Universal Studios Home Video has announced the DVD release for The Fast and the Furious (Tricked Out Edition) Set for release on June 3rd The Fast and the Furious (Tricked Out) will feature: a short film that picks up at the end of The Fast and the Furious and bridges the gap to 2 Fast 2 Furious, A behind-the-scenes look at 2 Fast 2 Furious, a featurette 'Tricking Out a Hot Import Car', new additional footage from The Fast and the Furious not present on the previously released DVD and 'movie cash' good for a ticket to 2 Fast 2 Furious in theaters. Pre-Order The Fast and the Furious (Tricked Out Edition) Now at Amazon, DVDEmpire or DVDPlanet

MGM Home Entertainment has announced the DVD Release for the classic 80's film Valley Girl: Special Edition starring Nicolas Cage. Valley Girl is set for release on August 5th and will be presented in a new anamorphic widescreen transfer with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature: 3 All New Featurettes, Audio Commentary with Director Martha Coolidge, Video Commentary Track, 80's trivial Track, 'Locales of the Vals' Interactive feature, Storyboard-to-Film comparisons and more. Pre-Order Valley Girl: Special Edition Now

Another weighty week of reviews at DVD Savant : Starting off with Criterion's The Adventures of Antoine Doinel - a four-film collection that is an extremely pleasant account of growing up (or not growing up) and learning the rules of romance, The White Sheik - an utterly charming fable that has fantasy elements but always keeps its feet on the ground ,Nostalgia Ventures' One Step Beyond and Gangbusters & Dragnet are a pair of television show compilations whose mid-range quality is compensated for by their low price, Ruscico and Image's War and Peace will make you reassess just how Big an epic film can be - this is seven straight hours of amazement and Warners' Les Girls a bright & sassy romantic farce, that just happens to have 5 or 6 Cole Porter songs in it Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

It's easy to mistake the story of Murder on A Sunday Morning as something that has crawled from the pages of a good John Grisham book. But Murder on A Sunday Morning is anything but fiction. This amazing Academy Award Documentary has all the drama of a fantastic crime thriller with all the impact of a great documentary. It's a movie that's been overlooked and we hope more people will discover it on DVD. The Murder on A Sunday Morning DVD features: Deleted scenes, Brenton Butler's original police confession, Extensive Interviews with Butler's Attorneys and more. Enter Now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of the Murder on A Sunday Morning DVD.

A very eclectic mix of movies find their way on to DVD this week, including Disney's overlooked Animated feature Treasure Planet [Review] whose DVD release is a lot better timed than its theatrical one, moving from animated films to animated people A&E has Mr. Bean: The Whole Bean [Review] the essential DVD collection for the Mr Bean fan! Other notable TV to DVD releases this week include Xena Warrior Princess - Season 1, Babylon 5: Season 2, Son of the Beach - Volume 1 [Review] and the 8 hour A&E mini-series Napoleon - Collector's Edition [Review]. Finally for documentary lovers you should absolutely not miss Biggie & Tupac [Review - Interview] and the amazing Murder on a Sunday Morning two of the most solid documentaries we've seen this year.

Fox Home Video has announced the DVD release for Joel Schumacher's thriller Phone Booth starring Colin Farrell. Set for release on July 8th Phone Booth: SE will be presented in both anamorphic widescreen and fullscreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature and audio commentary by Director Joe Schumacher. Pre-Order Phone Booth Now at DVD Planet who is running a special where you'll get a $5.00 coupon towards your next purchase of $30.00 or more with any Pre-Order purchase.

One of the significant things DVD has done for movies is made it a lot easier to see some of the great films that make the rounds of the major film fests. Recently there have been enough great independent films released on DVD that we wanted to suggest a line up for your very own DVD Film Fest: 101 Reykjavik, The Believer, The Crime of Padre Amaro, Bloody Sunday, Drumline, Mostly Martha, Personal Velocity, Rabbit-Proof Fence, Roger Dodger Real Women Have Curves, Secretary, Sex and Lucia and Standing in the Shadows of Motown. Watch one, watch them all, just don't overlook some of the amazing independent films available on DVD.

A film that was originally called "LA Story" may seem a strange subject for Cinema Gotham but documentary filmmaker Nick Broomfield takes his investigation into the murders of rap stars Tupac Shakur and Notorious BIG beyond the city of angels and examines the state of modern urban centers from Brooklyn to Baltimore. The resulting film, the incredible Biggie and Tupac, delves deep into a world of police corruption, criminal record executives and gang violence to try and solve the crimes. Broomfield will be appearing at the Union Square Virgin Megastore for a Q&A about the issues raised in the film on Tuesday 29th, the day of the DVD's release. Cinema Gotham had the chance to talk with the filmmaker about some of those issues and his experience making the film Read The Complete Interview with Nick Broomfield

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