TV on DVD remains very popular with more and more favorites being released. New TV reviews include: Boardwalk Empire: Season 5 - this final season wrapped up the show in the most fantastic, expectation-defying way possible; Big Driver - this made-for-TV movie is a ballsy, unapologetic rape revenge thriller, with that sick, patented Stephen King black humor; and Episodes: The Third Season - a solid, funny satire of Hollywood's tendency to turn everything it does into junk. Other shows recently reviewed include:  America's Cutest Season 2, The Bridge Season 2, and Happy Days: The Sixth Season.  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: The Black Scorpion - Big bugs are bugging out all over, gobbling up cows and train passengers and tossing tanks and helicopters around like they were toy tanks and helicopters. Willis O'Brien's late career special effects are sensational, with fast-moving scorpion horrors skittering all over the landscape; The Palm Beach Story - Preston Sturges' wittiest comedy about romance between the ultra rich and those that wannabe is one inventive laugh after another with original characters in every scene; and Pork Chop Hill - Lewis Milestone's last war film is also Gregory Peck's effort to show that combat can be worse when politics require sacrifice without the possibility of victory. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

This week several great movies are coming out, including a few that shouldn't be missed: John Wick [review] - the movie is a relentlessly violent piece of revenge cinema that is gripping and tense and exciting and just flat out fun; Porco Rosso [review] - Hayao Miyazaki's tale of a veteran WWI pilot turned bounty hunter who's been cursed with the vestige of a pig is a vibrant, straightforward adventure; and The Retrieval [review] - an independent production set during the American Civil War, this film is flat-out one of the most engaging, original, and well-crafted films to be released in the past year. Other reviews of note include: Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic [review], Starry Eyes [review], and Tales From Earthsea [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.

Some great DVD and Blu-ray reviews have been added to the the DVD Talk Review Database recently including: The Drop - an excellent character drama set against an authentic feeling New York backdrop, featuring an impressive ensemble turning in equally impressive work; High Tension - a fun, sharp, and funny romantic comedy, masquerading as an action flick; and The Judge - Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall are fine adversaries in David Dobkin's drama, which blends legal intrigue and family melodrama. Other recent reviews include: Henry V, It Shouldn't Happen To A Dog, and Rudderless.  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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