Summer is a great time to catch up on great DVDs, so we decided to bring you some recommendations for DVDs to watch this summer: Marathon TV on DVD: long summer weekends are perfect for TV on DVD binges, some of the best we can recommend are Deadwood, The Shield, Six Feet Under, 24 and The Job; Great Classics For Kids: rather than suffer through the dreadful kid flicks in theaters, let your kids experience classic films they'll love for a lifetime - The Wizard of Oz, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Singin' in The Rain and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; Overlooked Gems: some of the best films are ones that get missed including - Last Life in The Universe, 9 Souls, I Heart Huckabees and the most underrated film of the past few years Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Because You Can: with three days you can finally get to the DVDs that need a good chunk of time: Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2 (back to back and followed by Double Dare), All 3 Lord of The Rings Extended Editions, The Godfather Parts I, II and II, Star Wars: The Original Trilogy or a Raging Bull, Goodfellas and Casino tipple feature.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: The Narrow Margin -the best of the new noirs is a practically perfect train-bound thriller; Le notti bianche Luchino Visconti tells a strange romantic tale with Marcello Mastroianni and Maria Schell; Crossfire - Roberts Ryan, Young and Mitchum make a study in contrasting acting styles in this atmospheric thriller, the first of the socially conscious issue films; Born to Kill - Lawrence Tierney makes an intimidating psycho bad guy in this gutsy if muddled attempt at a lurid romantic thriller; The Browning Version - a minor classic with a major performance from Michael Redgrave; Hustle - Robert Aldrich looks at corruption in LA, and what happens when Ben Johnson's 'nobody' goes for revenge. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

They're back! DVD Talk Editor Geoffrey Kleinman and DVD Talk Writer Scott Weinberg are back with their 'war of words' an in depth and spoiler free look at Steven Spielberg's epic reimaging of H.G. Wells' War of The Worlds. Also you can rest assured that our talk about the film makes absolutely no reference or mention to any off screen antics or publicity circus, it's just good straightforward talk about the film. Listen to the complete 25 minute War of the Worlds Talk using our Online DVD Talk Radio Player or download the complete War of The Worlds talk (25min 10.7MB). Add DVD Talk Radio to iTunes.

This week we have a very special giveaway from Rykodisc for the DVD release of Danger! 50,000 Volts starring Nick Frost (who you'll remember as "Ed" in Shaun of the Dead and "Mike Watt" in SPACED). Danger! 50,000 Volts is a virtual 'How to Survive Anything' video guidebook filled with the wit and humor of Nick Frost. The 2 Disc Special Edition for Danger 50,000 Volts! features: Danger 50,000 Zombies - A specially-filmed insight into Zombies: How to kill them and what to do when you come across one, audio commentary with Nick Frost and Crew and Dangerous Facts. Enter now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of the Danger! 50,000 Volts DVD were giving away.

An interesting mix of notable DVDs including: Gunner Palace [Review] - a look at the war in Iraq from the perspective of the soldiers fighting it, ultimately a rousing enlightenment of the incompetency in planning the military action; Bad Guy [Review] - Kim Ki-Duck delivers another extremely challenging, edgy and innovative film that will make you cringe in your seat; Ren & Stimpy Show: Season 3 & A Halfish [Review] - Jumped the shark? Perhaps but this season is still worth checking out; Danger 50,000 Volts - Shaun of The Dead's Nick Frost puts himself into all sorts of trouble and then consults with experts on how to survive; Daily Show: Indecision 2004 [Review] - Jon Stewart and company cover the 2004 election like no one else could have; Spenser: For Hire - four feature length films following the successful Spenser: For Hire series; Revelations - Bill Pullman stars in this 'religious X-files' 4 1/2 hour mini-series. 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.

Resident Evil. 28 Days Later. A certain remake. Zombiphiles tolerated 'em. OK, even embraced them. But for all their glitter and grue they lacked The Master's touch. No more! Finally, finally -- FINALLY! -- 20 years after Day of the Dead, George A. Romero makes his triumphant return to theaters with Land of the Dead. Join DVD Talk columnist G. Noel Gross for a celebratory schlockcast hailing the flick, its undead delights and the goretur behind it all! Listen using our Online DVD Talk Radio Player or download the complete schlockcast (10 mins, 7.6 mb).

If you're a fan of edgy, innovative and challenging cinema, you won't want to miss this week's Clip of The Week DVD: Bad Guy. Directed by Kim Ki-Duck (who also did The Aisle and 3-Iron), Bad Guy is one film you'll never forget. Check out this sneak peek at Bad Guy. Other clips this week include peeks at: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Desperate Housewives: The Complete First Season, Dead Zone: Season 3, Beyond The Sea and Diary of a Mad Black Woman. Be sure to catch past week's clips in our newly relaunched DVD Talk TV.

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With literally thousands of DVD Reviews (over 12,200 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: They Came Back - A low-key but intriguing re-envisioning of the zombie film definitely worth the effort to seek out, Overnight - pure 'schadenfreude' following the raise and fall of a Hollywood nobody, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry - John Hough's 1974 car chase drive-in classic, Tilt: Season 1 - a very entertaining look into the seedy underworld of poker, Homicide Life on the Street - The Complete Season 7 - the final season of a landmark series, Classic Albums - Nirvana: Nevermind - an illuminating look into one of the most important CDs of the century and The Nanny: Season 1 - who could ever forget that memorably annoying laugh? Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

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