This week in theaters, Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, and Jessica Biel team up for a new take on the Schwarzenegger favorite Total Recall. Read reviews by Jamie S. Rich and Jason Bailey. The popular young-adult-book-turned-film series returns with Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days. And Rashida Jones and Andy Samberg play a divorcing couple who can't quite move on in the bittersweet romantic comedy Celeste and Jesse Forever. Also out this week: A couple goes to drastic measures to conceive in the Broken Lizard-tinged comedy The Babymakers, and the meta-rom-com Ruby Sparks goes into wider release. Be sure to catch our reviews of other recent theatrical films: The Watch, Killer Joe, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, Searching for Sugar Man, Planet of Snail, The Dark Knight Rises, Red Lights, Trishna, The Imposter, Grassroots, The Amazing Spider-Man, Savages, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Magic Mike, and Brave.

Some great TV shows have been released lately. Check out some of the recommended shows including: Boss: Season 1 - a show worth checking out for its inventive plot-lines and solid craftsmanship; Childrens Hospital: The Complete Third Season - frequently brilliant, always creative and never dull, the show is in fine form in this third go-round; and The Best of Foyle's War - this low-key mix of compelling whodunit and evocative history can become addictive. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Doctor Who - The Krotons, Dragon Ball Z Kai: Season One and Drop Dead Diva: The Complete Third Season.  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 including: Firstborn - Michael Apted shines as the director of this absorbing, wholly credible story of domestic turmoil; Show People - King Vidor's wonderful lampoon of silent Hollywood filmmaking stars the delightful Marion Davies as a "green" newcomer who becomes a star, first of slapstick comedies and then of stuffy costume dramas; and Easy Living - Football pro Victor Mature has serious health issues but keeps playing, fearing that his wife Lizabeth Scott will leave him; team secretary Lucille Ball makes herself miserable hoping he'll become free. A surprisingly honest and perceptive movie about the people politics of big sports Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Well, it's a bit of a slow week on new releases. They all can't be winners I guess. Still, there are a few new titles worth checking out, such as: Detention [Blu-ray review]- a film that gleefully incorporates horror and time travel in a convoluted journey to prom; Hatfields & McCoys [Blu-ray review] - a gritty, satisfying boxing melodrama with a knockout performance from John Garfield; and Force of Evil [DVD review] - a tightly woven crime drama about two brothers, a big racket, and the consequences that come when the chips fall. Other releases of note include:  Whisperer in Darkness [Blu-ray review], The Hunter [DVD review], and ATM [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.

The DVD Talk Review Database continues to grow and has over 35,000 reviews currently. Check out these latest entries: Jiro Dreams of Sushi - it's a film about much more than sushi; The Fairy (La fée) - lovers of classic film comedy will want to seek this out... it's one of the year's best films; and Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) - With its a grand sense of adventure and awe, it's hard not to like this movie. Other recent reviews include: They Made Me a Fugitive, Little Lord Fauntleroy, and Claudia (Fox Cinema Archives).  Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews.

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