On this installment of the DVD Talk Radio Show we talk to John Flansburgh, one of the founding members of the band They Might Be Giants about the DVD and CD release for Here Come The ABC's. A follow up to their successful kids oriented album No, Here Come The ABC's harkens back to the bands earlier days with smart and catchy songs that bounce around your brain long after you've switched off the CD or DVD. Download the complete audio interview with John Flansburgh or listen live online with our DVD Talk Radio Player. Also be sure to listen to our recent interviews on DVD Talk Radio with Primer Director Shane Carruth, Director James L. Brooks, Director Brett Ratner and The Incredibles Director Brad Bird.

More great reviews this week from DVD Savant including: The Doris Day Collection - Warners' eight-disc box cuts a wide path through the career of the band singer turned superstar, Boccaccio '70 - Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti and Vittorio de Sica's chapters to this omnibus film are joined by Mario Monicelli's original opening episode, reconstituting producer Carlo Ponti's complete original cut, My Name is Nobody - Tonino Valerii's Spaghetti spoof is made from top-quality ingredients, Errol Flynn: The Signature Collection - Warners puts five of the dashing hero's top titles in one box, The Purple Plain - Gregory Peck is a flyer nearing a mental breakdown, when he meets a Burmese woman who changes his life and Devils on the Doorstep - Wen Jiang's saga about peasants holding Japanese hostages during WW2 is unique. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant

There's a lot of useful information in Anime Talk this week. Our table of upcoming releases has been updated, as well as Holly's anime deals. We have reviews of the latest anime DVDs and the heads-up on some upcoming discs of note. Also, since FUNimation has started to release the first 67 episodes of Dragon Ball Z in uncut form (at last!) we thought now would be a good time to publish the Anime Talk Guide to Dragon Ball. We've taken some of the mystery out of collecting this series with our handy guide that not only lists all of the DVDs in the various series in order, but fills you in on some potential pitfalls. (Did you know that there were two versions of the volume Trunks: Prelude to Terror?) Check out all that and more in this week's Anime Talk

A good mix of notable DVDs this week including: Undertow [Review] - one of the best films you haven't seen, director David Gordon Green shows he's a true phenom, Assassination of Richard Nixon - Sean Penn is fantastic as always in a film based on a real plot to knock off Nixon, Blade - Trinity (Unrated Widescreen Edition) [Review] - Wesley Snipes returns this time with help from Jessica Biel and Ryan Reynolds, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events [Review] - a Jim Carrey roller coaster that's fun for the whole family , Wildboyz: Season 2 - the most overlooked MTV series is also one of its best, The Manson Family [Review] [Interview] - a film fifteen years in the making and still perhaps ahead of its time. Other notable DVDs this week include: Airline: S1 [Review], F for Fake [Review], Intervista and Looks Like A Brown Trouser Job [Review]. Read our List of Top Upcoming DVDs for more great DVDs out this week, visit our DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

This week we have a special giveaway from Ryko Disc for Graham Chapman - Looks Like A Brown Trouser Job DVD. Graham Chapman, one of the founding members of Monty Python is no longer with us but he's captured amazingly well in Graham Chapman - Looks Like A Brown Trouser Job. The DVD features the best of Graham Chapman from his tour for A Liar’s Autobiography Volume IV as well as audio only bits of interviews with Graham, seven bonus video clips an Iron Maiden video and Can I Play with Madness which was his last appearance on camera before he died. We're giving away 5 copies of Graham Chapman - Looks Like A Brown Trouser Job DVD so enter now for your chance to win.

This week we have a look New Line Home Entertainment's Blade Trinity - Unrated Platinum Series DVD check out the clips from the third installment of this thrilling vampire hunter series. Also this week we have clips from Miracles: The Complete Series - it's the child that would be produced if the X-Files mated with The Exorcist. Finally, we're happy to bring you a look at what we think is the single worst DVD Extra we've ever seen: The Death of Xander from XXX - Uncensored Unrated Director's Cut - Why kill off Xander? Why use a bad double for Vin Diesel? How did this extra ever see the light of day? Who knows...

With literally thousands of DVD Reviews (over 11,500 reviews!) in the DVD Talk Review Database it's easy to miss some of the notable reviews written by our staff. Recent DVD Reviews include: The Job - The Complete Series - one of the funniest shows to ever grace network TV, Spaceballs: The 2-Disc Collector's Edition - The DVD Review - an entertaining satire with tons of memorable scenes, a few groan-inducing ones and, most importantly, high replay value, Chupacabra Terror - the perfect movie for an evening with a few rowdy friends, two or three pizzas, and lots of beer, The Phantom of the Opera: Collector's Edition - two excellent documentaries found only on the 2 disc version actually make you appreciate and enjoy the film even more, The Fearless Freaks (The Wondrously Improbable Story of The Flaming Lips) - one of the year's best documentaries thus far, The Toxic Avenger (21st Anniversary Edition) - Toxie will always be first and foremost a movie star, and his namesake film will always be the ultimate Troma film, Mystery Science Theater 3000: 7 - the best so far of all of Rhino's MST3K sets and Stooges: The Men Behind the Mayhem - an absolute gold mine for Stooge fans. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

This month Silent DVD has more reviews of the newest silent film releases on DVD including Hindle Wakes - a 1921 film from Britain, is a surprisingly entertaining drama that has a rather surprising message for the time, Leaves from Satan's Book - Carl Theodor Dreyer's second feature inspired by D. W. Griffith's film Intolerance and Slap Happy - a very funny and informative series that aired on PBS looks at some of the forgotten comics of the silent age. In addition to reviews there is information about Milestones series of Mary Pickford films, the re-issue of Treasures from American Film Archives boxed set, and a comprehensive list of upcoming silent DVDs. Read Silent DVD now. Be sure to check out the previous installments that covered Mary Pickford's Little Lord Fauntleroy, Buster Keaton's last silent movie, King of Kings, and early Edison films.

We've been stepping up our coverage of great international DVDs in the DVD Talk Review Database. Recent International DVD Reviews include: Nobody Knows - one of the big winners at Cannes last year this is a brilliant, involving heartbreaker that should not be missed, The Eye 2 - with a strong visual style The Pang Brothers put out an interesting follow up to their exceptional horror film, Love Letter - explosively hot in Asia, Korean TV now comes with english subtitles so we can catch up, Shutter - reminiscent of both Ju-On and Ringu this film still manages to serve as a noteworthy entry in the Asian horror universe, Butterfly - a very well made film with solid direction and two very good performances, A World Without Thieves - an interesting drama/romance/action/comedy hybrid that is well worth seeking out, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance - another brilliant film from Oldboy director Chan Woo-Park, and Infernal Affairs Trilogy - the Chinese equivalent of The Godfather Saga. Find these and many more in the DVD Talk Review Database.

More great reviews this week from DVD Savant including: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - new DVD label NoShame gives us an Oscar-winning three-part import favorite, Andrzej Wajda, Three War Films - from Criterion comes terrific, creative films backed up with insightful interview docus about their making and the history behind them, Leaves from Satan's Book - Carl Dreyer's second silent film is a drawn-out morality tale in four parts, The Corporation - a clear-headed and non-sarcastic attack on the institution of The Corporation, The Professionals (Special Edition) - Richard Brooks' all-pro Western adventure is really about American know-how betrayed by American power, More - Barbet Schroeder's first feature is a realistic appraisal of the youth drug culture in Europe in 1969, Clonus (Parts, the Clonus Horror) - A modest and well-organized paranoid thriller curbed somewhat by pedestrian acting and direction. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

This week we have a special giveaway from Home Vision Entertainment to celebrate the highly anticipated DVD release of Hanzo: Razor Box Set. This box set includes the legendary 1970s trilogy based on Kazuo Koike’s classic mangas, and starring Shintaro Katsu (Zatoichi) as Hanzo complete and uncut. One grand prize winner will win all 17 DVD of Home Vision Entertainment's Zatoichi series and four runner ups will each win Zatoichi 18: Zatoichi and the Fugitives. If you love great Samurai Flicks you won't want to miss this giveaway. Enter now for your chance to win.

An interesting mix of notable DVDs this week including: Primer [Review] - an 'indie' film in every sense of the word, this film takes a fresh look at time travel and the impact on relationships, Birth [Review] - Nicole Kidman at her best in a very deliberate, challenging and often creepy film, Errol Flynn Collection [Review] - the original action hero is back on a fantastic 5 film box set including a bonus 6 disc with a swashbuckling feature length documentary, Riding the Bullet [Review] - from e-book to DVD this Stephen King thriller has had a long journey, but nowhere near as long as the main character of the film, Miracles: The Complete Series [Review] - the stepchild of The Exorcist and X-Files this series never got a chance on TV and now in it's full 13 episodes it shines on DVD. Other notable DVDs this week include: Dynasty: S1, Hanzo: The Razor [Review] and House of Flying Daggers. Read our List of Top Upcoming DVDs for more great DVDs out this week, visit our DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

Some of the greatest stories told in movies are the ones that just happen true, such is the case with Sunset Story a truly touching documentary. Take a peek at Sunset Story on of this week's clips of the week. Also this week we have clips from two VH1 Storyteller DVDs: Natalie Merchant performing "Carnival" and Alanis Morissette performing "You Learn" as well as clips from Bad Education [Review] including: a clip from the film and the making of Bad Education.

Writer/Director/Producer/Editor/Composer Shane Carruth did something as seemingly impossible as time travel - he made a great movie for only $7,000. Primer's micro budget and the 'questionable film making' advice from many of the people around him, never stood in the way of Carruth's drive to make his film. The results have been spectacular, Primer took both the Grand Jury Prize and the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and now has it's getting a special edition DVD release. DVD Talk Editor Geoffrey Kleinman sat down with Shane Carruth to talk about the DVD release for Primer. Carruth talks about what inspired him to make Primer, how he managed to make such a complex and interesting film with so little money and what the connection is between Primer and All The President's Men. Download the complete audio interview Shane Carruth or listen live online with our DVD Talk Radio Player. Also be sure to check out DVD Talk Radio for interviews and other great audio content including recent interviews with: James L. Brooks, Brett Ratner and Brad Bird.

It took Jim Van Bebber over 15 years to get his movie The Manson Family made. The result is one of the most intense and telling versions of the Tate-LaBianca crimes ever created, a film that focuses on both the killers and the victims with the same, unsentimental eye. Many have dismissed The Manson Family as the most gratuitous of exploitation extremes. Others have argued that it is a misunderstood masterwork, years ahead of its time in both style and substance. DVD Talk interviewer Bill Gibron had a chance to speak with Jim Van Bebber and got his insight into the ongoing debate, and got a peek into the creation of this incendiary epic. Read the complete interview with Director Jim Van Bebber and Read our review for The Manson Family DVD.

Last week DVD Savant got a huge response for his review of The Mysterians. This week, he's back with a look at Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People - a creepy and unsettling film from director Ishiro Honda: a handful of high-toned Tokyo castaways are tempted by hunger to taste the forbidden fruit of a mysterious island: colorful, tasty mushrooms with unexpected side effects. DVD Savant also has reviews up for: Li'l Abner - a funny musical with a great non-P.C. storyline coupled with witty songs and sexy hillbillies, Panic in Year Zero! / The Last Man on Earth - MGM gives you the choice which way the world ends - atomic obliteration or a plague-driven zombie holocaust, The Flower of My Secret - Pedro Almodovar's least-bombastic drama features Marisa Paredes as a writer going through a nervous breakdown, Laura Fox's first entry in its new film noir line is as finely appointed as one of their studio classics discs and The Four Feathers - The Korda brother's big 1939 hit is the perfect English colonial epic, full of derring-do, oaths given and honor upheld. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

After weeks of dabbling, the utter blogification of CineSchlock-O-Rama has manifest. Join DVD Talk columnist G. Noel Gross for a giddy, 4-star ode to The Lone Gunmen. Find out what Double-D Avenger auteur William Winckler is ogling now. Mourn the loss of a Koala-loving comic. Salivate over the new Devil's Rejects trailer (and Jessica Alba in Sin City.) Plus, a reader counters Noel's chilly reception of The Ice Pirates and, as always, the ever-vigilant CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.

Although Graham Chapman (one of the founding members of Monty Python) is no longer with us, his whit and humor have been captured on the upcoming Ryko DVD release Graham Chapman - Looks Like Another Brown Trouser Job. This week we have an exclusive clip from the Looks Like Another Brown Trouser Job DVD: a Solaglas commercial featuring Graham Chapman. Also this week we have clips for Scrubs: Season 1, Meet The Fockers, Dig, Reconstruction and The Lone Gunmen.

When you think of the term "radicals" the last image that will probably pop into your head is of two eight and ninety-something women living in a rest home. Sunset Story is the kind of movie that will change the way you think about radicals and the elderly. Irja and Lucille aren't your average 'rest home' residents - in between dealing with the issues surrounding ageing they work on voter registration, march in demonstrations and debate the issues of the day with the same passion as two college kids. Sunset Story is a very real, touching and entertaining film on an absolutely packed DVD. This week we have a special Sunset Story Giveaway courtesy of Capital Entertainment. Enter Now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of the Sunset Story DVD we're giving away this week.

An interesting mix of notable DVDs out this week including: Dig [Review] - a poignant portrait of two bands going opposite directions on the same road, one of the best music documentaries you'll see this year, Hotel Rwanda [Review] - Don Cheadle is great as always in a film portraying hope and strength in the face of unspeakable horror, Bad Education [Review] - Pedro Almodovar's biting semi-autobiographical satire is not to be missed especially for a memorable performance by Gail Garcia Bernal, Ocean's Twelve [Review] - while it doesn't reach the level of Ocean's 11 it's a perfect candidate for a weekend rental, Bob Newhart: S1 [Review] - Bob finally makes his way onto DVD, the show has aged very well, and each episodes contains a lot of laughter and The Woodsman - Kevin Bacon is fantastic in a film that only just seems to miss its mark. Read our List of Top Upcoming DVDs for more great DVDs out this week, visit our DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

With literally thousands of DVD Reviews (over 11,400 reviews!) in the DVD Talk Review Database it's easy to miss some of the notable reviews written by our staff. Recent DVD Reviews include: Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, Vol. 1 - Hanna-Barbera's action and comedy cartoons find themselves in a law-based animated sitcom with some seriously twisted results, British War Collection - five war related films worthy of adding to your collection, Dig! - madness or genius? A look at the parallel success of The Dandy Warhols and failure of The Brian Jonestown Massacre , Union Square - an unflinchingly real look at drugs and the people who are bound to them, Miracles: Complete Series - a wonderful series that proved too much for Network TV but is now thankfully out on DVD, and Birth - a very deliberate challenging and often creepy film. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

Once again AnimeTalk is filled with the latest reviews, bargains, and news concerning anime releases in Region 1. We start off this time with one of the few anime DVDs that have earned the coveted DVD Talk Collector Series rating: Paranoia Agent Volume 3. One of the best volumes in the series so far, this set of shows confirms that Paranoia Agent is one of the most creative, bizarre and best show, to make onto DVD, anime or otherwise. Also this week, more than 40 years after Osamu Tezuka's original black and white series Astro Boy is back in a new updated series. The new boxed set contains all 50 episodes of the series, many of which were never seen on American TV. But that’s not all. We also have a great deal on the Real Bout High School boxed set, a look at an exciting new series, Girl Gunslinger, a list of upcoming releases, and for those Ghost in the Shell fans who just can’t get enough, word on the Ghost in The Shell 2 Video Music Anthology. Be sure to check out our earlier installments of AnimeTalk too for a look at Anime Overdose 2005, and more reviews than you can shake a Gundam at.

We're excited to bring you a special presentation of DVD Talk Radio featuring a Winemakers Roundtable for Sideways from the folks at Reel Reviews Radio and Grape Radio. Get a behind the scenes look at Sideways at the real world of wine and winemaking. Find out if Merlot is really that bad, and the truth behind a great Pinot Noir and the impact of Sideways on the wine industry and wine awareness. Download the complete roundtable or listen live online with our DVD Talk Radio Player. Also be sure to check out the DVD Talk Review of Sideways as well as other recent DVD Talk Radio broadcsts including: interviews with James L. Brooks, Brett Ratner and Brad Bird.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: The Mysterians - the screen explodes (repeatedly) with furious multicolored battles against the invaders from Mysteroid, who only want a few thousand acres of choice real estate and dating privileges with our women (gasp). Earth needs a good negotiator or at least better ray guns to defeat a titanic robot, flying saucers that sound like tuning forks, and a lethal battle dome equipped with the latest WMD's. Toho's best, in a great DVD package from Media Blasters/Tokyo Shock. Bringing Up Baby - the most famous screwball comedy is also one of Katharine Hepburn's best, with Cary Grant tagging along in helpless patsy mode. Arrowsmith John Ford was possibly not the right director for this wildly illogical melodrama about medical ethics and the sanctity of research and Stage Door - Ginger Rogers and Katharine Hepburn shine in this backstage war-horse that gives talents like Ann Miller, Lucille Ball and Eve Arden plum parts as aspiring actresses. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

This week we have two exclusive clips form Tartan Video for A Tale of Two Sisters [Review]: a quick peek at the movie and a look at the psychology of the film. Also we have clips from: Spanglish including: a making of, a segment on James L. Brooks and two deleted scenes: The Whole Closure Thing and Bonding.
 
 

Some really fantastic notable DVDs out this week including: Sideways [Review] - an extraordinarily enjoyable film from extremely talented Alexander Payne, it should not be missed, Spanglish [Reviews] - James L. Brooks takes an unique look at success and relationships in one of this years best sleepers, The Corporation [Review] - probably the single best documentary to ever take a look at corporations and their impact on our culture and society, Word Wars [Review] - a hidden gem of a documentary that makes Scrabble seem as exciting as professional sports and finally Elektra [Review] - yeah we know it isn't a fantastic movie and yeah we know Fox will eventually 'double dip' with some unrated directors cut, but a Jennifer Garner film is always noteworthy. Read our List of Top Upcoming DVDs for more great DVDs out this week, visit our DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

This week we have a DVD giveaway Ocean's Twelve - a fun roller-coaster sequel to the immensely popular Ocean's 11. The whole gang is back and this time Europe is the backdrop for another round of heist and hijinks. Steven Soderberg directs an all star cast including: Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, and Don Cheadle. We're giving away 5 copies of Ocean's Twelve this week so enter now for your chance to win.
 
 

With literally thousands of DVD Reviews (over 11,300 reviews!) in the DVD Talk Review Database it's easy to miss some of the notable reviews written by our staff. Recent DVD Reviews include: The Twilight Zone - Season 2 (The Definitive Edition) - DVD Talk Reviewer das has the absolute definitive look at this definitive edition, Lone Gunmen: Complete Series - a fun, well-acted and smart series that is consistently entertaining, Not on The Lips - with Audrey Tautou this comical farce reminiscent of a musical from the 40's is a lot of fun, Sunset Story - an interesting documentary with a DVD presentation that goes beyond the call of duty, American Crime - a stands out among the rest of the dreck shelved alongside in the 'Thriller' section, Edgeplay - A Film About The Runaways - an unabashedly honest look back at one of the most influential bands you've probably never heard of, told entirely by the people who defined and lived it and My Sister Eileen (1955) - definitely one of the lost gems of the 1950s. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

If there's any director who understands the bitter sweet nuances of life in film it's James L. Brooks. Brook's films are all marked with an incredible understanding of people and how they relate to each other. He's both written and directed such landmark films as Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News and As Good as It Gets, not to mention his work on The Simpsons. Now with Spanglish Brooks takes a look at the relationship between people who can't communicate, whether by language barrier or otherwise. DVD Talk Editor Geoffrey Kleinman sat down with James L. Brooks to talk about the DVD release for Spanglish. Brooks talks about some of the key themes in the film, working with Adam Sandler and Tea Leoni as well as the possibility of a Simpson's movie. Download the complete audio interview with James L. Brooks or listen live online with our DVD Talk Radio Player. Be sure to check out DVD Talk Radio for interviews and other great audio content.

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