This week in theaters, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard hit the road in the romantic action/comedy Hit and Run. Comedian Mike Birbiglia tells his true story of commitment phobia and REM trauma in Sleepwalk with Me. The filmmakers behind Baraka return with another breathtaking, globe-trotting, non-narrative documentary, Samsara. And the comedies 2 Days in New York and Celeste and Jesse Forever go into wider release. Be sure to catch our reviews of other recent theatrical films: Rifftrax Live: Manos, the Hands of Fate, ParaNorman, Cosmopolis, Robot & Frank, Dark Horse, The Awakening, Compliance, Chicken with Plums, Side by Side, Searching for Sugar Man, The Bourne Legacy, The Campaign, Hope Springs, Red Hook Summer, Hari-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Goats, Total Recall, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, The Watch, Ruby Sparks, Killer Joe, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, and The Dark Knight Rises.

TV on DVD remains very popular with more and more favorites being released. New TV reviews include: The Adventures Of Tintin: Season Three - This third and final season doesn't skip a beat in giving the series the finish it so richly deserves; Episodes: The First Season - A humorous hybrid of Brit and American wit, this 7-episode first season is a splendid skewering of celebrity and Hollywood; and Misfits: Season One - irreverently funny, ribald, and often quite smart, but above all, it's a fun. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Transformers Prime: One Shall Stand, The Untouchables: Season 4, Volume 1, and The Rookies - The Complete Second 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 and articles including: The Incredible Mr. Limpet - Don Knotts plays a different character than his usual apoplectic ditz, gaining our sympathy in a story that generates some weird scenes to go with its Technicolored live action/cartoon fun; Bye Bye Birdie - A pile of changes to the Broadway musical push Dick Van Dyke and Janet Leigh to one side and encourage Ann-Margret to steal the show; and Lonesome - half poetic imagery and half documentary realism, it's an amazing redisovery that's been very popular at film festivals. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Another banner week for DVDs with the studios releasing some great films such as: The Hunger Games [Blu-ray review] - Gary Ross's Sci-fi action spectacle is a solid and worthy entertainment; The Dictator - BANNED & UNRATED Version [Blu-ray review] - this Sacha Baron Cohen film is hilarious satire; and Disneynature: Chimpanzee [Blu-ray review] - the kind of nature documentary anyone can enjoy, thanks to a crystal-clear narrative that's consistently engrossing. Other reviews of note include Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Season 1, Vol.1 [DVD review], Payback [DVD review], and A Separation [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 great DVD and Blu-ray reviews have been added to the the DVD Talk Review Database recently including: The Royal Tenenbaums: The Criterion Collection - A careful, hilarious, unpredictable, and totally unconventional film; Les Vampires [Blu-ray review, DVD review]- Louis Feuillade suspenseful silent movie serial is a real treat... pulp fiction brought to life on a cinema screen; and Rosetta: The Criterion Collection - this profoundly touching story of an impoverished, life-hardened Belgian girl's quest for inclusion is an especially wonderful film that Criterion has given a fantastic Blu-ray treatment. Other recent reviews include: Frontier Marshal; Midnight Son, and Hercules, Samson & Ulysses.  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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