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

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