Warner Bros. has announced the DVD release for Clint Eastwood's aged detective flick Blood Work. Set for release on December 27th Blood Work will be released in a separate Widescreen and Full Screen editions and feature: A making of feature, and a conversation in Spanish with Clint Eastwood, Wanda De Jesus and Paul Rodriguez (which will probably be more entertaining than the movie!). Pre-Order Blood Work Now and read our theatrical review of the film.

There has been plenty of rap crossover onto the silver screen during the last twenty years but no movie has been as true to the tenets of old-school hip-hop as Charlie Ahearn's Wild Style (1983). Thankfully, Rhino has released this classic on DVD with a terrific commentary track from Ahearn and one of the film's prime movers Fab 5 Freddy. Cinema Gotham was happy to review this welcome release.

This week The DVD Savant takes a look at two Artisan's Collectors' Editons" John Ford's The Quiet Man and Gary Cooper in High Noon, A.D. Vision's Daimajin Trilogy with three films for the price of one, Roan's Zulu, MGM's How to Murder Your Wife and The Big Knife. Also not to be missed are Savant's reviews of The Alec Guinness Collection and Mysterious Island, Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

At the end of this week swings in the first of the 'Ultra Mega November DVDs' with our friendly neighborhood Spiderman [Read our DVD Review]. Also this week is anther kind of spider movie the spine tingly: Eight Legged Freaks [Read our DVD Review], also Paramount wraps up some of our greatest fears in Sum of All Fears [Read our DVD Review]. Certainly nothing would be more scary than sitting down to dinner with some head hunting cannibals, just ask anthropologist Tobias Schneebaum the focus of Keep the River on Your Right. If TV on DVD is your thing you'll be excited to hear that Mad About You: Complete First Season [Read our DVD Review], and Malcolm in the Middle [Read our DVD Review] both street this week!

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DVDTalk got to chat with producer Dean Devlin about the release of Eight Legged Freaks on DVD. With an obvious love for the genre, Devlin revealed how and why Eight Legged Freaks was study in low-budget filmmaking for the multi-million dollar producer and how what he learned can easily be applied to later productions. Read and Listen to the Complete Interview with Dean Devlin.

Some films, no matter how worthwhile, just get lost in the shuffle of time. Luckily Michael Campus' The Education of Sonny Carson is being released to DVD by VCI Entertainment this month following years of shout-outs from rappers like Lauryn Hill. Education is an important and provocative film about race in New York. Carson was going to help introduce the DVD to the market himself but in late September he suffered a serious heart attack that currently has him in a coma. This week Cinema Gotham reviews the DVD and talks with the film's director Michael Campus (who also directed The Mack) about the film, the gangs it depicts, and Sonny Carson.

Are you in New York or Los Angeles? If so you won't want to miss your chance to win tickets to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Special Extended DVD Edition Marathon Twelve-Hour Screening! The screening will take place in New York and Los Angeles on November 11th from noon to midnight and include: The three-and-a-half hour Lord of the Rings Extended Edition feature, behind-the-scenes documentaries, cast interviews and some other surprises! Enter Now for your chance to win one of 50 tickets (25 for New York and 25 for LA)!

Halloween and Horror movies go together perfectly. As DVD became popular, more and more studios began releasing their catalog of horror movies to the format. DVD Talk writer Phillip Duncan sat down and came up with 13 Scary Movies for Halloween - by no means a complete list or a countdown of favorites, it’s meant as a starting point. So turn off the lights, turn up the sound and enjoy!

This week The Aisle View takes a look at Warner Bros. spooky Ghost Ship directed by Steven Beck's whose previous horror film was Thir13en Ghosts. The Aisle View also takes a look at the latest Paul Thomas Anderson film Punch Drunk Love starring Adam Sandler in a DRAMATIC role. Also be sure to check out The Aisle View's take on The Ring , Spirited Away and Red Dragon. As well as DVD Talk's latest Theatrical Reviews: Bowling for Columbine , Abandon, Tuck Everlasting and The Moonlight Mile .

Columnist G. Noel Gross files an exclusive interview with Andy and Arlene Sidaris whose credo of "Bullets, Bombs and Babes" guided a DOZEN globetrotting, guns 'n' babes epics into fringe cinema phenoms. Their all-out assault on the DVD world has been equally explosive as evidenced by Malibu Express and Enemy Gold. Five lucky winners will see firsthand in a spectacular Andy Sidaris Collection giveaway! Plus, responses to reader emails and Soggy Bottom USA joins CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.

This week The DVD Savant takes a look at The Alec Guinness Collection -these great English comedies are too good to lump into a bunch, as each is hilarious in a different way. Warners' Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer- a Hollywood bio of the great dancer that manages to be incisive without being gossipy, and puts a proper perspective on Kelly's achievements. The End of Saint Petersburg & The Deserter a treasure trove for film students to pore over, and Criterion's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp one of Powell & Pressburger's best. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

This week we've got two great giveaways from MGM Home Video! First up is the steamy Y Tu Mama Tambien (Unrated) which streets this week and features, Commentary by cast and crew, deleted scenes, Short film "Me la Debes" and a Making-of featurette. Next is the John Woo war pic Windtalkers with Nicolas Cage. We're giving away 5 copies of each Y Tu Mama Tambienand Windtalkers so enter for your chance to win now!

The timing couldn't be more perfect this week as Columbia Tri-Star releases Mr Deeds [Review] just as Punch Drunk Love [Review] with Adam Sandler hits theaters. Artisan opens up their vaults with two collector's editions of High Noon and The Quiet Man. From Paramount comes the latest Star Trek Special Edition DVD with Star Trek III - The Search for Spock (Special Edition) [Review]. From Criterion comes the highly anticipated Jim Jarmusch classic Down By Law. From MGM comes the steamy Y Tu Mama Tambien which comes in an unrated version and finally Universal's release of ET which they declined to send to any online press for review. Read Reviews of these and other DVDs getting released this week.

For some unknown reason The Ring has had some strange pull on DVD Talk Reviewers, it's one of the most covered theatrical releases this year. First, it's the topic of this week's Aisle View, it's covered in Our Week in DVDs and Movies, covered by The DVD Savant and reviewed by Aaron Beierle, Blake Kunisch and Chris Hughes. All this coverage wasn't planned, it just happened.... spooky eh?!?

Fox has announced the DVD release for Jennifer Aniston's break out performance in The Good Girl. Set for release on January 7th, The Good Girl will be presented in both widescreen (enhanced for 16x9 TVs) and full frame with Dolby Digital 5.1 and feature: audio commentary by Director Miguel Arteta, writer and star Mike White, and Jennifer Aniston, deleted scenes and an alternate ending with Director's commentary. Pre-Order The Good Girl and check out our theatrical review of the movie.

Fox has announced the DVD release for One Hour Photo. Set for release on January 28, One Hour Photo will be released in seperate widescreen and fullscreen versions both with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and featuring: audio commentary by Director Mark Romanek and star Robin Williams, The 'Charlie Rose Show' segment with Robin Williams, Cinemax 'Making-of' and the Sundance Channel's 'Anatomy of a Scene'. Pre-Order One Hour Photo and check out our theatrical review of the movie. (Robin Williams fans should also note that his HBO concert Robin Williams: Live On Broadway will be available on DVD November 19th

This week in Our Week in DVD we spend an entire day watching Star Wars Episode II and enjoy it from beginning to end, we make sure we Keep The River on Your Right, bawl our eyes out at Grave of The Fireflies and twiddle our thumbs through Sum of All Fears. Next we're jumping out of our chairs at a screening of The Ring and are left scratching our heads as Universal Studios Home Video tells us NO go for an ET DVD Review and casts doubt over any future online support. All this and more in this week's Our Week in DVD & Movies

Roger Rabbit fans rejoice! Buena Vista Home Video has announced the DVD release Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Special Edition. Set for release on March 25th, 2003 Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Special Edition will be presented in both widescreen and full screen with both Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 audio and feature: Audio Commentary with The Filmmakers, Deleted Scene, "Behind The Ears: The True Story Of Roger Rabbit", Toontown Confidential: Pop-Up-Style Trivia, Roger Rabbit Shorts: Tummy Trouble, Rollercoaster Rabbit and Trail Mix-Up, Split-Screen Comparison, "Who Made Roger Rabbit" Featurette and more! Pre-Order Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Special Edition now.

This week The DVD Savant takes a look at Casino Royale graced with a director interview that provides some very welcome explanations of how this crazy mess got this way. Miramax's Italian for Beginners, an old-fashioned love soap told from within the Dogme 95 discipline. Mysterious Island Ray Harryhausen's imitation of a Bert Gordon film - big bugs, big crabs, big birds! Image's Germany Year Zero a hard-hitting, socially conscious story of a hapless boy living in the ruins of a Berlin just beginning to rebuild from the bombings of WW2. And two from Warner Bros The Thin Man and The Shop around the Corner . Read all this an more in this week's DVD Savant.

It's finally here! We've got an extremely in depth review of the highly anticipated Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones DVD. Closely following the form and format of the Episode I DVD, Episode II DVD innovates with a transfer direct from the digital source, and presents 3 main documentaries rather than 1 big one. It's a DVD packed with extras and we explored every inch of this fantastic DVD. Read our complete review of Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones.

Buena Vista Home Video has officially announced the release of this summer's thrilling spookfest Signs. Set for release on January 7th, Signs will be released as a 'Vista Series' DVD presented in Widescreen (enhanced for 16x9 TVs) and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature: Audio Commentary by Director M. Night Shyamalan, a segment on the Storyboard Process, Visual Effects Feature, A DVD diary about the writing of the script, a talk with composer James Newton Howard on the music of SIGNS, Deleted Scenes, 2 Multi-Angle scenes, M. Night's first childhood alien movie, and more! Pre-Order Signs and read our Theatrical Review of this AMAZING movie!

This week we've got a very special Insomnia DVD Giveaway from the folks at Warner Bros. Home Video. Enter for your chance to win one of 5 copies of the Insomnia DVD featuring: Commentary by director Christopher Nolan with an amazing recut of the movie shown in order of shooting sequence, Commentary by actor Hilary Swank, production designer Nathan Crowley, editor Dody Dorn, cinematograher Wally Pfister, and screenwriter Hillary Seitz, deleted scene and much much more! Enter Now for your chance to win INSOMNIA!

A number of notable DVDs this week including the John Woo wartime flick Windtalkers [Review], A DVD release showcasing this summer's TV hit American Idol [Review], Angela Jolie goes platinum blonde in Life or Something Like It [Review], a summer hit panned by many Scooby Doo [Review] finds its place on DVD as a Kids movie, the completely dumb but guilty pleasure comedy Sorority Boys [Review], Christopher Nolan's remake of the thriller Insomnia [Review] and finally Universal's release of Law & Order which they refused to send to any online press for review. Read Reviews of these and other DVDs getting released this week.

DVDTalk writer Phillip Duncan had a few short minutes to spend with Insomnia filmmaker and director Christopher Nolan, who followed the surprising success of Memento with a remake of the 1997 Norwegian thriller Insomnia. DVDTalk had a chance to ask this eloquent and meticulous director a few questions about the DVD release. Read our interview and find out Nolan's thoughts on the inventive commentary track on the film and whether or not a Special Edition of Insomnia will one day make it to the shelves.

Hail to The King, baby! Brian O'Hara's fiendishly irreverent, gloriously gruesome Rock 'n' Roll Frankenstein is easily among the year's top genre releases!!! Vigilant CineSchlockers net the space-alien omelet epic Puppet Masters. Stuart Gordon returns to H.P. Lovecraft with Dagon. A homicidal turkey runs amok in Blood Freak. Fan-friendly extras sweeten Ernest Goes to Africa and Ernest in the Army. Plus, responses to reader emails and Under the Rainbow joins CineSchlock-O-Rama' s Most Wanted.