This week, Silent DVD takes a look at a couple of recent releases that might have passed under some people’s radar. "The Girl with the Hatbox" is a comedy from Russia that presents an interesting look at life behind the Iron Curtain. Fractured Flickers was a syndicated show from the creators of Rocky and Bullwinkle that gave the Mystery Science Theater treatment to silent movies. The entire series is available on DVD and well worth the price. All this and a list of upcoming silent movies including DVDs staring Buster Keaton, Fatty Arbuckle, and several Mary Pickford movies. Read Silent DVD now because 'not all great DVDs are in 5.1'.

Just when you thought all the good DVDs had been announced for the year, studios announce another batch of noteworthy DVDs streeting in December, including: Shaun of The Dead on 12/21 - a genre defying zombie comedy is so good it's scary, Ghost In The Shell 2 on 12/28 - nothing can compare to the original, but this sequel is worth checking out in its own right, Wimbledon on 12/28 - we're Kirsten Dunst fans, but is that enough to pick up this lack luster film, Time Of The Wolf on 12/14 - another insanely good film from the folks at Palm Pictures. Other DVDs announced this week for beyond December include: AVP - Alien Vs. Predator on 1/25 - two big sci-fi franchises enter and only one will survive, or perhaps this will kill them both, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind: Collector's Edition on 1/4 - we're as surprised as you are to see the announcement of a Collector's Edition of this amazing film, especially several months after the standard edition release, but who can complain when one of the best films of the year gets the royal treatment. Read our list of the Most Notable Upcoming DVDs.

This week, The DVD Savant has reviews of Castle Keep (Widescreen Version) - Columbia TriStar goes back on the Good Guy list with this quick response to the outrage over last July's pan-scan only release of this bizarre Panavision war film, Deadline - a state governor commutes the sentences of over 150 death row inmates, and the media covered it as a liberal outrage, Garden of Allah - Marlene Dietrich charms Charles Boyer out of a monastery in this lushly romantic, ridiculously fun early Technicolor bauble from David O. Selznick, Easy Rider 35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition - The big counterculture watershed of the late 60 gets a deluxe treatment - it says so on the box, The Trojan Women - Michael Cacoyannis does interesting things with the ancient Euripides play and Suspicion - This famous suspense pairing of Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine leaves Savant cold - for his cranky 2 bits it's among Hitchcock's least interesting movies. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

On our October DVD Talk TV Segment on ABC TV's AM Northwest we took a look at 4 Notable DVDs: The Day After Tomorrow - a big fun disaster film that is so well done you'll forget how bad the script really is, Van Helsing - the perfect Halloween movie, it's so big and bad it borders on being good, Fahrenheit 9/11 - Michael Moore's personal essay documentary is a well crafted film and should be seen by people from both sides of the aisle, Aladdin: Special Edition - an exceptional special edition for one of Disney's most beloved modern films. Watch this show (which runs about 6 mins) in Windows Media High Bandwidth or Low Bandwidth. Also watch past month's segments.

Another solid week filled with notable DVDs including: Dawn of the Dead [Review] - one of the best horror remakes to date in an uncut and unrated edition, Mulan: SE [Review] - one of Disney's 'modern classics' gets the special edition it deserves, Control Room - a chilling behind the scenes look at Al Jazeera television and one of the best of the latest crop of politically focused documentaries, Wildboyz: S1 [Review] - Jackass meets Animal Kingdom and it's so funny you'll laugh till it hurts, 21 Jump Street: S1 - TV teen cop fun from a time when Johnny Depp was considered a 'teen idol', White Chicks [Review] - not an amazing film, but crudely funny none the less. Other notable DVDs this week include: China Syndrome: SE [Review], The OC: Complete First Season, That 70's Show: S1 [Review] and Viva La Bam: S1 [Review]. Read our List of Top Upcoming DVDs for more great DVDs out this week, and visit our DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

Everyone loves to have a guilty pleasure now and than, so this week we have a special giveaway for The OC: Season 1 DVD. The DVD runs a whopping 1188 mins, with 27 episodes on 7 DVDs and features: Additional Scenes, Audio Commentary By Creator Josh Schwartz and Producer Stephanie Savage, The Featurettes: Casting The O.C., The Music Of The O.C. and The Real O.C. Featuring Behind the Scenes Footage and Cast and Crew Interviews,The Music Of The O.C.: A Screen Music Guide For Six Episodes, and More. Enter Now for your chance to win one of 5 copies of the The OC: Season 1 DVD.

When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk -- to the box office! Tinseltown's raging case of zombie fever continues with the love it-or-loathe it Dawn of the Dead remake. You'll be surprised by our resident gorehound's take! Plus, an explosive Critical Mass, responses to reader emails and the ever-vigilant CineSchlock-O-Rama's Most Wanted celebrates another capture! If you've missed any recent CineSchlock-O-Rama columns be sure catch up with CineSchlock's reviews of The Day After Tomorrow, Ginger Snaps Back, George Romero's Dawn of the Dead: Ultimate Edition, Evilspeak and Night of the Demons.

With literally thousands of DVD Reviews (over 9K reviews!) in the DVD Talk Review Database it's easy to miss some of the notable reviews written by our staff. Some notable reviews you may have missed: Happy Birthday to Me - one of our favorite slasher movies, Tom and Jerry: Spotlight Collection - with 40 classic shorts this 2-disc Spotlight Collection provides a lot of bang for the buck, Easy Rider (35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) - much more significant than it is 'good' , but it's the movie that made Nixon's Silent Majority decide that there was a thing called The Generation Gap, 911 in Plane Site - fascinating, horrifying, and extremely disturbing, Species: Special Edition - an entertaining sci-fi picture that still holds up fairly well nearly 10 years later, Leonard Bernstein - Young People's Concerts - a fantastic nine-disc set which compiles 25 of the educational programs created by the famous conductor/composer, with Bernstein's fascinating explanations about how music works illustrated by performances from the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, The Nutty Professor: SE - proof the French really did get it right, Jerry Lewis is just that good and Kids in the Hall: Complete Season Two - which is even better than the first season! 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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