This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: Danger: Diabolik - Mario Bava's wonderful comic book adaptation makes it to DVD in a nigh-perfect presentation - Savant's favorite disc of the year so far; The Edward R. Murrow Collection - DocuRama's four-disc set is a CBS compilation of the career highlights of the famous pioneering television correspondent; Prime Cut - Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman swap gunshots in one of the more outlandish violent fantasies of the early 70s; Au hasard Balthazar - Robert Bresson's beautiful and unorthodox movie about spirituality is a moving and pure tale of innocence and suffering; The Inheritance - an excellent recent Danish drama; Story of a Love Affair - Michelangelo Antonioni's first feature starring Lucia Bose and Massimo Girotti returns in a restored 2-disc sped ed from NoShame. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

This week Anime Talk welcomes a new reviewer of anime, Todd Douglass. Todd has been writing video game reviews for our sister site, Video Game Talk, for a while and brings a lot of knowledge about the genre. This week we also have a look at a couple of new series from The Right Stuf: the really cool Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars and the incomprehensibly dull Piano. Next time someone tells you that all anime shows are the same, show them these two discs. John Sinnott contributes his list of High Fives and Low Fives of the anime world, Holly has some more anime bargainsRock and Rule, the Guide to Dragon Ball, and the reviewer biographies.

In this week's Clip of the Week we have a look at Nick Frost's Danger 50,000 Volts - a hilarious series from the UK. You'll recognize Nick Frost from his role in Shaun of The Dead and Danger 50,000 Volts has a nod to the film with a segment called "Danger! 50,000 Zombies". Other clips this week include: a peek at Gunner Palace, Femi Kuti: Live at the Shrine and Revelations. Also 3 clips from Sin City: the opening sequence, Goldie and Don't Scream Nancy.

An interesting mix of notable DVDs this week including: Hostage [Review] - Bruce Willis still can kick ass and this works on that level; Coach Carter [Review] - Samuel L. Jackson is enough reason to give this one a shot; American Psycho: SE [Review] - Christian Bale is superb in a re-re-release from Lion's Gate; The Jacket [Review] - it could have been brilliant but it falls so short; Bewitched: S1 [Review] - skip the theatrical trainwrek re-make and rediscover the charming series; Crazed Fruit: Criterion [Review] - a remarkable movie from director Ko Nakahira; Race With The Devil [Review] - a great seventies drive-in thriller on a great DVD; The House of Eliott - Series 1 [Review] - high-quality story, characters, and acting, put together skillfully into a well-paced addictive experience; Story of a Love Affair [Review] - remarkable presentation that has delivered a film print in a condition no one could have imagined a few years ago. 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.

With literally thousands of DVD Reviews (over 12,000 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: Dido Live - Dido sounds great and she gives a vibrant and distinctive rendition of songs from her two albums, Swimming with Sharks: SE - So few movies choose to revel in true black comedy, and even fewer are able to pull it off as well as this does, Heaven Can Wait - a moving and decidedly odd comedy, Rory O'Shea Was Here a fine story coupled with a pair of magnificent performances - unequivocally recommend, Star Trek - Insurrection: CE - wavers on the edge between a rental and a decent purchase, John Waters Collection - New Line has done a pretty respectable job slapping these dirty, dirty puppies onto small silver platters for us. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

For audiences looking for complex and intelligent cinema, there is a growing sentiment that the films coming out of Asia are the best in the world. Filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa is on the top directors in that class, many of which are grouped together under the label "Asian Extreme". Kiyoshi Kurosawa excels in combining strong filmmaking fundamentals with storytelling, rich in themes and symbolism to produce challenging films that continue to reward even the most critical viewer. Recently, DVD Talk Writer James Emanuel Shapiro had a chance to speak with Mr. Kurosawa about several films in his filmography (including Charisma, Cure, Pulse and Seance), his background, and some of his philosophies behind his filmmaking. Read our complete interview with Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

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