Some great TV shows have made their way onto DVD recently including: Batman: The Television Series -- The Second Season, Part One - This show is a pop art mix of chapter serial thrills, broad-yet-straightfaced satire, goofball slapstick, and a surreal, hyper tone of comic book fantasy; Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons - The Complete Series - disarmingly charming and impressively elaborate puppet series produced by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson in their emblematic "Supermarionation" process; and Gunsmoke: The Eleventh Season - Volume Two - these 16 black-and-white episodes are another terrific round of great Western drama. 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: To Sir, With Love - Sidney Poitier takes control of a class of unruly students and improves their lives, by demanding respect and in return offering his good will, good advice, and excellent example; The Prowler - Scheming cop Van Heflin cheats, lies and murders his way toward a life where he can "make money while he sleeps" -- all he has to do is seduce an unhappy wife (Evelyn Keyes) and get her radio-personality husband out of the way; and The Sure Thing - Rob Reiner's first light comedy teams a young John Cusack and the charming Daphne Zuniga for a dumb but diverting college break/road trip. Not bad but awfully inconsistent. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Some great discs are being released this week. Check out these new movies: The Bridge [review] - a highly disturbing, intensely moving documentary about suicide and mental illness; Blacula / Scream Blacula Scream [review] - This pair of 70's blaxploitation vampire films are strange and ridiculous and stupid and clever and terrible and wonderful, and finally on Blu-ray; and Exterminators Of The Year 3000 [review] - a "so bad it's good" film, Shout Factory's Blu-ray serves up a perfectly capable A/V presentation and a few minor but thoughtful supplements. 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: The Theory of Everything - this docudrama based on the true life story of Stephen and Jane Hawking tells an important story and is highlighted by some impressive production elements and extraordinary performances; Love and Death - forty years after its initial release, this Woody Allen film remains a highly rewatchable, brilliantly polished comedy gem; and The Marcel Perez Collection - a colllection a ten incredible and funny shorts by a forgotten silent film comedian that fans of early cinema should seek out. Other recent reviews include: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, The RKO Brown & Carney Comedy Collection (The Adventures of a Rookie / Rookies in Burma / Girl Rush / Genius at Work), and Video Nasties - The Definitive Guide: Part 2.  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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