This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: The Flowers of St. Francis - one of the most gentle and pure pictures about the Christian ethos ever filmed; Johnny Tremain - Disney's history lesson is cleaned up and sweetened for 'family' consumption; Walt Disney's Timeless Tales Volume 1 - a kiddie collection with some prime Silly Symphonies: The Three Little Pigs, The Grasshopper and the Ants and more; Walt Disney's Timeless Tales Volume 2 - Disney's second dip into kiddie territory isn't as desirable as the first, but there's still some good content here; The American Experience: Victory in the Pacific - A superlative, eye-opening and unbiased PBS look at the 'unprecedented orgy of slaughter' that was the end of the war in the Pacific; Eolomea - spaceships are disappearing and the female head of the space program is frightened to think that it might be a political conspiracy -- or an invasion by aliens; Jamboree - Warner's teen musical has 21 full songs but is not one of the better of its kind. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

This week in Anime Talk our newest reviewer, Todd Douglass, tells us the top five things he loves and hates about the anime industry today. We also have an early look at a new series Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo. This unique, eye-catching, and surreal show based on Alexander Dumas' famous novel promises to be anything but boring. In our anime review round-up we also have a look at the first volume of Akira Kurosawa's Samurai 7, the Fire and Ice 2-disc LE, and the latest Studio Ghibli movie to hit region 1, My Neighbors, the Yamadas, among others. We also have Holly's anime bargains and our usual table of upcoming anime discs. Check out all this and more in Anime Talk.

To promote the straight-to-DVD release of Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, the sequel to the successful animated feature from 2002, writers and voice cast gathered on Oahu's North Shore for a luau celebration. DVD Talk Reviewer das Monkey was on hand to talk with the stars, snap photos, and sample the tasty cuisine. Read our complete coverage of the Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch premiere. Also be sure to check out our review of the Lilo & Stitch 2 DVD.

This week we have a special giveaway from Rykodisc for the wonderfully bizarre film I Was A Zombie For The FBI. Set in the 1950's I Was A Zombie For The FBI follows a sleepy little town under alien invasion, but this invasion isn't fought with spaceships and lasers, this time the aliens have spiked the town's soft drinks turning everyone into their mindless slaves and it's up to the FBI to infiltrate the mob of mind controlled zombies to save the day. The I Was A Zombie For The FBI DVD features: audio commentary with writer/director Marius Penczner, three behind the scenes featurettes and four deleted scenes. Enter now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of I Was A Zombie For The FBI we're giving away this week.

A strong week of notable DVD including: The Blues Brothers: 25th Anniversary Edition [Review] - purists now can have both the theatrical and extended cut of this classic musical comedy; Tommy Boy: Holy Schnike [Review] - the definitive Chris Farely film just keeps getting funnier and funnier; Ong-Bak [Review] - Tony Jaa totally kicks butt in this year's grindhouse spectacular; The Staircase [Review] - did Michael Peterson kill his wife? 6 Hours of twist and turns will keep you glued to the screen then a crashing finale will make you question the whole thing (the trial AND the doc); Mclibel [Review] - we all know McDonald's is junk, but what happens when you say that in the UK? Nip/Tuck: S2 [Review] - FX's successful series goes totally and completely over the top. Other notable DVDs out this week: Curb Your Enthusiasm: S4, Lilo & Stitch 2, Mind of the Married Man: S1, Schultze Gets the Blues and Warm Springs. 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.

Many of the films we saw and loved at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival have found their way to your local multiplex (including Hustle and Flow, Me You and Everyone We Know and The Aristocrats). Some of the Sundance slate is now on DVD ( including Rory O'Shea Was Here, Layer Cake and 3 Iron). There are however, a group of fantastic films which can only be seen on the festival circuit. BendFilm 2005 captures these hidden gems from Sundance and combines them with a slate of films including gems from the Tribecca, Slamdance and Newport film festivals. Running from September 22-25 BendFilm is a relatively new entry to the festival scene, located in the majestic resort town of Bend, Oregon, it hopes to make its mark as one of the premiere fiercely independent film festivals in the country. Read our complete festival preview of BendFilm 2005.

On this episode of DVD Talk Radio, DVD Talk writer Scott Weinberg sits down with Director John Landis to about the 25th Anniversary DVD release of The Blues Brothers. Scott talks to John Landis about the Extended Cut of The Blue's Brothers, unique aspects of his career, and films of his he'd like to see revisited on DVD. Listen to our interview with John Landis using our Online DVD Talk Radio Player or Download the complete interview with John Landis (9 min 6.6MB). Also be sure to listen to our recent interviews on DVD Talk Radio with Peter Weir, Dana Brown, Chan-Wook Park, Frank Miller, Errol Morris, John Waters and Ivan Reitman.

Now with over 12,900 DVD reviews in the DVD Talk Review Database, it's easy to overlook some of the great reviews. Recent DVD Reviews include: Calamari Wrestler - one of the strangest movies we've seen this year (aside from Atomik Circus) it's a mix of Mexican style wrestling and Japanese giant monster flick all played completely seriously; Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story - can the popular "fan saved" animated series make good in its feature length debut? Not quite; My Neighbors the Yamadas - a film with a lot of charm and gentle humor that will have both young and old laughing out loud; Akira Kurosawa's Samurai 7 - an anime series that is as much a tribute to the original Kurosawa movie as it is a futuristic update; Da Ali G Show - Da Compleet Second Seazon - the season when the show really took off, but perhaps it's also the last; 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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