TV on DVD remains very popular with more and more favorites being released. New TV reviews include: Justified: The Final Season - an excellent season and worthy of praise from fans and those new to the show alike; Wonder Years: Season 3 - the series was really riding a nice wave of quality writing and performances at this point and holds up remarkably well; and Maison Close: The Complete First Season - a solid eight hours of television... the story is quite good, the cast is exceptional, and there is quite a bit of character development. . 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 Hound of the Baskervilles - at last, a proper color home video version (in Region B) of one of Hammer Films' classics, a horror-inflected spin on Sherlock Holmes starring what many feel is the best screen Sherlock, Peter Cushing; Mississippi Burning - Alan Parker's tale of FBI agents tearing up Mississippi to find three missing Civil Rights workers turns a historical incident into a standard film thriller, with good guys, bad guys, a love story and a feel-good violent retribution ending; and Vincent & Theo - Robert Altman gives us an accurate, fascinating look at Vincent Van Gogh but also his brother Theo, who had serious health and mental problems of his own. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Some great discs are being released this week. Check out these new movies: Andre Gregory & Wallace Shawn: 3 Films [review] - three classic stories connected to the stage are presented in this set, a pile of impressive writing and performances. The collection includes My Dinner with Andre, Vanya on 42nd Street and A Master Builder; Malice [review] - if you missed this movie 20-odd years ago, you'll want to go back and give it a shot: It's theatre at its most dramatic, thrills at their most thrilling, and stars at perhaps their peak; and The Boys in the Band [review] - William Friedkin's 1970 film still packs a wallop for candidly revealing how gay men saw themselves in the '60s. Other reviews of note include: Chappie [review], Tentacles / Reptilicus [review], and An Eye for an Eye [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 cool discs have been reviewed over the past week. Check out these recent entries: The Last Unicorn: Enchanted Edition - Featuring a solid story, striking animation, and terrific voice acting, and a (mostly) memorable soundtrack, it's this film has held up remarkably well during the past 30+ years and can still be enjoyed by animation and fantasy fans of all ages; The Giant Spider Invasion - the greatest fake giant spider ever put to screen, this flick is pure fun, and the Blu-ray is jam-crammed with extras; and John Wayne Westerns Film Collection - this five-film boxed set contains some classic films (The Searchers, Rio Bravo) and is fille d out with some lesser offerings that are still entertaining. Other recent reviews include: The Fisher King: Criterion Collection, Ballet 422, and The New Barbarians.  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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