipps & Charles Lampkin. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant

AThere have been some great titles scheduled for release in the last week or so. Recently announced DVDs and Blu-ray discs of note include: Sin City [Blu-ray] - The stylish adaptation of Frank Miller's comic series is set to be released on Blu-ray 4-21-09; One of the truly great TV dramas finally arrives on DVD when Shout! Factory releases The Paper Chase: Season One on 4-7-09; and the Oscar-nominated biopic of the country's first openly gay city supervisor, Milk [Blu-ray] arrives on 3-10-09. Keep track of all the upcoming DVDs with the DVDTalk Release List.

There's a few new releases this week that you won't want to miss. Titles such as: Nights in Rodanthe [DVD review, Blu-ray review] - a film that packs quite a climatic punch, performed with exquisite delicacy and naked emotional bravery by the actors; W. [Blu-ray review]- a frequently fascinating and occasionally dead-on portrait of now ex-President George W. Bush and his administration.; and My Name Is Bruce [DVD review, Blu-ray review]- a comedic deconstruction of a screen superstar with a giddy sense of humor. Other releases of note include:  Soul Men [review], Miracle at St Anna [review], and Dennis Potter: 3 to Remember [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.

Some great DVD reviews have been added to the the DVD Talk Review Database recently, so many that it's hard to decide which ones to profile. Here are some of the stand out discs you might want to check out: The Sidney Poitier Collection - brings together four little-seen films starring the cinematic icon; Pineapple Express - Seth Rogan and James Francoan star in this entertaining druggie action comedy; and Simon of the Desert - Criterion Collection - Bunuel does more in the 45 minutes of this movie than most directors do with films that have a twice-as-long feature-length running time. Other recent reviews include: She Stoops to Conquer, Opium and the Kung Fu Master, and Divorce Iranian Style.  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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