What’s In Store : New Releases

MOVIES

“My Life As a Dog,” “The Untouchables,” “Hamlet,” “Odd Man Out,” “Hiding Out.” (Reviewed on Page 23.

“Brief Encounter,” “Oliver Twist,” “Great Expectations,” “Henry V,” “Tiger Bay,” “The Importance of Being Earnest,” “This Sporting Life,” “A Night to Remember.” Along with “Hamlet” and “Odd Man Out,” these classics represent some of England’s greatest film making and make up Paramount’s “Command Performances” collection. Each film is bargain priced at $19.95.

“Fellini Satyricon.” MGM/UA. $29.95. The great Italian director’s bizarre rendering of ancient Rome.

“Flesh.” “Heat.” “Trash.” Mystic Fire/Paramount. $59.95. Producer Andy Warhol and director Paul Morrissey’s bizarre renderings of modern New York (circa 1968-72), all starring that enigmatic master of muscular sloth, Joe Dallesandro.

“200 Motels.” MGM/UA. $19.95. Frank Zappa’s 1971 melange of music and surreal comedy, also featuring Ringo Starr and Keith Moon, is his most noted and perhaps best movie. And, since it was shot on videotape and transferred to film, this free-form work has come, in a sense, full-circle.

“Sands of Iwo Jima.” Republic. $59.95. Color-added version of 1949 war film starring John Wayne.

“I Married a Vampire.” Prism. $79.95. Horror film from noted slasher-B-film makers the Troma Team (“The Toxic Avenger”).

“The City Killer.” Prism. $79.95. TV-movie about man who tries to get uninterested woman’s attention by blowing up buildings. With Gerald McRaney and Heather Locklear.

OTHER VIDEOS

“Raymonda.” Kultur. $39.95. Bolshoi production of Glazunov ballet.

“Khovanschina.” Kultur. $69.95. Mussorgsky’s opera, Bolshoi production.

“1987: The Unforgettable Year.” Wood Knapp. $24.95. Tom Brokaw-narrated NBC documentary. This New York-based video company also plans to distribute tapes highlighting NBC’s ’88 Summer Olympics coverage.

“Tell Me Why.” Prism. $14.95 each. Six new half-hours in this kids’ educational series.

“Lorne Greene’s New Wilderness.” Prism. $14.95. Six more half-hour episodes.

“16 Days of Glory, Part II.” Paramount. $24.95. Bud Greenspan-directed, 147-minute documentary on 1984 Summer Olympics.

“The Olympiad Series.” Paramount. $14.95. Three further episodes of Greenspan’s “The Olympiad” TV shows, each 46 minutes.

Coming Soon

“The Witches of Eastwick” (Wednesday), “Someone to Watch Over Me” (Thursday), “Final Four” (NCAA basketball championship play--May 1), “The Whales of August” (May 4), “Born in East L.A.,” “Sign ‘O’ the Times” (May 5), “Star Trek” (final TV episodes--May 11), “Wrestlemania 4” (May 11), “Baby Boom” (May 12), “Ciao Italia” (Madonna concert--May 24), “Couples Do It Debbie’s Way” (exercise with Debbie Reynolds--May 25), “Barfly,” “Hope and Glory” (May 25), “Throw Mama from the Train” (May 26).