It's time for the June 2009 edition of Anime Talk! This month we're once again supplying you with a bunch of reviews for shows you should (or should not) consider. The summer months are here and before you know it you'll be inside with the AC blasting looking for something to watch. How lucky for you that the Anime Talk staff have your back! Over the course of the past month we got the opportunity to check out some cool stuff such as Last Exile, Heroic Age, Murder Princess, Sword of the Stranger, and Black Lagoon. We also have Todd Douglass' impressions of Anime Boston 2009. He was there rubbing elbows with the otaku and chillin' with the cosplayers. Read his thoughts about Funimation awesome presentation and ADV's meager panel (yes, apparently they are still in business.) All this and more in this month's Anime Talk, sponsored by RightStuf.com!

Denzel Washington squares off against terrorist John Travolta within the subways of New York City in the glossy Tony Scott update The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3. DVD Talk critics Brian Orndorf and David Walker critique the action. Eddie Murphy visits a fantastic world to help with stock tips in the oddball family comedy Imagine That. And Sam Rockwell freaks out in the farthest reaches of the universe in the sci-fi thriller Moon. Writers Brian Orndorf and Jason Bailey review the mystery. Also in theaters: Think you know what you're eating? Food, Inc. would like to open your eyes to the reality of the food industry. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: The Hangover, Land of the Lost, Away We Go, Drag Me to Hell, Up, Terminator Salvation, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Easy Virtue, Star Trek, Angels & Demons, My Life in Ruins, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The Hangover. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

Check out our reviews of the newest TV releases including:  The IT Crowd: The Complete Second Season - a brilliant example of a workplace sitcom, with fantastically unique characters, a surreal sense of humor and perfect set-ups; Land of the Lost: Complete Series - an adventure of epic proportions and anyone with a sense of nostalgia towards the show should definitely pick this set up; and Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Classic Collection - Set 1 - David Suchet provides a masterly portrayal of Christie's fussy and vain Belgian in these nine mysteries. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Military Combat, In Treatment: The Complete First Season and WWE: Royal Rumble 2009.  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: Terminator 2 Skynet Edition [Blu-ray] - As the saying goes, it's summer again, so it's time for new editions of Dawn of the Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and this powerhouse effects and action milestone from James Cameron; Rifftrax: Missile to the Moon - Ex-MST3K alumni take potshots at one of the sillier Sci-Fi films of the 1950s. Also with a clear, non-Rifftrax'ed audio track; and The Jack Lemmon Film Collection - Sony reaches into the vault closet for a quintet of Lemmon's studio vehicles, near-perfect transfers all: Phffft, Operation Mad Ball, The Notorious Landlady, Under the Yum Yum Tree, and Good Neighbor Sam. With a sixth disc commemorating the universally well liked actor. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

A one time professional psychic, now admitting that his act was all a fake, helps the police solve crimes while tracking down the person who murdered his family in The Mentalist: The Complete First Season. The DVD set will hit stores on 9-22-09; Can't wait that long? On August 4th Sony will release Icons of Screwball Comedy a four movie set including If You Could Only Cook, Too Many Husbands, My Sister Eileen, and She Wouldn't Say Yes; and finally the Doctor Who spin-off continues with Torchwood: Children of Earth. This five part miniseries will arrive on both Blu-ray and DVD on 7-28-09. Keep track of all the upcoming DVDs with the DVDTalk Release List.

Check out some of the notable DVDs being released this week including: The Shield: The Complete Seventh Season [DVD review]- Fans should not be disappointed by this final season, and will most definitely want to add it to the collection; Gran Torino [DVD review, a second look at the DVD, Blu-ray review] - Alternately humorous, moving, and tense, this film really lets Eastwood strut his stuff as both an actor and a director; and Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music Director's Cut [Blu-ray review] - this classic concert movie looks and sounds so much better on Blu-ray that an upgrade is highly recommended. Other releases of note include:  Reaper: Season 2 [DVD review], The International [DVD review, Blu-ray review], and RetarDEAD [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.

Check out these new reviews that have been recently added to the DVD Talk Review Database: The Seventh Seal (Blu-ray) - Thoughtful, provocative and disturbing in equal measure, this film is rightly hailed as one of the greatest classics in international film; Au Bonheur des Dames - a breathtaking visual tour de force told with style and energy; and Nightmare Castle (Amanti d'Oltretomba) - an Italian shocker starring the incomparable Barbara Steele that delivers the gothic horror goods. Other recent reviews include a trio of great documentaries: Waging a Living, Scott Walker: 30 Century Man, and Crips and Bloods: Made in America.  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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