This week The Aisle View takes a look at Anger Management, and tries to hold in its rage as it considers the career of Adam Sandler. In case you missed them also be sure to check out The Aisle View's take on Phone Booth, Basic, and Dreamcatcher, as well as DVD Talk's latest Theatrical Reviews including: House of 1000 Corpses, Irreversible, View From The Top, Head of State and The Guys.

This week The DVD Savant takes a look at MGM's Nineteen Eighty-Four - a close-but-no-cigar stab at George Orwell's sinister classic. Warners' A Man and A Woman - the definitive European date movie. Columbia's SuperBit Edition of Das Boot spreads the long, long picture over two discs, to keep up the high bit rate. MGM's DVD of the Claire Bloom-Anthony Hopkins version of A Doll's House presents a superior retelling of the old but still topical Henrik Ibsen play. Finally, Warners presents an attractive version of Francois Truffaut's Day for Night, his ode to the filmmaking process, French-style. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Universal Studios Home Video has announced the DVD release for Old School - Widescreen Unrated Special Edition starring Will Ferrell and Directed by Todd Phillips (who also directed Road Trip). Set for release on June 10th Old School will be presented in Anamorphic Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature: An additional two minutes of never-before-seen unrated footage, Audio commentary by director Todd Phillips and cast, Deleted scenes, A Blooper reel, "Inside The Actors Studio" skit,"Old School Orientation" featurette; and Academy Campaign TV spoof and more! Pre-Order Old School - Widescreen Unrated Special Edition Now

Lions Gate Home Entertainment has announced the DVD Release for the USA TV series The Dead Zone: Season One starring Anthony Michael Hall. Set for release on June 17th The Dead Zone: Season One will be presented in a four disc box set with Anamorphic Widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio and feature: "Genesis" a feature on the creation of the show, Interviews with the show's cast and crew, "Writing"- A featurette following the writing process, "Music And Special Effects" featurette, a featurette with award-winning composer Roy Hay and A behind the scenes collection featuring never before seen interviews with The Dead Zone's many guest stars including Sean Patrick Flannery and Chris Masterson. Pre-order The Dead Zone: Season One now at: DeepDiscountDVD.com, Amazon.com or DVDEmpire.com.

Fox Home Entertainment has announced that they are bringing to the US the 'Hong Kong Legends' DVD Line - considered by most to be the definitive versions of some of the top Hong Kong DVDs with superior transfers and plentiful extras. The first wave of Hong Kong Legends DVDs are set to be released on July 22nd and include: Magnificent Butcher (directed by Yuen Woo-ping of The Matrix and Iron Monkey Fame) , Naked Killer [Trailer] , Magnificent Warriors (with Crouching Tiger's Michelle Yeoh), Hong Kong 1941 with Chow Yun-Fat, and City Hunter [Trailer] with Jackie Chan. All the Hong Kong Legend DVDs are presented with new anamorphic widescreen transfers and Cantonese 5.1 Dolby Digital with optional English Audio and subtitles. To make good news even better, Fox has set the MSRP on these titles at $14.98 so you should be able to get them online for just over $11 each!

People typically look to Hong Kong for great kung-fu-over-the-top-action films. But an odd French/US film slipped in under the radar this year that is so unbelievably over the top you can't help but love it: The Transporter. This week we have your chance to win one of 5 copies of The Transporter featuring: audio commentary by Director Corey Yuen, making-of the Transporter feature, an unrated extended action sequence and more! If you're looking for an action film completely, totally and unapologetically over the top be sure no to miss The Transporter! Enter Now for your chance to win The Transporter on DVD

This week it seems like all the studios got together and decided to not compete against the uber DVD release of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [Review] which is, without a doubt, this week's most notable DVD. Other notable DVDs this week include Citizen Ruth Directed by Alexander Payne who wrote and directed both Election and About Schmidt with a fantastic performance by Laura Dern! Things Behind The Sun - Director Allison Anders' semi-biographical account of painful times, with a stellar performance by Don Cheadle. Mekhi Phifer stars in Paid in Full [Review] a look at drugs in the 80s by Drumline [Review] Director Charles Stone III and The Beatles Anthology [Review] a stunning 5 Disc Box of everything Beatles!

The sleeper sci-fi hit Cube is revisited with a new special edition alongside the much-anticipated, but obscenely ponderous, CGI shanghai'd Cube 2: Hypercube. Gird thy loins for the big-screen bonanza of Jackass: The Movie, which earns DVD Talk's highest rating. It's utter-sucking hilarity with a three-release Tom Green overload featuring Subway Monkey Hour, Early Exposures and Endangered Feces. Plus, Citizen Toxie giveaway winners, responses to reader emails and The Pride of Jesse Hallam joins CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.

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