With the NFL season upon us, Electronic Arts has rolled out another version of Madden. Check out our review of Madden NFL 11 for the PS3 to read why this may be the first version to involve casual gamers in some football action. You should also check out our review of NCAA Football 11 for the Playstation 3 while you sports fans are at it. On the Xbox 360, take a look at our review of this week's release of Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days as well as July's Crackdown 2 from Microsoft and Monday Night Combat for Xbox Live Arcade. Other PS3 reviews this week include God of War 3 and Transformers: War for Cybertron. Finally, Apple fanatics should read our reviews of the phenominal pirate-themed Plunderland for the iPhone / iPod Touch and Words With Friends HD on the iPad. As always, our entire collection of video game reviews can be found here.

Elisabeth Shue and Kelly Brook defend a lake filled with party animals from vicious fish in the horror remake Piranha 3D. Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston deal with unexpected fatherhood in the dramedy The Switch. Read reviews from Brian Orndorf and Jason Bailey. And the bad boys of putrid parodies, Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg, return to razz Twilight in Vampires Suck. Also in theaters: Emma Thompson slaps on the ugly once again as Nanny McPhee Returns. Bow Wow avoids trouble as the owner of a winning Lottery Ticket. Mystery deepens with A Film Unfinished. The tale of ballet star Li Cunxin is told in the drama Mao's Last Dancer. Mads Mikkelsen rages as a Viking in Valhalla Rising. And Neil Marshall provides a Roman shower with the gorefest actioner Centurion. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: The Expendables, Eat Pray Love, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Tales from Earthsea, The Other Guys, Get Low, Step Up 3D, Animal Kingdom, Dinner for Schmucks, Inception, and Despicable Me. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

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: Sgt. Bilko - The Phil Silvers Show - The First Season - this is a must-have. It's as fresh and funny as it was more than half a century ago and it comes with some fine extras; Wish Me Luck: Series 1 - this suspenseful, well-wrought looks at the exploits of Britian's civilian female spies during WWII; and Tracey Ullman's State of the Union: Complete Season Two - some tremendous laughs are to be found in this sold effort from the talented Ullman. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Rita Rocks: The Complete Season One, Barney: Furry Friends, and Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon.  Want more?  Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVDTalk database.

The summer months have certainly been slow on the anime front but we've managed to cobble together another installment of Anime Talk, DVDTalk's monthly roundup of all things anime. This time around we've dug up reviews on titles such as Casshern Sins, Golgo 13, Master of Martial Hearts (*shudder*), and My Bride is a Mermaid, among others. WTK has some great bargains for those looking to stretch their anime buck a bit farther, and Todd returns with some manga reviews too. Check out all this and more in this month's Anime Talk!

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews and articles including: Carny - Jodie Foster runs away to join the carnival, but this is no Toby Tyler story: Gary Busey and Robbie Robertson run a freewheeling traveling fun fair, with all the traditional venal and carnal attractions intact; Crumb - Terry Zwigoff's docu examines artist and underground comix legend Robert Crumb through his work, his interests, and his unusual (to say the least) family background; and Corridor People - a new Region 2 release of a cult TV show from the 1960s, a highly original and quirky espionage series that has been compared favorably to The Avengers. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

This month DVDTalk's Arthouse column, Talking Out of Frame, takes a look at a few recent retrospectives. Some great collections spotlighting important directors have been released including a set of The First Films of Akira Kurosawa, acclaimed playwright turned cinematic auteur Sacha Guitry, and an impressive set of 3 Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg. We also look at a contemporary film that could end up being influential thanks to its unique style, the French crime movie A Prophet, as well as the Mussolini biopic Vincere. Read about all of these releases and a lot more in this month's Talking Out of Frame!

There are some new titles coming out that might make it worth a trip to the video store this week. Check out these recent releases: Cemetery Junction [Blu-ray review] - Ricky Gervais stars in this energetic, gentle, and frequently funny film; Burning Bright [DVD review] - Director Carlos Brooks has taken an outlandish premise and turned it into a nail-biting thriller; and Black Orpheus [Blu-ray review] - another must-see from Criterion. Other new releases of note include:  L'Enfance Nue (Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray review], Gosh Alice Goodbody [DVD review], and The Endless Summer [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 the latest DVD reviews that have been entered into the DVD Talk Review Database including: Steamboat Bill, Jr. [Blu-ray review] - one of the silent film era's last true classics, this film remains as entertaining and exciting as ever; Shogun Assassin - a radical reworking two Japanese movies combined into a single action-filled extravaganza; and 3 Silent Classics By Josef Von Sternberg - an excellent boxed set... all the films are both engrossing to watch and von Sternberg's vision shows in every frame. Other recent reviews include: Yellowstone Kelly, Zift, and Piranha.  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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