This week in theaters, three teenage guys throw the ultimate house party in the comedy Project X. An underground '70s metal icon takes one more shot at a comeback in the documentary Last Days Here. And an Iranian filmmaker speaks out from house arrest in This is Not a Film. Also this week: Crazy Horse, documentarian Frederick Wiseman's look at the famed French nude cabaret, goes into wider release. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Wanderlust, The Secret World of Arrietty, The Forgiveness of Blood, Thin Ice, Bullhead, Rampart, Michael, Chronicle, The Woman in Black, The Inkeepers, and Perfect Sense.

Sci-Fi Savant is DVD Savant's new book, a collection of 116 chronologically sorted reviews, spanning Fritz Lang's Metropolis to James Cameron's Avatar. Director Joe Dante puts it best: "When it comes to classic sci-fi movies it's rare to find much in the way of new insights. But [DVD Savant] ... has gathered together ... a treasure trove of ideas, opinions and research that'll entertain you for hours." To say nothing of its myriad enticing obscurities, including director Abel Gance's The End of the World (1930), an early French talkie; Cosmic Voyage (1936), a Soviet epic about a trip to the moon; and Bertrand Tavernier's Deathwatch (1980), about a popular reality TV show that surreptitiously films people as they die. DVD Talk's own Stuart Galbraith IV recently sat down with the Rondo Award-winning Erickson for a chat. Read what he had to say about the new book, sci-fi films generally, and the genre's trends then and now in the latest DVDTalk interveiw.

Interested in the latest TV on DVD reviews? DVD Talk has you covered! This week's notable entries include: Transformers Prime: Season One - a fun series with great visuals, familiar characters, terrific voice acting and a not-too-serious tone; Nurse Jackie - Season Three - the show keeps gets better and better while the Blu-ray release offers a spot-on presentation; and Frontline: The Interrupters - Steve James (Hoop Dreams) turns his cinematic eye to CeaseFire, a Chicago-based organization that sees violence as an infectious disease. Highly recommended. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Doctor Who: The Sensorites, That Show with Joan Rivers: Vol. 1-3, and The Brief: Complete Collection.  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: Unforgiven - HD encoding brings out new beauty in landscapes and additional grit in the grizzled face of William Munney, a reformed outlaw who turns hit man to feed his impoverished family; Scarlet Street - Fritz Lang's most drastic film noir sees the meek Sunday painter Edward G. Robinson victimized by lowlife chisler Dan Duryea and femme fatale Joan Bennett, in an unforgettably bleak traged; and Pal Joey - Frank Sinatra croons, jokes and simultaneously woos both Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak in Columbia's Technicolor musical. 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: Puss in Boots [Blu-ray review] - a fun adventure romp with a hint of humor; Hugo [Blu-ray review] - Martin Scorsese's film took home an impressive 5 Academy Awards last Sunday, and you can see why when this film hits store shelves today; and Midsomer Murders - Set 19 [Blu-ray review] - Inspector Barnaby returns for a quartet of charming mysteries set in the English countryside. Other reviews of note include Vanya on 42nd Street [Blu-ray review], King of Triads [DVD review], and The Buccaneer [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.

Our reviewers have been busy this week, filling the DVD Talk Review Database more great entries. Some new reviews of note include: Dangerous Liaisons - a rich film, yielding up further layers each time you experience it... it is actually even better than you remember; The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 - fans should be incredibly pleased with this release, which doesn't disappoint on a technical level; and You Can't Get Away With Murder - a soulful, well-acted gangster/prison combo from the mean streets of the Warner Bros.' lot. Other recent reviews include: Double Exposure; The Devil's Rock, and Age of Heroes.  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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