Benicia Del Taro was nominated for an Oscar for Ills performance as a born-again ex-con in "21 Grams." "21 GRAMS" Like director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's pre vious work, "Amores Perras," "21 Grams" ($26.98, Universal) is a puzzle.</p><p> Figure out how all the separace story lines of an ex-con, a professor and a young mother are connected and you're done.</p><p> It's clever, well-acted (thanks to Se'an Penn, Naomi Watts and Benedo Del Toro) and punishingl)' serious, but once you've solved the puzzle the film loses interest "THE CAT IN THE HAT" \Vatch this movie ($26.98, Universa]) and watch your kids' brains turn to mush while destroying the memory of a beloved sLory at the san1C time.</p><p> Extras include 16 deleted scenes -bur there's hardly a scene in the filnl that didn't deserve to be deleted in the first place Read the bookl "THE fUNTSTONES": COt\r1PlE!!f fiRST SEASON "stODGY-DOD": COMPLETE fIRS1" AtJD SECO~U) SEASONS ufltiI "The Sirnpsons" came 3.1o::g, FrcJ. an.j V::~!:la Flintstone ,;xere the head of TV's m;]st successf:21 ani mated Iamih·.</p><p> Essentialh-', "The Fll:1t.stOD:::S" is a stone-age re'tread of «The Honeymooners" "Scooby- 000" is even more enduring (kids love Scooby), bur the series ($64.92 each, Vlarner Bros.) is a lut tougher for adults to endure.</p><p> Those meddling kids! "KUNG FU": COMPLETE fiRST SEASON \~ .. , Just as Keith Carra dine triumphs in the new RBO western "Deadwood," here comes David Carradine', best-known work, "Kung Fu" ($39.98, \Varner Bros) This odd series about Caine, a traveling Buddhist monk who could kick ass, was a hit in 1972.</p><p> Its cre ators went out of their way to create "art," using odd camera angles, cutting to scenes of nature (close-ups of leaves are a big motii) and interrupting action scenes with flashbacks to the poetic ramblings of Caine's mentor.</p><p> Compellingly strange, it would never get on the air toda)'.</p><p> Also om: "Scenes From a Marriage" ($49.95, Criterion) which presents both the theatrical version and the original Swedish miniseries cut of Ingmar Berg man's classic because Criterion always does exactl), what film buffs would hope for; "Dave Gahan: Live Monsters" ($19.99, Mute), directed by Anton Corbijn, is a solo concert in Paris b)' the driving force of De peche Mode; "The Commitments Collectors Edi tion" ($26.98, Fox) is bursting with extras about this 1991 fan favorite; Cate Blanchett is so good she can get people to take even a Joel Schumacher film seriously, in this case "Veronica Guerin" ($29.99, Touch stone); "Winnie the Pooh: Springtime With Roo" ($29.99, Disney) has an Easter theme, though adults will still miss the voice of Sebastian Cabot; "AbFab Series 5" ($34.98, BBC America) is a definite step up from the sad Series 4, though still not quite up to the standards of the scandalous first episodes; "Prime Su.spect 2 and 3" (529.98 each,HBO) are out to re mind us of hOV~T sensational Helen l\1irren and this classic shov! were.</p><p> Coming out next Tuesday: Roben Do\vney Jr.'s oVerlooked ,\vork in liThe Singing Detec tive/~ TV's scandalous, short-li\~ed "Richard Pryo!" Sho\\.','· a:1i '(Spiash_n
