Big E and JFK defend their hush-hush East Texas retirement home from a mummified soul-sucker in Bubba Ho-Tep -- an extras-lavished sensation from Phantasm's Don Coscarelli and B-hearthrob Bruce Campbell. Plus, responses to reader emails and the ever-vigilant CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.
 

This week we have some pretty exciting news from The DVD Savant. You can find his musings on the audio commentary track for Warner Bros' release of the classic noir film Gun Crazy. Also for Savant fans, more great news: a Savant book is in the works appropriately titled The DVD Savant Book, slated for publication in September (look for an opportunity to win it before it's release!!) In the meantime check out The Savant 's new reviews: Mamma Roma - Criterion gives us a first hand chance to study two early Pier Paolo Pasolini films, Deathdream - an excellent cast in a grim drama with a political bite, A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die - an American Spaghetti western that lacks the style or class of Sergio Leone, The Happiest Millionaire - Disney's most unwieldy klunker a three hour musical has fun personalities but lacks a good plot and catchy songs, Jack the Giant Killer the notorious copycat production practically struck from the same blueprints as The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and Hangman's Knot - this Randolph Scott western is good for its cast alone, even though it's something of an underachiever. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

This week in CineMazing editor Geoffrey Kleinman takes a look at one of the most talked about (and one of the best) films of the year: Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 - an extremely shocking and unsettling documentary that looks at the Bush presidency and its march to war in Iraq. Fahrenheit 9/11 is filled with jaw dropping revelations including connections between the Bin Laden and Bush families, the role of the Saudis in 9/11 and what's really happening to our soldiers in Iraq and their families back home. This is one film you won't want to miss! Read our Complete Review. Want to share your thoughts on Fahrenheit 9/11? Be sure to visit our Movie Talk Forum and join the discussion. Get CineMazing right when it's by Signing Up to get CineMazing delivered free to your email box!

This week's notable DVDs include: the completely politically incorrect and hilarious Bad Santa [Review] also available in an unrated version: Badder Santa [Review] - read our comparison of these 2 releases. Comedy Central continues their great DVD streak with Reno 911: Season 1 - an extremely funny lampoon of the cop show genre. Spike TV gets in the game with their DVD debut - Joe Schmo Show: Season 1 [Review] - a very funny send up of the Reality TV Genre! Criterion's dazzles us again with The Lower Depths [Review] - a DVD release which pairs two interpretations of Maxim Gorky's play by directors Jean Renoir and Akira Kurosawa. Finally, more proof that Johnny Depp is reason enough to see a movie (even a bad one) Secret Window [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.

Some really good DVDs announced this week including: Dawn of The Dead - Unrated Director's Cut on 10/5 - one of the best horror remakes gets the ultimate treatment on DVD, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind on 9/28 - Charlie Kaufman's [Interview] masterpiece gives Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet challenging roles in a move you just have to see, Man on Fire on 9/7 - Denzel Washington is always fantastic even if the movie he's in isn't, Survivor All-Stars - The Complete Season on 8/31 - on of TV's most successful reality TV shows in one of the best seasons yet, Dogville on 8/24 - Lars von Trier vents in a movie that is both challenging, imperfect but ultimately rewarding. Shaolin Soccer on 8/24 featuring both the US and superior Chinese version, The United States Of Leland on 9/7 a hidden gem that was a hit at film festivals but got lost in theaters and Mork & Mindy: The Complete First Season on 9/7 another example of classic TV making its way on to DVD. Read our complete list of Upcoming DVDs.

Every summer we have a huge DVD giveaway. Well this week summer starts and we just couldn't wait to unleash the Miramax 25th Anniversary Giveaway! We're giving away 2 Miramax DVD Super Packs including: Kill Bill Volume 1, Chicago, Pulp Fiction, Good Will Hunting and Clerks. Also we're giving away 1 Dimension DVD Super Packs including: The Others, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Crow , Bad Santa , and The Ultimate Scream Collection (including all three films). Enter now for your chance to win and be sure to check out the Miramax 25th Anniversary Trailer and the Dimension Anniversary Trailer.

On our June DVD Talk TV Segment on ABC TV's AM Northwest we took a look at 4 Notable DVDs: Touching The Void - one of the most gripping and engaging DVDs we've seen in a long time, 50 First Dates - the chemistry between Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore is enough to add this comedy to your list of DVDs to rent, Mystic River - fantastic performances from some of the most talented actors on screen, Catch That Kid - with so few good movies aimed at teens & pre-teens, this is one that shouldn't be missed. Watch this show (which runs about 6 mins) in Windows Media High Bandwidth or Low Bandwidth. Also be sure to catch past month's shows.

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