It'd be a good weekend to go to the movies. Here are DVDTalk's recent theatrical reviews: Skyfall - Daniel Craig is back as James Bond in the next installment of the successful franchise. Three reviewers all rated it "Highly Recommended." Read reviews from Jamie S. Rich, Jeff Nelson, and Tyler Foster; A Royal Affair - Denmark's official submission for the Best Foreign Film category at the Academy Awards gets a US theatrical release; Lincoln - Steven Spielberg's biopic of the 16th President of the United States of America, which weren't so united at the time; and Smashed - Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul star as two young marrieds who like to party. A lot. Other recent films include: Wreck-It Ralph, Flight, The Bay, Chasing Mavericks, The Revisionaries and Paranormal Activity 4. Check out these, and more, in DVDTalk's Theatrical Review section.

TV on DVD remains very popular with more and more favorites being released. New TV reviews include: Ken Burns: The Dust Bowl - essential viewing for documentary fans or anyone remotely interested in 20th century American history; Fantasy Island: The Complete Third Season - Perfect escapist fare, expertly produced, this show is consistently entertaining; and Drinking Made Easy: Season 2 - takes the entertaining premise from the first season and builds on it. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Bonanza: The Official Fourth Season, Volumes 1 & 2, Waterloo Road: Series 1, and Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death.  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: Sunset Blvd. - Billy Wilder's 1950 triumph marks the high point of the first section of his directing career, with a noir-inflected horror tale about an 'undead' diva from silent pictures draining the life from a cynical, self-destructive young writer; Death Watch - Bertrand Tavernier fashions a humanistic science fiction fable about the coming age of TV tyranny, as a terminally ill author flees a parasitic TV network determined to turn her dying days into Reality TV; and The Penalty - Lon Chaney's pulp masterpiece features the actor as a double amputee who runs a crime syndicate and hates the world. Besides vowing revenge on the doctors that cut off his legs, he plots to engulf San Francisco in an anarchistic wave of terror. 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 Amazing Spider-Man [Blu-ray review] - a top-rate film that is every bit as amazing as the title would seem to indicate; They Live [Blu-ray review] - an entertaining cult classic and Shout! Factory's terrific Blu-Ray release will undoubtedly thrill die-hard fans and new viewers alike; and Planes Trains & Automobiles [Blu-ray review] - a rare comedy that actually manages to be as funny as it is warm and touching without resorting to tugging needlessly at your heart strings. Other reviews of note include Arthur Christmas [Blu-ray review], Beaches [Blu-ray review], and American Nightmare [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.

This week the DVD Talk Review Database has some great new entries, including a few discs you may have overlooked. Recent DVD reviews include: Rosemary's Baby - the shiver-inducing classic appears on Blu-ray thanks to Criterion; Company - a 2011 stage performance of Stephen Sondheim's musical comedy; and The Night of the Devils - a nicely unsettling excursion into backwoods vampirism, with some zowie gore engineered by legendary special effects wizard Carlo Rambaldi. Other recent reviews include: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane; American Nightmare, and Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present.  Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

In the newest installment of Brit-Streaming Greg Bakun shows us how gardening and murder can go hand in hand. Actually Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris shows us from the 2003 ITV series Rosemary & Thyme found on Acorn TV. It's amazing how gardening is accompanied by murder in so many episodes but check out the article to find out why this series works so well. As usual, Greg breaks down the newest titles to be added to Acorn TV that can be streamed directly into your home. Check out all this in the latest installment of Brit-Streaming.

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