Drawing more than 75,000 fans, San Diego's four-day Comic-Con International has become an irresistible "reach-the-geek" buzz builder for Hollywood. Columnist G. Noel Gross wades through the celeb-slathered hype and files this unique report complete with early news on the House of 1000 Corpses sequel, Alien vs. Predator, Seed of Chucky, Shaun of the Dead and other schlocky goodness. Plus, responses to reader emails and the ever-vigilant CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.  

A number of great clips this week including: the highly anticipated Kill Bill Vol 2 [Review] (on DVD 8/10) with clips from the film and DVD commercial. A number of clips from 13 Going on 30 [Review] including: the trailer, interview with Mark Ruffalo , behind the scenes look at Judy Greer [Interview] and Pat Benetar Love is a Battlefield music Video. Finally, in case you haven't gotten enough of Corey Holcomb on Last Comic Standing we have a clip from his DVD The Problem Is You as well as clips from Pablo Francisco's Bits And Pieces: Live From Orange County and 2 cips from Doug Stanhope's upcomming DVD Deadbeat Hero with his routines Drunk Stand-up and Holy Cow!.

DVDEmpire.com is running a smokin' hot sale on select Warner Bros. DVDs: Get 2 DVDs for only $16! Pick from their select list of sale DVDs which includes: Beetlejuice, Blade, Little Nicky, Poltergeist, Rush Hour 2, Three Kings:SE, Wild Bunch, Deep Blue Sea and V: The Original Miniseries. The Discount is applied at checkout and you can have up to 10 times per order. As with most hot sales, it's only for a limited time... so don't miss it.
 
 

This week the DVD Savant has reviews of Criss Cross - this Robert Siodmak melodrama is a top noir title, Chronos - the IMAX featurette in sparkling clarity with a host of fascinating extras, Coogan's Bluff - Eastwood's Coogan is a proto-Dirty Harry striking a blow against the permissive society, in Don Siegel's important but dated cop drama, This Gun for Hire - a top-flight film noir based on Grahame Greene's thriller starring Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd, and In the Soup - a charming and fun indie NYC comedy with Steve Buscemi and Seymour Cassel. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.
 

An interesting mix of notable DVDs this week including: Hidalgo [Review] - an exciting adventure flick with Viggo Mortensen and Omar Sharif that was overlooked in theaters but shouldn't be missed on DVD, 13 Going on 30 [Review] - Jennifer Garner continues to dazzle and charm us in a light romantic comedy and ode to the '80s, Significant Others: The Series [Review] - the little known and quickly canceled series can finally be seen in full, including 3 episodes which never aired. Disney made our week this week by releasing a number of classic non-animated films including: Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Watcher in the Woods, The Black Hole, Darby O'Gill and the Little People and Unidentified Flying Oddball. Fans of TV on DVD have a number of great choices this week including: Sliders: Seasons 1 & 2 [Review], Knight Rider - Season One [Review] and Comedy Central's Roast of Denis Leary Uncensored [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.

A ton of new title announcements this week including: Fahrenheit 9/11 on 10/5 featuring: deleted and extended scenes and a director's commentary - it's sure to be a hot one, Around The World in 80 Days on 10/12 - the Jackie Chan remake isn't up to par with the original but Chan is always fun to watch, Gothica: Special Edition on 10/12 - this stylish thriller gets an SE upgrade, perplexing as the original release was pretty satisfying in its own right, Garfield: The Movie on 10/19 - Bill Murray voicing Garfiled, what more can you ask for? Arrested Development: Season 1 on 10/19 - critics have been raving about this uncommon comedic series for a reason, it's that good, Greg the Bunny on 10/10 -Seth Green, Eugene Levy and Sarah Silverman star in this quirky series about a talking stuffed bunny, That 70's Show: Season 1 on 10/26 - before Punk'ed, before Demi, there was this charming show. Also announced on DVD: Pink Flamingo: 25th Anniversary on 9/7, In Living Color: Season 2 on 9/28 , Roswell: Season 2 on 10/5 and Simple Life 2 on 11/2. Read our complete list of Upcoming DVDs.

This week we're extremely excited to announce the launch of a brand new DVD Talk Column: Silent DVD - a look at some of the greatest silent films on DVD. This week the debut of Silent DVD features a complete report from The San Francisco Silent Film Festival including reviews of such great silent films as: the 1928 Charlie Chaplin comedy The Circus, Douglas Fairbanks sans sword in the humorous When the Clouds Roll By, Maurice Tourneur's 1918 allegorical fantasy Blue Bird, The 1926 film What Happened to Jones staring Reginald Denning and The Goddess which now can be found on DVD. Read the complete report in the debut of Silent DVD.

This week we have a special giveaway from Shout Factory for the first two installments in their new Ad Lib Breakout Comedy Series: Corey Holcomb - The Problem Is You and Pablo Francisco - Bits And Pieces: Live From Orange County. You'll recognize Corey Holcomb from his stint on the latest season of Last Comic Standing. On The Problem Is You Corey brings his 'A' material on a hilarious DVD which features: a bonus audio CD, backstage with corey feature and more. Pablo Francisco might be one of the funniest of the next batch of up and coming comedians, his Bits And Pieces: Live From Orange County will leave you with tears in your eyes, from laughing so hard! The DVD also features a bonus CD, an Inside the Comic's Studio featurette and an audio commentary. Enter now for your chance to win one of 5 Ad Lib Series Double Packs we're giving away this week.

Judy Greer has starred opposite an impressive list of co-stars including: Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Nicholas Cage and George Clooney. In 13 Going On 30 she stars opposite Jennifer Garner in film that is both a nostalgic look back at the 80's and a modern day 'Big'. DVD Talk Writer Danielle Henbest had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Judy Greer about: the DVD release of 13 Going On 30, her work on Night Shyamalan’s The Village, Celebrity Poker Showdown and her latest film in production, the Werewolf film 'Cursed'. Read our complete interview with Judy Greer.
 

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