Who would have guessed the Farrelly brothers would ever make a film that could be described as "sweet" and "cute"? Those are the most accurate words to describe their latest film "Stuck on You," starring Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear as a pair of conjoined twins - the focus of this week's The Aisle View. Also in this week's Aisle View column, critic Megan Denny confesses her love for actress Scarlett Johansson but cannot find similar affection for Johansson's latest film, Girl with a Pearl Earring. 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 Lord Love a Duck - a crazoid critique of California madness which is the definition of the Black Comedy, Ashes and Diamonds - Andrzej Wajda's complex look at post-war Polish intrigue , The Long Ships- alavish but underachieving attempt to revisit THE VIKINGS, Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory - a nifty monster and a jaunty attitude help this modest Euro horror stay entertaining, Kanal - Andrzej Wajda is back again with this earlier, grim tale of horrible extinction, The Looking Glass War - Anthony Hopkins and Ralph Richardson send Christopher Jones off on a pointless spy mission, in this tepid John Le Carré adaptation and This Property is Condemned - a Tennessee Williams play becomes a sticky star vehicle for glamorous Natalie Wood. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

A number of notable DVDs this week that might get lost in the shuffle, so you'll want to make sure you don't miss them: Firefly - The Complete Series [Review] - a fantastic space western that was way ahead of its time, Assassination Tango - Robert Duvall's love note to the Tango with a snappy caper thrown in for good measure, Bad Boys 2 [Review] - good mindless action fun, Battle of Shaker Heights - a product of Project Greenlight which feels a lot like a TV movie except for a very strong performance from up and comer Shia LaBeouf, Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete Fifth Season [Review] - yet another great season of Buffy, How to Deal [Review] - Mandy Moore builds her film resume with a film clearly targeted at teen girls, and last but certainly not least a film that is notable for being very, very bad: Gigli [Review] - JLo and Ben Affleck star in this disaster of a film whose only saving grace is a 5 min scene with Christopher Walken don't let your curiosity get the best of you.

This week we're excited to bring you a giveaway for a DVD that's making history! While Firefly got the axe on network TV, Fox has brought the entire series, including 3 unaired episodes on to DVD. It's not just a sneak peek at the future of TV on DVD, it IS the future! If you missed Firefly when it aired on TV, you won't want to make the same mistake twice. Firefly is one of those amazing series that was simply ahead of its time and we're extremely excited to bring you a Firefly - The Complete Series DVD Giveaway where we're giving away 5 copies of the series on DVD. Enter Now for your chance to win Firefly - The Complete Series DVD !

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The biggest announcement this week is the long awaited Steven Spielberg's Academy Award Winning Schindler's List on 3/9 - which will be released in separate Widescreen, Fullscreen and a Collector's Box editions. If you're looking for something a little lighter the Coen Brother's latest film Intolerable Cruelty comes to DVD on 2/10 after very positive buzz in theaters. An even lighter film Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star comes to DVD on 2/17 it's typical David Spade sillyness, but that's not a bad thing. Fans of John Grisham books turned movies will be happy to hear that Runaway Jury will be released on DVD 2/17 [Review] but be prepared, the film differs greatly from the book. After a disastrously timed theatrical release (a war satire right after an invasion) Buffalo Soldiers comes to DVD on 1/13, the film stars Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Anna Paquin and Joaquin Phoenix and with either find its audience on DVD or die trying. Speaking of films quickly in and out of theaters, Sylvia comes to DVD on 2/10 with Gwyneth Paltrow's portrayal of author and poet Sylvia Plath, the film got very mixed reviews theatrically and is a 'love it or hate it' kind of film. Read our complete list of Upcoming DVDs.

Stuck for good DVD gift ideas this holiday season? DVD Talk is here to help with our DVD Gift Guide (which was broadcast live on ABC in Portland, OR). Watch this special TV segment where we take a look at a number of DVDs under $10 including: Standing in the Shadows of Motown, Mulholland Drive, Requiem for a Dream , and Bound, hot TV Shows on DVD including C.S.I. Season 1 & 2, Manor House and The Sopranos, and great box sets including The Star Trek Motion Pictures Collection, A&E Romance Collection and The History of Soccer. Watch this show (which runs about 5 mins) [Windows Media High Bandwidth | Real Player Low Bandwidth]. If you're in Portland you can catch our next segment on KATU December 16 when we'll be featuring Pirates of the Caribbean, Alien Quadrilogy, Firefly - The Complete Series and Seabiscuit.

X-mas comes early for freeze-frame perverts with the unrated release (Shhhh! Don't tell Blockbuster!) of '80s sitcom siren Nicole Eggert's Blown Away -- an after-school Basic Instinct with Corey Haim AND Corey Feldman! CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted also celebrates a much more family-friendly capture in Johnny Cash's Pride of Jesse Hallam. Universal reissues They Live and Rowdy Roddy's still all outta bubble gum (and extras). Plus, a Romanian-lensed Mimic 3: Sentinel scurries across the kitchen floor.

At DVD Talk we pride ourselves on covering the complete spectrum of DVDs from huge hits to smaller independent films and everything in between. To that end we're one of the only DVD sites to cover Film Movement an independent film club that enables indie film lovers to get films on DVD that would traditionally only be found at film festivals. Read our reviews of recent Film Movement Releases including: The Party's Over with Philip Seymour Hoffman, the highly acclaimed OT: Our Town, the unconventional Italian love story Light of My Eyes, the unflinching El Bola and more!

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