Planning a trip to the local multiplex this weekend? Here are DVD Talk's reviews of the latest theatrical releases: The Grand Budapest Hotel - There is truly a lot to enjoy with Wes Anderson's newest motion picture... his famous quirkiness is still there but it works with the plot instead of against it; 300: Rise of an Empire - this popcorn action film is gory, well-choreographed, and entertaining; and Grand Piano - a worthwhile mystery/thriller that will hold your attention from start to finish... a thrilling display worth attending. Other recent films include: The Wind Rises, Cheap Thrills, RoboCop (2014), Nurse, The Monuments Men, The Lego Movie (3D), Gimme Shelter, Gloria, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. Check out these, and more, in DVDTalk's Theatrical Review section.

Some great TV shows have made their way onto DVD this week including: Married With Children - The early years of this show are sitcoms at their finest... if you've never seen it, now is the perfect time to jump in; Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: The Complete Collection - a charming and amusing BBC mystery series starring Patricia Routledge as the eponymous sleuth; and Dragon Ball Z: Season 2 - one of the best anime series of all time... if you invest your time (hanging on the edge of your seat) in the end you'll be greatly rewarded. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Charlie's Angels: Season 1, Bubble Guppies: Animals Everywhere!, and Max & Ruby: Everybunny Loves Spring!.  Want more?  Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVD Talk database.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews and articles including: Foreign Correspondent - this breathlessly paced concoction of wit and serious wartime anxiety is Alfred Hitchcock's best all-time 'spy chase' picture. Joel McCrea and Laraine Day try to free a harmless Peace delegate from the clutches of Nazi villains, while discovering that people in their own camp are closeted traitors; Margin For Error - Otto Preminger directed and stars in this half-serious, half-comic tale of skullduggery in the Nazi Embassy in New York, 1939. Preminger is the nasty consul holding his own wife (Joan Bennett) prisoner and seeking to cover up his foolish gambling losses by framing staff member Carl Esmond for embezzlement and NYPD cop Milton Berle (?... !!) for murder; and Jupiter's Darling - Esther Williams' last MGM picture has one sensational underwater swimming musical number, but mostly sticks with an epic farce about a patrician beauty who uses herself as amorous bait to save glorious Rome from being overrun by the dedicated conqueror Hannibal. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

There is a lot of really good animation, both old and new, making its way to home video. Not sure where to start? Here are some of picks from DVD Talk's review staff... you can't go wrong with any of these: Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Complete First Season - this show embraces the off-the-walls insanity of DC's Silver Age and it is incredibly fun; The Puppetoon Movie - Arnold Leibovit's theatrical collection of George Pal Puppetoon short subjects is just the headliner item on this two-disc collection - twenty more Puppetoon cartoons are included as extras; and Betty Boop: The Essential Collection, Volume 1 & Volume 2 - Max Fleischer's classic cartoon character is pert, saucy and downright adult-rated, and the bop-to-the-jazz-beat "Toontown" animation style is bizarre, hypnotic, and loads of fun. Animation highlights from the other side of the Pacific Ocean include: From Up on Poppy Hill, Robotech: Complete Set, and Kimba the White Lion (The Complete Series). 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: Chicago: Diamond Edition - terrifically entertaining from start to finish, few stage-musical adaptations are as breezy and entertaining as Rob Marshall's Oscar-winning flick; Crimes and Misdemeanors - twenty-five years after its initial release, this movie still feels like it should reside comfortably within the higher rankings of director Woody Allen's output; and Narco Cultura - a completely engrossing, sometimes upsetting look at the current Mexican drug war and the bizarre culture-at-large that has been created in its wake. Other recent reviews include: Tess: Criterion Collection, The Front, and Breathless: 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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