This week The DVD Savant has reviews of Popeye 75th Anniversary Celebration Collector's Edition - 85 cartoons across three discs will be enough Popeye to make you pop, And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself -this HBO original movie is a good replay of Mexican Revolution cliches, Across the Bridge - Rod Steiger goes from swaggering executive to filthy outcast in this allegorical Grahame Green story about a criminal caught between two countries, Suddenly - Hal Roach bring us a good-looking copy of a Cold War thriller starring Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden and The Great Escape - starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, James Coburn ... the whole gang... well worth the wait, with fascinating commentaries and docu extras. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

This week in a special mid-week edition of CineMazing editor Geoffrey Kleinman takes a look at the highly anticipated Shrek 2. While Shrek 2 is as packed with site gags and pop culture references as the first, it may be the charming storybook romance that'll ultimately win you over. If you love movies, be sure to also drop in to DVD Talk's Movie Talk Forum, with news, trailers, discussions and member reviews of movies now in theaters. Want to get CineMazing right when it's published? Sign Up to get CineMazing delivered free to your email box!

Next month Takeshi Kitano's contemporary take at the famous blind swordsman Zatoichi hits theaters (See Trailer). Before you make your way to the cineplex you might want to check out one of the many classic Zatoichi films already on DVDs. We have reviews of 17 of classic Zatoichi DVDs from Home Vision Entertainment and AnimEigo including top rated: The Tale of Zatochi, Fight, Zatoichi, Fight and Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold. See our complete list of Zatoichi DVDs reviewed.

A fantastic week for DVD including notable releases: The Great Escape [Review] - John Sturges' classic World War II prison break film is one of DVD Talk's favorite, The Good, the Bad & the Ugly [Review] - with 18 restored minutes and a ton of behind the scenes documentaries don't miss it, Around the World in 80 Days - another restored classic packed with great extras, Enter the Dragon [Review] - the definitive release of the Bruce Lee classic, Miracle [Review] - Kurt Russel gives a smashing performance in a film that revisits one of the most exciting moments in sports, Paycheck [Review] - slightly goofy and implausible but with John Woo at the helm it still delivers. Finally, four new releases in the in The Walt Disney Treasures Collection: The Chronological Donald [Review], Mickey Mouse in Living Color 2, On the Front Lines [Review] and Tomorrowland: Disney in Space and Beyond [Review]. 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.

This week we have a very special giveaway for the new Restored and Extended Edition of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Sergio Leone's classic Spaghetti Western starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef. This new release for The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly includes 18 minutes of restored footage, a completely new remaster and 5.1 remix of the audio (Read The DVD Savant's Look at The Restoration of the film). The DVD is also packed full of extras including great interviews with Eastwood and Wallach as well as a good look at the career and style of Sergio Leone. Enter Now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of the The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly DVD we're giving away this week.

Another strong week of DVD announcements including: the long awaited announcement for the 2 Disc Special Edition of Goodfellas on 8/17 - one of Martin Scorsese's best finally gets the treatment it deserves. Another highly anticipated special edition release is Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys on 8/10. With a quick trip from theaters to DVD is Guillermo Del Toro's Hellboy on 7/27 featuring: deleted scenes, outtakes, documentaries and more. Del Tor fans will also be happy to hear that his critically acclaimed Devil's Backbone will finally get a special edition release on 7/27. Also announced this week: The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra on 6/22, Ned Kelly (Remake) on 7/27 , Dallas:Complete First and Second Season on 8/24 and Mulan: Special Edition on 10/26. Read our complete list of Upcoming DVDs.

With literally thousands of DVD Reviews in the DVD Talk Review Database is easy to miss some of our top reviews. Here's quick round up of them: The Tin Drum - a film which both won the Academy Award and was banned in parts of the US now gets a phenomenal treatment by Criterion, The Animation Show: Volume 1 - Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt's traveling animation road show now on DVD, Lady Snowblood - a direct influence on Kill Bill that is a must for any fans of great swordplay, Robocop Trilogy - a perennial favorite, these films have never looked or sounded better, A Short Film About Killing and A Short Film About Love - two films from Krzysztof Kieslowski originally destined for his Decalogue. Read reviews for these and more in the DVD Talk Review Database.

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