This week The Aisle View takes a look at Stone Reader, which purports to be a love letter to a neglected writer but turns out to be a filmmaker's fan letter to himself. In case you missed them also be sure to check out The Aisle View's take on Lost in La Mancha, Anger Management and Phone Booth, as well as DVD Talk's latest Theatrical Reviews including: Irreversible.

Staying up late's never been so hilarious (or uncensored) in The Best of Insomniac with Dave Attell. The ever explosive Andy Sidaris Collection detonates two more babe-a-licious bombshells with Do or Die and Hard Hunted. Two-fisted gun shooting and every other staple of the action genre checks in with The Transporter. Hannibal Lecter: The Spring Chicken struts in Red Dragon. Plus, responses to reader emails and Bates Motel joins CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.

We're proud to announce that DVD Talk is a media sponsor of the 2003 IRMA 6th Annual DVD Awards hosted by Leonard Maltin. The Awards event and Conference takes place on August 20, 2003 at the Hilton Universal City and tickets for the event are On sale Now. If you work with a studio or DVD production company there's still time to submit your DVD for consideration for the awards (deadline for submissions is June 27th). In addition to the conference and ceremony there will be a Free - DVD Technology Showcase which you can Register for now.

This week The DVD Savant takes a look at Universal's Bob Hope Tribute Collection disc of The Ghost Breakers a good example of comedy mixing well in a horror milieu, Fahrenheit 451 a better transfer of the superior 1966 Francois Truffaut sci fi fable, MGM's A Chorus Line an excellent transfer of this Panavision musical and MGM's Cry of the Banshee & Murders in the Rue Morgue which are an undisputed bargain, but not the best pair of horror films one is going to encounter ... yet both are beautiful restorations of cuts never shown in theaters. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

On May 1st Toy Story and Toy Story 2 are headed back into the Disney Vaults and after retailers run out of the stock they have on hand these two DVDs will be considered Out of Print! We were fortunate to get in before the 'slamming of the vault' for a final Toy Story 1 & 2 giveaway. Enter now for your chance to win one of 5 Toy Story/Toy Story 2 DVD packs.

A good week for 'art house' and independent films on DVD, starting off with The Believer a harsh and powerful look at anti-semitism which beat Memento for the grand prize at Sundance a couple years back, Paramount's Bloody Sunday [Review] a stand out look at the tragic Sunday in 1972 Ireland Columbia Tri-Star's The Crime of Padre Amaro an Oscar nominated Mexican film that got the Catholic Church up in arms, Universal's A Night at the Golden Eagle - Adam Rifkin (Detroit Rock City) goes indie with a film that got lots of raves but little distribution, HBO's Real Women Have Curves [Review] - yet ANOTHER Sundance smash worth checking out on DVD, and finally Artisan's phenomenal documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown a DVD you simply shouldn't miss!

Docurama has announced the DVD release for Lost in La Mancha, a brilliant documentary which follows Terry Gilliam's disastrous attempt at making The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Not since Hearts of Darkness have seen a more poignant portrait of a film makers turmoil. Lost in La Mancha will be released on June 24th as a 2 disc special edition including interviews with Terry Gilliam, Johnny Depp, and co-directors of the documentary Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, nine deleted scenes which add yet ANOTHER layer of gloom and doom to already dark events, 'Sound Bytes' six sequences assembled from unused interview footage, Storyboards and Production Stills and more! Pre-Order Lost in La Mancha at: Amazon.com or DVDEmpire.

Steven Shainberg, the director of the new to DVD film Secretary starring James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal, is a man passionate about his work. Anxious to dispell the myth that the film is nothing but S&M action aimed at the 18 and over crowd, Shainberg sat and talked with DVDTalk writer Phillip Duncan recently about the difficulties in getting the film made and the luck that brought him the right actors. Read our Complete interview with Steven Shainberg.

As expected, New Line Home Video has announced the dual release of Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers. First on Aug 26th is The Two Towers Theatrical Edition, a 2 disc special edition (available in both Widescreen and Fullscreen releases with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio) will feature a modest number of 'making of' featurettes, A 10 minute sneak preview of The Return of the King, and a short film by Sean Astin called 'The Long and Short of It' with an accompanying making of. On November 18th New Line will release The Two Tower's Extended Cut a super 4 disc extended cut of the film with 40 minutes of additional scenes with new effects and a new score created for the extended material. The Extended edition will be presented in Anamorphic Widescreen with BOTH Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 audio with a number of audio commentaries and comprehensive making-of documentaries. Pre-Orders for The Two Towers Theatrical Edition will begin on May 9th and Pre-Orders for The Two Tower's Extended Cut begin June 20th.

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