Another month has come and gone since our last installment of Anime Talk. What has changed with the industry in that time? Well, obviously there are still plenty of titles coming out. FUNimation, VIZ, Bandai, and even ADV have all been keeping otaku happy with a few releases to ring in the Spring. From individual volumes of ongoing series to new shows and complete collections, there have definitely been a lot of shows hitting the streets since our last column. This installment, which may be our longest ever, we cover everything from One Piece to Fullmetal Alchemist, to D. Gray-Man. WTK's back with his bargains for you otaku trying to stretch your dollar in this economy too. All this and much more in this month's installment of Anime Talk!

Beyonce Knowles is out to protect her marriage from the wicked sexuality of Ali Larter in the campy revenge thriller Obsessed. Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx attempt to find a sense of peace in the midst of mental illness in the orchestral drama The Soloist. And Channing Tatum tries to survive as a street brawler and a tender lover in the actioner Fighting. Also in theaters: Disney returns to their nature film heritage with the BBC rehash Earth. Author Bret Easton Ellis is once again mangled on the big screen in the retro drama The Informers. And Mike Tyson is offered an opportunity to explain his hellacious life in the documentary Tyson. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Mutant Chronicles, 17 Again, State of Play, Dragonball Evolution, Observe and Report, Hannah Montana: The Movie, Fast & Furious, Monsters vs. Aliens, Crank: High Voltage, Knowing, I Love You, Man, and Anvil! The Story of Anvil. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

Since it was started in 2002 (in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks) the Tribeca Film Festival has become one of the premier international film events, drawing movies from around the world. This year DVDTalk's own Jason Bailey is in attendance and will be blogging his way through the festival. Some of the more prominent films that are to be screened this year include: Steven Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience, a low-budget, low-tech, experimental picture starring porn star Sasha Grey, Kobe Doin' Work, Spike Lee's latest which uses a body mic and multiple cameras to document a Lakers/Spurs game, the SF thriller Moon, directed by Duncan Jones; and Burning Down The House: The Story of CBGB. Jason is planning on screening an amazing 31 films over the festival's 11 days. Will he make it? Check out his complete coverage, updated frequently, and find out.

TV on DVD remains incredibly popular with more and more favorites being released. New TV reviews include:  Top Gear 10: The Complete Season 10 - the material is excellent, worthy of repeat viewing, and strongly encouraged for anyone who's a fan of entertaining television; Mayday - Air Disasters - Harrowing and surprisingly emotional this superior investigative documentary series ratchets up the suspense with its well-done action scenes; and Intelligence: Season 2 this award-winning series, with its tight storytelling and fantastic performances, is sure to please fans of intelligence agency/drug underworld dramas. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Toughest Race on Earth: Iditarod and Light at the Edge of the World.  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: Doubt [Blu-ray] - John Patrick Shanley's play becomes a gripping movie experience, with performances by Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman Amy Adams and Viola Davis that all earned Academy nominations. A very good, very underrated picture.; A Grin Without a Cat - Chris Marker's milestone documentary on the brief flowering of The New Left uses fantastic film resources, candid news clips that prove historical facts still in dispute by those in power who, to quote the film, "would prefer that we have no memory"; and Starlift - This awkward attempt to revive the "Hollywood Canteen"- type all-star revue for the troops of the Korean War is mostly a fizzle, despite good input from the likes of Doris Day, Ruth Roman and Gene Nelson. With a great early appearance by Janice Rule. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Some exciting movies and TV shows are going to be released before too long. Recent announcements include: a Disney classic that hasn't been available in any form since 2001, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will arrive on Blu-ray on 10-6-09, seven weeks before the DVD edition will be released; Lost: The Complete Fifth Season - the penultimate season of the popular show will arrive on both DVD and Blu-ray on 12-8-09; and Glory [Blu-ray] an all-star cast fills this excellent film about the first black unit to serve in the US Army for the North during the American Civil War. Keep track of all the upcoming DVDs with the DVDTalk Release List.

Another banner week for DVDs with the studios releasing some great films and boxed sets such as: Frost/Nixon [DVD review, Blu-ray review] - Among the most exceptional films of 2008, this movie is an unrelentingly gripping character study about two men striving to prove themselves in the daunting shadows of their insecurities; The Wrestler [Blu-ray review] Mickey Rourke's Oscar-nominated performance drives this exceptional film; and Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Lament Configuration Box Set [DVD review] - the two best titles in the franchise (including a Blu-ray copy of the first film) in a sturdy mock up (we hope) of the Lament Configuration Puzzle Box. Other releases of note include:  Squidbillies, Vol. 2 [review], Wolverine and the X-Men: Heroes Return Trilogy [DVD review], and Laid to Rest [DVD 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 including: Cleopatra: 75th Anniversary Edition - still the most pleasing concoction of Cleopatra's story, an amazing spectacle of cinematography prowess and entertaining theatrics; Under Full Sail: Silent Cinema on the High Seas - an excellent collection of silent movies filled with action, suspense, and just the right touch of comedy; and The Broken - a suspenseful exercise in paranoia and doppelgangers that's effectively made and highly recommended. Other recent reviews include: A Day at the Beach (1970), Splinter, and Perkins' 14.  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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