Teenagers and tweens suit up to protect the innocent in the action comedy Kick-Ass. Read reviews from Brian Orndorf, Jamie S. Rich, David Walker, and Tyler Foster. Chris Rock and Neil LaBute remake the 2007 Frank Oz farce Death at a Funeral. And David Duchovny and Demi Moore want to sell you the world as The Joneses. Read reviews from Brian Orndorf, Jamie S. Rich, and Jason Bailey. Also in theaters: The saga of Disney Animation is explored in the marvelous documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty. Mexico storms the Little League championships in The Perfect Game. Jamey Sheridan is Handsome Harry. And Merchant Ivory returns with The City of Your Final Destination. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Date Night, The Runaways, Clash of the Titans, Why Did I Get Married Too?, The Last Song, Hot Tub Time Machine, How to Train Your Dragon, Leaves of Grass, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Greenberg. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

Durham, North Carolina was the place to be last weekend if you love documentaries, as the thirteenth annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival was presented. DVDTalk writer Chris Neilson was there to cover as much of it as was humanly possible. An astounding one-hundred-and-one docs from 27 countries, including 33 US, North American or World premieres, were screened between Thursday morning and Sunday evening. With five programming blocks running from 10 AM to midnight, in five performance spaces, Chris had his work cut out for him. Check out his report and read about the standout films he saw including Lucy Walker's Waste Land, which won the Audience Award, Lixin Fan's Last Train Home, and Tim Hetherington and Sebatian Junger's Restrepo.

More TV shows have made their way on to DVD, and DVD Talk has got them covered. Check out our reviews of the newest TV releases including: The Ultimate Goldbergs - a terrific show that holds up shockingly well - one of the best TV on DVD releases of the year; Sports Night: Season One - this pre-West Wing Aaron Sorkin show is easily one of the most enjoyable series that you'll ever have the fortune to watch; and Judge John Deed - Season One & Pilot Episode - extremely intelligent, expertly crafted entertainment that's thought provoking and eventually utterly engrossing. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks, Head Case: Season 2 and Dalziel and Pascoe: Season One.  Want more?  Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVDTalk database.

Some excellent titles have been announced recently including: Psych: The Complete Fourth Season on DVD - Fake psychic Shawn Spencer returns with his reluctant side kick Gus to solve more mysteries on 7/13/10; Invictus on DVD and Blu-ray - Clint Eastwood's biopic of Nelson Mandela stars Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon and hits store shelves on 5/18/10; and Here's Lucy: Season Three on DVD - This is Lucy's third (!) TV series and she's still as funny as ever. Check it out on 6/15/10. 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: Baader Meinhof Complex - You'll need to hang on tight to watch this ferocious true-life thriller about the most notorious terrorists of the last century, Germany's Red Army Faction. Their literal reign of terror makes American violent radicals look like children at play. A superior German film with a terrific cast, and highly recommended; Dreamscape - Dennis Quaid is a psychic enlisted by Max Von Sydow to "enter" the dreams of others, a talent subverted by Christopher Plummer as a plot to control the President of the United States. A well-known hit from the early 1980s, marred by an uneven production; and Mammy - Al Jolson's early talkie musical places him in a touring Minstrel Show, in love with his best friend's girl and framed for murder. Now with its original Technicolor sequences restored. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Some great discs are being released this week. Check out these new movies: Apollo 13 [Blu-ray] [review]- this film makes the skin-of-their-teeth ordeal so immediate and exciting, most of us wondered why we barely remembered the real event; and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) (Blu-ray) [review] - this Blu-ray disc of the Wes Craven classic is well-worth the upgrade. Other releases of note include:  Pirate Radio [DVD review], and Defendor [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 cool discs have been reviewed over the past week. Check out these recent entries: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - unfairly shuffled aside on theatrical release, this latest Terry Gilliam film is often quite inspired ; Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans - this remains one of 2009's overlooked gems; and Tales from the Script - an excellent documentary highlighting some of the most important and unsung participants in the filmmaking process: the script writer. Other recent reviews include: an entry from this year's After Dark Horror Fest Hidden, Troubled Water, and Book of Lore / Grave Mistakes.  Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

DVDTalk writer Jack Giroux had the chance to interview director Kevin Smith and discovered that the man can talk. A couple of weeks ago we presented part one of the conversation, and this week we bring you the middle third of their discussion. Find out what the director of Cop Out and Chasing Amy had to say about film criticism, the state of comic book films, Daredevil, and unrated cuts. Read all this and more in this exclusive DVDTalk Interview. Then be sure to check back for the final part, which should be up next week.

This month DVDTalk's Arthouse column, Talking out of Frame, looks at a wide variety of films, both foreign and domestic. From Jean-Luc Godard's 1962 masterpiece Vivre sa Vie to last year's excellent An Education and Flicker Alley's latest hilarious gem, Rene Clair's The Italian Straw Hat, there's something for every type of film lover. In addition there are quick lists of art films that are scheduled to be out soon as well as links to reviews of current theatrical releases. Read about these and much more in this month's Talking Out of Frame.

Advertise With Us

Review Staff | Newsletter Subscribe | Join DVD Talk Forum
Copyright © DVDTalk.com All rights reserved | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Manage Preferences | Your Privacy Choices