Just announced from Buena Vista Home Entertainment is a May 27th street date for the hit thriller The Recruit, starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell. Buena Vista will release the flick in a 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer with English and French 5.1 Dolby surround tracks, plus an audio commentary by director Roger Donaldson and Farrell, deleted scenes with optional commentary, the "Spy School: Inside the CIA Training Program" featurette, and the trailer. Retail is $29.95.

Also in the pipeline from Buena Vista are not one but two new Hellraiser direct-to-video sequels, Hellraiser: Deader (shouldn't that be More Dead?) and Hellraiser: Hellworld. Schlock fans can also look forward to a third Mimic flick, Mimic: Sentinel, and Prophecy's number 4 and number 5. Yikes! ("And to think, I hesitated...") All are now in production and expected to hit DVD in 2003 and 2004. Watch this space for more details...

Lost in space - 5:33pm

Attention, Trekkers, Paramount Home Entertainment has just released the street date lineup for the remaining Star Trek Deep Space Nine season box set collections due this year. All feature full screen transfers and new Dolby Digital 5.1 surround remixes, and expect the usual cavalcade of featurettes and vignettes. Stay tuned for the full specs, and the street dates are: Season 4 (August 5th), Season 5 (October 7th), Season 6 (November 4th) and Season 7 (December 2nd).

Also popping up on the Paramount Home Video website recently was the box art for a number of highly-anticipated catalog titles which will finally make their DVD debuts starting this summer. Camp movie lovers, rejoice: Grease 2, The Brady Bunch flicks and Popeye will all be headed to a video store near you in 2003. Stay tuned for specs...

Harry Potter and a DVD full of Secrets - 5:33pm

Can't wait until April 11th for that new Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets DVD? Then check out the official Warner Harry Potter website for a sneak peek at some of the goodies to come. Warner will be showing off parts of the tour around Hogwarts, a demo of the videogame, and interviews. Looks...magical.