We've got the complete details for the upcoming DVD release for Band of Brothers (the single best war series we've seen yet)! Set for release on November 5th Band of Brothers will be presented in 16x9 enhanced widescreen, Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 audio and feature: All 10 Episodes from the series plus the documentary 'We Stand Alone Together', a 30 minute 'The Making of Band of Brothers', a 55 minute Video Diary from Ron Livingston documenting his experience making Band of Brothers, HBO's premiere screening on the Beaches of Normandy, an episode specific field guide with a ton of background info, and more. Pre-Order Band of Brothers Now.

We get a lot of requests from DVD Talk Members is for DVD Talk Logo Wear (T-Shirts, Mugs, Mouse Pads), so we're excited to announced that we've expanded our DVD Talk T-Shirt and More Store to include wearables for CineSchlock-O-Rama and Cinema Gotham. Also in True DVD Talk fashion we've dropped the prices on all T-Shirts with extra $3 reduction on all hats!

With both the much-heralded restoration of Fritz Lang's Metropolis and an upcoming retrospective at Lincoln Center, Manhattan-based distribution company Kino International is really celebrating their 25th Anniversary in style. But what can you expect from a company that spends their time putting films by Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Wong Kar-Wai, Alfred Hitchcock, and Frederico Fellini onto movie screens and into DVD players around the country? Cinema Gotham takes a look back at Kino's first quarter century.

This week we've got another special giveaway from HTMarket.com. Enter for your chance to win and Old Fashioned Movie Time Popcorn Maker - this little table top popcorn popper is a great accent to even the smallest home theater. Also enter to win a Penguin 180 DVD Media Storage Rack an excellent way to store your DVDs! Enter Now for your chance to win!

With several regular DVD Talk Columnists, there's so many great reviews and articles it's easy to miss some of them. This week we've got some great columns up on DVD Talk for you to check out, including: CineSchlock-O-Rama: Three Days In Roswell which was featured by UFO Guru Art Bell on his site!! Also DVD Savant who catches up on some classic horror including Curse of the Demon / Night of the Demon which he gave the DVD Talk Collector Series Rating (DVD Talk's Highest!), The Aisle View with his take on Robert Evans bio-pic The Kid Stays in the Picture and The Blue Room with Brian Nicholson, who takes a look at the latest batch of Mature DVDs. Check all these out and more on DVD Talk

Lions Gate Entertainment has announced the DVD release of View Askew's notorious Vulgar on September 3rd. Vulgar was produced by Kevin Smith and Directed by Bryan Johnson (a View Askew regular). The Vulgar DVD will be presented in 16x9 enhanced widescreen with Dolby Digital Surround sound and feature production commentary (we're hoping for the usual View Askew group commentary), production stills, and the documentary 'Controversy Behind Dogma' which was cut from the Dogma DVD! Vulgar will be released in an Unrated 87 Min Version and an R-Rated 84 Min Version so make sure you're ordering the right one (our links point to the Unrated version)

X-Files fans will be happy to hear that Fox Home Video has announced that they will be releasing The X-Files 6: The Complete Sixth Season on DVD November 5th. The X-Files 6: The Complete Sixth Season will contain all 22 episodes from season 6 on 6 DVDs. X-Files 6: will be presented in 1.78:1 widescreen enhanced for 16x9 TVs and Dolby Digital Surround Audio and feature: audio commentaries on some of the episodes, a 'Truth about Season 6' featurette, deleted scenes, 'Behind The Truth' making of segments, and more. Pre-Order The X-Files 6: The Complete Sixth Season Now.

Paramount has announced the DVD release for Star Trek III: The Search For Spock- Special Collector's Edition . Set for release on October 8, Star Trek III will be a 2 DVD Collector's Edition and with a widescreen anamorphic transfer and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. The DVD will feature: Audio Commentary with Director Leonard Nimoy, Writer & Producer Harve Bennett, Director of Photography Charles Correll and Actress Robin Curtis, Text Commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda (authors of "Star Trek Encyclopedia), Interviews with Leonard Nemoy, William Shatner, Christopher Lloyd and others, featurettes on Speaking Klingon, Terrraforming, and the films Costumes, storyboard, production photos and more. Pre-Order Star Trek III: The Search For Spock- Special Collector's Edition at 35% off

This week The Aisle View takes a look at a unique documentary about famed producer Robert Evans called at The Kid Stays in the Picture. Evans is well known for his work with Coppola in The Godfather and has been involved with such notable pictures as Black Sunday, Marathon Man, and Chinatown. Also in case you missed it, check out The Aisle View's take on K-19: The Widowmaker, Reign of Fire , 13 Conversations About One Thing and Road to Perdition.

Contrary to early reports, Buena Vista has announced that it's upcoming release of the Peter Jackson thriller Heavenly Creatures, set for release on September 24, will in fact be released in WIDESCREEN, actually a new 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer to be exact along with a remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track. Sadly there aren't any special features on the DVD, but with Peter Jackson on 24/7 Lord of the Rings work it's not surprising that he wasn't available to do a commentary. Pre-Order Heavenly Creatures Now.

This week The DVD Savant takes a look at the first round of classic Horror DVDs to be released including The Revenge of Frankenstein , The Bride and the Beast and King Dinosaur. DVD Savant also takes a look at 2 two wonderful Ron Mann documentaries from Home Vision Entertainment: Twist! and Comic Book Confidential. Finally DVD Savant takes a look at Paramount's Goin' South starring and directed by Jack Nicholson.

Columnist G. Noel Gross spends Three Days In Roswell at the annual UFO Festival celebrating 55 years since space aliens totaled their ride in the New Mexico desert. Join Noel's zany odyssey inspired by the docu-comedy Six Days In Roswell, as he revisits some of its memorable places and faces, while basking in unbridled UFO mania AND compiling his CineSchlocker's guide to Extraterrestrial Viewing. Plus, responses to reader emails and, wouldn't you know it, The UFO Incident joins CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.

Columbia Tri-Star has corrected thier announcement the DVD release for Michael Apted's (Director of Enough, World Is Not Enough, 28 UP) Enigma with Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet. Enigma is a film about World War II code breaking and was a hit when it premiered at Sundance. Set for release on September 24 Enigma will NO LONGER feature audio commentary, deleted scenes or a making of due to a change in the 'production process'. Pre-Order Enigma now

Criterion has announced the DVD release for the Jim Jarmusch classic Down By Law. Set for release on October 22, Down By Law will be a 2 DVD Special Edition featuring: a new anamorphic widescreen transfer of the film, audio commentary by Jim Jarmusch, interviews, footage from a press conference and more. We're also assuming that there will be the answers to some of the questions submitted for the 'Ask Jim Jarmusch' promo that Criterion ran several months ago. Pre-Order Down By Law Now.

DVDTalk writer Phillip Duncan recently had the chance to chat with director Tom Shadyac (Ace Ventura, The Nutty Professor) about his latest DVD release, the Kevin Costner film "Dragonfly." Coming from a background of comedy, the spiritual thriller held a few challenges and served as a learning experience. Read and LISTEN to Phillip Duncan's interview with Tom Shadyac.

This week we have a giveaway for Simon Wells' The Time Machine staring Guy Pierce and Samantha Mumba. The Time Machine DVD Features: Commentary by director Simon Wells and editor Wayne Wahrman, a second Commentary with the producer, visual effects supervisor and production designer, Deleted scenes, Making of The Time Machine, and much more! Enter Now for your chance to win one of 5 Time Machine DVDs.

This week The Aisle View takes a look at 3 movies including the new Kathryn Bigelow/ Harrison For Sub Movie K-19: The Widowmaker, post apocalypitc Dragon flick Reign of Fire and the the interesting 13 Conversations About One Thing Also, in case you missed them be sure to read The Aisle View's take on Road to Perdition, MIB II, Mr. Deeds and The Minority Report.

When Columbia Tri-Star first launched Superbit the concept was simple - get rid of special features to make room for higher quality video and audio. Now it seems like Columbia Tri-Star is trying to have it's cake and eat it too with the announcement of 2 'Superbit Deluxe' titles Snatch: Superbit Deluxe and The Mask of Zorro: Superbit Deluxe. The 'Superbit Deluxe' releases feather 2 DVDs, 1 with the 'Superbit' version of the movie and a 2nd Disc will all the special features found on the previously released SE (minus the audio commentaries). We're all for the best picture and sound posable, but with the announcement of Panic Room debuting as a Superbit first and the addition of 'Superbit Deluxe' line, it's getting awfully confusing which version of Columbia Tri-Star titles people should buy.

It's no secret that tons of films go undistributed each year. But who would expect films from the directors of Bad Lieutenant and Living in Oblivion to vanish without a trace? This week Cinema Gotham takes a look at the latest from two noted New York filmmakers: Abel Ferrara's 'R-Xmas, which features a fierce, moving performance by The Sopranos' Drea de Matteo (left), and Tom DiCillo's Double Whammy, which stars Denis Leary, Elizabeth Hurley and Steve Buscemi. With both films hidden from the public eye for now, getting the word out to film fans is critical.

If you had any doubts about the success of TV shows on DVD, look no further than Fox's announcement that they'll be releasing 24: Season 1 on September 17th, an unprecedented move for a major network to release a TV show on DVD so close to it's initial network airing. 24: Season 1 will be released as a 6 DVD collectors edition, presented in 16x9 enhanced widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature an alternate ending for Season 1's finale with Audio Commentary by Executive producers Joel Surnow and Cochran on the alternate ending (where a different main character was killed than on the aired version) as well as a sneek peek at 24: Season 2. Pre-Order 24 Season 1 Now

New Line has announced the DVD release for the latest chapter in the 'Friday the 13th' series: Jason X: Platinum Series Edition. Set for release on October 8 Jason X will be presented in 16x9 enhanced widescreen with both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 and feature: Commentary with Director Jim Isaac, Writer Todd Farmer and Producer Noel Cunningham, two 'Jason' documentaries 'The Many Lives of Jason Voorhees' and 'The Making of Jason X', and a 'Jump to a Death' feature. Also October 8 will be Jason Goes To Hell which will feature both full and wide screen versions of the rated and unrated version of the film, audio commentary with Director Adam Marcus and screenwriter Dean Lorey, and the same 'Jump to a Death' feature that will be on Jason X.

This week the DVD Savant takes a look at 'Z' - Costa-Gavras's Academy Award winning bombshell political thriller, Red Beard - Criterion's latest Akira Kurosawa DVD release, The Big Bus Paramount's precursor comedy to Airplane! Innerspace - a 'splendid romp from Joe Dante and The Passion of Joan of Arc, which is being shown next weekend on the Sundance channel. All this an more in This Week's DVD Savant

This week we have a very special giveaway for Amelie - the film DVD Talk picked as the #1 movie in 2001. Amelie is one of those amazing films that only comes around once every few years, a timeless classic which you can't help but LOVE! Amelie 2 DVD Special Edition features Audio Commentary with Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (French and English), several featurettes looking at the design and productions of the film, Interviews with the cast and crew, home movies and more! Enter Now for your chance with win Amelie

Warner Bros has announced the DVD Release for Strange Brew on October 1st. The Strange Brew DVD will be presented in 1.85:1 widescreen (enhanced for 16x9 TVs) with Dolby Digital 2.0 audio and feature: The Animated Adventures of Bob and Doug McKenzie, a montage of the sketch from the original SCTV show and more. So what are you waiting for Eh? Go out an pick that sucker up Ok Eh?

This week The Aisle View takes a look at American Beauty Director Sam Mendes' eagerly anticipated 'Sophmore' effort: Road to Perdition with screen legends Paul Newman and Tom Hanks. Find out if Road to Perdition is a worthy Beauty sucessor or like some 'Sophmore' films, just can't compare. Also, in case you missed them be sure to read The Aisle View's take on MIB II, Mr. Deeds and The Minority Report.

The long awaited Swingers: Special Edition now has an official release date of September 24th! Swingers: Special Edition will feature: Deleted Scenes, Outtakes, Audio Commentary with Director Doug Liman, An Illustrated Action Commentary (like Made) with Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, a bonus short 'Swingblade' (a 4 min mock trailer combining Swingers and Sling Blade), featurettes on Writing the Story, Getting Swingers Made, Swingers Culture and Life After Swingers, Documentary 'Making it in Hollywood', and more! Pre-Order Swingers: Special Edition.

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Quentin Tarantino fans will be VERY happy to learn that the upcoming DVD release for True Romance: Unrated Director's Cut will feature a Tarantino Audio Commentary! Set for September 24 True Romance: Unrated Director's Cut a 2 DVD Special Edition will feature more than 30 mins of Deleted or Extended Scenes with optional Director Tony Scott Commentary, An Alternate ending with optional Tony Scott and Quentin Tarantino commentary, Interactive Behind-the-Scenes Multi-Angle Featurette, Three Commentaries: Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, Tony Scott, Quentin Tarantino and much more! If you've seen True Romance you know how exciting this 2 DVD SE is, if you haven't, do yourself a favor and check out True Romance: Unrated Director's Cut is a great film!

In honor of it's 50th Anniversary Warner Bros. has announced a 2 DVD Special Edition for Singing in The Rain. set for release on September 24th Singin' In The Rain: 50th Anniversary Edition will be presented in full frame (it's original aspect ration) with an all new remastered 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio track and feature Audio Commentary by a TON of people including Debbie Reynolds, Rita Morena, the screenwriters, Stanley Donen, Baz Luhrman and many many more. Also on Singing in The Rain : 50th Anniversary Edition will be A New 30-Minute Documentary 'What A Glorious Feeling', 96-Minute Documentary on Producer/Songwriter Arthur Freed, Outtake Musical Number 'You Are My Lucky Star' and more! Pre-Order Singin' In The Rain: 50th Anniversary Edition at 30% off now.

Fans of Amadeus won't have to wait long for Amadeus: Director's Cut to come to DVD. Set for release on September 24th Amadeus: Director's Cut will be released in a new 2 DVD Special Edition presented in 16x9 enhanced 'Panavision' 2.35:1 with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and featuring: the Director's Cut of the film including 20 minutes of footage not included in the original release, Commentary by director Milos Forman and writer Peter Shaffer a 37-minute behind-the-scenes documentary, and more. Pre-Order Amadeus: Director's Cut Now

Columbia Tri-Star has announced the DVD Release for Panic Room: Superbit (the first movie to premiere on Superbit). Set for release on September 17 Panic Room: Superbit will feature the 'special high-bit-rate digital-encoding process' used on Columbia Tri-Star's Superbit line and offer a choice of of DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. As always with barebones releases of big titles, a future Special Edition is rumored. DVD Talk did a comprehensive look at Superbit when it first launched if you'd like more info on Superbit.

HKFlix.com has a very special deal for DVD Talk Members: Get the Malata DVP-520 Region Free DVD Player for $274.95 with free UPS Ground Shipping. The Malata DVP-520 will let you play DVDs from any region and will convert PAL DVDs for NTSC TVs. Sale is open to US residents only and is limited to 'stock on hand' which means if you're interested in this deal you should jump on it!

The Alloy Orchestra is one of the most sought-after film accompanist groups in the country for their innovative, exciting silent film scores. They'll be bringing their unique style to Brooklyn along with a pristine new print of Harold Lloyd's 1928 classic Speedy which, according to Alloy's Ken Winokur, contains "the most astounding footage of New York." The rarely seen film was shot all through the city in the mid-1920's and offers a unique view of New York during an exciting, important time. Cinema Gotham chatted with Winokur about classic films, music, and bringing Speedy back home.

Lions Gate Entertainment has announced the DVD for the highly acclaimed Frailty- directed by and starring Bill Paxton. Set for release on September 17th, Frailty will feature: Production Commentary, Making Of Frailty Documentary, IFC's Anatomy Of A Scene, Interview with Bill Paxton, Storyboards Production Artwork, and more. Pre-Order Frailty Now

Did you know that DVD just turned 5? Hard to believe a format which feels like it's just 'getting big' has actually been around for 5 years. To mark the occasion, many of the major studios got together to celebrate, discuss and lament over DVDs first five years at the DVD at 5 Conference. DVD Talk was there and got an interesting insight into the past, present and future of DVD. Read our complete report covering: The current outlook for DVD, the final word on Rental Pricing, Recordable DVD Good and Bad News, Blue Laser, and more in this week's Our Week in DVD

This week we have a great giveaway for the Criterion Release of The Royal Tenenbaums. Enter for your chance to win one of five Royal Tenenbaum DVDs featuring: Commentary by director Wes Anderson, a New widescreen digital transfer (supervised by Wes Anderson) Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 Audio, cast interviews, behind the scenes documentary and more. Enter Now for your chance to win The Royal Tenenbaums Criterion Edition DVD.

Over the past few weeks we've had a number of great DVD Talk Giveaways! Find out if you are a DVD Talk Giveaway Winner for the following Giveaways: Blue Velvet: SE, Universal's Cult Classic DVDs, Ocean's 11, The Others, 2002 Olympic Highlight DVD, I Am Sam, Lauryn Hill Unplugged 2.0 and Harry Potter. If you didn't win don't fret, we have more great DVD Talk Giveaways coming your way in the weeks ahead!

Good and bad news for Russ Meyer fans. The Good news is that 3 classic Russ Meyer films are making their way on to DVD on July 23rd including: Russ Meyer's Cherry, Harry & Raquel, Russ Meyer's Mondo Topless, Russ Meyer's Up (co-written by Roger Ebert). The bad news is that these 3 DVDs will be 'bare bones' with only the feature and are priced around $30 each (ouch). But Russ Meyer fans should be psyched to see his films make their way on to DVD. We can only hope for Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! in the not so distant future.

HKFlix.com has a special offer for DVD Talk Members: Get Free Shipping on ANY SIZE order!. Also HKFlix.com has the highly sought after Region-Free version of Battle Royale, an ultra extreme Japanese movie (with 'Beat' Takeshi) which were sure you'll never see hit American movie theaters (let alone be released on DVD in the US). Other great films to check out at My Wife is A Gangster, The 10 Faces Of Sonny Chiba [10-Movie Set], Avalon , JSA: Joint Security Area, Knockabout. Here's the link for the Free Shipping Coupon!

This week The Aisle View takes a look at the highly anticipated Men In Black II. How does MIB II stack up against MIB? Is it worth shelling out the bucks to see it in the theaters, or should you wait untill the fall to catch it on DVD? All this and more in this week's The Aisle View . Also, in case you missed them be sure to read The Aisle View's take on Mr. Deeds, The Minority Report Windtalkers, Scooby-Doo and The Bourne Identity.

Holiday Week or Not The DVD Savant has been hard at work watching and writing about another batch of great DVDs. This week DVD Savant takes a look at two classic James Coburn secret agent spoofs: Our Man Flint and In Like Flint . Next up is another oddity from the folks at First Run Features, called The Legend of Paul and Paula. Warner's Peter O'Toole comedy My Favorite Year , Image Entertainment's Without Limits: Nasa Test Projects is a trio of engrossing docus on high-desert jet and rocket research, Columbia TriStar's Beijing Bicycle, and a trio from Criterion including - Hearts and Minds, The Last Wave and Juliet of the Spirits. All this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Alleged-TV personality Colin Malone rebounds from his half-baked Cooking With Porn Stars with the riotously absurd Colin's Sleazy Friends: Raw and Extreme. Also, an ode to a legend with Vincent Price: The Sinister Image. TV's Superman battles a great big freakin' snake in Boa. Plus, responses to reader emails and Mickey Rooney's Bill joins CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.

Poker Industries has issued another coupon for DVD Talk Members. Get 10% off your order with the coupon code DVDTK09. Also all orders of $50.00 or more are upgraded to FREE SHIPPING! Check out these featured films at Poker Industries: Ichii the Killer (Takashi Miike) , Y Tu Mama Tambien (Region 3) , Beijing Bicycle (Special Edition DVD + CD) , Kagemusha (Region 3 - Kurosawa) , Wesley's Mysterious File (Andy Lau), Hum Kisise Kum Nahin (2-Disc Set - Amitabh Bachchan), Chaos (Japanese - Hideo Nakata (Ring, Ring 2) - All region), Devil's Experiment/ Andoid of Notre Dame and more!

Universal Home Video has announced the DVD release for the 'Bollywood' hit Monsoon Wedding. Set for release on September 24, Monsoon Wedding will be presented in 16x9 enhanced widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 Hidi with english subtitles with production notes, filmographies and the trailer. If you're interested in great Indian films be sure to also check out Laagan which is both out in DVD and in the theaters right now!

One of the single most requested movies (actually 3 of them) are finally being released on DVD! The Back To The Future: The Trilogy will be released on December 17, in a 3 DVD box set. Back To The Future: The Trilogy will be presented in 16x9 enhanced wide screen with both Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS and feature: Audio Commentary with Actor Michael J. Fox, Director Robert Zemeckis and Producer & Screenwriter Bob Gale, Outtakes, Deleted Scenes, The Hoverboard Test, "The Making-Of Back To The Future" Featurette, "Animated Anecdotes" - 150 facts and trivia viewable as you watch the film, Production Archive and more. Pre-Order Back To The Future: The Trilogy Now.

Believe it or not, we get at least 4-5 e-mails a month asking us when the heck Grease will finally make its way on to DVD. Well, we're very excited to report that Paramount has officially announced the release date for Grease on DVD. Set for September 17, Grease will be presented in 16x9 enhanced widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature Retrospective Interviews with John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Didi Conn, director Randal Kleiser and producer Allan Carr. One reason to Pre-Order Grease is that the initial run will have a limited edition Grease song book included in the DVD!

This week we've got a giveaway for what is surely ' The best DVD released so far in 2002'! Pearl Harbor Director's Cut is a staggering 4 DVD set with more fantastic special features and content then you'll find anywhere else. What's even better is Director Michael Bay has recut Pearl Harbor bringing it closer to the Epic he envisioned. Enter Now for your chance to win this amazing DVD

This week The Aisle View takes a look at the Adam Sandler remake of the classic Mr. Deeds, find out how the latest Sandler flick compares to the Frank Capra classic and more importantly if you should shell out the money to catch it in the theaters. Also, in case you missed them be sure to read The Aisle View's take on The Minority Report Windtalkers, Scooby-Doo and The Bourne Identity.

Zhenya Kiperman isn't satisfied with just defining the Golden Age of Cinema as those years when the Hollywood studios controlled all filmmaking. Cinema Gotham recently visited his second Golden Age Film Fest, where he's mixing modern and classic New York films with Q-and-A's with some of the best filmmakers around. This week's final show is a rare screening of Double Whammy starring Denis Leary and Steve Buscemi.

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