With all eyes on Matrix Revolutions it would be easy to overlook the theatrical release for Gus Van Sant's award winning film Elephant which has finally found its way into US Theaters. Elephant. Aisle View, critic Megan Denny takes a look at the stark and beautiful vision of Elephant. Also this week Aisle View has Reloaded it's initial review of The Matrix:Revolutions with some new thoughts on the final chapter of The Matrix Series. Want to get The Aisle View right when it's published? Sign Up to get The Aisle View delivered free to your email box!

It's that time of year when we see the greatest concentration of DVDs which get DVD Talk's highest rating: the DVD Talk Collector Series. Recent inductees to this high status include: Finding Nemo - a fantastic DVD for kids and adults, X2 - X-Men United - one of the best action films of the summer and it even best's the first X-Men, The Indiana Jones Trilogy - a must for any DVD collection, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: SE - forget the remake, there ain't nothing like the real thing baby! Coupling - The Complete Second Season - the second installment of the British series which is truly hilarious, Shoah - a devastatingly brilliant look at the Holocaust, Whale Rider: Special Edition - a fantastic film for the whole family Cronos: 10th Anniversary Special Edition - Blade II director Guillermo del Toro's Directorial debut, and Space Nuts only the 6th Adult title to ever get the coveted Collector Series Rating.

This week the DVD Savant takes a look at Warners' To Have and Have Not with star appeal at its best, a romantic couple famous for pairing up offscreen during the making of the movie, Fox's Studio Classics presentation of The Ox-Bow Incident proves that the studio doesn't play around with the cream of its library, A Christmas Wish a film really irks Savant as it's a remarketed, retitled, colorized bit of subterfuge. MGM's llavish Special Edition of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, a film Savant grudgingly admits is some kind of a children's classic, even though it drives him up the wall, Paramount's beautifully transferred Dragonslayer, the handsome return of giant stop-motion monsters to the screen courtesy of ILM's animator Phil Tippett and Kino's The Man Who Laughs which is the best silent film Savant's seen in ages! Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

If you've come 2/3rds of the way through a series like The Matrix odds are you're going to see it through to the end, no matter what any film critic might write or how painful that might be (see: Star Wars Series). So rather than give a blow by blow of all that's right and wrong with The Matrix Revolutions we've got 3 reviews for you to help get you prepared and set your expectations for the final chapter of the Matrix Trilogy. Read Matrix Revolution reviews from DVD Talk Editor - Geoffrey Kleinman (a 100% spoiler free review) , Aisle View Columnist Megan Denny and DVD Talk Reviewer Aaron Beierle.

It's Here! This year's biggest DVD release - Finding Nemo and we're proud to bring you a Finding Nemo DVD Giveaway! Finding Nemo is a jam packed 2 Disc Special Edition including a visual commentary, deleted scenes, making-of documentaries, and much more! Finding Nemo received DVD Talk's highest review rating the 'Collector Series' [Review] and is one of the most enjoyable DVDs we've seen in a long time! Enter now for your chance to win one of 5 Copies of Finding Nemo we're giving away this week.

If you're looking for one of the most notable DVDs of the year look no further than Finding Nemo [Review] - we're predicting Nemo will set several DVD records including 'best first day sales' and 'top selling animated DVD of all time' (update - the numbers are in and Finding Nemo smashed first day records with a whopping 8 Million units sold, that's around $160 Million in sales), it's an impressive DVD that should be part of everyone's DVD Collection! Other notable DVDs this week include The Humphry Bogart Classics: To Have and Have Not [Review], High Sierra, Dark Passage and They Drive by Night. While not a clasic yet Tenacious D - Complete Master Works has a permanent home on any Tenacious D fans shelf. Also out this week on DVD are a ton of TV on DVD including the reality TV shows Anna Nicole - Season 1 and Big Brother Season 3, the popular Friends - Season 5, Star Trek Deep Space Nine Season 6 and X-Files Season 8 [Review].

Chances are you know Austin Pendleton even if you think you don't. The bespectacled character actor's slight frame, toothy grin and nervous stammer have endeared him as a film fixture for more than 30 years. Most recently, Austin shared an aquarium with the namesake of Finding Nemo, and in this exclusive interview, he offers his typically charming insights on character acting, why he thinks Russell Crowe is so swell, the vocal acrobatics of making Nemo and flashes his wicked wit in the face of unexpected interview shenanigans.

Jeff Probst is best know as the host of the popular reality TV show Survivor, but what most people don't know is that he is an award winning film writer and director. His first feature Finder's Fee, now on DVD, was a grand slam on the festival circuit, and won more festival awards than most tribes win immunity challenges. We had an opportunity to talk to Jeff Probst as he was packing his bags to head off to shoot the next season of Survivor. Find out what Jeff Probst has to say about getting Finder's Fee on to DVD, the secret to success in Hollywood and of course what's in store for the next Survivor. Also be sure to Enter to Win one of 5 copies of Finder's Fee signed by Jeff Probst!

Here's a quick wrap up of some of the DVD titles just announced by studios: Fox has the much buzzed about Alien Quadrilogy Box Set on 12/9 which DOES include the Director's cut of Alien [Review] now in theaters, Columbia Tri-Star has Underworld on 1/6 [Review] - yes Kate Beckinsale looks great in leather but the movie pales in comparison to many of the great vampire flicks already on DVD, HBO has the controversial Capturing the Friedmans on 1/27 with a ton of extra content that gives even more fuel to the argument over what exactly happened and American Splendor on 2/3 [Review] one of the most innovative bio-pics we've ever seen, and certainly one of the best films of 2003! MGM has Rain Man: Special Edition on 2/3 with the key feature being a Barry Levinson's audio commentary and Buena Vista has Spy Kids 3D on 2/24 complete with several pairs of 3D glasses. See All the Up Coming DVDs listed here.

With literally thousands of DVD Reviews in the DVD Talk Review Database is easy to miss some of our top reviews. Here's quick round up of them: The Hulk - Ang Lee's much discussed adaptation of the classic comic book, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - Arnold's back with the third installment of this popular series, X2 - X-Men United - one of the summers best action films comes on a fantastic DVD, Whale Rider - as good as you've heard. Finding Nemo - guaranteed to be the biggest DVD of 2003, The Indiana Jones Trilogy - probably the first item on most people's holiday wish lists, Charlie's Angels - Full Throttle - a guilty pleasure and SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete First Season the set SpongeBob fans have been waiting for.

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