FLICKS FILM AND VIDEO FILE : Hot Dates : Early August selections will include ‘Awakenings,’ ‘New Jack City,’ and near month’s end, ‘Dances With Wolves.’

New on video: July wasn’t a bad month, what with “Misery,” “Sleeping with the Enemy” and “The Russia House” jumping off the shelves. August looks like it should at least hold its own in comparison. Here are some new videos to look for at local outlets, in expected order of release:

Leading off the month, about Aug. 7, will be “Awakenings,” starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams, and “New Jack City,” with Wesley Snipes and Mario Van Peebles. Then Aug. 16 it’s “King Ralph” with John Goodman, Peter O’Toole and John Hurt. “Home Alone,” starring Macaulay Culkin, is expected out Aug. 22, and, drum roll please, “Dances with Wolves,” with Kevin Costner, should be out Aug. 28. Of course, Costner’s movie won’t be available for nearly a full month, but it might not hurt to get your name on some list.

Other videos due out in August include “Scenes from a Mall” with Woody Allen, and “Paris Trout” with Dennis Hopper.

Glen Newell, owner of Fast Forward Video in Simi Valley, had this to say about the Hopper flick: “It’s not going to be a top 10 by any stretch but people will be interested in it . . . enough where hopefully in three months it will pay for itself, where we won’t lose money. We’re definitely not going to get rich off it.”

Tough business.

Speaking of Fast Forward Video, the store will probably be one of the sites for the filming of “Inhuman Nature,” an independent production by a Malibu company called Cerberus. Shooting was supposed to have begun this week, but has been delayed for about a month.

“Inhuman Nature” is composed of four short stories broken up by four vignettes, but producer Tom Hammond said it’s not a horror film as with many other films set up that way.

“This is pretty much of a thriller, but nothing supernatural and no monsters,” he said. “It’s about the evils that arise in people living in an urban environment. Most people living in cities will probably be able to relate to it.” Hammond said the first two stories will show people being treated badly and the last two will show them fighting back.

The video store was selected as a site for one of the four stories, one titled “Wet Floors,” at the suggestion of production assistant Dave Gambino, a resident of Simi Valley who frequents the place.