This week in CineMazing critic Alley Hector takes a look at the mega budgeted monster movie - Van Helsing and finds herself strangely amused. Read her thoughts on Van Helsing and why Buffy The Vampire fans might want to check it out. Also, if you're looking to get your monster fix but don't want to venture out to theaters be sure to check out our reviews of The Monster Legacy Collection on DVD from Universal including: The Wolf Man, Dracula and Frankenstein. Want to get CineMazing right when it's published? Sign Up to get CineMazing delivered free to your email box!

This week we have 6 clips from Jim Sheridan's fantastic and intensely personal film In America (all presented in Windows Media for High Bandwidth). Clips from the film: The Family's first look at their new apartment, The Father dragging the air conditioner through the streets of New York and Father and Matteo argue about "believing". Clips from the In America Special Features: The Cast and Director talk about the girls, Director Jim Sheridan talk about the "sense of hope" the movie gives. and Director Jim Sheridan talks about getting bad news out of the way. In America will be released on DVD Tuesday May 11th. Find The Best Price and Read The DVD Talk Review and Read our Interview with Jim Sheridan.

This week The DVD Savant takes a look at a trio of Hammer Horror DVDs including: Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed - Terence Fisher's fourth mad doctor outing is one of the best Hammer films and is presented with its sometimes-censored scenes intact, Taste the Blood of Dracula - Christopher Lee's Dracula crashes a movie designed to do without him, resulting in a stylish but confused tale and Dracula has Risen from the Grave - Drac is back in a nicely shot but oddly dull Hammer horror with Chris Lee donning the cape and fangs once more. Also in this week's DVD Savant reviews of The Ghost / The Dead Eyes of London, La Habanera, Helter Skelter and Down to Earth. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

A jam packed week full of notable DVDs including: the epic The Last Samurai [Review] - with a strong performance by Tom Cruise in a feature packed DVD, Samurai Jack: Season 1 [Review] - a very different kind of Samurai experience from The Cartoon Network, Triplets of Belleville [Review] - an exceptional French 'art house' animated film that should not be missed, Marx Brothers Collection [Review] - all the classic Marx Bros. films accompanied by some great documentaries, an absolute treat, Elephant [Review] - Gus Van Sant's Cannes Golden Palm winning film is as beautiful as it is harrowing, Girl With a Pearl Earring - Scarlett Johansson is fantastic in this sweeping historical romance film that looks at the work of Vermeer, and Calendar Girls - Helen Mirren stars in this extremely enjoyable British comedy. 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

The DVD Talk DVD Easter Egg Database continues to grow, greatly in part from the fantastic submissions from DVD Talk readers like you. Some of the latest Eggs to be uncovered include: A clip of Tim Burton driving a golf cart loaded with exploding fireworks in Big Fish, A Deleted Scene introduced by a bloody and gory Eli Roth in Cabin Fever, Outtakes and 'Goats of The Abyss' - a video made by the crew for Ghosts of The Abyss. 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.

Fans of "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have been waiting forever for their film Orgazmo to finally get released on DVD. The wait is over. HKFlix.com has an exclusive offer for DVD Talk Readers on an all-region import of Orgazmo. Get this hilarious movie on DVD for only $11.95. Hurry, supplies are limited, and so when they're gone...they're gone.
 

An interesting mix of DVDs announced this week including: Starsky & Hutch with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson on 7/20 featuring Director's Commentary, outtakes, Deleted Scenes and a spoof on Behind the Scenes Docs, The Big Bounce - also on 7/20 and also starring Owen Wilson, Hidalgo on 8/3 - a larger than life adventure with Viggo Mortensen in the title role and The Barbarian Invasions on 7/13 - winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Finally, for those of you who want to add a THIRD copy of Black Hawk Down to your DVD collection Columbia Tri-Star has a Superbit Edition now set for 6/15. Read our complete list of Upcoming DVDs.

If you're a fan of Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad & the Ugly you absolutely can not miss The DVD Savant's look at The New Extended Edition DVD. The restoration of The Good, the Bad & the Ugly has been a long time passion for The DVD Savant which was profiled in his article The Good, The Bad And The Restored. With a look at the project from the inside The DVD Savant shares his thoughts on this month's DVD release for the final restoration of The Good, the Bad & the Ugly.

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