Along with a return to Community, Dan Harmon's got another TV trick up his sleeve: teaming up with professional oddball Justin Roiland to create Rick and Morty, a new [adult swim] series premiering in December. But first, DVDTalk's Francis Rizzo III had a chance to chat with the duo at NY Comic Con about testicle monsters, cracking whips and lessons learned from Community. Read what these two creators had to say here in the latest DVD Talk Interview.

Check out DVD Talk's latest reviews of movies that are in theatrical release. This week's crop includes: Carrie (2013) [a 2nd review] - Carrie White is back in a fresh adaptation of the original Stephen King story and this new iteration works perfectly well; and 12 Years a Slave - director Steven McQueen impresses in every area possible with a beautifully-crafted piece of filmmaking... one of the best films of the year; and Wadjda - a very good movie brought to life by actors who have a natural comfort on screen and a writer/director with an assured grasp of storytelling language. Other recent films include: Captain Phillips, Escape From Tomorrow, Gravity, Inequality for All, Prisoners, and The World's End. Check out these, and more, in DVDTalk's Theatrical Review section.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews and articles including: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Walter Pidgeon and Peter Lorre race a futuristic sub across the map to extinguish a fire in the sky that's roasting the world on a spit. Barbara Eden dances and Frankie Avalon provides the gloppy title tune; the sight of the submarine cruising under the flaming sky is wondrous; Betty Boop: The Essential Collection Vol 2 - another collection of the irrepressible Betty's amorous adventures; and Farewell to Yesterday -Something for avid historians and collectors -- a 1950 history of WW2 (and the beginning of the Cold War that followed) culled from original Movietone Newsreels. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

TV on DVD remains very popular with more and more favorites being released. New TV reviews include: Downton Abbey: Seasons 1, 2 & 3 - a terrific Blu-ray boxed set of all 25 episodes (uncut) covering the first three seasons, including two Christmas special shows, and some great bonus material; The Fall, Series 1 - a stirring psychological drama that epitomizes what British TV does best: It's suspenseful, gritty, bracingly realistic and thoughtfully produced; and Midsomer Murders: Series 2 - this detective show is ood, clean mayhem, with that distinctive, delightfully perverse British reserve. Other shows recently reviewed include:  CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - The Thirteenth Season, Best of an Evening at the Improv, and Marine Boy: The Complete First Season.  Want more?  Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVD Talk database.

There are a few new releases this week that you won't want to miss. Check out these hot titles: Pacific Rim [review] - Guillermo del Toro's latest film features some of the most eye-popping visual effects you've ever seen, a sound design that is completely immersive and it's even got a few original ideas under the hood; Orson Welles' The Stranger: Kino Classics Remastered Edition [review] - Kino's Blu-ray release of the Orson Welles movie looks very nice with this fresh high definition transfer taken from solid 35mm elements and it includes some excellent supplemental materials as well; and Night Tide [review] - Unique and fascinating, this 1961 film an extremely impressive feature debut from writer-director Curtis Harrington Other reviews of note include The Hitch-Hiker: Kino Classics Remastered Edition [review], It's A Spongebob Squarepants Christmas [review], and The Eagle Has Landed [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 one thing late-night TV needed was another tall comedian on TBS, so Conan O'Brien has called upon podcaster excellente Pete Holmes (You Made it Weird) to bring his brand of thoughtful, positive, yet intensely silly comedy to the airwaves following his own show, in the half-hour The Pete Holmes Show, which kicks off a four-nights-a-week schedule October 28th. DVDTalk's Francis Rizzo III had a chance to sit down with Holmes, his executive producer Nick Bernstein and supervising producer Oren Brimer at the New York ComicCon to talk about how his show will make your life better, why podcasting is like a romantic relationship and what it's like to see a two-story image of himself having sex with the sky. Read about all this and more in the latest DVD Talk Interview.

This week the DVD Talk Review Database has some great new entries, including a few discs you may have overlooked. Recent DVD reviews include:Much Ado About Nothing - Joss Whedon does Shakespeare on a shoestring budget, and it's about as much fun as you'd expect; The Big Parade - King Vidor's 1927 film was one of the first realistic war films, and is just as powerful to day as it was nearly 90 years ago; and The Vincent Price Collection - Shout! Facotry releases six movies from venerable actor on Blu-ray, all of which look great in HD. Other recent reviews include: From Here to Eternity, The Cisco Kid and the Lady, and Fantastic Voyage.  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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