DVDTalk writer Jack Giroux has recently had the opportunity to talk with such noted filmmakers as Wesley Snipes, Terry Gilliam, and Eli Roth. This week he sits down with Breck Eisner, director of The Crazies, a horror remake that is arguably better than the original film. They talk about how to approach a remake, the paranoia of the film, and how rare it is for a horror movie to get positive reviews. Read all this and more in this exclusive DVDTalk Interview.

Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler are on the run from decent laughs in The Bounty Hunter. Jude Law is out to collect your internal organs in Repo Men. And a brutal Swedish mystery begins with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Also in theaters: Jeff Kinney's bestseller comes to the screen in Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Benito Mussolini is revealed in Vincere. Ben Stiller feels the love as Greenberg. The German flying ace soars again in The Red Baron. Spend an Italian holiday with a Mid-August Lunch. And Andy Garcia fights his family on City Island. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Green Zone, Remember Me, She's Out of My League, Alice in Wonderland, Brooklyn's Finest, The Ghost Writer, Mother, Our Family Wedding, The Art of the Steal, Shutter Island, and Avatar. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

This month DVDTalk's Arthouse column, Talking out of Frame, covers the latest films that treat the local bijou like a museum. Jason Bailey gives his thoughts on Where the Wild Things Are, while Jamie S. Rich covers Tell Them Anything You Want, the Lance Bangs/Spike Jonze documentary about Maurice Sendak. Other movies covered in the column include Revanche, which was nominated for the Best Foreign Picture Oscar last year, Michael Moore's latest documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, and another Eclipse boxed set, George Bernard Shaw on Film. Read about these, as well as many more, in this month's Talking Out of Frame.

Interested in the latest TV on DVD reviews? DVD Talk has you covered! This week's notable entries include: South Park: The Complete Thirteenth Season - an energetic show, jam-packed with laughs, and a thoughtful, engaged part of the culture to boot; Armchair Thriller: Set 2 - excellent stories... gripping, intelligent, and often suspenseful; and thirtysomething: The Complete Second Season - a wonderfully acted and superbly written drama. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Scarecrow and Mrs. King: The Complete First Season, Superjail!: Season One and Project Runway: Season Six.  Want more?  Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVDTalk database.

Some excellent titles have been announced recently including: The Closer: The Complete Fifth Season on DVD - TNT's excellent detective show will reappear on DVD on 6/29/10; Leverage: The Complete Second Season on DVD - Another great show airing on TNT... this fun and energetic program is a must see. It will arrive on 5/25/10; and Life on DVD and Blu-ray - the BBC's follow up to 2007's Planet Earth, this will be released in two versions: the original narrated by David Attenborough and a dub made specifically for America, with the narration provided by Oprah Winfrey. Check it out on 6/1/10. Keep track of all the upcoming releases with the DVDTalk Release List.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews and articles including: Clash of the Titans - The flashy new remake has prompted a Blu-ray release of Ray Harryhausen's final Dynamation spectacle; The Informant! - Steven Soderbergh's funny-painful black comedy is also the completely true story of a corporate officer who blows the whistle on price-fixing organized on a vast scale. With a terrific performance from Matt Damon and some true-life surprises that will take your head off; and Ponyo - Hayao Miyazaki's incomparably gentle and sweet children's fantasy looks fantastic on this Two-Disc Blu-ray + DVD Edition. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Some pretty cool discs are being released this week. Check out these new titles: The Princess and the Frog [review, 2nd review] - a skillful, enjoyable picture, helped along by a superb voice cast; Breaking Bad: The Complete Second Season [review] - deeper, thicker, and stronger in its second season, handily ascending to a perch as one of television's finest hours; and Ninja Assassin [review] - two great tastes that taste great together! Other releases of note include:  Did You Hear About the Morgans? [review], Mystery Science Theater 3000: XVII [review], and Broken Embraces [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 the latest DVD reviews that have been entered into the DVD Talk Review Database including: Sanjuro [Blu-ray] - great cinema in every way - the film is funny, tense, exciting, gritty, violent and just incredibly well made and acted; The Wraith - '80s music. '80s hair. Silly dialogue. Melodramatic acting from a young cast of future stars. What more could one want from a cult classic?; and Breaking Bad: The Complete First Season - Dark, unpredictable, and downright combustible, this program is one of the most exciting and challenging shows on television today. Other recent reviews include: The Beaches Of Agnes, The Horse Boy, and Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story.  Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews.

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