On this installment of the DVD Talk Radio Show we talk to John Flansburgh, one of the founding members of the band They Might Be Giants about the DVD and CD release for Here Come The ABC's. A follow up to their successful kids oriented album No, Here Come The ABC's harkens back to the bands earlier days with smart and catchy songs that bounce around your brain long after you've switched off the CD or DVD. Download the complete audio interview with John Flansburgh or listen live online with our DVD Talk Radio Player. Also be sure to listen to our recent interviews on DVD Talk Radio with Primer Director Shane Carruth, Director James L. Brooks, Director Brett Ratner and The Incredibles Director Brad Bird.

More great reviews this week from DVD Savant including: The Doris Day Collection - Warners' eight-disc box cuts a wide path through the career of the band singer turned superstar, Boccaccio '70 - Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti and Vittorio de Sica's chapters to this omnibus film are joined by Mario Monicelli's original opening episode, reconstituting producer Carlo Ponti's complete original cut, My Name is Nobody - Tonino Valerii's Spaghetti spoof is made from top-quality ingredients, Errol Flynn: The Signature Collection - Warners puts five of the dashing hero's top titles in one box, The Purple Plain - Gregory Peck is a flyer nearing a mental breakdown, when he meets a Burmese woman who changes his life and Devils on the Doorstep - Wen Jiang's saga about peasants holding Japanese hostages during WW2 is unique. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant

There's a lot of useful information in Anime Talk this week. Our table of upcoming releases has been updated, as well as Holly's anime deals. We have reviews of the latest anime DVDs and the heads-up on some upcoming discs of note. Also, since FUNimation has started to release the first 67 episodes of Dragon Ball Z in uncut form (at last!) we thought now would be a good time to publish the Anime Talk Guide to Dragon Ball. We've taken some of the mystery out of collecting this series with our handy guide that not only lists all of the DVDs in the various series in order, but fills you in on some potential pitfalls. (Did you know that there were two versions of the volume Trunks: Prelude to Terror?) Check out all that and more in this week's Anime Talk

A good mix of notable DVDs this week including: Undertow [Review] - one of the best films you haven't seen, director David Gordon Green shows he's a true phenom, Assassination of Richard Nixon - Sean Penn is fantastic as always in a film based on a real plot to knock off Nixon, Blade - Trinity (Unrated Widescreen Edition) [Review] - Wesley Snipes returns this time with help from Jessica Biel and Ryan Reynolds, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events [Review] - a Jim Carrey roller coaster that's fun for the whole family , Wildboyz: Season 2 - the most overlooked MTV series is also one of its best, The Manson Family [Review] [Interview] - a film fifteen years in the making and still perhaps ahead of its time. Other notable DVDs this week include: Airline: S1 [Review], F for Fake [Review], Intervista and Looks Like A Brown Trouser Job [Review]. 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 special giveaway from Ryko Disc for Graham Chapman - Looks Like A Brown Trouser Job DVD. Graham Chapman, one of the founding members of Monty Python is no longer with us but he's captured amazingly well in Graham Chapman - Looks Like A Brown Trouser Job. The DVD features the best of Graham Chapman from his tour for A Liar’s Autobiography Volume IV as well as audio only bits of interviews with Graham, seven bonus video clips an Iron Maiden video and Can I Play with Madness which was his last appearance on camera before he died. We're giving away 5 copies of Graham Chapman - Looks Like A Brown Trouser Job DVD so enter now for your chance to win.

This week we have a look New Line Home Entertainment's Blade Trinity - Unrated Platinum Series DVD check out the clips from the third installment of this thrilling vampire hunter series. Also this week we have clips from Miracles: The Complete Series - it's the child that would be produced if the X-Files mated with The Exorcist. Finally, we're happy to bring you a look at what we think is the single worst DVD Extra we've ever seen: The Death of Xander from XXX - Uncensored Unrated Director's Cut - Why kill off Xander? Why use a bad double for Vin Diesel? How did this extra ever see the light of day? Who knows...

With literally thousands of DVD Reviews (over 11,500 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 Job - The Complete Series - one of the funniest shows to ever grace network TV, Spaceballs: The 2-Disc Collector's Edition - The DVD Review - an entertaining satire with tons of memorable scenes, a few groan-inducing ones and, most importantly, high replay value, Chupacabra Terror - the perfect movie for an evening with a few rowdy friends, two or three pizzas, and lots of beer, The Phantom of the Opera: Collector's Edition - two excellent documentaries found only on the 2 disc version actually make you appreciate and enjoy the film even more, The Fearless Freaks (The Wondrously Improbable Story of The Flaming Lips) - one of the year's best documentaries thus far, The Toxic Avenger (21st Anniversary Edition) - Toxie will always be first and foremost a movie star, and his namesake film will always be the ultimate Troma film, Mystery Science Theater 3000: 7 - the best so far of all of Rhino's MST3K sets and Stooges: The Men Behind the Mayhem - an absolute gold mine for Stooge fans. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

This month Silent DVD has more reviews of the newest silent film releases on DVD including Hindle Wakes - a 1921 film from Britain, is a surprisingly entertaining drama that has a rather surprising message for the time, Leaves from Satan's Book - Carl Theodor Dreyer's second feature inspired by D. W. Griffith's film Intolerance and Slap Happy - a very funny and informative series that aired on PBS looks at some of the forgotten comics of the silent age. In addition to reviews there is information about Milestones series of Mary Pickford films, the re-issue of Treasures from American Film Archives boxed set, and a comprehensive list of upcoming silent DVDs. Read Silent DVD now. Be sure to check out the previous installments that covered Mary Pickford's Little Lord Fauntleroy, Buster Keaton's last silent movie, King of Kings, and early Edison films.

We've been stepping up our coverage of great international DVDs in the DVD Talk Review Database. Recent International DVD Reviews include: Nobody Knows - one of the big winners at Cannes last year this is a brilliant, involving heartbreaker that should not be missed, The Eye 2 - with a strong visual style The Pang Brothers put out an interesting follow up to their exceptional horror film, Love Letter - explosively hot in Asia, Korean TV now comes with english subtitles so we can catch up, Shutter - reminiscent of both Ju-On and Ringu this film still manages to serve as a noteworthy entry in the Asian horror universe, Butterfly - a very well made film with solid direction and two very good performances, A World Without Thieves - an interesting drama/romance/action/comedy hybrid that is well worth seeking out, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance - another brilliant film from Oldboy director Chan Woo-Park, and Infernal Affairs Trilogy - the Chinese equivalent of The Godfather Saga. Find these and many more in the DVD Talk Review Database.

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