Columbia Tri-Star has announced the DVD release for the Josh Hartnett/Harrison Ford buddy flick Hollywood Homicide. Set for release on October 7th Hollywood Homicide will be be presented in both widescreen and fullscreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature: Audio commentary from Director Ron Shelton (who also Directed Dark Blue). Pre-Order Hollywood Homicide at Amazon.com or DVDEmpire.

Disney has announced the DVD release for their smash hit animated film Finding Nemo. Set for release on November 4th Finding Nemo a 2 Disc Special Edition will be presented in both Widescreen Anamorphic and Full Screen with Dolby Digital 5.1 EX and feature: Filmmakers' Visual Commentary including Deleted Scenes and Recording Sessions, Character Interviews, The Pixar Short Film "Knick Knack", Making Nemo: A special documentary featuring footage on the creation of the film , Exploring the Reef with Jean Michel Cousteau and Characters from the movie, Review The Art of Nemo with living galleries narrated by the artists themselves, a number of set-top games and more! Pre-Order Finding Nemo Now at Amazon, DVDEmpire, or Buy.com.

This week we have a very special giveaway for Home Vision Entertainment's Vengo DVD. The parched landscape of southern Spain is the setting for a tale of passion, music and revenge in Tony Gatlif's (Gadjo Dilo) Vengo. After his brother has murdered a member of a rival gypsy clan and gone into hiding, Caco becomes the figurehead of his 'family'. Threats of revenge against his nephew are played out against a backdrop of rapturous flamenco music and dance performances. The Vengo DVD features the Bonus Film: "Los Almendros-Plaza Nueva", Interviews And More! Enter Now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of the Vengo DVD.

Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky are two filmmakers that when working together, they have become known for their narrative documentary style. They first drew attention at Sundance in 1992 with Brother's Keeper which went on to win the Audience Award. Their later films together, "Paradise Lost" and "Revelations: Paradise Lost 2" earned them equal praise while thrusting them further into the spotlight. On the 10th Anniversary of their first collaboration together, Docurama has released a DVD of Brother's Keeper and DVDTalk writer Phillip Duncan had a chance to ask them about the Ward Brothers, their feelings toward authority and upcoming film with Metallica. Read the complete Interview

An interesting mix of Notable DVD this week including: Fox's Solaris [Review] - Steven Soderbergh's update of the Stanislaw Lem Sci-Fi classic and Daredevil [Review] - a must for any Jennifer Garner fans. From Lions Gate comes The Last Minute [Review] - a strange and quirky film from the Director of Blade. Speaking of strange Columbia Tri-Star has Spider [Review] - David Cronenberg's most subtle and subdued work to date. This week Disney has a treat for the kids with Piglet's Big Movie a charming theatrically released animated film. Buena Vista has the critically acclaimed The Quiet American which IS extremely good and Media Blasters gets on the radar screen with Herschell Gordon Lewis' return to gore in Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat and the Zombie Samurai flick Versus.

Sergio Leone fans will be excited to hear that Paramount Home Video will be releasing Once Upon a Time in The West on November 18th! Once Upon a Time in The West will be released as a 2 Disc Special Edition presented in anamorphic widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature: the completely restored 165 minute version of the film and feature: Audio Commentary with John Carpenter, John Milius, Alex Cox, and film historian Christopher Frayling and members of the film crew, a three part documentary (running 82 mins!) covering Sergio Leone's career, the background for the film, writing and casting the film, on location, the style of the film and it's impact on the Western Genre, a featurette on the impact of the railroad on the Old West, and a photo gallery Pre-Order Once Upon a Time in The West at DVDEmpire

Docurama in conjunction with IFC have announced the DVD Release for A Decade Under the Influence. Co-directed by the late Ted Demme (Blow) and Richard LaGravenese (Living Out Loud) A Decade Under the Influence takes a look at American cinema during the 1970s, a singular decade during which every aspect of filmmaking was profoundly changed. Set for release on September 30th A Decade Under the Influence feature the original documentary along with additional interviews and behind the scenes material. You can get a sneak peek at the documentary when it airs in three parts starting Wednesday, August 20 through Saturday, August 23 accompanied by a celebration of films from the era. Pre-Order A Decade Under the Influence Now at Amazon.com, DVDEmpire, or DeepDiscountDVD who has it for $13.27 with free shipping

How can Angelina Jolie be so hot, and Lara Croft be so uninspiring and cold? The newest Tomb Raider is an unfortunate let-down find out why in this week's The Aisle View . Also new in theaters this week: Spy Kids 3-D may be one of the best 3-D movies ever, but it's missing the heart of the first two. Read the full review. Be sure not to miss our Theatrical Reviews of Seabiscuit, Dirty Pretty Things and Gus Van Sant's Elephant. Want to get The Aisle View right when it's published? Sign Up to get The Aisle View delivered free to your email box!

You can now Pre-Order Warner Home Video's DVD release for The Matrix: Reloaded. Set for release on October 14th The Matrix: Reloaded will be a 2 Disc special edition released in separate Widescreen and Fullscreen editions both with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature: 'Preload' – Get a behind the scenes overview of The Matrix Reloaded with on-location footage and interviews with cast and crew, 'The Freeway Chase' – a 30 minute behind the scenes feature showing the making of this amazing chase scene, 'What is The Animatrix?' A glimpse into the history and the intrigue of the Animatrix, 'Enter The Matrix - a making of the video game and the groundbreaking technology used to create it, 'The Matrix Unfolds' – A review of The Matrix phenomenon and its amazing cultural impact, 2003 MTV Movie Awards Matrix Reloaded parody 'Get Me An Exit' and more! Pre-Order The Matrix: Reloaded Now at Amazon.com, DVDEmpire, or DeepDiscountDVD.

We're extremely excited to announced that DVD Talk has passed the 6,000 Mainstream DVD Review mark and are quickly approaching 7,000 total reviews (when you include Adult, Audio and Theatrical Reviews) ! We thought you'd find interesting the top 5 most read reviews on the site are: #1 Star Wars: Episode 1, #2 Star Wars: Episode 2, #3 The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring: Extended Edition, #4 Memento:LE & #5 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Theatrical. Also interesting is the fact that Forbidden Tales an adult title comes breaks the all time top 10 reviews at #9! You can easily search our reviews from your browser with the DVD Talk Toolbar which also lets you quickly price search for DVDs and more!

The absolutely fantastic Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is finally back on the release calendar with the new release date of September 9th. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind was written by 'Adaptation' writer Charlie Kaufman and Directed by George Clooney. The DVD will be presented in anamorphic widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature: Audio Commentary with George Clooney and DP Newton Thomas Sigel, 11 Deleted scenes, 2 Featurettes, 5 of The Gong Show's greatest acts, screen tests, and more! Pre-Order Confessions of a Dangerous Mind at Amazon, DVDEmpire, Amazon.com or DeepDiscountDVD

An eclectic mix of notable DVD this week including MGM's fantastic DVD for Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby [Review], New Line Home Video's Final Destination 2 [Review] with one of the best crash scenes we've ever seen in a movie, Fox has a number of Asian films previously available over seas under the 'Hong Kong Legends' brand - Magnificent Warriors [Review], The Magnificent Butcher [Review], City Hunter [Review], Hong Kong 1941, Magnificent Warriors[Review], and Naked Killer [Review], and for fans of TV this week there's the 'Director's Cut' of the NBC mini-series Kingpin [Review] and HBO's The Corner from the creative team behind 'The Wire'

This week we've got a very special giveaway from New Line Home Video for Final Destination 2 (Infinifilm Edition) which features: both Dolby Digital 5.1 EX and DTS 6.1 ES audio, commentary by Director David Ellis, Both Screenwriters and the Producer, deleted and alternate scenes, a subtitle fact track, and three documentaries - 'The Terror Gage', 'Cheating Death:Beyond and Back', and 'Bits and Pieces: Bringing Death to Life'. Enter Now For Your Chance to Win on of 5 copies of Final Desination 2 (Infinifilm Edition).

New Line Home Video has announced that the creepy Willard with Crispin Glover will be the next DVD to be released in their Platinum Series of DVDs. Set for release on October 7th Willard will be presented in both widescreen and fullscreen with Dolby Digital EX 5.1 and feature: Audio commentary with Director Glane Morgan, Producer James Wong, Crispin Glover and R. Lee Ermey; Two original documentaries: 'Rat People: Friends or Foes' and 'The Year of the Rat' - a feature length documentary of a film student following the film from pre-production through release, Crispin Glover Music Video with optional Commentary, Script to Screen DVD-Rom feature and a rat gallery (including some DVD Talker's pet rats!!) ! Pre-Order The Willard: Platinum Series DVD at DVDEmpire

Disney has announced the DVD release for ther popular kids flick Holes. Set for release on September 23rd, Holes will be available in separate Widescreen and Fullscreen editions with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and featuring: A Gag Reel, Deleted Scenes, Filmmakers' Commentary With Director Andrew Davis And Author/Screenwriter Louis Sachar, Cast Commentaries From Shia LaBeouf (Stanley Yelnats) [Star of Project Greenlight: Battle of Shaker Heights] , Khleo Thomas (Zero), Jake M. Smith (Squid) & Max Kasch (Zig-Zag), "Dig It" Music Video Performed By The Cast and. "The Making Of HOLES" Featurette. Pre-Order Holes Now at DVDEmpire or Amazon.com .

20th Century Fox Home Video has announced the DVD release for the highly stylized Down With Love with Renee Zellweger and Ewan McGregor. Set for release on October 7th Down With Love will be presented in separate widescreen and fullscreen releases with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature: Audio Commentary by Director' Peyton Reed, 5 deleted scenes, "Here's to Love" Music video, "Guess My Game" segment, lead actors' screen test, bloopers, A HBO First Look special, and 7 featurettes. Pre-Order Down With Love at DVDEmpire, Amazon.com or DeepDiscountDVD

Is America ready for Johnny English? Can they really make a successful movie based on a televsion ad? Will the talents of Rowan Atkinson overcome a weak script? Read the full review. In limited release this week: the intense and noteworthy new film from director Stephen Frears. Read the review of Dirty Pretty Things 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 Criterion's The Honeymoon Killers a class act, a superior film about how true love falters under the pressure of serial murders. Image Entertainment's What's Up, Tiger Lily? is Woody Allen's giddily immature comedy redubbing of a Japanese spy film, 365 Nights in Hollywood a clunky Alice Faye vehicle with an amusing tinseltown setting , Mk2/Warner's Limelight - a great film but a stretch for non-confirmed Chaplin fans, and Paramount's The Tenant the only picture by Polanski that doesn't make it for Savant. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

What would New York City be without differing opinions? When Martin Scorsese's long-awaited Gangs of New York finally hit theaters this past December, the reaction was a volatile mix of praise and criticism. The debate raged between critics and filmgoers who either thought it was a dark, bold vision or a mangled mess. Cinema Gotham's Gil Jawetz praised the film's atmosphere and historical sweep while holding minor reservations about the story and cast. With the film now out on DVD,Cinema Gotham's Jason Janis takes a different approach, looking a little deeper into the flaws that keep the film from greatness and lamenting the masterpiece that could have been. Read this 2nd look at Gangs of New York

America's favorite foul mouthed dysfunctional family is back for another go at DVD with The Osbournes - The 2nd Season. Set for release on September 30th The Osbournes Season 2 will be released as a 2 Disc special edition featuring: both the Censored and Uncensored Language track, 30 minutes of unaired footage, what the $%#@ Did He Say Trivia Game, An Ozzy Translator for each episode, Audio Commentary with the Osbourne clan including Amy, Dookie's Revenge game and more! Pre-Order The Osbournes - The 2nd Season at Amazon.com or DeepDiscountDVD

Not unlike Ginger Snaps or Dog Soldiers comes another 5-star surprise for horror hounds via May -- a charming, yet grim fairy tale about a lazy-eyed wallflower looking for love in all the wrong pieces. Dracula II: Ascension paves the way for a franchise with bite. Blue Underground quietly takes hardcore porn mainstream with Emanuelle in America alongside stylish Nazi sleaze in Salon Kitty. Drive-in king Al Adamson dabbles in blaxploitation with Black Heat. Enter the most spectacular CineSchlock-O-Rama giveaway yet and win one of five jaw-dropping Andy Sidaris Collection Vol. 1 box sets featuring the first six of 12 extras-laden guns 'n' babes epics. Plus, responses to reader emails and The Deliberate Stranger joins CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.

An interesting mix this week of notable DVDs including the extremely buzz worthy May:SE [Review] from Lions Gate which gets CineSchlock-O-Rama's highest marks. Another gem which you may have overlooked but should check out on DVD is Columbia Tri-Star's Laurel Canyon. From MGM comes the mega The Billy Wilder DVD Collection which finally brings together some of his great films. Warner Bros has Friends Complete Fourth Season [Review] and the UBER Civil War film Gods and Generals [Review], finally from Buena Vista Home Video comes Shanghai Knights [Review] with Owen Wilson and Jackie Chan.

This week we've got a very special Giveaway from HTMarket.com who has provided some great prizes for us to give away. Enter for your chance to win your very own Personalized DVD Home Theater Intro, or one of 4 DVD Swivel Storage Tower Made of solid kiln dried hardwood, not vinyl, not veneer, Holds any combination of 144 CD's, 64 large DVD's or 32 video tapes! This is a great opportunity to pick up some fantastic Home Theater Accessories, so enter for your chance to win now!

Fox Home Video has announced the DVD release of the run away indie hit Bend It Like Beckham. Set for release on September 30th Bend It Like Beckham will be presented in anamorphic Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature: audio commentary with Director and Co-writer Gurinder Chadha, 10 deleted/extended scenes, outtakes, a recipe gallery, "Who wants to cook Aloo Gobi" featurette - hosted by the director and "The Aunties" - The Making of Bend It Like Beckham and more! Pre order Bend It Like Beckham at DVDEmpire, Amazon and DeepDiscountDVD

The premise is brilliant but the execution is far from it. Find out if Sean Connery complete with Scottish drawl can save The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen from itself in this week's The Aisle View. Also this week we take a look at Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - is Johnny Depp the best pirate ever or the worst? We're still not sure, but this Summer Ride of a movie is a ton of fun! Be sure to check out our full review before you decide whether or not to take the kids! 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 three of the discs from the Charlie Chaplin Collection: The Gold Rush - a deluxe presentation of his biggest silent hit and personal favorite - presented in Charlie's preferred 1942 recut, and the 1925 original, Modern Times which finds the Little Tramp dodging riots, strikes, brutal cops, and mechanized industry run amuck, The Great Dictator with some new info comparing it to the old Image series ... think PAL to NTSC time compression. Also, from Image comes Under Capricorn a happy surprise: an infrequently-seen Hitchcock picture with a very good transfer and Home Vision Entertainment's Dangerous Moves a topnotch disc of a rewarding thriller centered on a chess match between two Soviets. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

When Paul Malbry was picked to be part of The Real Cancun, he probably had no idea he was going to be part of a cinematic experiment. Veteran Reality TV producers Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan Murray were going to see if the huge wave of success that has followed Reality TV could be duplicated on the big screen. While the film wasn't a commercial success it does make for an extremely enjoyable DVD (see our review). We had an opportunity to talk to Paul about his experience making The Real Cancun Find out what really happened between him and Sky, what it was really like making the film and what you won't see in the movie or the DVD. Read our complete interview: The 'Real' - Real Cancun.

This week we've got a very special giveaway from DeepDiscountDVD.com who has the exclusive on Nero Wolfe: Season One DVD. This collection includes the complete first season of Nero Wolfe, available on DVD for the first time. Nero Wolfe stars Maury Chaykin and Oscar winner Timothy Hutton--who also directed several episodes--as the legendary detective team. Faithfully adapting favorites from the vast Wolfe case log, the series perfectly captures the distinctive style of Rex Stout's classic tales. Enter Now For Your Chance to Win!

A much lighter week for notable DVDs, probably one of the sparsest of the year so far. Most notable (from the slim pickings) is Joel Schumacher's Phone Booth [Review] with Colin Farrell - a light thriller on a pretty sparse DVD, Basic [Review] a familiar feeling military thriller with John Travolta, Anchor Bay's Manhunter (Restored Director's Cut Divimax Edition) - a clean up of the Director's cut previously found on the Limited Edition release of Manhunter, Little House on the Prairie - Season 1 & 2 and MGM's La Femme Nikita - Season 1.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Video has announced the DVD release for 24: The Complete Second Season. Set for release on September 2nd, 24: The Complete Second Season a seven disc box set, will feature all 24 episodes from the second season of 24 with a TON of special features and deleted scenes! In all there will be 44 deleted scenes all of which will be able to be able to be accessed through branching on the episodes they've been deleted from as well as individually with optional commentary, Audio commentary on 6 of the episodes, the Featurettes: 'On the Button': The Destruction of CTU; Making of an Episode: Production, and two Post-Production Multi-angle studies. We haven't heard if CineSchlock-O-Rama will be repeating his 24-O-Thon: Buns of Steel but we hope he will. Pre-order 24: The Complete Second Season at DVDEmpire and DVDPlanet

Paramount Home Video has announced the DVD Release for the buzz worthy Better Luck Tomorrow. Set for release on September 30th, Better Luck Tomorrow will be presented in anamorphic widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature an audio commentary with Director Justin Lin and writers Ernesto Foronda and Fabian Marquez. Better Luck Tomorrow was extremely well received when it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and had a great deal of critical acclaim on its theatrical release. Pre-Order Better Luck Tomorrow Now at DVDEmpire and DVDPlanet

Universal Studios Home Video has announced the DVD release for one of their most requested TV series Battlestar Galactica. Set for release on October 21st Battlestar Galactica: Complete Epic Series a six disc set will feature all 24 hours of the original series, presented in their original broadcast order presented in full frame will both newly created 5.1 Dolby Digital audio and the original mono audio and an interview with series creator Glen A. Larson and series stars' Richard Hatch (Apollo), Terry Carter (Col. Tigh) and Anne Lockhart (Sheba). Universal will also be re-releasing/repricing Battlestar Galactica - Original Feature Film DVD which will feature a sneak preview of the new SCI FI channel mini-series and a $10 off coupon for the Complete Epic Series Box Set. Pre-Order Battlestar Galactica: Complete Epic Series Now at DVDEmpire and DVDPlanet

Paramount Home Video has announced the DVD release for the disaster flick The Core starring Aaron Eckhart, Delroy Lindo and Hilary Swank. Set for release on September 9th The Core will be released in separate widescreen and fullscreen editions with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature: Commentary by Director Jon Amiel The Making Of The Core, A Visual Effects featurette and 10 Deleted/Extended Scenes with Director's Commentary. The Core had one of the worst theatrical release dates this year as it coincided with the start of the war in Iraq, so if you're like almost everyone else who missed it in the theaters, be sure to check it out on DVD. Pre-Order The Core at DVDEmpire and DVDPlanet

Twentieth Century Fox Home Video has announced the lightening fast DVD release for the American Idol inspired From Justin to Kelly. Set for release on August 26th From Justin to Kelly will be presented in both anamorphic widescreen and full frame with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature: 2 New musical dance numbers, audio commentary by Director Robert Iscove and stars Justin Guarini and Kelly Clarkson, From Justin to Kelly "video scrapbook", Center stage with Kelly and Justin featurette, 'Singers Who Dance, Dancers Who Sing' featurette, a Gag Reel and 3 Deleted Scenes. Pre-order From Justin to Kelly at DVDEmpire and DVDPlanet

This week the DVD Savant takes a look MGM's Wings of Desire - the catch of the week, a beautiful DVD of a fantasy favorite that still dazzles. Criterion's Hiroshima mon amour a benchmark French-Japanese co-production by Alain Resnais'. Criterion also does a fine job with Ermanno Olmi's I fidanzati a mature study of people uprooted in the 'new industrial Italy' of the early 60s, Anchor Bay's Roadgames, a suspense thriller that's too good to be lumped in with other early 80s slasher pix, BBC's The Singing Detective is a fascinating 4 hour miniseries that combines medical misery, detective thrills, traumatic biography, and musical numbers in a complex tale of self-analysis. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

The follow up to one of the greatest action movies of all time succeeds by not trying to out-do it's predecessor. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is an entertaining, action-packed sequel and doesn't disappoint. Check out the full review in this week's The Aisle View. Another film out this week is Legally Blonde 2: Red White and Blonde. Read why this film made Aisle View critic Megan Denny physically ill. Also, don't miss The Aisle View's take on recently released Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and 28 Days Later.Want to get The Aisle View right when it's published? Sign Up to get The Aisle View delivered free to your email box!

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