It's a busy week in theaters, with Sacha Baron Cohen returning to the big screen as The Dictator, Maggie Gyllenhaal bringing the humble origins of the vibrator to life in Hysteria, and Jennifer Connelly as a slightly off-balance single mother in the small-town comedy/drama Virginia. Richard Linklater's true crime comedy and Jack Black vehicle Bernie goes into wider release; read reviews by Tyler Foster and Jamie S. Rich. Also this week: Morgan Spurlock explores changing notions of masculinity in Mansome, a French police squad investigates child abuse in the Cannes Jury Prize winner Polisse, DIY gamers take on the video game industry in Indie Game: The Movie, and a therapist and patient lock in a battle of wills in the trippy sci-fi throwback Beyond the Black Rainbow. Be sure to catch our reviews of other recent theatrical films: God Bless America, Sleepless Night, The Avengers, The Five Year Engagement, Elles, The Giant Mechanical Man, Citizen Gangster, Damsels in Distress, and The Cabin in the Woods.

Some great TV shows have made their way onto DVD this week including: Marvel Anime: Iron man - this set presents every episode of the entertaining and action packed series; Fantasy Island: The Complete Second Season - the show holds up remarkably well all these years later; and Time Team: Unearthing the Roman Invasion - Fans of classical era history and archaeology are in for a treat . Other shows recently reviewed include:  Laverne & Shirley: The Fifth Season, Treasure Houses of Britain, and King Arthur and Medieval Britain.  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: Bird of Paradise - One of the hottest of the Pre-Code wonders, Dolores del Rio is the island princess who chooses sailor Joel McCrea for her man, but clashing cultures and a menacing volcano intervene; Joan of Paris - Paul Henried's a downed Free French flyer and Michele Morgan's an ordinary girl who prays to St. Joan for the deliverance of her country; together they try to evade the clutches of the suave Gestapo chief - Laird Cregar; and Miracle in Milan - Vittorio De Sica's Neorealist fantasy fairy tale about the fate of the poor works like a sentimental Charlie Chaplin movie - funny, tragic and suffused with humanity Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Blood will be spilled. Lives will be lost. Men will be ruined. AMC's critically-acclaimed series Hell on Wheels (watch trailer) tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on a Confederate officer (Anson Mount) who travels west to find the Union soldiers who murdered his wife. His unrelenting quest leads him to "Hell on Wheels," the dangerous, raucous town that follows the construction of the nation's first transcontinental railroad. Loaded with Bonus Features (including over twenty behind-the-scenes featurettes), experience this must-see series from the very beginning with the 3-disc set of Hell on Wheels: The Complete First Season - available now on Blu-ray and DVD. Enter now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of Hell on Wheels: The Complete First Season on Blu-ray from Entertainment One.

Some pretty cool discs are being released this week. Check out these new titles: The Grey [Blu-ray review] - this movie has guts and Liam Neeson grounds it with a perfect mix of authority, compassion and pathos; Being John Malkovich [Blu-ray review] - a clever, quirky masterpiece that plays even better now than it did in 1999; and The Walking Tall Trilogy [Blu-ray review] - fans of the series should be pretty happy with this release... the movies have never looked better on home video than they do here. Other reviews of note include Albert Nobbs [Blu-ray review], Road Trip [Blu-ray review], and One For the Money [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.

Some cool discs have been reviewed over the past week. Check out these recent entries: True Blood: The Complete Fourth Season - a great collection that even manages to top season three; Don Juan Demarco - a genuinely surprising and satisfying romantic comedy; and La Haine - this artfully crafted and supremely powerful film is an essential discovery for those who have yet to experience it. Other recent reviews include: The Flaw; Man on the Train, and Killer Bride's Perfect Crime.  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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