This week The DVD Savant has reviews of: Ragtime - Milos Forman brings E.L. Doctorow's epic novel to the screen with what they called 'mixed results', They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - Sydney Pollack's apocalyptic Depression saga is from a hardboiled novel by Horace McCoy, Made for Each Other - James Stewart and Carole Lombard go through the tribulations of early marriage, with baby, mother-in-law and bothersome boss problems, Broadway's Lost Treasures II - a second dip into the Tony Awards video vault comes up with another selection of stellar performances, including a rare Katherine Hepburn appearance in Coco, Creature from the Black Lagoon: The Legacy Collection - He big, he's green and has a froggy eye for bathing beauties, Arrowhead - Charlton Heston is the Indian-hating Army scout who scoffs at the pacifist cavalry's idea that Apache treaties will be upheld, and Secret Honor - Tricky Dick comes out at midnight to tape a drunken self-vindicating harangue into his tape recorder. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

This week Silent DVD looks at a quartet of films by the great German director Fritz Lang: His epic fantasy Die Nibelungen, Lang’s influential and stunning Metropolis, the cloak and dagger film Spies, and his last silent feature, the SF film Woman in the Moon. All four of these films have been lovingly restored and are available in a new boxed set from Kino. Also in case you missed them, be sure to read Silent DVD's coverage of The Parson's Widow, Fractured Flickers , The Girl with the Hatbox, More Treasures from American Film Archives, Arbuckle and Keaton - Volumes One and Two and his coverage of The San Francisco Silent Film Fest.

More great new clips this week including an exclusive clip from The Billy Madison/Happy Gilmore Collection - a deleted scene from Happy Gilmore, the trailer for The Rambo Trilogy - The Ultimate Collection, a sneak peek of the Director’s Label: Collectors Edition Box Set [Review] as well as another exclusive clip, also from Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 7 we have several clips: D.B. Woodside discusses his character Principal Wood and Joss Whedon discusses bringing Angel back to Buffy for the end of the show. Finally for Spider Man 2 we have a behind the scenes look at the stage design and the clip 'Lesson's Learned' which looks at the movie as a whole.  

This week we have a very special giveaway from Shout! Factory for the DVD release of Home Movies: Season 1. Home Movies is the animated adventure which follows pint-sized aspiring filmmaker Brendon Small as he uses his video camera to cope with the trials of his 8-year-old life. The Home Movies: Season 1 DVD features: Commentary by the cast and creators, Interviews with series creator Brendon Small, Jon Benjamin and Loren Bouchard, Real home-made short films by stars Brendon Small and Jon Benjamin, Animatics, Animation galleries and more. Enter now for your chance to win 1 of 5 copies of Home Movies: Season 1 we're giving away this week.

As we get closer and closer to the holidays we're seeing a dramatic increase in big notable DVD releases including the release this week of Elf: Infinifilm [Review] - Will Farrel gives a spot on performance in the film which has become a modern holiday 'classic', The Chronicles of Riddick [Review] - Vin Diesel IS the new Arnold and he carries this Dune like sci-fi sequel, Iron Giant: SE [Review] - it's the softer side of Vin in this long awaited SE of one of the most underrated animated films ever, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Series - Universal continues rolling out great memorable TV onto DVD, Pee Wee's Playhouse 1 [Review] & 2 [Review] - Paul Reubins (aka Pee Wee) was the master of the subversive and satirical kids show, Tiger Woods Collection [Review] - everything you've ever wanted to know about Tiger Woods and more and Fanny & Alexander - Criterion continues to impress, this time with a 5 disc Bergman restoration. Other notable DVDs this week include: Buffy The Vampire Slayer 7, Commish: Season 1, Director's Label Series Box [Review], Home Movies: S1 [Review] , Kids in the Hall: S2 [Review] , Office Special [Review] and Space Ghost 2 Read our List of Top 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.

If the importance of DVD was even in doubt, Vin Diesel helped put it to rest as he made the press event for the DVD release of The Chronicles of Riddick the only exception to his four week lock down in his apartment in preparation for Find Me Guilty, a film he's currently in production with Sydney Lumet. But for Vin, The Chronicles of Riddick was reason to make an exception. Vin's excitement and enthusiasm over the Chronicles of Riddick Series is evident. Vin spoke to a group of online journalists, who he affectionately called 'My Guys!'. Vin spoke passionately about The Chronicles of Riddick series, the possibilities with DVD and Video Games and the incredible turn his career has taken. Read the complete talk with Vin.

It's not often that someone is considered one of the greatest sportsmen of all time before age thirty, but there's never been anyone quite like Tiger Woods. The man who has wowed the world with his physics defying swing now has his eyes set at giving back to the game that has served him so well. DVD Talk editor Geoffrey Kleinman had the opportunity to catch up with Tiger Woods just prior to the release of his new 3 Disc Tiger - The Authorized DVD Collection [Review]. Find out what's in the cards for Tiger Woods, why he's not afraid of failure, and once and for all what is the absolute best golf DVD. Read our Talk with Tiger Woods and be sure to Read our complete review of the DVD Collection

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