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If you look at Amazon's top selling new DVD releases for any given week, most of the top slots are filled with TV shows. TV on DVD is as popular as ever, and DVDTalk's staff of reviewers have all the hottest releases covered. Recent TV on DVD reviews include: The Office: Season Four [ 2nd review] - from start to finish this 14-episode run manages to keep the ball rolling nicely and offers plenty of classic moments; The Duchess of Duke Street - The Complete Collection - the characters and characterizations are so strong any lover of Masterpiece Theater fare will have a field day, ; and Honey West: Complete Series - the one-season cult TV series is sexy and funny and feature a great performance by heart breaker Anne Francis. Other shows recently reviewed include: The Untouchables: Season 2, Volume 2, Doctor Who - Black Orchid, and John Oliver: Terrifying Times. Want more?
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Out of room on your DVD shelf yet? Make some more because some great titles have recently been announced such as: WALL-E [ DVD and Blu-ray] - The Pixar/Disney hit film is making its way to home video in time for the holidays and will include the exclusive animated short film BURN-E. 11-18-08; Barbara Eden fans will have a reason to rejoice this November as I Dream of Jeannie-Complete Series Box Set is released 11-4-08, it's time to visit Rick's Café Américain once again when the Casablanca Ultimate Collection arrives on DVD and Blu-ray on 12-2-08. Other newly announced titles include: The Chronicles Of Narnia, The: Prince Caspian: 3-Disc Collector's Edition available on DVD and Blu-ray 12-2-08, Bottle Rocket: The Criterion Collection 11-25-08 and The Love Guru available on DVD and Blu-ray on 9-16-08.
This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: World Without End & Satellite in the Sky - Warners' Best Buy exclusive combines two 'Scope 'n' Color Sci-Fi efforts from 1956: Allied Artists' engaging World Without End with Hugh Marlowe, Nancy Gates & Rod Taylor, and the ambitious English space story Satellite in the Sky with Kieron Moore, Lois Maxwell, Donald Wolfit and serious special effects problems. Essential space opera viewing;
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder - The third installment in the Arachnid Wars saga brings back Johnny Rico and a rather good script by writer-director Ed Neumeier; and Perils of the New Land: Films of the Immigrant Experience 1910-1914 - Two fine silent films come off as very modern in both aim and direction: The Italian and Traffic in Souls. With excellent soundtracks, commentaries and a booklet of original reviews and press materials. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.
Some great discs are being released this week, everything from a re-release of Criterion's most sought after disc to slapstick comedy. This weeks top titles include: The Three Stooges Collection - Volume Three - 1940-1942 [ review] - this set features some of the team's all-time best work, it's another goldmine of comedy; Heroes: Season 2 [ review] - the show is trying to recapture the magic, but comes up just a little short; and Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom [ review]- out of print (and extremely expensive) for years, Criterion gives contemporary audiences a chance to break through the legend and see the truth behind Pier Paolo Pasolini's disturbing final film at last. Other releases of note
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Leonard Bernstein [ review], Entourage - The Complete Fourth Season [ review] and Delicatessen: Special Edition [ review].
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recent reviews include: The Best of Comedy Central Presents II, Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour 3-D, and Chronicle of an Escape. Visit the DVD
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Ok, well, summer is almost over and what have you done? If watching anime was on your to do list then I'm sure you were probably working through your backlog of titles because the industry really slowed down over the past month or so. Very few releases trickled out and for the most part publishers were relying on fan favorites and re-releases to drive sales. Hopefully the coming months will fix that but in the meantime Anime Talk a few releases you may have missed!
Anna Faris reinforces her status as a comedic national treasure in The House Bunny, a silly picture that would be lost without her bubbly touch. Death Race updates the 1975 Roger Corman cult classic with amazing displays of stupidity, making it one of the worst films of 2008. DVD Talk critics Brian Orndorf and David Walker swallow the Paul W.S. Anderson poison. And Steve Coogan destroys the art of the farce with the high school musical satire Hamlet 2. Also in theaters: Fred Durst, yes that Fred Durst, directs Ice Cube in the inspirational sports drama The Longshots. Rainn Wilson strips down in the name of laughs in the hair metal comedy The Rocker. And the art of train-centric suspense is revived in Brad Anderson's thriller Transsiberian, starring Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Tropic Thunder, Mirrors, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Pineapple Express. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, Hell Ride, Bottle Shock, The Midnight Meat Train, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, The Dark Knight, Fly Me to the Moon 3-D, Frozen River, Henry Poole Is Here, and Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.
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