This week Capcom released a follow-up to Dead Rising, their 2007 survivial zombie game. Check out our full review of Dead Rising 2 for the XBox 360. Also on the Xbox 360, we took a look at Warner Bros Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole and the Xbox Live Arcade title Space Invaders: Infinity Gene. Over on the Playstation 3, we reviewed Neversoft's last Guitar Hero game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and Activision's Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions as well as three EA Sports titles: NHL 11 (Hockey), F1 2010 (Formula 1 Racing) and FIFA Soccer 11. On mobile platforms, we checked out PSP fighter UFC Undisputed 2010, superhero brawler The Hero HD for the iPad, brain testing More Brain Exercise with Dr. Kawashima and movie trivia title MovieCat! for the iPhone / iPod Touch. As always, our entire collection of video game reviews can be found here. You should also follow us on Twitter here.

Chloe Moretz stars in a whole new take on a classic Swedish vampire story in Matt Reeves's Let Me In. Read reviews from Brian Orndorf, Jamie S. Rich, and Tyler Foster. David Fincher explores the creation of Facebook in The Social Network. Read reviews from Brian Orndorf, Jamie S. Rich, and Tyler Foster. And Renee Zellweger finds a devil of a child in Case 39. Also in theaters: Victor Crowley is back to chop victims in the sequel Hatchet II. Two lonely souls cross a Mexican landscape covered with Monsters. Jealousy is restored in Inferno. And financial matters go crazy in Freakonomics. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Catfish, The Town, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole , Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, You Again, Devil, Easy A, Enter the Void, The Virginity Hit, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Howl, and Resident Evil: Afterlife. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

Consider yourself a horror junkie and seeking a community of fellow fans to converse with this October? Well look no further than The 6th Annual October Horror Movie Challenge! Whether you're a genre aficionado, a novice or simply harbor a morbid curiosity, this is the destination for watching, sharing, discovering and discussing all things horror. And don't be put off by the 100 Movies. 31 Days slogan, it extends well beyond watching unhealthy amounts of horror cinema. Check out the daily pick in our 31 Films Subset list with next day discussion, take a stab at the new and improved Theme Nights for countless sub-genre suggestions, dare to complete The Checklist, join our Facebook group, discuss Genre TV and possibly even win a prize courtesy of Troma and Hamiltonbook.com! Everything's covered -- from the Academy Award-winning The Silence of the Lambs to the IMDB Bottom 10 rated and MST3K fodder Zaat plus everything in-between. So join us and keep telling yourself ...it's only a movie!

Some great TV shows have made their way onto DVD this week including: Spartacus: Blood and Sand - The Complete First Season - a take no prisoners look at Roman life that is definitely worth checking out; Party Down: Season 2 - possibly the most singularly perfect comedy on TV; and Designing Women: Season Four - A smart sitcom that's able to laugh at itself and holds up remarkably well after 20 years. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Midsomer Murders: Set 16, Father Knows Best: Season Five, and The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Set 2.  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: King Kong - The big daddy monster movie of the them all comes to Blu-ray with all the extras from the earlier DVD special edition and the expected brighter, more detailed transfer; Between Two Worlds - Paul Henreid, Eleanor Powell, John Garfield and others find themselves on a slow boat to who-knows-where in this wartime revival of a spooky 1925 play; and Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence - Nagisa Oshima's masterful POW camp movie stars David Bowie, Tom Conti and Takeshi Kitano, and has perhaps the most striking soundtrack of the 1980s. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

There are a few new releases this week that you won't want to miss. Check out these hot titles: Get Him to the Greek [Blu-ray review] - a broad, playfully bizarre moviegoing experience, that is sure to be one of the most agreeable comedies of the year; Iron Man 2 [Blu-ray review]- Robert Downey Jr. returns as playboy billionaire and superhero Tony Stark in this action-filled sequel; and Superman/Batman: Apocalypse [Blu-ray review] - recommended for its action sequences which are an unrelenting adrenaline rush. Other new releases of note include:  Where Love Has Gone (1964) [DVD review], Frozen [Blu-ray review], and Soundtrack for a Revolution [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.

Because vampires rock, this week we have a special giveaway from Entertainment One for Suck: The Movie(watch trailer), a hilarious new comedy on DVD and Blu-ray (featuring music icons Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins and Alice Cooper) about a down-and-out band who finds their road to stardom by riding rock-n-roll's highway to hell. It all begins when their bass player, Jennifer (Jessica Pare), disappears with a mysterious vampire and reemerges with a sexual charisma that drives the audiences wild. Now, these unlikely chart toppers are blazing a bloody trail across North America with legendary vampire hunter Eddie Van Helsing (Malcolm McDowell) stalking them every step of the way... Enter now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of Suck: The Movie on DVD!

Check out the latest DVD reviews that have been entered into the DVD Talk Review Database including: The Pirates of Penzance (1983) - a near-perfect record of an outstanding Broadway production; The Actuality Dramas of Allan King - Eclipse Series 24 - five movies from the pioneer of the vérité documentary film movement; and Bored to Death: The Complete First Season - this humorous take on the private detective genre is yet another big winner from HBO. Other recent reviews include: White on Rice, Shonen Knife - Live At Mohawk Place 2009, and Scooby Doo: Camp Scare.  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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