This week in theaters, Liam Neeson and a crew of roughnecks survive a plane crash and battle the elements in The Grey. A young couple's marriage is threatened by the illness of their son in the French drama Declaration of War. And Sam Worthington steps out of the window of a skyscraper in Man on a Ledge. Also this week, Albert Nobbs, featuring Academy Award-nominated performances by Glenn Close and Janet McTeer, widens its release. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Haywire, Coriolanus, The Man Nobody Knew, Crazy Horse, The Divide, The Iron Lady, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse, We Need to Talk About Kevin, and A Separation.

The Sundance Film Festival continues in Park City, Utah, and DVD Talk's own Jason Bailey is getting an eyeful of the year's most exciting independent, foreign, and documentary films. Spike Lee returns to Brooklyn with Red Hook Summer, a controversial examination of religion and family. Writer/director/star Julie Delpy crafts a giddy follow-up to her sleeper hit "2 Days in Paris" with 2 Days in New York, this time adding Chris Rock to the mix. Comedian Mike Birbiglia makes his feature filmmaking debut (with some help from "This American Life"'s Ira Glass) in the charming and hilarious Sleepwalk With Me. And John Hawkes and Helen Hunt star in the moving and frank sex drama The Surrogate. You can keep track of Jason's Sundance progress via Twitter, and you can read his festival reviews in our Theatrical Reviews section.

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: Kojak: The Complete Movie Collection - these eight (!) TV movies are a terrific find for fans of Telly Savalas and the original series; Royal Pains: Season Three - Volume One - a terrific show that continues to improve; and Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs - a generally overlooked story from the Pertwee era, this adventure is surprisingly good with some nice twists and an interesting plot. Other shows recently reviewed include:  L.A. My Home Town, Hawaii Five-O - The 12th and Final Season, and Frozen World: The Story of the Ice Age.  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: Branded to Kill - Seijun Suzuki confirmed his rebel credentials by getting fired for making this frantic, stylistically bizarre meta-genre epic about a chipmunk-cheeked hit man with a strange thematic relationship with butterflies; The Iron Rose - The late Jean Rollin's morbid piece of poetry about a pair of young lovers who find themselves trapped and lost in a creepy cemetery at night; and The Roots of Heaven - John Huston's intense tale of an eco-activist going militant against ivory poachers and elephant hunters is an unusual and inspiring tale of conservation. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Some great discs are being released this week. Check out these new movies: 50/50 [Blu-ray review] - an honest tearjerker, in which the emotions are earned rather than manipulated; Paranormal Activity 3 [Blu-ray review] - the scariest and best paced film in this series yet; and Fascination [Blu-ray review] - one of the best looking of Jean Rollin's many beautiful and macabre films. Other reviews of note include Real Steel [Blu-ray review], Revenge [DVD review], and Shiver of the Vampires [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: Good Morning, Vietnam - a powerful film with a remarkable performance by the multi-talent that is Robin Williams; Thurgood - Laurence Fishburne's one-man show retells the life of the Supreme Court Justice and walks us through his process of attaining equality in the eyes of the law; and Drive - a pulsing, suspenseful, and layered film. Other recent reviews include: The Iron Rose; The Piano, and Mysteries of Lisbon.  Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

The Sundance Film Festival is in full swing and DVD Talk's own Jason Bailey is in Park City, Utah to take in some of the new year's most exciting independent, foreign, and documentary films, including the new West Memphis Three documentary West of Memphis, from producer Peter Jackson; Richard Gere and Susan Sarandon in the sleek thriller Arbitrage; the breathlessly entertaining Indonesian action extravaganza The Raid; and the explosive documentary examination of rape in the armed forces, The Invisible War. You can keep track of Jason's Sundance progress via Twitter, and you can read his festival reviews in our Theatrical Reviews section.

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