Nicolas Cage takes a ride on the remake bandwagon by starring in The Wicker Man - Neil LaBute's take on one of the creepiest (and strangest) films of the 1970s. With a strong cast including Cage, Ellen Burstyn, and Leelee Sobieski, The Wicker Man may not be quite as odd and engaging as the original film, but still packs in some interesting moments. Also in theaters this week is Crank - Jason Statham is back in another adrenaline-filled actioner, this time playing a hit man with 24 hours to cure himself of a deadly poison; This Film Is Not Yet Rated - Kirby Dick's latest documentary is a fascinating investigation of the often mind-boggling decisions of the MPAA; and The Quiet - Jamie Babbit's first dramatic effort (starring Elisha Cuthbert and Camilla Belle) is "a smart thriller by people who realize that the scariest things in life are what we can do to each other." Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Lassie, Crossover, Trust the Man, Invincible, Beerfest, How To Eat Fried Worms, Bandidas, Snakes on a Plane, The Illusionist, Accepted, Factotum, World Trade Center, Material Girls, Step Up. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films in theaters in our Movie Talk Forum Area.

Some great TV on DVD releases reviewed this week including: Threshold - The Complete Series - a series chock full of potential (but unfortunately canceled) episodes seem to stand better on their own than as a complete series; Survivor Palau - The Complete Season - while not one of the very best of Survivor seasons it's still worth watching; Invasion - The Complete Series - with an extremely slow start (it takes 8 episodes to get going) its a show which rewards only the patient; Sealab 2021 - Season 4 - a series who had a great run, survived losing its lead character and helped make Cartoon Network's Adult Swim the phenomenon it is today; La Femme Nikita - The Complete Fourth Season - if you find Alias intriguing, 24 appealing, and like watching shows where the writing and mood are more important than car crashes or special effects, you're going to really enjoy this show. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted TV on DVD.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: This Island Earth - Universal gives us an indifferent disc of an exciting science fiction favorite; Hunger Per Oscarssen shines in a fascinating film version of Knut Hamsun's 1890 classic about a starving artist too proud to ask for charity; Halloween: 25 Years of Terror - A feature-length docu from 2003 charts the success of the horror franchise begun by John Carpenter's original Michael Myers film; The Fifth Horseman is Fear - A famous (but largely forgotten) Czech film is a key Kafkaesque subversive mini classic; Ronald Reagan: The Signature Collection - Ronald Reagan's best films are here, along with a couple of popular pictures that show his strengths and weaknesses; Vicki - Jean Peters and Jeanne Crain star as sisters in a New York story of fame, glamour and murder; Clean - Maggie Cheung is the disgraced wife of a dead rock star, trying to clean up her act, start a career of her own and recover her son from father-in-law Nick Nolte. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

This week to celebrate the winding down of summer we've got 3 great giveaways for you to enter. First up we're giving away 3 copies of Nip/Tuck Season 3 featuring: All 15 sizzling episodes from the 3rd season, Deleted Scenes, a feature on the look of the suers and a featurette on 'The Carver'. Next up we've got 2 copies we're giving away of Veronica Mars Season 2 featuring: All 22 episodes from the second season,deleted scenes, "A Day on the Set with Veronica Mars", "Veronica Mars: Not Your Average Teen Detective" featurette and a Gag reel. Finally we're giving away 5 copies of Film Geek Signed by Director James Westby. Film Geek features: outtakes, the short film The Auteur and a behind the scenes featurette. Enter now to win these great prizes from DVD Talk's Giveaway-O-Rama.

A number of great notable DVDs out this week including: Mountain Patrol: Kekelixi [Review] - a masterfull film absolutely worth checking out on DVD; Friends with Money - a 'Sundance Darling with Joan Cusack, Frances McDormand, Jennifer Aniston and Catherine Keener; Arrested Development: S3 [Review] - another great series cut in its prime by the networks; Baghdad ER [Review] - a stunning documentary that is honest in a way that few war documentaries rarely are. Other notable DVDs out this week include: Akeelah and the Bee [Review], Desperate Housewives: S2, Kissing on the Mouth [Review], Nip/Tuck: S3 [Review] , Romancing the Stone: SE [Review], Savage Sinema from Down Under [Review] and Some Kind of Wonderful: SE [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.

Now with over 16,700 DVD reviews in the DVD Talk Review Database, it's easy to overlook some of the great reviews. Recent DVD Reviews include: Seven Samurai: Criterion - outstanding technical presentation and a terrific collection of supplements help make this one of the finest releases of 2006 thus far; The Sentinel - a failed attempt to scale a 24 like story to the big screen finds its home back on the small screen; Some Kind of Wonderful: SE - John Hughes capped his teen love series with one of his most romantic and, when it comes to the characters, possibly his most complex; Pretty in Pink: Everything's Duckie Edition - John Hughes' fairy tale of high school romance has finally gotten the DVD treatment it deserves; Burst City - Truly a one of a kind film whose influences are still being felt today. Visit the 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 several clips from Subversive Cinema for their release of Savage Sinema From Down Under - a collection of the most savagely erotic, controversial and violent films ever made. This four disc collection features three films by acclaimed Australian Director Mark Savage (Marauders, Defenceless and Sensitive New Age Killer) as well as a bonus disc including Stained - Mark Savages latest TV true crime drama and twenty Savage super-8 fantasy and horror shorts. Check out these clips from the collection: "Shooting It Out" and "Wokked!" (from Sensitive New Age Killer) "Death of Innocence" "Bloody Vengeance" (from Defenceless) and "Flying Fists" (from Marauders). (Get more information about The Savage Sinema From Down Under collection here). Also Read DVD Talk's Review of The Savage Sinema Colelction. Be sure to catch past week's clips at DVD Talk TV.

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