On this week's The Screen Savers (G4/TechTV) DVD Talk reviewer Kim Morgan takes a look at several Notable DVDs including: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Extended Edition - the best trilogy of all time? It's a smack down of the LOTR vs. the Star Wars, Family Guy - The Freakin' Sweet Collection - 5 of the best Family Guy episodes is sweet by anyone's definition. Top Gun: SE - a homo-erotic subtext to this seminal 80's film? Could be... Watch this show (which runs about 5 mins) in Windows Media High Bandwidth. Also watch past DVD Talk TV segments.  
 

Even with the release of his book The DVD Savant has been hard at worth with a ton of new reviews including Roseland - The Merchant Ivory / Jhabvala team come up with an artistic gem about the habitues of Roseland, a dance hall catering to older couples and aspiring pro ballroom dancers, Tanner on Tanner - Robert Altman and Gary Trudeau's followup to their 1988 cable hit sends the wrong messages if it's supposed to support the democratic side of American politics, A Star is Born William Wellman's Hollywood success tragedy was a big early hit for David O. Selznick, "M" - Criterion revises their earlier disc of the 1931 German Fritz Lang classic and comes up with a much better transfer, with extras to write home about, Short Cuts - Robert Altman assembles a stack of moody short stories into a satisfying ramble through an LA of unsettled misfits in search of love and Racing with the Moon - Sean Penn and Nicolas Cage demonstrate A+ acting chops, with Elizabeth McGovern not far behindRead all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

A great batch of notable DVDs this week including the highly anticipated Lord of the Rings: Return of The King - Extended Edition [Review] - with over 50 mins of new footage edited into the film, it's the crown jewel of the trilogy, Mary Poppins [Review] - still practically perfect after 40 years, The Yakuza Papers [Review] - Japan's equivalent of the Godfather series, I Robot [Review] - a surprisingly good action film that hints at something deeper, Breaker Morant - the latest addition to Wellspring's Masterworks series with an exceptional transfer, The Door in the Floor [Review] - more character study than thriller but still worth checking out and The Rocky Anthology - MGM spiffy's the Rocky series with a whole new set of digital transfers. 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.

Looking for last minute holiday gift ideas? Be sure to check out our DVD Talk TV special Gift Guide segment on ABC TV's AM Northwest. We take a look at a wide range of gift ideas: great DVDs for kids - SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 1 and The Lion King Box Set, high impact box sets - Freaks and Geeks Fan Edition, The Docurama 12 disc Academy Collection and The Complete Star Trek - Next Generation Collection, great TV on DVD - The OC and Boomtown, and some great hidden gems - The Return, Super Size Me and Hero. Watch this show (which runs about 7 mins) in Windows Media High Bandwidth or Low Bandwidth. Be sure to also check out our Online Holiday DVD Gift Guide as well as watch past month's TV segments.

This week we have a very special giveaway from Home Vision to celebrate the highly anticipated DVD release of The Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honor and Humanity. We have 5 fantastic Home Vision prize packs featuring the work of Kinji Fukasaku to giveaway, including copies of: Blackmail Is My Life, Graveyard Of Honor, If You Were Young Rage, Street Mobster and the first volume from the box set Yakuza Papers Vol. 1: Battles Without Honor And Humanity. Enter now for your chance to win
 

This week we have a ton of great DVD clips, including a six minute preview of the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Extended Edition with scenes from the over 50 mins of additional footage edited back into the film. Also this week, we have an exclusive clip from Shaun of The Dead - a look at what a 'Breakfast Club Edited for TV' like version would be, as well as the Shaun of The Dead DVD trailer. We also have clips from Time of The Wolf, Door in The Floor, Quantum Leap: Season 2, Dodgeball (Clip 1, Clip 2), 24: Season 3 (Clip 1, Clip 2, Clip 3 and Clip 4 ), Thunderbirds, Two Brothers, We also have a ton of music on DVD Clips: Eric Clapton Sessions for Robert J, Live Aid including clips of U2 "Sunday Bloody Sunday", Eric Clapton "Layla", David Bowie "Heroes" and an 11 minute look at the Live Aid DVD and Stop fromErasure - 'The Tank, The Swan and The Balloon Live'.

Take a good gander at two sequels the world wasn't exactly clamoring for: Natasha Henstridge gets put out to pasture in the unrated Species III. While Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid tries to cash in on the creature feature crush it sparked seven years ago. Polling has also begun for the CineSchlockers' Choice award for 2004's best genre DVD. Plus, responses to reader emails and the ever-vigilant CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted.
 

With literally thousands of DVD Reviews (over 10,300 reviews!) in the DVD Talk Review Database it's easy to miss some of the notable reviews written by our staff. Some notable reviews you may have missed: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (Region 3) - a stunning and brilliant film from Oldboy director Chan Woo-Park, Napoleon Dynamite - a film about a geek's geek, a lanky, four-eyed, awkward, carrot-topped mess in moon boots and weightlifting pants, Carnivale: Complete First Season - an incredibly ambitious undertaking that demands more from its audience than many are willing to invest, Springtime in a Small Town - a quiet, inner film that you'll be thinking about long after the credits roll, Mickey Mouse in Black & White:Vol 2 - a great set, and one that all animation fans should run out and purchase and Top Gun: Special Collector's Edition - a solidly entertaining look at one of the defining movies of the 1980s. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

This week Silent DVD looks at the Criterion's release of Cecil B. DeMille's silent epic The King if Kings. Hailed as the greatest depiction of Christ's life ever to be filmed, this two DVD set includes the 112-minute general release version of the film, which is what most people have seen over the last 75 years, as well as the seldom viewed 155-minute original cut of the movie. With a great picture and three audio tracks to chose from, Criterion has put out another quality release. Read Silent DVD's complete review. Also in case you missed them, be sure to read Silent DVD's coverage of Gay-themed Films of the Silent Era, The Fritz Lang Collection, The Parson's Widow, Fractured Flickers , The Girl with the Hatbox, More Treasures from American Film Archives and Arbuckle and Keaton - Volumes One and Two .

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