What's green and strong and 30 minutes too long? The Hulk! Director Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) clearly had good intentions when he decided to devote the first four reels of this film to character development; but the result is a sluggish action film instead of a meaningful adaptation. Check out this week's The Aisle View for the full review. Also be sure to check out The Aisle View's take on Rugrats Go Wild, Jet Lag, Spellbound and Finding Nemo. 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 Warner Bros' 2 Disc Special Edition of Sergio Leone's almost four-hour gangster epic Once Upon a Time in America, All Day's Christ in Concrete Edward Dmytryk's difficult to describe film, Criterion's Night and Fog the full 1955 Holocaust essay-film with additional text essays and an interview with its director Alain Resnais, Paramount's The Desperate Hours a William Wyler suspense favorite, New Line Home Enterainment's Death and the Maiden Roman Polanski makes big suspense and drama out of three people in a single room for 90 minutes, Home Vision Entertainment's Black and White in Color Jean-Jacques Annaud's hilariously dark look at real events in colonial Africa in WW1 and Image Entertainment's release of Fritz Lang's You Only Live Once. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Lions Gate Home Video has announced the DVD release for Irreversible starring Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel. Set for release on August 5th Irreversible will be presented in Anamorphic Widescreen with French Dolby Digital 5.1 and feature: Cast and director commentary, Making of the special effects, Deleted scenes and more. Irreversible is definately a movie which pushes at boundaries, is extremely graphically violent, and magnifcently put together. Read our Theatrical Review of Irreversible and Pre-Order Irreversible at Amazon or DVDEmpire.

This week we've got a great giveaway for Lions Gate Home Entertainment's DVD release of the popular USA series The Dead Zone: Season One starring Anthony Michael Hall. The Dead Zone: Season One is a four disc box set with Anamorphic Widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio featuring: "Genesis" a featurette on the creation of the show, Interviews with the show's cast and crew, "Writing"- A featurette following the writing process, "Music And Special Effects" featurette, a featurette with award-winning composer Roy Hay and A behind the scenes collection featuring never before seen interviews with The Dead Zone's many guest stars including Sean Patrick Flannery and Chris Masterson. Enter Now for your chance to win one of 3 copies of The Dead Zone: Season One we're giving away this week!

A number of notable DVDs this week for films that have flown 'under the radar' of many film fans. The most notable this week comes from Paramount who has the gritty cop thriller - Narc [Review 1 & 2] with outstanding performances by Ray Liotta and Jason Patric, Showtime's Fest hit Interview With the Assassin [Review] a fascinating documentary style film about the legendary 'second gunman' who shot JFK, Universal's Deliver Us From Eva [Review] an urban update of 'Taming of the Shrew', Fox's guilty pleasure 'neo-romantic comedy' Just Married [Review] and two more solid TV to DVD releases: Lions Gate's The Dead Zone - The Complete First Season and MGM's Stargate SG-1 Season 3 [Review].

Mainstream Hollywood rekindles its strained romance with grue in Final Destination 2. Gender-bending monkey business abounds in Queen Kong. Strike up the fife and drum band for a flag-waving celebration of American Psycho's digital return, its pseudo-sequel American Psycho 2: All American Girl and American Mullet where it's all business up front and a PARTY in the back! Plus, responses to reader emails and Three O'Clock High joins CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.

Good News for CSI fans. Paramount Home Video has announced the 2nd Season of CSI and this time around it will be in anamorphic widescreen (with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio)! Set for release on September 2nd, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - The Complete Second Season a six disc set, will feature: Audio Commentaries for 3 Episodes, 4 Exclusive Behind-The-Scenes Featurettes, and a special look at the Makeup, Music & Special Effects of the show. Pre-Order CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - The Complete Second Season Now

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