A night at the movies - 10:31am

Hip-hopping its way to DVD on September 9th is the white-boy-makes-noize sleeper hit Malibu's Most Wanted, starring Jamie Kennedy. Warner Home Video will release the flick in separate anamorphic widescreen and full screen versions, each featuring audio commentary by Kennedy, Anthony Anderson, Regina Hall, director John Whitesell and writers Fax Bahr and Adam Small, 11 "hilarious additional scenes" plus an alternate ending with optional commentary and the theatrical trailer. Retail is $27.95.

Also just in from Warner Home Video is some great news for classic movie fans. On September 30th, Warner will issue the first three titles in their new "A Night at the Movies" line of two-disc special edition. These sets will attempt to recreate the old-time movie experience with additional supplements such as shorts, newsreels, cartoons and trailers from yesteryear.

Each of the following gets fully restored transfers in their original aspect ratios, plus tons of extras. The Adventures of Robin Hood includes an audio commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer, a music-only track, the 60-minute documentary "Glorious Technicolor," the 65th anniversary documentary "Welcome to Sherwood: The Story of The Adventures of Robin Hood" the Looney Tunes cartoons "Rabbit Hood" and "Robin Hood Daffy," additional shorts including "Cavalcade of Archery" and "The Cruise of the Zaca," the featurettes "Robin Hood Through the Ages" and "A Journey to Sherwood Forest," outtakes and bloopers, a Robin Hood National Radio Broadcast, audio-only excerpts of composer KorngoldÕs piano lessons, and theatrical trailers for 12 Errol Flynn movies.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre will include an audio commentary by Humphrey Bogart biographer Eric Lax, the documentary "John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick," the featurette "Discovering Treasure: The Story of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," the Looney Tunes shorts "8 Ball Bunny," "Hot Cross Bunny" and "So You Want to be a Detective," scoring sessions outtakes, a 1949 Lux Radio Theater broadcast of the story," a vintage newsreel plus theatrical trailers for 12 Bogart classics.

Finally, Yankee Doodle Dandy will include an commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer, the documentary "James Cagney: Top of the World" hosted by Michael J. Fox, the "Let Freedom Sing!: The Story of Yankee Doodle Dandy" documentary, the Looney Tunes shorts "Yankee Doodle Daffy," "Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid" and "Yankee Doodle Bugs," the wartime shorts "Beyond the Line of Duty" and "You, John Jones" starring James Cagney and Greer Garson, audio-only outtakes and rehearsals, the 1942 Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater Radio Show with cast members, a vintage newsreel plus trailers for Casablanca and 7 other Cagney films. Retail is $26.95 each.

Monster truck - 10:31am

Finally back on the schedule for an August 12th release is Steven Spielberg's acclaimed telefilm Duel, which was originally announced for DVD release last year then unceremoniously postponed. Universal Studios Home Video will issue a new special edition of the killer-truck-run-amok thriller complete with a newly remastered 4:3 full screen transfer, Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 surround tracks, plus the original 2.0 stereo track, three featurettes including "Steven Spielberg on Making Duel," "Steven Spielberg and the Small Screen" and "Richard Matheson: The Writing of Duel, a still gallery, production notes and the international theatrical trailer. Retail is $19.95.