Video Reviews and News : MORE NEW RELEASES

Movies

“Hairspray.” RCA/Columbia. $89.95. PG. Even sweeter and more mass-audience-accessible than “Polyester,” once-underground-only director John Waters’ tribute to “American Bandstand”-type shows and their early ‘60s fans features Divine (her/his last appearance), Ricki Lane and Colleen Fitzpatrick. Debbie Harry and Sonny Bono show up for the lightly satirical fun, too.

“Gates of Heaven.” RCA/Columbia. $79.95. 1978. VHS only. Noted, controversial documentary (made on a bet) about pet cemeteries.

“Bulletproof.” RCA/Columbia. $79.95. 1988. R. Low-grossing action film about terrorists who ambush military convoy stars Gary Busey.

Other Videos

“Lohengrin.” “Simon Boccanegra.” “La Forza Del Destino.” Bel Canto/Paramount. $39.95 each. Three more operas in company’s “Live from the Met” series. Information: (213) 468-5000.

“Paul Gauguin: The Savage Dream.” Home Vision. $39.95. 45 min. Documentary on the artist, featuring on-location footage in Tahiti and the Marquesas. Information: (800) 323-4222.

“Smoke That Cigarette.” MPI. $59.95. 51 min. Excerpts from TV shows, ads, etc. that glamorized smoking in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Information: (800) 323-0442.

Bargain Basement

Reduced to $19.95 (MCA): “Going My Way,” “Holiday Inn,” “Dracula” (1931 and 1979 versions), “Frankenstein,” “The Mummy,” “Legend,” “Silent Running,” “Phantom of the Opera” and “Psycho II and III” (the original “Psycho” and seven other Hitchcock films, including “Rear Window,” “The Birds” and “Vertigo,” get similarly reduced Sept. 15).

Reduced to $19.98 (Playhouse): “Miracle on 34th Street” (black-and-white original, not the colorized version), “Cinderella” (1964 Samuel Goldwyn version), “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” “Snoopy Come Home,” “Journey to the Center of the Earth.”