Cavemen Jack Black and Michael Cera take a trip through biblical history in the Harold Ramis comedy Year One. DVD Talk critics Brian Orndorf and Jamie S. Rich hunt for the laughs. Nazi zombies rise up from their cold graves and chase medical students in the Norwegian horror comedy Dead Snow. And Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds set up a sham marriage in the romantic comedy The Proposal. Critics Brian Orndorf and Jason Bailey survey the chemistry. Also in theaters: An infant born dead and craving human blood? Grace is a seriously wicked horror film. And Amber Heard fends off horndog teens and a serial killer in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, The Hangover, Moon, Land of the Lost, Away We Go, Drag Me to Hell, Imagine That, Up, Terminator Salvation, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Star Trek, Angels & Demons, and Food, Inc. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

Some great TV shows have been released lately. Check out some of the recommended shows including:  24: Season Seven - Fast-paced and riveting, this season brings Bauer and company back up to speed; The Complete Steve Canyon on TV Volume 2 - the format changes abruptly part way through this disc, but the show is still fun. This installment even includes a story penned by Ray Bradbury; and The Shield: The Complete Seventh Season - Fans should not be disappointed by this final season, and will most definitely want to add it to the collection. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Survivorman: Season Three, The Hunger: The Complete First Season and WWE: Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection.  Want more?  Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVDTalk database.

Fans of Japanese science fiction films will be ecstatic on August 18th when Sony releases Icons of Sci-Fi: Toho Collection. The set will feature a trio of fun films: The H-Man (1958), Battle in Outer Space (1959), and Mothra (1961); Can't wait for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen to hit theaters next week? Well Paramount has announced that newly purchased copies of Transformers on DVD or any copy of the Blu-ray (through BD-Live) will have access to an exclusive sneak peek at the sequel as well 25 minutes of bonus materials from the original film; August 25th will see the release of Steven Soderbergh Palme d'Or-winning film Sex, Lies, & Videotape on Blu-ray; and finally the Winchester Brothers continue to fight the things that go bump in the night in Supernatural: The Complete Fourth Season. The series will arrive on both DVD and Blu-ray on September 1st. Keep track of all the upcoming DVDs with the DVDTalk Release List.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: Valkyrie [Blu-ray] - UA and Tom Cruise's saga of the 1944 attempt by rebel generals to kill Hitler is a darn good thriller, but one that resists adaptation into a universal audience-pleaser; Man Hunt - A British sportsman tries to shoot Hitler, and becomes the prey in a London spy chase. Walter Pidgeon and Joan Bennett star in Fritz Lang's first anti-Nazi thriller; and The Spy Factory - James Bamford is the writer and producer of this plain-facts indictment of the NSA's mishandling of intelligence prior to 9/11 -- and their later practice of overriding anti- wiretap and surveillance protections. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Some great discs are being released this week. Check out these hot titles: The beginning of J.J. Abrams' mysterious and addictive series debuts in high definition when Lost: The Complete First Season (Blu-ray) [review] and Lost: The Complete Second Season (Blu-ray) [review] hit shelves. A must-buy for anyone with a Blu-ray player; Transformers: The Complete First Season [review] - one of the most successful franchises in American pop culture history is available again thanks to the good folks at Shout! Factory; and Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives [review] - the single most satisfying and rewarding viewing experience of the entire Friday franchise. Other releases of note include:  Jesse Stone: Thin Ice [DVD review], Ghostbusters (Blu-ray), and Bergman Island - Criterion Collection [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.

The DVD Talk Review Database continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Check out these recent reviews: Harlan Ellison: Dreams with Sharp Teeth - Ellison is one of the more compelling literary personages alive today and he commands a movie camera with as much verve as he commands the page; Last Year at Marienbad (Blu-ray) - director Alain Resnais' masterpiece is in print once again, this time in a stellar Criterion release; and Tokyo! - an anthology film that is packed with wonder and creativity from beginning to end. Other recent reviews include: The Strange One, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, and Connected.  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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