Buena Vista Home Entertainment has some pretty huge DVD releases hitting the streets including: Aladdin: Special Edition, Mulan: Special Edition, Clerks X: Tenth Anniversary Edition and Alias Season 3. To kick things off for their ' Big DVD Season', Buena Vista threw a big kick off party at The Highland night club at the famous 'Hollywood and Highland'. Editor Geoffrey Kleinman was there and files this report with info on some of these big upcoming releases as well as a rundown on presentations from Mulan's Ming-na, Alias' JJ Abrams and a complete transcript of Kevin Smith's hilarious speech. Read the complete wrap up now. Also be sure not to miss our Interview with Kevin Smith.

This week the DVD Savant has reviews of Zorba the Greek - Earthy Zorba takes charge of noodly Englishman Alan Bates in this very uneven drama with some strangely savage scenes that sink the Greek high spirits, Goodfellas - Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta chill the blood as wiseguys with zero sense of self discipline. One of Scorsese's best and possibly the best film ever made about the Mob, Chastity - Sonny Bono tries to supply Cher with an edgy vehicle in this well-intentioned but mind-numbing exercise in 'serious' filmmaking. See Cher visit a Mexican brothel! Whoopee! 7 Days in September - A good DVCam docu filmed by 23 individual video chroniclers of the 9/11 attack and the week that followed in New York city. Darned gripping and a good record of unforgettable days and Darby O'Gill and the Little People - Disney DVD fibs a bit in the Aspect Ratio department but comes through with a thoroughly enjoyable disc of one of Walt's live-action favorites. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

It's like a big white elephant in this week's notable DVDs, either you're thrilled about the DVD release for The Passion [Review] or you're not. If you're not, then run, don't walk to get South Park: The Passion of the Jew [Review] - the best and most hilarious commentary on The Passion you'll find. If you want to skip The Passion all together, then check out Jesus Christ Superstar [Review] - a fantastic rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webberon an excellent DVD. Some people might consider Star Trek The Original Series: Season 1 [Review] - a religious experience and those people have been documented again in Trekkies 2. Other notable DVDs this week include: Lion King II: Simba's Pride: SE [Review] - a solid animated sequel with all the charms of a Disney movie, I Love Lucy: Complete Second Season [Review] - some of the best comedy ever aired on television, and Videodrome: Criterion [Review] - David Cronenberg's 1983 horror film is given the royal Criterion treatment and DVD Talk's Highest Rating . 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 including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

On our August DVD Talk TV Segment on ABC TV's AM Northwest we took a look at 4 Notable DVDs: Kill Bill Vol 2 - the 2nd half of Quentin Tarantino's likeable but problematic revenge flick, 13 Going on 30 - an ode to the eighties with the charming Jennifer Garner, Tom Dowd and the Language of Music - a hidden gem that stands up there with 'Standing in The Shadows of Motown', and Goodfellas - the ultimate American gangster movie and a part of the Martin Scorsese Collection. 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.

A jam packed week full of notable DVDs including: The Apprentice: Season 1 [Review] - the first show to make people want to hear the words 'You're Fired', Dogville [Review] - a challenging film from Lars Von Trier that you'll either love or hate, The Girl Next Door [Review] - Elisha Cuthbert (do we need to say more?), Tom Dowd and the Language of Music [Review] - a detailed look into a true pioneer of the music industry, Purple Rain - Prince's landmark film gets the royal treatment on DVD, Shaolin Soccer - with both the Asian and US versions of this extremely enjoyable kung-fu soccer flick, Futurama Vol 4 [Review] - the final volume of Matt Groening's second TV brainchild,, Harsh Realm [Review] - Chris Carter's short lived comic-book based series with the ever watchable Lance Henriksen, Ella Enchanted [Review] - an enchanting film that appeals to the whole family and The Apple [Review] - a unique cult film with an uncommonly loyal following. 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 including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

We've been waiting for this moment for some time: The release of the Martin Scorsese boxed set, containing New York classics Goodfellas, After Hours, and Who's That Knocking At My Door as well as Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. But nothing is more highly anticipated at Cinema Gotham headquarters than the special edition of Mean Streets, the little indie where Scorsese first showed the world what he's truly capable of. Mean Streets is integral to Scrosese's development as a filmmaker as well as to the education of a generation of movie makers and watchers. Oh yeah, and it also introduced the world to a couple of actors named Robert De Niro an Harvey Keitel. Read Cinema Gotham's review here. Also read more Cinema Gotham DVD reviews here.

One of the summer's biggest films in the box office looks to become one of the biggest DVDs with the announcement of Spider-Man 2: 2 Disc Special Edition on 11/30 featuring: audio commentaries with the cast and crew, a pop-up trivia track, four web-i-sodes, bloopers, a 12 part making of documentary, a multi-angle feature and more. Spider-Man 2 will also be released in a 'featureless" Superbit edition. Also announced this week: Man on Fire on 9/14 - with another strong performance by Denzel Washington, The Day After Tomorrow on 10/12 - Fox's big fun disaster flick is a big fun summer rollercoaster ride... with a message, Ice Cream Man on 10/19 - The Clint Howard horror masterpiece is shamefully getting a "cheap ass" bare bones release, The Tesseract on 10/26 - an intensely personal story from Alex Garland, Author Of The Beach And 28 Days Later and, Even Cowgirls Get The Blues on 11/2 - Gus Van Sant's odd and entertaining adaptation of Tom Robbins' best selling book. Finally this week a big batch of TV-on-DVD announcements: Roswell: The Complete Second Season on 10/5, The West Wing: Season 3 on 11/2, Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume 3 on 11/16, Frasier: The Complete Final Season on 11/16 , Space Ghost Coast To Cost: Volume 2 on 11/16, Tru Calling: Season One on 11/30, King Of The Hill: Season 3 on 12/28. Read our complete list of Upcoming DVDs.

Any time you sit down with Kevin Smith, no matter what the topic, you know he'll have something interesting to say. At the core, Kevin Smith's films are talkies. Whether it's two clerks engaged in a behind-the-counter debate on which Star Wars movie is better, or two stoner superheroes ranting about Internet Forums and Magnolia fans, it's the conversations that make a Kevin Smith film something really special. DVD Talk Editor, Geoffrey Kleinman, sat down with Kevin Smith to talk about both the upcoming tenth anniversary DVD release for Clerks, the film which started off Kevin Smith's career, and the DVD release of Jersey Girl, a film which marks a distinct change in his career. Smith seemed very reflective about his career so far and had some interesting thoughts about what lies ahead. Read our complete interview with Kevin Smith.

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