Check out DVD Talk's latest reviews of movies that are in theatrical release. This week's crop includes: The Trip to Italy - one of the funniest trip you'll take to the cinema this year; Calvary - this new film from John Michael McDonagh is the second part of a black comedy trilogy that started with the hilarious and tough-minded The Guard in 2011; and Rifftrax Live: Godzilla (1998) - the Rifftrax guys actually make the Matthew Broderick Godzilla film fun to watch, and that's saying a lot! Other recent films include: Guardians of the Galaxy, Lucy, A Most Wanted Man, Magic in the Moonlight, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Boyhood, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Snowpiercer, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Snowpiercer, Chef, 22 Jump Street, How to Train Your Dragon 2, The Signal, Edge of Tomorrow, The Fault in Our Stars, Maleficent, Night Moves, A Million Ways to Die in the West, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Godzilla. Check out these, and more, in DVDTalk's Theatrical Review section.

More TV shows have made their way on to DVD and Blu-ray, and DVD Talk has got them covered. Check out our reviews of the newest TV releases including: Boardwalk Empire: The Complete Fourth Season - If you like gangsters, the roaring '20s, and the moral relativism that comes with both, this show should be on your radar; The Birthday Boys: Season One - this sketch comedy show, shepherded by Mr. Show star Bob Odenkirk, is funny as well as being remarkably polished; and The New Normal: The Complete Series - yet another show that has been cancelled before it truly had a chance... it pushed the boundaries of typical sitcom, but also hooked viewers with the charming characters and the well told stories. Other shows recently reviewed include:  A Conversation with Walter & Gracie Lantz, Community: Season 5, and Adventure Time: Princess Day .  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: Out of the Past - Not since original 35mm prints were screened has Jacques Tourneur's romantic noir masterpiece looked this good. Robert Mitchum reached stardom playing a detective too tough to be taken in by anything... except the alluring, devious fugitive Jane Greer, a genuine drop-dead beauty of the 1940s; The Unforgiven - John Huston gets remarkable performances from a top cast in this excellent frontier drama... when rancher Burt Lancaster's adopted sister Audrey Hepburn is accused of being an Indian, it looses a storm of racial hatred and violence; and Wildcat Bus - A deadbeat playboy and his chauffeur help Fay Wray's bus line get the goods on crooks that are sabotaging their buses and faking accidents, all to put them out of business. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

There are some new titles coming out that might make it worth a trip to the video store this week. Check out these recent releases: The Railway Man [review] - fine performances and quality script help to make this a triumphant and remarkable motion picture; Motel Hell [review] - With its cacklingly dark sense of humor and some unforgettably twisted visuals, this film still feels fresh and wildly unique even all these decades later; and Filth [review] - Jon Baird's adaptation of author Irvine Welsh's 1998 novel is both brilliant and brilliantly entertaining. Other reviews of note include We Won't Grow Old Together [review], Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [review], and OMG Volume 2: The Top 50 Incidents in WCW History [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 reviews include: The Essential Jacques Demy - a testament to the work of a brilliant filmmaker who belatedly deserves as much recognition as his peers these 6 French classics belong on any cinephile's shelf; Divergent - director Neil Burger brings Veronica Roth's series of books about dystopian government control and the civilization's youth choosing a set personality type an early age to the silver screen; and Invasion Of The Scream Queens - B-movie director Donald Farmer gathered together all the actresses he knew who were acting in low budget flicks in the late eighties and early nineties and made a documentary about them - this is an excellent peek into what was going on behind the scenes of a lot of fun movies . Other recent reviews include: Ginger Snaps, Music From the Big House, and Hell of the Living Dead/Rats Night of Terror.  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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