Tom Shadyac is known for directing blockbuster comedies starring the biggest names in show business including Jim Carrey and Eddie Murphy. But his new documentary "I Am" poses two important questions: 'What’s wrong with the world?' and 'What can we do about it?' DVDTalk's Casey Burchby spoke with Shadyac recently in San Francisco to discuss the film and how his 2007 bike accident changed his world. Read all this and more in the latest DVDTalk Interview.

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker lead a car franchise to Rio in the sequel Fast Five. Disney explores the laughs and tears of high school anxiety in the drama Prom. And vampires have returned to dominate Stake Land. Also in theaters: Red, Granny, and Wolf return in the sequel nobody asked for Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Water for Elephants, Scream 4, African Cats, The Conspirator, Rio, Hanna, Madea's Big Happy Family, Hobo with a Shotgun, 13 Assassins, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, Source Code, Insidious, and Hop. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

The 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival is winding down, but, DVD Talk's diligent correspondent, Jason Bailey, is still taking in and writing up scores of documentaries and narrative features. Some of his favorite films so far have included the wistful Will Ferrell comedy/drama Everything Must Go; Michael Rapaport's nimble, marvelous music documentary Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest; Alex Gibney's examination of fandom and scapegoating (as seen in the story of the Chicago Cubs' most hated fan), Catching Hell; and the festival's Best Documentary Feature winner, the delicate and evocative Bombay Beach. You can keep track of Jason's Tribeca progress via Twitter and his daily Tribeca Reports, and you can read his Tribeca reviews in our Theatrical Reviews section.

Interested in the latest TV on DVD reviews? DVD Talk has you covered! This week's notable entries include: The Ernie Kovacs Collection - Kovas is truly television's first genius and this amazing boxed set of over thirteen hours of his little-seen work is must-have viewing; ESPN Films 30 for 30 Gift Set Collection, Volume 2 - first-rate filmmaking and at their best, these films are among the best documentaries in recent memory; and Highway to Heaven: Season One - one of the best TV dramas of the 1980s. Other shows recently reviewed include:  The Third Reich: Rise and Fall, Garfield Show 3: Private-Eye Ventures, and Tom & Jerry 1: Fur Flying Adventures.  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: How I Won the War - Richard Lester goes funny-artsy in this satirical war comedy that's half slapstick and half theater of the absurd. John Lennon is part of a mission behind enemy lines to build a secret Cricket field; Violent Saturday - The sordid goings-on in a desert mining town are interrupted by a trio of bank robbers, in Richard Fleischer's CinemaScope caper picture; and Chance at Heaven - Ginger Rogers and Joel McCrea are sweethearts broken up by the intrusion of a rich boyfriend poacher in this interesting comedy-drama somewhat muted by inconsistent characters. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Another banner week for DVDs with the studios releasing some great films and boxed sets such as: The Universe: The Complete Series Megaset [Blu-ray review] - a fascinating series that is very well put together and contains so many great visuals and fascinating stories that you can't help but get pulled in ; El Topo [Blu-ray review] - daring, inventive, unrepentantly strange, and never less than visually entrancing; and Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back [Blu-ray review] - a tour documentary that offers a personal look into a performing artist's psyche. Other reviews of note include: The Scent of Green Papaya [Blu-ray review], The Holy Mountain [Blu-ray review], and Muay Thai Giant [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.

This week, Entertainment One invites you to hitch along with rising star Jessica Chastain in Jolene (watch trailer), the provocative motion picture adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's acclaimed short story "Jolene: A Life" - now available on DVD and Blu-ray. An award-winning 2010 theatrical release, Jolene tells the seductive tale of a beautiful, redheaded Southern girl on a ten-year journey across America. From age fifteen to twenty-five, Jolene overcomes a myriad of adversity as she navigates her way through bad foster homes and a failed teenage marriage, escapes from a mental institution, and hits the road in search of love, adventure and independence. Also starring Frances Fisher, Rupert Friend, Dermot Mulroney, Theresa Russell, Michael Vartan and Chazz Palminteri, Jolene introduces the world to the amazing talents of Jessica Chastain (soon to be seen in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life), who turns in "one of the year's best performances" (New York Magazine). Enter here for your chance to win one of 5 copies of Jolene on DVD!

Some cool discs have been reviewed over the past week. Check out these recent entries: Captain Newman, M.D. - A very pleasant surprise - a classy, intelligent A-picture; The Vanquished (I vinti) - a notable early effort from Michelangelo Antonioni, one of Italy's best directors; and Shanghai Red - a visually stunning film that enlists a talented actress, Vivian Wu, to bring to life a complex character. Other recent reviews include: Dragon Ball Z: Dragon Box Five, Back to Space-Con, and The World in His Arms.  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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