We're excited to bring you a special presentation of DVD Talk Radio featuring a Winemakers Roundtable for Sideways from the folks at Reel Reviews Radio and Grape Radio. Get a behind the scenes look at Sideways at the real world of wine and winemaking. Find out if Merlot is really that bad, and the truth behind a great Pinot Noir and the impact of Sideways on the wine industry and wine awareness. Download the complete roundtable or listen live online with our DVD Talk Radio Player. Also be sure to check out the DVD Talk Review of Sideways as well as other recent DVD Talk Radio broadcsts including: interviews with James L. Brooks, Brett Ratner and Brad Bird.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: The Mysterians - the screen explodes (repeatedly) with furious multicolored battles against the invaders from Mysteroid, who only want a few thousand acres of choice real estate and dating privileges with our women (gasp). Earth needs a good negotiator or at least better ray guns to defeat a titanic robot, flying saucers that sound like tuning forks, and a lethal battle dome equipped with the latest WMD's. Toho's best, in a great DVD package from Media Blasters/Tokyo Shock. Bringing Up Baby - the most famous screwball comedy is also one of Katharine Hepburn's best, with Cary Grant tagging along in helpless patsy mode. Arrowsmith John Ford was possibly not the right director for this wildly illogical melodrama about medical ethics and the sanctity of research and Stage Door - Ginger Rogers and Katharine Hepburn shine in this backstage war-horse that gives talents like Ann Miller, Lucille Ball and Eve Arden plum parts as aspiring actresses. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

This week we have two exclusive clips form Tartan Video for A Tale of Two Sisters [Review]: a quick peek at the movie and a look at the psychology of the film. Also we have clips from: Spanglish including: a making of, a segment on James L. Brooks and two deleted scenes: The Whole Closure Thing and Bonding.
 
 

Some really fantastic notable DVDs out this week including: Sideways [Review] - an extraordinarily enjoyable film from extremely talented Alexander Payne, it should not be missed, Spanglish [Reviews] - James L. Brooks takes an unique look at success and relationships in one of this years best sleepers, The Corporation [Review] - probably the single best documentary to ever take a look at corporations and their impact on our culture and society, Word Wars [Review] - a hidden gem of a documentary that makes Scrabble seem as exciting as professional sports and finally Elektra [Review] - yeah we know it isn't a fantastic movie and yeah we know Fox will eventually 'double dip' with some unrated directors cut, but a Jennifer Garner film is always noteworthy. Read our List of Top Upcoming DVDs for more great DVDs out this week, visit our DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

This week we have a DVD giveaway Ocean's Twelve - a fun roller-coaster sequel to the immensely popular Ocean's 11. The whole gang is back and this time Europe is the backdrop for another round of heist and hijinks. Steven Soderberg directs an all star cast including: Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, and Don Cheadle. We're giving away 5 copies of Ocean's Twelve this week so enter now for your chance to win.
 
 

With literally thousands of DVD Reviews (over 11,300 reviews!) in the DVD Talk Review Database it's easy to miss some of the notable reviews written by our staff. Recent DVD Reviews include: The Twilight Zone - Season 2 (The Definitive Edition) - DVD Talk Reviewer das has the absolute definitive look at this definitive edition, Lone Gunmen: Complete Series - a fun, well-acted and smart series that is consistently entertaining, Not on The Lips - with Audrey Tautou this comical farce reminiscent of a musical from the 40's is a lot of fun, Sunset Story - an interesting documentary with a DVD presentation that goes beyond the call of duty, American Crime - a stands out among the rest of the dreck shelved alongside in the 'Thriller' section, Edgeplay - A Film About The Runaways - an unabashedly honest look back at one of the most influential bands you've probably never heard of, told entirely by the people who defined and lived it and My Sister Eileen (1955) - definitely one of the lost gems of the 1950s. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

If there's any director who understands the bitter sweet nuances of life in film it's James L. Brooks. Brook's films are all marked with an incredible understanding of people and how they relate to each other. He's both written and directed such landmark films as Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News and As Good as It Gets, not to mention his work on The Simpsons. Now with Spanglish Brooks takes a look at the relationship between people who can't communicate, whether by language barrier or otherwise. DVD Talk Editor Geoffrey Kleinman sat down with James L. Brooks to talk about the DVD release for Spanglish. Brooks talks about some of the key themes in the film, working with Adam Sandler and Tea Leoni as well as the possibility of a Simpson's movie. Download the complete audio interview with James L. Brooks or listen live online with our DVD Talk Radio Player. Be sure to check out DVD Talk Radio for interviews and other great audio content.

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