If you haven't brushed up on your classic Hong Kong Action films you might feel lost watching Kill Bill Vol 1. To help get you up to speed HKFlix is running a blow out sale on the english dub Shaw Brothers DVDs. Pick up Shaw classics, like "Shaolin Challenges Ninja", "Avenging Warriors Of Shaolin", "Chinese Super Ninja", "Shaolin Mantis ", ""Fist Of The White Lotus" for ONLY $4.95 each! Kill Bill Vol 1 opens on October 10th so look for the complete review in next week's Aisle View, in the mean time Brush up On Your Shaw Brothers you'll thank us for the advice!!

Notable DVDs are in abundance this week including: the indie sweet heart of a film Bend It Like Beckham [Review], Warner Bros. stunning restoration for The Adventures of Robin Hood [Review], Classic Pacino in Scarface - Anniversary Edition (Widescreen) [Review], Paramount's Sundance gem Better Luck Tomorrow [Review], Docurama's fantastic doc A Decade Under the Influence [Review], One of Manga's best Ninja Scroll (10th Anniversary Edition) [Review], a super SE from MGM Fargo - Special Edition [Review] and a hidden gem from Columbia Tri-Star Nowhere in Africa.

This week we have a special giveaway from Manga for the 10th anniversary release of their landmark title Ninja Scroll. Considered by many to be one of the top Anime DVDs ever produced Ninja Scroll - 10th Anniversary Edition has been completely digitally remastered including all new DTS 6.1 audio, plus a newly created 16x9 widescreen edition. If you've never had the chance to watch an anime Ninja Scroll is a GREAT place to start! Enter Now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of Ninja Scroll - 10th Anniversary Edition.

With literally thousands of DVD Reviews in the DVD Talk Review Database is easy to miss some of our top reviews. Here's quick round up of them: Wrong Turn - Eliza Dushku make the right turn in this throw back horror flick. It's no surprise Disney has gotten another DVD Talk Collector Series Rating for The Lion King. The Fan fair may not be there but Osbournes - The Second Season is worth checking out. Spoon! - The Tick: The Entire Series gets an entire review. Once a hot import Samurai Fiction makes its debut state side. Speaking of debut - John Malkovich's directing debut...we take a look at The Dancer Upstairs. Finally we're waxing nostalgic for the Eighties with The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and Weird Science.

The excruciating wait for Wes Craven's relentless cult chiller The Hills Have Eyes proves well worthwhile thanks to Anchor Bay's hefty 2-disc special edition -- easily earning DVD Talk's highest recommendation. Eighties gem Three O'Clock High can't escape CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted either. Universal's Weird Science reissue delivers more digital boom boom. Political satire creeps into a bizarre double feature from The Godfather of Gore. Five lucky fans of R. Lee Ermey's History Channel phenom will snap to attention over this exclusive Mail Call: Best of Season One DVD giveaway. Plus, responses to reader emails and Tom Hanks' Mazes and Monsters joins the Most Wanted list.

At DVD Talk we try to let you know about the best films on DVD, to that end we thought it would be helpful for you to be alerted to some of the worst so you can resist the temptation to rent or buy them: Boat Trip - proof positive that Cuba Gooding Jr's needs a new agent (also see...or rather don't see The Fighting Temptations). Speaking of bad careers gone worse there's always the latest Eddie Murphy in Daddy Daycare. Another stinker of a film now on DVD is Dreamcatcher - an absolute train wreck of a film avoid the curiosity, skip it. You might have heard the buzz about Run Ronnie Run not getting released into theaters, and there's a reason, even the film makers admit it's a stinker. Finally our DVD Savant can't even come up with one nice thing to say about More American Graffiti and he almost always can.

Once Were Warriors, a very powerful New Zealand film about domestic abuse and family heritage, has finally made an appearance on Region 1 DVD. DVD Talk Interviewer James Powell was lucky enough to sit down with one of the film's stars, Rena Owen, to discuss the film and how it effected her career. Owen, who has played roles in A.I. and the hit television series, Angel, was also kind enough to share some information about her roles in the Star Wars prequels and the sensational script of Episode III. Read our complete interview with Rena Owen

Luc Besson may best be known for films like The Fifth Element and Leon: The Professional, but what many fans haven't seen are the films in his 'Taxi Trilogy'. HKFlix has the latest installment of the Taxi series: Taxi 3 which brings back nearly the entire cast and crew of the first two "Taxi" films. HKFlix has the Region Free import release for Taxi 3 at the special price of $16.95 - exclusively for DVD Talk Readers. If you like great action, amazing car chases all at a great price be sure not to miss this great deal on Taxi 3.

In this week's The Aisle View critic Megan Denny takes a look at John Sayles' outstanding new film Casa de Los Babys. This intelligent and well-acted film about six mothers adopting children in Mexico should make the top ten list of every critic and cinemaphile this year! Be sure to also check out our DVD Reviews for Sales' Brother From Another Planet and Return of the Secaucus 7 as well as a past Interview with Sales. Also in this week's The Aisle View we take a look at Under the Tuscan Sun - a significant departure from its source material but still one of the better romantic comedies this year. Diane Lane has a lot of fun with the role and her supporting cast is great as well - Read the full review. Want to get The Aisle View right when it's published? Sign Up to get The Aisle View delivered free to your email box!

A&E is running a Store Wide Sale on All Their DVDs which are now 25% off. This sale includes some of the A&E Store Exclusive Titles: Mail Call: The Best Of Season One DVD, Nero Wolfe: The Complete First Season DVD (which includes a free poster), their more popular DVDs: Neverwhere [Review], Profiler: Season One [Review] and Homicide: Life on the Street [Review] and probably their best deals the megasets: Monty Python's Flying Circus DVD Megaset, Complete Space: 1999 DVD Megaset, The Complete The Prisoner DVD Megaset and Complete Thunderbirds DVD Megaset. Hurry, Sale Ends 10/1/03!

Buena Vista Home Video has announced the DVD release for Gus Van Sant's minimalist arthouse film Gerry. Set for release on November 11th Gerry will be presented in Anamorphic Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature an audio commentary by Gus Van Sant. We were one of the few sites to actually get to see this enigmatic film in theaters and it's definitely an experience (Read our Review). Pre-Order Gerry at: Amazon.com, DVDPlanet, DVDEmpire, or DeepDiscountDVD

Fox Home Video has announced the DVD release for the Fifth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Set for release on December 9th Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 5 will be presented in Full Frame (arrrg with Dolby Digital 2.0 audio and feature: audio commentaries on select episodes including Joss Whedon on 'The Body', The Featurettes - 'Buffy Abroad' , 'Demonology: A Slayer's Guide', 'Casting Buffy', 'Action Heroes! The Stunts of Buffy', 'The Story of Season 5', 'Natural Causes', and 'Spotlight on Dawn', Scripts for 'The Replacement,' 'Fool for Love,' 'Into the Woods,' and 'Checkpoint', Outtakes, and a Buffy Demon Guide via DVD-ROM. Pre-Order Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 5 at: Amazon.com, DVDPlanet, DVDEmpire, or DeepDiscountDVD

An eclectic mix of Notable DVDs this week including A Mighty Wind - Christopher Guest's latest mocumentary which is as good for the music as it is the humor, Eddie Izzard - Circle - a concert film for one of the brightest up and coming comedians that you shouldn't miss, Men With Guns - a well regarded John Sayles film that didn't ever get much of a theatrical release, The Shape Of Things [Review] - Neil Labute's film adaptation of his play is problematic but interesting none the less, Holes [Review] an overlooked Disney film based on an award winning novel is a real pleaser on DVD, Babe:Special Edition another family fave from Universal finally gets a solid treatment on DVD and finally Smallville - Season 1 a Super DVD of the series which helps redefine Superman.

This week we have a special giveaway from Fox Home Video for the run away indie hit Bend It Like Beckham. Presented in anamorphic Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio Bend It Like Beckham features: 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! Enter Now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of Bend It Like Beckham.

We're jumping for joy over Fox's announcement for Firefly: The Complete Series. Set for release on December 9th Firefly: The Complete Series will be presented in anamorphic widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, contain 15 episodes of the series including 3 which never aired and feature: Audio Commentary on at least 1/2 of the episodes, 'Here's How It Was', 'Serenity: The 10th Character' and a Tour of the Firefly set with Joss Whedon, deleted scenes, audition footage, and a gag reel. If you've never heard of Firefly then we definitely advise you to check this DVD set out, if you're already familiar with the show then you're probably as excited as we are about the DVD (and feature film now in development). Pre-Order Firefly at DVDEmpire

Universal Home Video has announced the DVD release for the ultimate race horse film Seabiscuit. Set for release on December 16th Seabiscuit will be available in both anamorphic widescreen and full screen editions both with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and feature: Audio Commentary with Director Gary Ross and filmmaker Steven Soderbergh, Bringing the Legend to Life: The Making of Seabiscuit Featurette, Anatomy of a Movie Moment Featurette, Seabiscuit: Racing Through History Featurette, Photo Finish: Jeff Bridges' On Set Photographs and more. Pre-Order Seabiscuit at: Amazon.com, DVDEmpire, or DeepDiscountDVD

This week the DVD Savant takes a look at MGM's disc of Robert Altman's Images a disc which will delight his core of fans and probably not make much of a splash elsewhere, Return of the Secaucus 7 John Sayles' first film directing effort sets his career off with a resounding success. Seven old friends, ex-activists, get together to compare lives ten years later, The Ugly American Marlon Brando takes on the Cold War in Sarkhan, only to make all the wrong moves and White Hunter, Black Heart Clint Eastwood did it all perfectly, only he needed somebody besides himself to impersonate John Huston, whose blustery, intimidating personality is necessary to make this stealth bio work. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

The Aisle View is jam-packed with new reviews this week. Topping the list is the brilliant new film Lost in Translation starring Bill Murray. In addition to a review, there is A DVD Talk Exclusive Interview with writer/ director Sofia Coppola. Also new this week: the disappointing Underworld which is gothic eye-candy and not much else. Mike Figgis' new film Cold Creek Manor isn't terrible, but it isn't the fear-fest promoted in the ad campagain. Last but not least, Cuba Gooding Jr's death spiral of a career takes another bad turn in The Fighting Temptations. 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 Blue Room takes a look at Digital Playground's starlet Jessie Jane and her stunning performance in Beat The Devil - Jessie Jane is a 'take charge' kinda gal and she sizzles in Digital Playground's latest. The Blue Room also takes a look at Andrew Blake's Jim Holliday's Cheerleader Pink from - with trademark one liners and a Director's Commentary track that explains it all, and Mary Carey Rules! which gives you a up close and personal look at the woman trying to beat out Arnold to be Governor of California. Finally if you SUBSCRIBE to get The Blue Room FREE via email you'll get an exclusive coupon emailed to you!!

Universal has done it again, announcing more versions of American Wedding (aka American Pie 3) than anyone can possibly keep track of (we hear no less than 5 configurations all out on January 2, 2004). For most American Pie Fans it's easy to reduce the number of releases to consider to 2: The extremely goofy titled American Wedding: Extended Party Edition (Unrated / Widescreen) and an American Wedding Gift Set which includes the 'Extended Party Edition' and a Bonus 'American Pie Revealed' DVD. Now we like the American Pie series as much as the next guy, but we're hard pressed to recommend spending $30 for the Gift Set knowing that someday somehow there's going to be yet another American Pie super ultra box set edition. Of course this is all a bit premature because no features for the 'Pies' have been announced (please no emails about this being a half baked announcement...)

With so many DVD releases every week it's EXTREMELY easy to overlook some of the smaller but noteworthy films. We call these DVDs 'Hidden Gems' and this week we've got a number of them for you to put on your DVD list: Jump Tomorrow - one of the best indie love stories beats the pants off any Hollywood bubble gum romantic comedy, Revolution OS - a fantastic look at the ethos of Linux, Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman fantastic but fairly unknown BBC series, Jamie Oliver: Oliver's Twist - an easy to miss release from the guy behind 'The Naked Chef', Holes a superior kid friendly flick, ignored in theaters but is a charmer on DVD, Russian Ark - 1 shot, 96 minutes, absolute poetry! Once Were Warriors a powerful film and a extremely well done DVD.

Media Blasters has announced the DVD release for the Director Takashi Miike's Ichi The Killer. Set for release on November 18th Ichi The Killer will be available in an unrated/uncut edition and an R Rated edtion (we'll post the full specs as soon as they are available). As with many of Takashi Miike's films (including Dead or Alive, Visitor Q Audition) Ichi The Killer is an ultra violent film and has not been widely available in it's uncut form. Check out The Trailer for Ichi The Killer (which is of course quite violent, but not as violent as this one) and Pre-order Ichi The Killer - Uncut at DVDEmpire.com.

It used to be that DVD fans would groan any time a studio would announce a re-release, and in the early days of DVD many re-releases we're marginal improvements over the original. Recently studios have been beefing up their re-releases into DVDs worthy a second look including: Fargo:SE with new documentaries and features Fargo fans will want to think about an upgrade, Enigma:SE - an improvement over the worst edge enhanced transfer we've ever seen, Ninja Scroll -10th Anniversary Edition - one of our favorite anime DVDs now with DTS 6.1 and in anamorphic widescreen, National Lampoon's Animal House: Double Secret Probation Edition with a new transfer and over an hour of new documentary footage it's a winner despite the goofy marketing driven name.

Over a year ago DVD Talk Columnist Cinema Gotham broke the news of new DVD of John Sayles' The Brother From Another Planet. It took a little longer to come to DVD than we had hoped but finally the release is here and we've got a Complete Review of the Brother From Another Planet DVD. In addition to the review we also have our original interview with John Sayles so be sure to check them both out!