The Street Fighter video game legacy returns to the big screen in the martial arts actioner Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. Teen musical sensations The Jonas Brothers hit the third dimension in Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience. And a cell phone holds the key to a computer takeover in the thriller The Echelon Conspiracy. Also in theaters: A beloved book is reimagined as an animated fantasy in The Velveteen Rabbit. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Friday the 13th, Madea Goes to Jail, Fanboys, Coraline, He's Just Not That Into You, The Rock-afire Explosion, Fired Up!, Taken, and Must Read After My Death. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

Wow, how time flies. It's 2009 already and we haven't had an installment of DVDStalk yet this year. Does that mean the horror mavens here are going soft? No, just forgetful. So with belated Happy New Year wishes, this month's Stalk takes a look at some of the horror movies that have come across our reviewers' plates over the last month or so including The Exterminating Angel, the direct-to-video Feast III: The Happy Finish, and Lionsgate's 3-D remake of the eighties slasher classic, My Bloody Valentine. Be sure to check out Cameron McGaughy not-to-be-missed reviews of the Friday the 13th series. All this, plus discs that may have flown under your radar and a look at an overlooked DVD from the past 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:  Room 222: Season One - Simple, succinct, heartfelt and genuine, this program puts much flashier and gaudier shows to shame; Gunsmoke - The Third Season, Volume 1 - This is yet another terrific set of shows - Highly Recommended; and Bones - Season 3 - With a great ensemble cast and writing that is still improving, this show continues to be entertaining in this third season. Other shows recently reviewed include:  My Three Sons - The First Season, Volume Two, Perry Mason - Season 3, Volume 2, and Murder, She Wrote - The Complete Ninth Season.  Want more?  Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVDTalk database.

There are some great titles that have just been announced, including: Slumdog Millionaire - After being the big winner at last Sunday's Oscars, the Danny Boyle film will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on 3-31-09; The first season of the vintage adventure show Sergeant Preston of the Yukon comes to DVD on 3-17-09; and the Keanu Reeves remake of that classic 50's SF film Day the Earth Stood Still rears its ugly head on 4-7-09 on both DVD and Blu-ray. Keep track of all the upcoming DVDs with the DVDTalk Release List.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: French Connection - William Friedkin's Blu-ray of the Oscar-winning cop classic boasts a long list of new HD extras -- and a controversial new HD transfer.; Donnie Darko - Blu-ray. Richard Kelly's oddball teen angst picture is fast becoming a confirmed classic. Donnie Darko is a disturbed high schooler who takes orders from a demonic rabbit that warns that the end of the world is 28 days away. ; and The Quare Fellow - Patrick McGoohan fans, a real find. This excellent 1962 drama makes him a new prison jailer dealing with a pending execution - and comforting the widow-to-be. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

There's been a bit of a lull in high profile releases this week. (You know when we end up featuring Wonder Pets!: Join the Circus, there's not a lot to choose from.) Even so, there are some titles worth checking out such as: Akira (Blu-ray) [review] - a lush, if sometimes ultraviolent, trip through a humankind on the brink of enormous evolutionary change. The sterling visual and especially audio quality of this release, makes this an easy entry into the DVD Talk Collector Series pantheon; Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder [review]- this fourth direct-to-DVD film features a slew of terrific jokes, creative plots twists and colorful characters; and The Universe: Collector's Edition Megaset [DVD review]- an interesting, entertaining, and well produced look at our galaxy and the rest of the cosmos. Other releases of note include:  Painted Lady [review], Wonder Pets!: Join the Circus [review], and Chris & Don: A Love Story [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.

Our reviewers have been busy this week, filling the DVD Talk Review Database more great entries. Some new reviews of note include: Australia [2nd review]- Baz Luhrmann's latest film is an epic with true epic intentions and execution; Girls Rock! - an intelligent, eye-opening documentary that gives young women a chance to open their tightly-guarded hearts and explore their talents; and Top Secret! - a movie that stands head and shoulders above other so-called examples of the spoof genre these days. Other recent reviews include: Alien Raiders [2nd review], Shadows - Criterion Collection, and Far from the Madding Crowd.  Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

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