DVDTalk writer Phillip Duncan was lucky enough recently to chat with screenwriter Brent Hanley about his screenplay for the Bill Paxton directed film Frailty. An interesting interview, Hanley has opinions on everything from the state of horror films to the studio system in Hollywood. Seemingly bitten by the directing bug himself, he reveals a little about his next screenplay and what he hopes to be his directorial debut. Honest and opinionated with an obvious love for film. Read the DVD Talk Interview with Brent Hanley

Two notable releases from Universal this week: The high octane, Prequel to Universal's Mummy Franchise The Scorpion King [Review], Brotherhood of The Wolf [Review] an ultra cool French Kung-Fu Monster Movie that shouldn't be missed. Warner Bros classics The Thin Man, The Shop Around The Corner (Remade as 'You've Got Mail) , Horror of Dracula and Curse of Frankenstein (none of which were available in time for review), and the hidden gem Nine Queens [Review] - an intricate and rewarding Argentinian crime story from Columbia Tri-Star.

It's Sequel-O-Rama with that ill-tempered fella in a hockey mask blasting into the cosmos in Jason X. Cannibals pick spokes from their teeth in the motocross redux The Hills Have Eyes Part II. Unruly bloodsuckers belly up for another whupin' in Blade II. Also an ode to the late Doris Wishman with Satan Was A Lady. Plus, responses to reader emails and Orca joins CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.

This week we have a special giveaway for the ultra-cool Brotherhood of The Wolf. Almost an impossible movie to categorize Brotherhood of The Wolf combines Kung-Fu action with a crime style who-dunnit along with a horrific monster, all in French. It's a 'breathtaking, violent, beautifully filmed and intense picture' that you shouldn't miss! Enter Now for your chance to win one of five copies of Brotherhood of The Wolf!

HBO has announced the DVD release for the second season of their extremely popular and ultraviolent prison drama series Oz. Set for release on January 7th Oz The Complete Second Season will contain all 8 episodes from the second season, be presented in a 3 Disc box set with full-frame picture and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature: a 30 minute roundtable with series creator Tom Fantana, stars Edie Falco, Dean Winters and more, a featurette including cast and crew members with special guests LL Cool J and Kathy Bates, episodic previews and recaps and more! Pre-order Oz: The Complete Second Season now

This week The Aisle View takes a look at the Wilco Documentary I Am Trying to Break Your Heart - a year in the life of the band. Also incase you missed them be sure to check out The Aisle View's take on The Banger Sisters, The Four Feathers Sex and Lucia and City by the Sea. Also be sure to SIGN UP and get The Aisle View delivered to your e-mail box as SOON as it's published!

With Spirited Away off to a great start theatrically there are rumors that Buena Vista Home Video (which owns the US rights to many of Hayao Miyazaki's films) are prepping DVD releases for Kiki's Delivery Service and Castle in the Sky for 2003. Also we got word that Fox is going to be bringing the one Hayao Miyazaki movie they have rights to My Neighbor Totoro to DVD on December 3rd. Unfortunately the Fox DVD is only going to be pan & scan with only a 2.0 Dolby Surround English dub (not the original track). This is bad news for Miyazaki as Totoro is a classic. If you DO have a Region Free DVD player like the Malata then there is a great Region 3 Release for My Neighbor Totoro which is letterbox and has the 5.1 Japanese audio Track. It's very disappointing that Fox isn't giving My Neighbor Totoro a better release.

This week The DVD Savant takes a look at two DVDs from Criterion, Spellbound and Ratcather. Savant also takes a look at 2 very different musicals: The eternal classic Singin' in the Rain and the somewhat problematic Grease. To round out the week DVD Savant also takes a look at Home Visions The Rocking Horse Winner and Universal's Monsoon Wedding. Read all this an more in this week's DVD Savant.

Paramount Pictures has announced the DVD Release for the Kathryn Bigelow (Strange Days, Near Dark) Directed, Harrison Ford Sub movie K-19: The Widowmaker. Set for release on December 10th K-19: The Widowmaker features: Director & Cinematographer Commentary, 3 Featurettes, and The Making Of K-19: The Widowmaker. Pre-Order K-19: The Widowmaker and for the complete low down on the movie see The Aisle View's Review of the movie.

DVD Talk appears on ABC TV's AM Northwest (KATU in Portland OR) every month and we wanted to recap the DVD's we talked about on Thursday's Show (9/25 at 9-10am PDT) . Our picks for 4 great DVDs released in September: Monsters Inc. - a fantastic DVD, amazing picture, with lots of great stuff for kids and adults, Singin' In The Rain - one of the best film restorations we've seen yet with a fantastic making of documentary - a must own, Kissing Jessica Stein a gem of a movie that is so exquisitely written and acted you'll want to watch it again with the writer's commentary, and 24 The First Season which can best be described by CineSchlock-O-Rama's 24-O-Thon where he spent 24 hours watching 24!

Last week Monster's Inc had a monster release day selling a record setting 5 Million copies! This week we've got 5 of these hot Monster's Inc DVDs to give to DVD Talkers! Monster's Inc is a 2 DVD SE packed with features including: Commentary by filmmakers, All New Animated Short Film "Mike's New Car", Outtakes, screen tests, and so much more! Enter Now for your chance to win a copy of Monster's Inc!

Twentieth Century Fox has announced the DVD release for Unfaithful on December 17th. Released in both a widescreen and full frame version (Both with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio), Unfaithful will feature: Commentary from Director Adrian Lyne, Scene Specific Commentary with Diane Lane and Richard Gere, 11 Deleted Scenes with Optional Director's Commentary, Star Interview with Charlie Rose, Director's Script Notes and an Alternate Ending! Pre-Order Unfaithful now at 35 % off

The stars of this week are Warner Bros. 2 Disc Special Editions for Amadeus [Review] One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest [Review] Singing in the Rain [Review] True Romance and Unforgiven. Buena Vista puts out the ultimate 'making of' with Project Greenlight/Stolen Summer Box Set [Review], the highly anticipated Peter Jackson Directed Heavenly Creatures [Review] and a 'Collector's Series' release for Swingers: SE. Also be sure not to overlook Docurama's exceptional documentary Go Tigers! [Review] a fantastic look at one town's obsession with high school football.

HKFlix.com is running a huge sale on the entire catalog of Crash Cinema DVDs (great old school style Kung Fu). Many of the Crash Cinema DVDs are 50% off with many great titles at only $7.95! If you need help picking movies from this sale check out DVD Talk's reviews for: Invincible Pole Fighter, Avenging Warriors of Shaolin, Mask of Death.

Columbia Tri-Star has announced the DVD release for Happy Times, the latest film from acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou ('Raise the Red Lantern' and ' The Road Home'). Set for release on December 3rd Happy Times will be presented in anamorphic widescreen with both Mandarin and English Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and of course English subtitles. Zhang Yimou films are always a real treat so be sure to check out Happy Times!

We've picked the winners for the latest batch of DVD Talk Giveaways. Find out who won the following DVD Talk Giveaways: Kissing Jessica Stein , Rex The Runt, Frailty, Pulp Fiction/ Jackie Brown and Chris Botti and Friends. Also we've got the winners for the AdultDVDEmpire Guess The Banner Girl Giveaway, find out who won the grand prize as well as see all the answers of who is on the banners (if you click on the banners they'll take you to one of their movies. If you didn't win, don't fear we've got more great giveaways coming your way!

Dreamworks has announced the DVD release for Minority Report on December 17th. Released in both a widescreen and full frame version Minority Report a 2 Disc Special Edition will be presented with both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 and feature: Over one hour of making of featurettes (produced by Laurent Bouzereau), still galleries, production notes, trailers and TV spots. Pre-Order Minority Report now at 30 % off

This week The Aisle View takes a look at the pairing of Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon in the new comedy The Banger Sisters as well as the new 'epic' war film The Four Feathers with Wes Bentley, Heath Ledger and Kate Hudson. Also incase you missed them be sure to check out The Aisle View's take on Sex and Lucia, City by the Sea Biggie and Tupca and One Hour Photo. Also be sure to SIGN UP and get The Aisle View delivered to your e-mail box as SOON as it's published!

This week in the The Blue Room, Brian Nicholson gives takes a look at DNA - brand new title from Private that will have you glued to your TV set, both for the beautiful women and the interesting storyline. Red Dragon an Asian-themed title directed with flair by Brad Armstrong. And Taylor Loves Rocco 2 which features not only one of the biggest female stars in the business (Taylor Hayes), but one of the most popular male stars, Rocco Siffredi. Also in case you missed it be sure to check out Brian's past articles Euphoria, Naughty Bedtime Stories and The Center of Sex as well as Tera Patrick, Another Simon Wolf Pleaser & A Guilty Pleasure. Enter The Blue Room Now

This week The DVD Savant takes a look at the exquisite Monsoon Wedding an entertaining comedy drama that's more than a little bit educational. MGM's The Knack ... and How to Get It a delightful comedy with a totally new kind of storytelling style, that's been imitated ever since. And Image's John & Yoko's Year of Peace a docu from the Canadians about the newlyweds' stint in a Montreal hotel room, receiving reporters and notables in a performance-art stunt to entice the world to Give Peace a Chance. Read all this an more in this week's DVD Savant.

New York film lovers have an exciting opportunity to check out short films from across the world this weekend at two exciting venues: The Manhattan Short Film Festival, an evening of free outdoor screenings in Union Square park and the Coney Island Short Film Festival which runs all weekend at the world-famous Coney Island sideshow.Cinema Gotham chatted with organizers from both festivals.

This week we've got a specail giveaway for Frailty, Directed by Bill Paxton and starring Matthew McConaughey. The Frailty DVD received the DVD Talk Collector's Series Rating (the highest rating we give) and is packed with special features including: Commentary by Director Bill Paxton and writer Brent Hanley, Sundance Channel's Anatomy of a Scene, Deleted Scenes, a Making-Of Frailty and more! Lions Gate Entertainment has given us 5 copies of Frailty to give away! So Enter Now for your chance to win one!

A lot of great DVDs are released this week, including the extremely well done Monsters Inc. [Review], the hot off the shelf and fresh from TV 24: Season 1 [Review], the highly anticipated Panic Room: Super Bit [Review], two great critically acclaimed indie films Kissing Jessica Stein [Review] and Monsoon Wedding, Bill Paxton's well received Frailty [Review], and Ken Burn's 10 hour plus Opus Civil War [Review]

Columnist G. Noel Gross just spent 24 HOURS on the heels of federal agent Jack Bauer and now files this complete guide to the hit "real-time" series!!! Noel also pays tribute to slapstick legend Jim Varney with reviews of Ernest Goes to Camp, Ernest Saves Christmas, Ernest Goes to Jail and Ernest Scared Stupid. Plus, 24 giveaway winners responses to reader emails and The Omega Man joins CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.

This week The Aisle View takes a look at the steamy new Spanish film Sex and Lucia and muses about the absence of sex in American films. Also incase you missed them be sure to check out The Aisle View's take on City by the Sea Biggie and Tupca, One Hour Photo, Read My Lips and Possession. Also be sure to SIGN UP and get The Aisle View delivered to your e-mail box as SOON as it's published!

On September 17, David Fincher's Panic Room is released on DVD. To mark the occasion we were invited to a conference call interview with Jodie Foster who spoke about her experience making the film, her work on the upcoming Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys and her thoughts about DVD and Audio Commentaries. In addition to the 'Interview' we also sat down and did a a complete review of the upcoming Panic Room Superbit DVD. We hope you enjoy them both.

Columbia Tri-Star has announced the DVD release for Stuart Little 2 of the summer's best family offerings! The Stuart Little 2 DVD is set for release on December 10th, and be presented in both widescreen and full frame with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature: Film Maker's Commentary, Read-A-Long: Stuart Little's Big Adventures, a "Show and Tell" Interactive Feature, two Featurettes "A Touch of Evil" and "Life in the Fast Lane" and more. Pre-Order Stuart Little 2 and read our Theatrical Review of this exceptional movie!

This week The DVD Savant takes a look at Warner Bros. Barfly amusing nosedive into skid row squalor. Near Dark a slick, violent vampire yarn that hooks us with its intelligent thrills and doesn't let go The Gypsy Moths - a hot-blooded drama about 3 barnstorming skydivers who find romance during a short stay in a midwest town and Miramax's prestige offering The Yearling, Clarence Brown's direction and well-applied MGM production values turn this story of a boy 'coming of age' into a bonafide classic. Read all this an more in this week's DVD Savant.

A year has passed since the sudden, senseless attacks of September 11th. While the grieving may be far from over, the time passed does mark a passage of sorts. This week Cinema Gotham reflects on some of the thoughts and emotions that the anniversary brings up as well as some of the documentaries that try to get beneath the surface of this American tragedy.

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Some of the best films often are easily overlooked. This week we're very excited to bring you a DVD Talk Giveaway for the delightful film Kissing Jessica Stein. The Kissing Jessica Stein DVD features Commentary by co-writers and stars Heather Juergensen and Jennifer Westfeldt, Director Commentary, Deleted Scenes and Outtakes. Enter Now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of Kissing Jessica Stein.

Some great, and easily overlooked DVDs come out this week, including the funky/cool Directorial debut of Roman Coppola in CQ [Review], the virtually unknown but very well done The Salton Sea, the well acted Changing Lanes [Review] (even Ben Affleck is good!), The Count of Monte Cristo with its fair share of swashbuckling and revenge, and our personal pick this week, the hilarious Rex The Runt

Dreamworks has announced the DVD release for the delightful animated film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron which is now up for pre-order. Set for release on November 19th, Spirit will be available in both widescreen and full frame versions and feature: Audio Commentary with Filmmakers Kelly Asbury, Lorna Cook and Mirellie Soria and a making of feature. The real special features on Spirit can be found on the DVD-ROM part of the DVD including a new technology that allows viewers to create their own Spirit movie incorporating pictures of themselves - should be fun! Pre-Order Spirit now at 30% off.

Buena Vista Home Video has announced the DVD release for Rob Bowman's (the X-Files Movie Director) Reign of Fire, starring Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale. Set for release on November 19th Reign of Fire will be presented in anamorphic widescreen and feature: "Breathing Life Into The Terror" a Sci-fi Featurette, "If You Can't Stand the Heat" Pyrotechnics & Special Effects Featurette and Conversations with director Rob Bowman. Read DVD Talk's Review of Reign of Fire from when it was in the theaters, and Pre-Order the Reign of Fire DVD.

This week The Aisle View gets a little Sea Sick while watching the latest Robert De Niro cop drama City By The Sea released on one of the slowest theatrical weeks in a long time. Also incase you missed them be sure to check out The Aisle View's take on Biggie and Tupca, One Hour Photo, Read My Lips, Possession and xXx. Also be sure to SIGN UP and get The Aisle View delivered to your e-mail box as SOON as it's published!

Lions Gate has announced the DVD Release for the extremely successful summer TV series: The Dead Zone starring Anthony Michael Hall. Set for release on November 5th The Dead Zone: The Series will feature the first 2 episodes of the series (titled The Wheel of Fortune) presented in full-frame with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. In addition The Dead Zone: The Series will feature audio commentary by Writer Michael Pillar, Anthony Micheal Hall, Nicole DeBoer, Chris Bruno, and Rob Lieberman, also a Johnny Smith Video Diary. The Dead Zone is a really fantastic series, so we're very excited to see it released on DVD !

Disney has announced that Lilo & Stitch will be released on DVD December 3rd, making it one of the fastest major animated Disney features to come to DVD after theatrical release! Lilo & Stitch will be presented in Widescreen 1.66:1 (enhanced for 16x9 TVs) with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature: Deleted Scenes, A Behind-The-Scenes with Wynonna, A Stitch In Time (a trip through the Disney Years), How-To-Hula Lesson, DisneyPedia - Hawaii a featurette on Hawaii, On Location with the Directors, Animation and Music Featurettes, Inter-Stitch-als (with Stitch wrecking havoc on classic Disney films) and more. Pre-Order Lilo & Stitch Now

Scream queen Linnea Quigley adorns a tombstone like no other in the classick Return of the Living Dead. A long overdue helping of Farmer Vincent's fritters in Motel Hell. Wisconsin necrophile Ed Gein is beyond Deranged. Blue Underground debuts with The Toolbox Murders. Bozo apes I Spit on Your Grave in Vulgar. Plus, Masters of Horror giveaway winners, responses to reader emails and Freaks joins CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.

Here's one of those great DVDs you've never heard of! Rex The Runt is what you'd get if you mixed South Park with Wallace and Gromit and added a little splash of Monty Python- extremely crude and extremely funny. This week we're giving away 5 copies of the Rex The Runt - The Complete Collection DVDs. The Rex The Runt DVD is a 2 DVD set which contains all 26 episodes from the first 2 seasons! If you're a fan of British humor or are looking for a good laugh you can't miss Rex The Runt. Enter Now for your chance to win Rex The Runt.

The most exciting DVD being released this week has to be Blade II Platinum Edition [Review] a stellar 2 DVD Special Edition from New Line! Sci-Fi lovers will be happy about the releases of Outer Limits: The Original Series [Review], Stargate SG 1: Season 2 [Review] and Star Trek Next Generation Season 4. Lions Gate Entertainment's got the latest Indie View Askew DVD Vulgar (Un-Rated) [Review] which may be more sought after for the great Dogma Documentary than the less than stellar Vulgar. Finally Warner Bros puts out the highly regarded Barfly and Sheltering Sky.

This week The Aisle View takes a look at Biggie and Tupac and interesting documentary which looks at the killing of rappers Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, who were killed within six months of each other in late 1996 and early 1997. Also in case you missed it, check out The Aisle View's take on One Hour Photo, Read My Lips, Possession, xXx Spy Kids 2 and Signs. Also be sure to SIGN UP and get The Aisle View delivered to your e-mail box as SOON as it's published!

David Walker (creator of Bad Azz Mofo) is one of the foremost experts on 'blaxploitation' and so we're very excited to have a special feature from him on New Line's Platinum Series release of The Mack. Read what David Walker has to say about the The Mack DVD, gems from his interview with The Mack Director Michael Campus and his take on the 'blaxploitation' genre. Walker's Feature on The Mack & Michael Campus is a real treat we hope you'll enjoy!

Reality TV junkies can rejoyce, as the latest reality TV hit American Idol is making its way onto DVD on October 15th. American Idol: The Search for a Superstar has a running time of 90 minutes and will feature 'highlights' of the show (this is not one of those 'Complete Season Releases'). The bonus for American Idol fans will be some never-before-seen backstage footage that wasn't broadcast on TV. You can Pre-Order American Idol for $13.99

David Fincher's films (Fight Club, Seven) always feature exciting, innovative opening credit sequences, but when the lights went down and his 2002 film Panic Room began, a collective gasp could be heard in theaters throughout New York City. With the Superbit DVD streeting soon, Cinema Gotham spoke with the special effects and design wizards responsible for this extraordinary piece of filmmaking.

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