There have been a lot of complete TV series released recently... including some classic shows in HD. Check out these recommended series sets: Battlestar Galactica: The Definitive Collection - this set gives the series a nice HD facelift and includes the shortlived Galactica: 1980 series... a lot of good, clean sci-fi fun; Boardwalk Empire - The Complete Series - an excellent show... the writing, the characters, the attention to period detail and the production values are all consistently impressive and this set does a fine job of bringing it all to life with some gorgeous audio and video quality along with a score of extra features; and MacGyver: The Complete Collection - the performance from Richard Dean Anderson as the titular hero is excellent and the escape situations are always fun to watch. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Covert Affairs: Season 5, Wallykazam!, and Mountain Men: Season 3.  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: Carla's Song -Ken Loach extends his social realist concern internationally when a Glasgow bus driver (Robert Carlyle) falls in love with a street dancer (Oyanka Cabezas) and follows her halfway across the globe to Nicaragua -- and into the middle of Reagan's Contra War; 1776 - Peter Hunt's cheerful Broadway musical adaptation is basic U.S. history that makes the bewigged18th century John Adams, Ben Franklin and Tom Jefferson amusing and clever, and the jokes aren't so corny as to cheapen things; and The First Deadly Sin - Frank Sinatra's final feature film is a surprisingly sensitive, humanistic and low-key drama -- with its main plot centered on a vicious serial killer. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

There are a few new releases this week that you won't want to miss. Check out these hot titles: The Nanny: The Complete Series [review] - One of the classic sitcoms of the ‘90s, this show remained entertaining until the end and is compulsively re-watchable; Island of Death [review] - for discerning sleaze enthusiasts this is exploitation film-making at its finest; and Erik the Viking [review] - Terry Jones's film is a pleasantly cracked adventure picture, led by a charmingly goofy Tim Robbins and a crew of hard-working British comic character actors. Other reviews of note include: Kings of the Sun [review], River of Death [review], and Revenge of the Ninja [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.

Our reviewers have been busy this week, filling the DVD Talk Review Database more great entries. Some new reviews of note include: Goodfellas: 25th Anniversary Edition - this epic tale of power, pulp, and paranoia still packs a punch and remains one of director Martin Scorsese's greatest works; Limelight: Criterion Collection -a testament to Charlie Chaplin's clarity of vision as both a director and actor that he takes what could have just been a self-serving wallow in the mind of a merry-maker and transforms it into a truly touching, resonant story; and Wet Hot American Summer - a film that's got a silly sense of humor and a healthy cult following... you'll enjoy the highly-quotable summertime shenanigans in this film. Other recent reviews include: Frankenstein's Hungry Dead, Thank Your Lucky Stars, and An Eye for an Eye.  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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