With an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature Film in 2010, Irish animators Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart hit the scene in a big way, but The Secret of the Kells was no overnight success. They recently sat down with DVDTalk's Francis Rizzo III to talk about their influences and the newly released DVDs of their hit debut film. Read what the pair had to say in this latest exclusive DVDTalk interview.

Rebooting their WWII shooter franchise, Electronic Arts released a new version of the MOH series. Check out our full review of Medal of Honor, released for the PC, XBox 360 and Playstation 3. On the Playstation 3, we reviewed Konami's action-adventure title Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, NIS anime title Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland and Playstation Move compatible John Daly's ProStroke Golf. On the Xbox 360, we checked out Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition and XBLA game Blade Kitten. For the Nintendo Wii, we covered arcade classic NBA Jam and toy inspired Gormiti: The Lords of Nature!. We also looked at the very frightening Amnesia: The Dark Descent on the PC, Hungry, Hungry Hippos inspired Monsters Love Gum for the iPad and Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 for the iPhone / iPod Touch. As always, our entire collection of video game reviews can be found here. Share your thoughts on this week's releases on the Video Game Talk forum.

Johnny Knoxville and the boys return to gross out a new dimension in Jackass 3D. Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren fight for their lives in the action-comedy Red. And Hilary Swank is out to prove Sam Rockwell's innocence in Conviction. Also in theaters: Districts are redrawn in the hot button political documentary Gerrymandering. Corey Feldman suits up as Edgar Frog once again in Lost Boys: The Thirst. Woody Allen hits rock bottom with You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. And public education gets screwed while Waiting for Superman. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: My Soul to Take, Never Let Me Go, Secretariat, Life as We Know It, The Social Network, It's Kind of a Funny Story, Nowhere Boy, Let Me In, Tamara Drewe, It's a Wonderful Afterlife, The Town, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole , Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, and Easy A. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

Interested in the latest TV on DVD reviews? DVD Talk has you covered! This week's notable entries include: Monk: Complete Series Limited Edition Box Set - the entire run of this fun detective show, a wonderful addition to any video library; Dark Night of the Scarecrow - this isn't just one of the best made-for-television films ever made, it's one of the best horror films of all time; and Fringe: The Complete Second Season - a show with all the right elements, firing on all the right cylinders. Other shows recently reviewed include:  The League: The Complete First Season, Bill Burr: Let It Go, and Family Guy: Partial Terms of Endearment.  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: Treasure of the Sierra Madre - A new Blu-ray erases many flaws from earlier discs of this John Huston classic, giving us a transfer that resembles vintage original prints; Crucible of Terror - Mad painter/sculptor Mike Raven makes bronze statues by a horribly direct method in this murder mystery with oddball supernatural trappings. Said to be from a rare uncut, uncensored print; and Ocean's 11 - The Rat Pack celebrates a 50th Anniversary with the release on Blu-ray of their first and biggest movie. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

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This week the DVD Talk Review Database has some great new entries, including a few discs you may have overlooked. Recent DVD reviews include: The Power - This all-over-the-map sci-fi thriller never fails to keep your attention; The Grapes of Wrath - a movie with a message, but one that entertains first and foremost; and Roger Corman's Cult Classics Double Feature: The Evil and Twice Dead - these two old-timey horror flicks know what they're doing and they're executed with a bit of low-budget dash and class. Other recent reviews include: Suck, Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals, and Sea Prince & The Fire Child.  Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

There are a few new releases this week that you won't want to miss. Check out these hot titles: Wolverine and the X-Men: The Complete Series (Blu-ray) [Blu-ray review] - an endless adrenaline rush; The Magician [Blu-ray review]- Ingmar Bergman's 1958 tingler arrives with a gorgeous black-and-white transfer; and White on Rice [DVD review] - the film bursts with creative energy and stupendous execution, continuously generating colossal laughs. Other new releases of note include:  Sex and Lucia [Blu-ray review], Three Kings [Blu-ray review], and S&Man [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.

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