Seen all S-E-V-E-N of the Police Academy movies!?! DVD Talk columnist G. Noel Gross valiantly stepped in front of each bullet o' buffoonery and survived to file this comprehensive report! Plus, a German reader reveals Beyond Re-Animator cuts and the ever-vigilant CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.
 

This week in CineMazing critic Geoffrey Kleinman takes a look a fascinating documentary about the New York restaurant culture - Eat This New York which follows the attempt of two ambitious restaraunteurs as they try to open shop in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. With over 18,000 restaurants in New York, 1,000 new ones each year and 4 out of 5 going out of business within 5 years it's no easy task. See how it all 'pans' out in this week's CineMazing. Also don't forget to check out DVD Talk's Theatrical Review Database for reviews of many of the films in theaters now including The Punisher, Connie and Carla and Kill Bill Vol 2. Want to get CineMazing right when it's published? Sign Up to get CineMazing delivered free to your email box!

This week The DVD Savant takes a look at: The Little Prince - Stanley Donen's odd children's musical, The Molly Maguires - Martin Ritt and Walter Bernstein combine for an unheralded story about violent subversion in the Pennsylvania coal mines of 1876, The 300 Spartans - an earnest but stiff tale of Greek patriotism at the battle of Thermopylae, Prince Valiant - Bewigged Robert Wagner is the straight man for a fun comic book Camelot adventure, with plenty of fat Vikings, sneering treachery and good action setpieces and Desk Set - Tracy and Hepburn are charming in a story about the threat of the computer to the American workplace. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

This week Tim Burton's fantastical fairy tale about Dads who are sometimes larger than life - Big Fish comes to DVD. We have 3 clips from the Big Fish DVD (all presented in Windows Media for High Bandwidth): The Big Fish author Daniel Wallace talks about the film adaptation, a behind the scenes look at creating The Magical Forest and a behind the scenes look at shooting in Alabama. Big Fish is available now on DVD - Find The Best Price and Read The DVD Talk Review.

A great week for notable DVDs, including: Big Fish [Review] - Tim Burton crosses fairy tale with family drama and comes up with a really enjoyable film, Stuck On You [Review] - an unexpectedly sweet and touching comedy from the kings of gross-out, Love Actually [Review] - a star packed, light and fun romantic comedy from the writer of Bridget Jones' Diary and Four Weddings and A Funeral, Ghosts of the Abyss [Review] - James Cameron's voyage back to Titanic, a fascinating film that just doesn't play well on the small screen, The Cooler [Review] - William H. Macy, Maria Bello and Alec Baldwin all deliver strong performances in this quirky and enjoyable film, Kids in the Hall: Season 1 [Review] - the long awaited DVD of one of Canada's funniest comedy troops and The Monster Legacy Collection [Review of Dracula - Review of Frankenstein] - Universal resurrects some of their classics on DVD to promote Van Helsing, any excuse is a good one to get these films out on DVD! Read our Complete List of Upcoming DVDs for more great DVDs out this week, and visit our DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews.

More great DVDs announced this week, including the fantastic news that Disney will be releasing 3 more Hayao Miyazaki films on DVD including: Porco Rosso, Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind and My Neighbor Totoro all as 2 Disc Special Editions on 8/31. Another sign that the window between films released in theater and on DVD is shrinking Columbia Tri-Star announced the DVD release for Secret Window on 6/22 a short 102 days from it's theatrical debut. Warner Bros has announced the release for V: The Complete TV Series on 7/22 featuring 897 minutes of content including 19 episodes of the TV series. Bernardo Bertolucci's steamy film The Dreamers will be released in an unrated version on 7/13 including audio commentary from Betrolucci. Other notable DVD announcements this week include: Alex Proyas' Garage Days on 7/6, Never Die Alone and The Bourne Identity - Explosive Extended Edition on 7/13, Predator: Collector's Edition and Millennium: Season One on 7/20. Read our complete list of Upcoming DVDs.

This week we have special a giveaway for the complete first season of The Kids in the Hall. This four disc The Kids in the Hall set features: 20 Kids in The Hall episodes, audio commentary by The Kids, 45 minutes of new interviews, 2 best-of compilations featuring fan-favorite sketches from the rare pilot episode and 30 minutes of unseen footage from the Rivoli Theater. Enter Now for your chance to win one of five copies of The Kids in the Hall - Complete Season 1 we're giving away this week.

On our April DVD Talk TV Segment on ABC TV's AM Northwest we took a look at 4 Notable DVDs: Kill Bill Vol 1 - a wall to wall kung-fu-o-rama fight fest, Big Fish - Tim Burton's touching ode to the monumental importance of Dads, Master and Commander - an epic film on an epic DVD, Freaks and Geeks - Fan Edition - with a peek at the special limited edition yearbook edition packaging! Watch this show (which runs about 6 mins) in Windows Media High Bandwidth or Low Bandwidth. Also as a bonus - listen to our audio interviews with Freaks and Geeks creator Paul Feig and Exec. Producer Judd Apatow!

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