Clip 'N' Save - 4:08pm

They're back to make you laugh and cut your hair. They're the gang of Barbershop 2: Back in Business, which will hit DVD on June 29th. MGM Home Entertainment will give the medium-sized hit a loaded special edition, complete with anamorphic widescreen transfer, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround track, a cast video commentary, deleted scenes, outtakes, two music videos and trailers. Retail is $27.95.

MGM has also just announced their July lineup of new catalog releases, led by a new special edition reissue of the John Frankenheimer classic The Manchurian Candidate. Remastered in 1.75:1 anamorphic widescreen and Dolby 5.1 surround, extras include an audio commentary with the late Frankenheimer, interviews with Frankenheimer, Frank Sinatra and George Axelrod, two featurettes with William Friedkin and Angela Lansbury, trivia and production notes, a still gallery and the theatrical trailer. Retail will be only $14.95 and street date is July 13th.

Due on July 6th are more catalog gems: Charlie Chan in the Secret Service, The Chinese Cat, The Jade Mask, Meeting at Midnight, The Scarlet Clue and The Shanghai Cobra (all in 1.33:1 full screen and Dolby mono), plus Kotch, Lovers and Other Strangers, Woody Allen's Take the Money and Run and Suppose They Gave a war and Nobody Came?. All are in non-anamorphic widescreen (except Kotch and Take the Money and Run, which are full screen only) and mono. All of the above feature no extras, not even trailers, and retail will be $14.95. (The six Chan titles are also available in a special box set The Charlie Chan Chanthology, which includes no additional extras and will list for $69.95.)

Campfire Tales - 4:08pm

Just in from Warner Home Video is the return of one of the most beloved comedies of the 70's, Blazing Saddles. The studio will commemorate its three-decade birthday on June 29th with a new 30th Anniversary DVD, featuring a newly-remastered anamorphic widescreen transfer, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround track and plenty of extras: additional scenes, an audio commentary by Mel Brooks, the "Back in the Saddle" reunion documentary, "Intimate Portrait: Madeline Kahn" featurette and "Black Bart," the 1975 TV pilot inspired by the movie; starring Lou Gossett Jr. and Steve Landesberg.

Warner will also release another Brooks comedy on the 29th, the horror spoof Dracula: Dead and Loving It. Also presented in anamorphic widescreen and Dolby 5.1, extras include a new audio commentary with Brooks, writers Rudy DeLuca and Steve Haberman and actors Steven Weber and Amy Yasbeck and the theatrical trailer. List price for each will be $19.95 a pop.

Forensics 'R' Us - 4:08pm

Rounding out today's news is the latest TV on DVD release from Paramount Home Entertainment. Hitting shelves on June 29th is CSI Miami: The Complete First Season, the spin-off of the phenomenally popular original series. All 24 episodes will be presented in 1.78 anamorphic widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, and extras include audio commentaries by the creative team on select episodes, plus five featurettes: "CSI: Miami Uncovered," "Creating CSI: Miami," "Production of Handling Evidence," "The Autopsy Theater Tour" and "The Gun Lab Tour." Retail will list for $84.95.