Getting the week off to a good start with some fun retro action, just in from Buena Vista Home Entertainment are a few September 2nd catalog and new release announcements.

First up we have the classics anyone who grew up in the 70's remembers all too well, The Apple Dumpling Gang and the spooky Escape to Witch Mountain and its sequel, Return to Witch Mountain. Each gets the special edition treatment, with remastered and THX-certified anamorphic widescreen transfers and soundtracks, plus extras to be announced. Retail is $24.95 each.

More street dates include Holes, which hits DVD on September 2nd, and The Lizzie McGuire Movie, which streets on August 26th. Both will be available in separate anamorphic widescreen and full screen versions, and retail for each is $29.95. Watch this space for more...

Make way for the bad guy - 11:26am

Next in the news are a couple of new street dates from Universal Studios Home Video. Hitting shelves on September 9th is a new 20th Anniversary Edition of the Brian de Palma bloodfest Scarface, starring Al Pacino as the legendary Tony Montana. And due on August 26th is (no joke) National Lampoon's Animal House: Double Secret Probation Edition. Both get anamorphic widescreen transfers and new Dolby Digital 5.1 remixes, and stay tuned for further specs...

Bergman in a box - 11:26am

Rounding out today's news are a number of new titles from The Criterion Collection. All of the following are due to hit stores on August 19th.

First up is Vittorio De Sica's Terminal Station, presented in a new 4:3 full screen transfer and Dolby Digital mono, with extras including promo materials and the trailer, and... producer David O. Selznick's 72-minute cut of the same film, the renamed Indiscretion of an American Wife. This version includes audio commentary by scholar Leonard Leff. Retail is $39.95 for this two-disc'er.

Next up is director Akira Kurosawa's The Lower Depths, also in its original 1.37:1 full screen and Japanese mono. Extras include a new audio commentary by Kurosawa expert Donald Richie, essays by Keiko McDonald and Thomas Rimer and the trailer. Retail is $39.95.

Last but certainly not least, we have The Ingmar Bergman Trilogy, a three-disc box set containing The Silence, Through a Glass Darkly and Winter Light. All are presented with new high-definition digital remastered transfers, the original Swedish Dolby mono tracks, optional English dubs and new subtitles. Exploring the works of Bergman are video discussions on each film with Bergman biographer Peter Cowie, poster galleries and the original theatrical trailers. Retail is $79.95.