Planning a trip to the local multiplex this weekend? Here are DVDTalk's reviews of the latest theatrical releases: Side Effects -Director Steven Soderbergh returns to the theater with a mystery about a girl with depression... and the deadly results of a particular cure for her blues; and Identity Thief - the film certainly delivers some laughs and even a little bit of heart. Other recent films include: Barbara, Stand Up Guys, The ABCs of Death, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Amour, 56 Up, The Last Stand, and Django Unchained. Check out these, and more, in DVDTalk's Theatrical Review section.

More TV shows have made their way on to DVD, and DVD Talk has got them covered. Check out our reviews of the newest TV releases including: Downton Abbey Season 3 - the series now has over 20 million fans just between U.K. and U.S. and it is one of the most creative, ambitious, and involving series on television today; The Boy In The Plastic Bubble - the legendary 1976 made-for-TV movie starring John Travolta is a sensitive, tortured, impossible (and impossibly hopeful) teen romance and this Sony release has a sharp, colorful transfer that is terrific; and Sheena: The Complete First Season - an okay jungle adventure, this syndicated show featured the necessary basics of the can't-fail genre and polenty of eye candy provided by stars and former Baywatch babes Gena Lee Nolin and John Allen Nelson. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Breaking In - The Complete Series, and Twenty Twelve: The Complete Series.  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: Rules For School and Troubled Teens - Kino has released two new discs in their series of Classic Educational Shorts. The downright punitive Rules for School covers attempts to get the little ankle-biters to sit still and learn something; Troubled Teens tackles the good stuff -- sex, drugs and reckless driving; Grand Hotel - 1932's Best Picture Oscar winner billboards a tall stack of MGM stars to give audiences the impression of a super-production. Dramatically, we get to witness legendary work from Greta Garbo and John Barrymore, with a fine performance by Joan Crawford; and Operation Eichmann - This Allied Artists release is an exploitation effort that dramatizes the story of escaped war criminal Adolf Eichmann on a shoestring budget, not long after the international news of his capture by Israeli agents. 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: Flight [review] - a Denzel Washington vehicle that's is the best movie Robert Zemeckis has made in a long, long while... it's exciting, it's dramatic and it's unpretentious; Peter Pan [review] - this Blu-ray presentation is the most impressive technical presentation of Peter Pan I have seen to date; and Celeste and Jesse Forever [review] - those looking for a thoughtful film about relationships should check it out. Other reviews of note include She-Wolves: England's Early Queens [review], Paul Williams Still Alive [review], and Emma: A Victorian Romance - Season 1 [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 past week the DVDTalk review database has added coverage of some great classic films including: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part Two - a fantastic direct-to-disc animated film of one of the industry's most bulletproof works of art; That Obscure Object of Desire - Luis Bunuel's final film makes a perfect coda for a career packed with provocations that always have had more staying power than the controversy; and Experimment in Terror - A terrific film made even more effective on Blu-ray. Other recent reviews include: Robot & Frank, The Imposter; and Pina: The Criterion Collection.  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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