This week in theaters, the British comic book character Judge Dredd gets a cinematic reboot in Dredd 3D. Clint Eastwood plays an aging baseball scout reconnecting with his daughter in Trouble with the Curve. Los Angeles cops Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña hit the streets in the tense thriller End of Watch. Paul Thomas Anderson explores the roots of a post-war religion in the drama The Master. And the popular young adult novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower gets the big screen treatment; read reviews by Jeff Nelson and Jason Bailey. Also out this week: the stirring AIDS activism documentary How to Survive a Plague, the New York counterculture documentary Radio Unnameable, and the controversial drama Compliance goes into wider release. Be sure to catch our reviews of other recent theatrical films: Finding Nemo 3D, Arbitrage, 10 Years, Liberal Arts, Bachelorette, The Words, Hello, I Must Be Going, For Ellen, For a Good Time, Call..., Detropia, Lawless, The Possession, Sleepwalk with Me, Hit and Run, and Samsara.

TV on DVD remains very popular with more and more favorites being released. New TV reviews include: The Vampire Diaries: Season 3 - still one of the most infectiously addictive series on television, and anyone who's been following the show desperately needs to have this set in their collections; Masterpiece Mystery: Endeavour - another example of a fine detective story from the British; and Kukla, Fran and Ollie - The First Episodes, Vol. 2 - This second collection of shows from the early television show provides hours worth of entertainment. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Cajun Pawn Stars - Season 1, Green Lantern: Animated Series - Season One Part 1, and Mike & Molly: 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 Navigator - One of Buster Keaton's most enjoyable comedies is also one of his personal favorites. A clueless wealthy bachelor finds himself (and his sweetheart) cast adrift on an enormous ship.; Black Sunday - Italian maestro Mario Bava's first horror triumph arrives in an impressive HD transfer; and Lone Wolf and Cub - The best-known Japanese Samurai series arrives in a full set of Blu-ray transfers. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

There are a few new releases this week that you won't want to miss. Check out these hot titles: The Cabin In The Woods [Blu-ray review] - the smart horror film of 2012 - an intelligent, superior horror item with a creative new twist or two; Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures [Blu-ray review] - Indy fans should definitely appreciate the near-perfect A/V presentation, sharp packaging and treasure trove of bonus features; and Halloween II [Blu-ray review] & Halloween III [Blu-ray review] - Michael Myers returns again and again, this time in high definition. Other reviews of note include Get A Life: The Complete Series [DVD review], Joseph Campbell: Mythos (The Complete Series) [DVD review], and Macbeth (1948) [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 cool discs have been reviewed over the past week. Check out these recent entries: Fringe: The Complete Fourth Season - In the fourth season, the show is still the same high-caliber, exciting piece of science-fiction television that viewers have come to expect; Umberto D.: The Criterion Collection - a genuinely heartwarming piece of work by renowned Italian director Vittorio De Sica's (Bicycle Thieves); and Color Out of Space - Eerie and haunting with some excellent cinematography, it is one of those rare films based on a H. P. Lovecraft story that manages to capture the feelings and atmosphere of the original. Other recent reviews include: Seven Seas to Calais; Post Mortem, and Damsels in Distress.  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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