This week in theaters, director Steven Soderbergh tries his hand at the action genre with the help of MMA star Gina Carano in Haywire. Ralph Finnes makes his directorial debut with a modernized take on Shakespeare's Coriolanus. A son seeks the truth about his father, an elusive C.I.A. chief, in the documentary The Man Nobody Knew. The fourth film in the action-horror hybrid hits the screens with Underworld: Awakening. And legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman goes behind the curtains of a famed Parisian nude revue in Crazy Horse Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: The Divide, The Iron Lady, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse, We Need to Talk About Kevin, We Bought a Zoo, Pariah, A Separation, Albert Nobbs, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, and The Artist.

It's been a bit too long since the last Anime Talk column! Even so, we've been going through a lot of anime titles here at DVDTalk and it's been a pleasure to be able to check out some great recent releases. Perhaps the most exciting new releases we have seen recently are the new re-releases of the classic anime Dragon Ball Z on the Blu-ray format. Or how about the awesome One Piece collection sets containing two Voyage DVD releases in one? Then we really got into the new Fairy Tail releases... the episodes are just so much fun and we can't seem to get enough of 'em! We even saw the conclusion of two favorites: Yu Yu Hakusho Season 4 arrived on Blu-ray and Revolutionary Girl Utena received its final artbox set of goodness on DVD. All this and some surprises in this month's Anime Talk!

More TV shows have made their way on to DVD, and DVD Talk has got them covered. Check out our reviews of some recent TV releases: Merlin: The Complete Third Season - in this third season this show really hits its stride, starting off with a bang and building to a great climax; Family Guy, Vol. 9 - Back for more of Quahog's worst family; and Archer: Season 2 - thirteen episodes of pure, unadultered genius. Highly Recommended. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret: Season 1, The Angry Beavers: Seasons 1 & 2, and Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXII.  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: Design for Living - Ernst Lubitsch strikes pre-Code comedy gold in one of the more daring film concepts of the time: one woman and two artists seriously attempt a non-standard living arrangement: companionship, good humor, no sex. With Miriam Hopkins equally enticed by Gary Cooper and Fredric March, something's gotta give; Juarez - It's a large-scale historical epic, a famous tragic romance and an interesting look at political sympathies in Hollywood of the late 1930s. John Huston helped carve down the script, while Brian Aherne, Paul Muni, Bette Davis and John Garfield take leading roles; and The Forgotten Bomb - A new docu compares public attitudes with the reality of nuclear safety, from the issue of radioactive waste to the threat of rogue states and the ongoing nuclear standoff twenty years after the end of the Cold War.. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

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: The Ides of March [Blu-ray review] - a good, well-executed potboiler; Traffic: Criterion Collection [Blu-ray review] - an excellent movie, plain and simple, bolstered by Steven Soderbergh's masterful direction and an extraordinary ensemble cast; and Eclipse Series 31: Three Popular Films by Jean-Pierre Gorin [DVD review] - three excellent films that frequently tell us as much about their author as they do about his subjects. Other reviews of note include Bombay Beach [DVD review], The Last Hard Men / The Sky Riders [DVD review], and Division III: Football's Finest .  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 the DVD Talk Review Database has some great new entries, including a few discs you may have overlooked. Recent DVD reviews include: Tucker & Dale vs. Evil - the film reinvigorates the horror-comedy genre by getting the basics right: a solid and inventive script, charismatic performers and a healthy dose of the red stuff; Margin Call - This impressive ensemble drama features strong turns from Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto and Jeremy Irons; and Final Destination 5 - Five films in, this splatter series is not yet out of gas. Other recent reviews include: Branded to Kill; Night Train Murders, and Dirty Pair: Original OVA Series.  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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