Columnist G. Noel Gross files a report from the Chiller Theatre Expo celebrating 13 ghastly years of unparalleled fan frenzy. During this pilgrimage, Noel checks in with CineSchlocker faves like Clint Howard and gets the inside scoop on some cool new DVD releases -- such as Anchor Bay's Evilspeak and Dawn of the Dead!!! Plus, 28 Days Later giveaway winners, responses to reader emails and The Equalizer joins CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.

This week The Aisle View takes a look at Russell Crowe's latest big screen adventure Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. With Peter Weir at the helm and fingers crossed at the studio(s) for an Oscar nod (any nod will do fine) there are extremely high expectations for this high seas adventure. Find out if Master and Commander lives up to the hype or is just another soggy action flick. Also this week is the fifth film about rapper TuPac Shakur entitled appropriately TuPac Resurrection and a charming British film Love Actually which is actually quite nice. Want to get The Aisle View right when it's published? Sign Up to get The Aisle View delivered free to your email box!

This week the DVD Savant takes a look at the highly anticipated release from Paramount of Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West. There's a lot to be said and argued about Once Upon a Time in the West and Savant goes to town on it. Savant also takes a look at Image's release for The Dick Van Dyke Show, Seasons One and Two - an example of what Smart and Funny was like in '62, Warner Bros. release of High Sierra a classic that made Humphrey Bogart a mainstream star, Criterion's Le Cercle rouge. a stylized and ritualized continental criminal epic that crime fans will love and Columbia TriStar's The World of Apu, the honored Indian masterpiece which is an excellent movie on a less than excellent DVD. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

It's here! We've got an extensive review for one of the most highly anticipated DVD releases of the year: Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition). Find out how The Two Towers: Extended Edition DVD measures up to last year's The Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition and how the additional 43 minutes of new and extended scenes effects the film. Read our complete review of The Two Towers: Extended Edition DVD Now!

Geoffrey Rush rocketed to success in 1996 with his brilliant Oscar award winning performance as Pianist David Helfgott in the critically acclaimed film Shine. Since then he has had an amazing string of performances acting with Cate Blanchett, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp and a little clown fish called Nemo. We had the opportunity to talk to Geoffrey Rush just as the Finding Nemo DVD was hitting stores and just a month before the Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl hit DVD. Rush talks about his experience being an animated character in Nemo, working with Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean and his next project The Life of Death of Peter Sellers. Read our Complete Interview with Geoffrey Rush

He said he'd be back... and so now he is: T3: Rise of the Machines [Review] leads off this week's notable DVD, with what might be the last of the Terminator DVD releases. If you can't get enough of Arnold then you can get a double dose by checking out Pumping Iron- The 25th Anniversary Special Edition. Disney has an extremely notable DVD/Game release this week with Lilo & Stitch's Island of Adventures Game [Review] - a surprisingly fun game that might just be hint of things to come. Criterion finally brings the completely strange David Cronenberg film Naked Lunch on to DVD, and Buena Vista has the easy to miss but equally notable Gerry from Gus Van Sant. Finally, to commemorate the anniversary of JFK's assassination Warner Bros has the 2 disc JFK :Special Edition - often argued about by critics, it still is one to catch.

With all the mammoth DVD releases out there, sometimes it's nice to take a break and just watch something fun and silly. This week we have a giveaway for one fun and silly DVD from New Line Home Entertainment for Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd - Platinum Series DVD - a prequel to the popular Farrelly Bros. film. Dumb and Dumberer is packed with extras including: Bloopers and Outtakes, 9 Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary, Feature Length Audio Commentary, Casting the Perfect Dummies Documentary, Dumb and Dangerous Making-of Documentary, and More! Enter Now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of Dumb and Dumberer we're giving away this week.

Here's a quick wrap up of some of the DVD titles just announced by studios: From Buena Vista Home Entertainment comes Tim Burton's Ed Wood: Special Edition on 2/10 a 2 disc special edition for a movie with fantastic performances all the way around. Warner Bros. following on their success with one Richard Chamberlain mini-series: Shogun [Review] has announced another one: The Thron Birds on 2/24. Paramount has announced Ashton Kutcher's MTV gag show Punk'd: The Complete First Season on 1/20 a 2-Disc 'box set' with all 8 Episodes from season one including exclusive scenes that did not air on MTV. HBO has announced Oz: The Complete Third Season on 2/24 another installment of their brutal prison series [reviews of past seasons]. Speaking of successive seasons BBC has announced the popular sci-fi series Red Dwarf Season 3 & 4 on 2/3 [reviews of past seasons]. Finally from Universal comes the announcement for the thriller Swimming Pool on 1/20 starring Charlotte Rampling which will come in both rated and unrated version. See All the Up Coming DVDs listed here.

With such mega releases as Finding Nemo, X2 and Lord of The Rings: Two Towers Extended Edition coming out this month, it would be extremely easy to miss Plexifilm's DVD release of Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns. In an ongoing effort to feature great DVDs that are easy to miss - DVD Talk is excited to bring you the exclusive first look DVD review for the upcoming DVD Documentary on the quirky and creative band They Might Be Giants. Gigantic (A tale of two John's) takes a look at the journey of They Might Be Giants, from their High School roots in Lincoln Massachusetts all the way through to the present and has a fantastic mix of interviews, live concert footage and archival material. Read our complete review of Gigantic

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