On our December DVD Talk TV Segment on ABC TV's AM Northwest we took a look at: Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl - a swashbuckling thrill of a movie that is worth watching for Johnny Depp's brilliant performances as Captain Jack Sparrow, Seabiscuit a phenomenal adaptation of the best selling book will surely see Oscar gold, Alien Quadrilogy - 'game over man' the search for the best DVD box set released is over and this mega DVD set is the winner, and Firefly - Joss Whedon's Ill fated TV show finds new life on an excellent DVD. Watch this show (which runs about 6 mins) [Windows Media High Bandwidth | Real Player Low Bandwidth]. Also be sure to check out DVD Talk's previous TV Segments

Ayecurumba! It's another CineSchlock-O-Rama Lightning Round with rapid-fire reviews of 12 DISCS of schlocky goodness, including Carmen Electra's undulating guide to Aerobic Striptease!!! The polls are also open for the CineSchlockers' Choice award honoring the year's best genre DVD -- Vote today! Plus, an exclusive Jeepers Creepers 2 giveaway and responses to reader emails .

Aisle View critic Megan Denny hails the king of the epic: Peter Jackson. His final installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Return of the King, lives up to the quality of its predecessors and delivers a satisfying final chapter to the landmark series of films. Read The Aisle View for a complete review of Lord of The Rings - The Return of The King! Want to get The Aisle View right when it's published? Sign Up to get The Aisle View delivered free to your email box!

A good mix of notable DVDs this week including: Seabiscuit [Review] - so much more than just a horse movie, it’s also an inspirational true story with an emotional backbone, League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen [Review] - love it, hate it, or regard it with sheer indifference, there’s no denying that Fox has done an excellent job bringing this title to DVD, Freaky Friday [Review] - more fun than you'd ever expect, it takes a tired premise and gives it a kick, Escape From New York - Collector's Edition [Review] - a must-buy DVD for fans of the film and South Park:Complete Third Season [Review] - The season that South Park really found its voice with hilarious episodes that are politically incorrect as ever.

The DVD Talk DVD Easter Egg Database continued to grow with lots of great new DVD Easter Eggs. Recently discovered 'hidden features' include: Hidden Interviews with top DVD producers on The Alien Quadrilogy DVD, a hidden 2-page guide to the car in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang : Special Edition, A hidden making of documentary on making the cave and a hidden documentary on the fight sequence between the Black Pearl and Intercepter. on Pirates of the Caribbean, one of Kenny's earliest deaths on South Park: The Complete Second Season and hidden deleted scenes on Aqua Teen Hunger Force Vol. 1. Find out how to access all these great hidden features and more in the DVD Talk Easter Egg Database. Also be sure to help our DVD Easter Egg Database grow by submitting DVD easter eggs when you uncover them on your DVDs!

This week we're excited to bring you a special giveaway from MGM: The Escape from New York and then Live and Die in LA DVD Giveaway! MGM has released two fantastic special editions of both Escape from New York and To Live and Die in LA and this week we're giving away 5 special 2 packs to lucky DVD Talk Readers. Enter Now for your chance to win!

The big announcement this week comes from Disney whose Brother Bear: 2 Disc Special Edition will be released on 3/30 - the DVD will feature animated outtakes, deleted scenes, a new song by Phil Collins and a lively audio commentary by Rutt and Tuke (the two mouses in the film) - should be an extremely fun DVD. From the pen of screenwriter and fellow Portlander Mike Rich (DVD Talk is based in Portland, OR) comes another heart-warming film Radio on 1/27 with strong performances by Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ed Harris. Showing that it won't be outdone by Warner Bros. fantastic restorations, Paramount announced a 2 Disc special edition for The Ten Commandments on 3/9 including a six-part documentary on this beloved film. Finally Criterion has announced another crown jewel for their collection: Richard III - Criterion Collection on 2/24 a legendary film that saw Laurence Olivier as Director, Producer and Star, given the Criterion treatment it'll be one not to miss! Read our complete list of Upcoming DVDs.

It's never an easy task bringing a best selling book to the screen, but that task is made even harder when the best selling book comes out less than a year before the release of the film. Writer/Director Gary Ross rose to the challenge and adapted Laura Hillenbrand's best selling book Seabiscuit: An American Legend into one of this year's best films. Ross' not only captured the essence of the book on screen, he helped breath life into the characters of Seabiscuit by bringing on some amazing actors including Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, William H. Macy and Tobey Maguire. We had an opportunity to talk to Gary Ross just as the Seabiscuit DVD was being released. Read our complete interview with Gary Ross. Also Check out some of our past interviews, including recent interviews with Jeff Probst, Geoffrey Rush, Neil Gaiman and John Singleton

DVD Talk's Columnists have been hard at work bringing you the best coverage of DVDs out there. This week don't miss The DVD Savant who has a review of Wellspring's Lola Jacques Demy's early masterpiece that tells the back story of Roland Cassard of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, an early look at the Fox Studio Classic release for My Darling Clementine and Claude Lelouch's huge effort Les uns et les autres. CineSchlock-O-Rama takes a look at the second volume of Best of Insomniac With Dave Attell, a look back at Arnold Schwarzenegger in Pumping Iron - The 25th Anniversary Special Edition , Johnny Cash's Pride of Jesse Hallam and a Romanian-lensed Mimic 3: Sentinel. Finally from The Aisle View comes reviews of Stuck on You the latest Farrelly Brothers film about conjoined twins, Girl with a Pearl Earring with Scarlett Johansson based on the painting of the same name and Jessica Alba in the awful Honey.

On our December Segment on ABC TV's AM Northwest we will be taking a look at:Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl - a swashbuckling thrill of a movie that is worth watching for Johnny Depp's brilliant performances as Captain Jack Sparrow, Firefly - Joss Whedon's Ill fated TV show finds new life on an excellent DVD, Alien Quadrilogy - 'game over man' the search for the best DVD box set released is over and this mega DVD set is the winner, and Seabiscuit a phenomenal adaptation of the best selling book will surely see Oscar gold. Also out this month: Escape From New York: Collector's Edition, Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The Complete Fifth Season, Battle of Shaker Heights, Gigli (a bad, bad movie) , and Freaky Friday. Catch this month's DVD Talk TV Segment at 9:00am, Tuesday December 16 on ABC TV - KATU in Portland, OR.

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