Adapted by PopCap Games for the Xbox Live Arcade, an excellent version of the popular zombie munching game hit the Xbox 360 this week. Check out our full review of Plants vs. Zombies. Also on the Xbox Live Arcade, we reviewed the creepy puzzler Limbo and first person shooter Blacklight: Tango Down. On the Wii, we tackled the superhero beat-em-up Batman: The Brave and the Bold, 2K Games NHL 2K11 and the detective family game Guilty Party. On mobile platforms, we checked out Dead Runner for the iPhone / iPod Touch and Ace Combat: Joint Assault for the PSP. Finally back on the Xbox 360, we reviewed flight combat game Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2, Harmonix's Green Day Rock Band and the recently released Mafia II. As always, our entire collection of video game reviews can be found here. You should also follow us on Twitter here.

Milla Jovovich suits up yet again for another clash with zombies in the 3D sequel Resident Evil: Afterlife. Josh Duhamel and Katie Holmes are The Romantics. And Joaquin Phoenix deals with retirement in I'm Still Here. Also in theaters: It's an Aussie musical gone bananas in Bran Nue Dae. And a family of hoodlums fall to pieces in Animal Kingdom. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Machete, The American, Going the Distance, Centurion, The Last Exorcism, Takers, My Dog Tulip, Mesrine: Killer Instinct, Mesrine: Public Enemy #1, Piranha 3D, The Expendables, and Eat Pray Love. 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: Prime Suspect Complete Collection - one of the finest detective dramas ever produced; The Middle: The Complete First Season - a hilarious and spot-on look at a typical family, and is one of the more entertaining sitcoms to hit the airwaves of late; and Dexter: The Fourth Season - another thrillride that leaves viewers wanting even more. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Bored to Death: The Complete First Season, Bill Maher: But I'm Not Wrong, and The Norm Show: The Complete Series.  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 and articles including: Thriller: The Complete Collection - Boris Karloff invites us into two entire seasons of TV's best-remembered horror anthology series. Over 50 hours of murder, macabre and the supernatural, featuring stars of the future and dozens of name TV actors, written by the likes of Robert Bloch and with many original scores by Jerry Goldsmith; THX 1138: The George Lucas Director's Cut - George Lucas's revision of his 1971 sci-fi classic trowels on fancy CGI augmentation, burying the original fim's austere tone. Robert Duvall, Maggie McOmie and Donald Pleasance look for happiness in an oppressive future techno-dictatorship. A lesson in how to screw around with film history.; and Al Capone - Rod Steiger chews scenery in a good cause -- Richard Wilson's gangster saga is one of the best of its time. With a sterling cast of tough guy actors and Fay Spain as the woman betrayed. 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: Supernatural: The Complete Fifth Season - Sam and Dean Winchester face their greatest challenge this season: to kill Lucifer; Forbidden Planet [Blu-ray review] - one of the most dazzlingly imaginative and visually entrancing sci-fi films ever produced; and Stardust [Blu-ray review] - a very pleasant blend of adventure, magic, fantasy, wit, charm, and humor, all of which culminate to make one of the most entertaining films to come around in quite some time. Other new releases of note include:  Chuck: The Complete Third Season, Tommy: The Movie [Blu-ray review], and Hatchet [Blu-ray 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.

Our reviewers have been busy this week, filling the DVD Talk Review Database more great entries. Some new reviews of note include: Starcrash - a masterpiece of unintentionally bad filmmaking; Welcome - a quiet, involving look at an important contemporary issue through the eyes of rounded, convincing, appealing characters; and Leonard Cohen - Bird On A Wire - Once thought lost, this film is an essential chronicle of Leonard Cohen on tour in 1972. Other recent reviews include: The Last Dinosaur (Region 2), Mid-August Lunch, and Orlando.  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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