This week in theaters, Greg Kinnear and Billy Crudup are drawn into a snowy tale of intrigue in the black comedy/thriller Thin Ice. A high school football team pursues its first championship season in the Oscar-nominated documentary Undefeated. Studio Ghibli has released it's latest offering the highly recommended The Secret World of Arrietty read reviews by Tyler Foster and Neil Lumbard. And a damaged young farmer is pulled into the Flemmish underworld in the Best Foreign Film nominee Bullhead. Also this week: Director Markus Schleinzer crafts a cold but fascinating portrait of true evil in Michael, and Rampart, featuring a stunning performance by Woody Harrelson, goes into wider release. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Chronicle, The Woman in Black, The Inkeepers, Perfect Sense, A Separation, The Grey, Man on a Ledge, Haywire, Coriolanus, Underworld: Awakening, The Divide, and The Iron Lady.

TV on DVD remains very popular with more and more favorites being released. New TV reviews include: Police Woman: Season Two - solid police actioner from the too-cool 70s... with plenty of sexist eye candy thrown in courtesy of the devastating Angie Dickinson; Battlefield Detectives - quite entertaining and intriguing - giving the casual history buff some new theories to chew over; and Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe - about as perfect a Christmas special as one could ever hope to see. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Fairy Tail: Part 3, Beavis & Butthead: Volume 4, and Weeds: Season Seven.  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: Godzilla - Criterion throws a new light on the atomic lizard that rises from the sea to ravage Japan -- this fully remastered and restored transfer also includes a new transfer of the American version with Raymond Burr, an entertaining commentary from David Kalat and a number of intriguing featurettes; Vice Squad - Police Captain Edward G. Robinson makes deals with madame Paulette Goddard and harasses poor crime witness Porter Hall, but he learns what he needs to corner a gang of vicious bank robbers; and La Jetee / Sans Soleil - Chris Marker's pair of intellectual masterpieces return in beautiful HD transfers. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Some pretty cool discs are being released this week. Check out these new titles: The Dead [Blu-ray review] - an entrancingly atmospheric zombie movie, one that's often quiet and contemplative, and yet it still delivers the visceral thrills that genre completists demand; All Quiet on the Western Front [Blu-ray review] - this classic must-see picture gets a new lease on life thanks to a dazzling restoration; and Human Centipede II: Full Sequence [Blu-ray review] - for those who appreciated the first film's mix of extreme horror and black humor, it comes recommended. Other reviews of note include Take Shelter [Blu-ray review], Woody Allen: A Documentary [DVD review], and The Perfect Weapon [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.

Some great DVD and Blu-ray reviews have been added to the the DVD Talk Review Database recently including: Spellbound - this Ingrid Bergman/Gregory Peck Hitchcock film is one that we fall in love with it in spite of ourselves; On The Bowery - The Films of Lionel Rogosin, Vol. 1 - two of Rogosin's groundbreaking documentary movies and a nice selection of bonus material make for a truly special overall package; and Tall Story - sweet and charming and always funny. Other recent reviews include: Shakespeare in Love; Blank City, and Resurrect Dead - The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles.  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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