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Movie Videos: : Reviews of feature films new on video this weekend (unless otherwise noted.)

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**”Amazon Women on the Moon.” MCA. $79.95.

Like all anthology comedies, this is a hit-and-miss affair, made up of 20 vignettes written by Michael Barrie and Jim Mulholland and possessing varying degrees of humor. Most of them are spoofs of commercials and old movies. When the film is funny, it’s often hilarious and low-down; but when it isn’t, it’s embarrassingly grim. However, “Amazon Women” balances out as an amiable diversion--provided you’re in an undemanding mood. Among the most amusing episodes are the title sequence, an accurate and affectionate send-up of cheapie ‘50s space adventures (directed by Robert K. Weiss) and the Joe Dante-directed “Reckless Youth,” starring Carrie Fisher in a wonderfully precise homage to ‘30s exploitation kings such as the late Kroger Babb, who warned us of the dangers of venereal disease and marijuana in the most crudely salacious ways.

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