The world of gaming revolves around E3, the industry's largest media event where various companies announce their upcoming projects and give the world the first look at exciting new games and hardware. This year Mike Flacy, editor of DVD Talk's sister site Videogame Talk, will be attending the entire four day event and twittering from the convention room floor. Mike will also be talking one-on-one with representative from Microsoft about their new HD Zune, discussing Beatles Rock Band with MTV games, and getting the low down about Bioshock 2 & Mafia II from 2K Games. In addition he'll be checking out the rumors about Sony's Slim PS3 and PSP redesign, the possibility of Metal Gear Solid 5 or Half Life 3 being announced, and see if the there's any truth to the whispers that the PS3 and possibly the Wii will have price drops.

You can follow all of Mike's twitter announcements from DVDTalk's home page. We'll be setting up a special feed so they automatically appear on the right side. E3 runs from June 1st through 4th, and then expanded coverage will be on Videogame Talk soon after that. Be sure to follow all of Mike's reports here on DVD Talk.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans will instantly recognize the name of Kevin Murphy. He was the voice behind Tom Servo for most of the series run. He's now re-teamed with fellow MST alumni Mike Nelson and Bill Corbett and the trio continues to spoof movies on reasonably priced downloadable MP3s called Rifftrax. The idea has worked so well that on June 16th the group will release 10 Rifftrax DVDs including such classic titles as Reefer Madness and Plan 9 From Outer Space. DVD Talk's own Jason Bailey had a chance to sit down with Kevin Murphy and talk about Rifftrax, if Plan 9 is really the worst movie ever, and the joy of riffing educational shorts. Check out what Kevin has to say in this DVD Talk interview.

Disney/Pixar returns with one of their strongest efforts to date in the heartbreaking adventure film Up. DVD Talk critics Brian Orndorf, Tyler Foster, and Jamie S. Rich enjoy the flight. Sam Raimi returns to his hometown of horror in the delicious fright flick Drag Me to Hell. Both Brian Orndorf and Jason Bailey review the curse. And the Academy Award-winning Japanese film Departures finally arrives at theaters. Be sure to catch reviews of other recent Theatrical Films: Terminator Salvation, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Easy Virtue, Dance Flick, Star Trek, Angels & Demons, Sin Nombre, The Girlfriend Experience, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Brothers Bloom, 17 Again, and Tyson. As always, we invite you to share your thoughts on films In Theaters in our Movie Talk Forum.

TV on DVD remains very popular with more and more favorites being released. New TV reviews include:  Gavin & Stacey - Season One - an incredibly charming and funny show with unusually well-written, interesting characters. It's one of the best television comedies to come along in a while; Boston Legal: Season Five - this season brings an appropriate close to the show and it stands toe to toe with the seasons that came before it as a benchmark for quality television; and Friday Night Lights: The Third Season - this inspiring, superlative series hits you hard with its heartfelt, layered look at life in a small Texas town.. Other shows recently reviewed include:  Curious George: Robot Monkey and More Great Gadgets!, Pulling: The Complete First Season and The Jetsons: Season Two, Vol. 1.  Want more?  Check out all of the TV on DVD reviews in the DVDTalk database.

DVDTalk's editor is excited and can't wait for November 3rd when one of his personal favorites arrives on DVD at long last. On that date the Disney Treasure editions of Zorro - The Complete First Season and The Complete Second Season will hit store shelves. With the charismatic Guy Williams in the title role, this is one of the best TV shows from the 50's. Period; Criterion will be giving the Blu-ray treatment to Kagemusha the Akira Kurosawa epic that had George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola as executive producers. It arrives on 8-18-09; and finally the twelfth season of America's longest running sitcom, The Simpsons, will be released 8-18-09. Keep track of all the upcoming DVDs with the DVDTalk Release List.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection [Blu-ray] - Six films, seven discs and enough extras to sink a Starship ... the Trek franchise is an entertaining dose of action & nostalgia, with only one dog of a movie in the stack; Nightmare Castle - Severin resurrects a key Barbara Steele Eurohorror fetish movie in a sparkling authorized transfer from original elements. This collector's feast includes an excellent new Steele career interview, Barbara Steele in Conversation; and Revolution: Revisited - Director Hugh Hudson and Al Pacino reedit their 1985 tale of a woodsman and his son drafted into the Continental Army. With Nastassja Kinski and Donald Sutherland. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

Some noteworthy DVDs are coming out this week including: The Closer: The Complete Fourth Season - Kyra Sedgwick returns in the fourth season of TNT's top-notch crime show that boasts an ensemble case second to none; The Sky Crawlers [DVD review, Blu-ray review] - seasoned director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell) crafts a totally believable alternate world that is nothing less than fascinating; and Field of Dreams (Blu-ray) [review] - a mostly film that avoids syrupy sentimentality, pulling back just enough to make a richly satisfying movie without the sickly sweet aftertaste. Other releases of note include:  Designing Women: The Complete First Season, The Universe: The Complete Season Three [review], and Powder Blue [DVD review, Blu-ray review]. Be sure to check out our DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

Happy Memorial Day to our readers in the US! Looking for a way to spend your day off? Check out the DVD Talk Review Database for some good movie recommendations including: El Dorado - The Centennial Collection - this Howard Hawks western is a solid cowboy movie that wears its traditional values as proudly as a sheriff wears a badge; Mélo - A fantastic mid-80s effort from accomplished French director Alain Resnais; and Taking Chance - one of the finest of all cinematic tributes to military service. Other recent reviews include: LOOK, A Song Is Born, and Cold Eyes of Fear.  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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