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DVDs Charlie Chocolate Factory Beavis Butthead Remington Steele Lady Sings The Blues

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76 E o u t=: cr Co '" c: '" o o N uS ~ OJ .0- ~i OJ > o z ~ "0 c: " Vl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Deluxe Edition * (Warner Bros., $30.97) WHO knows why this point­ less remake became such a big hit? The sets are boringly identical to the 1971 version.</p><p> And the songs -using awk­ ward lyrics direct from the Roald Dahl book -are much weaker.</p><p> Finally, Johnny Depp is so desperate to be different from the brilliant Gene Wilder that he's just plain creepy.</p><p> Extras include how to dance like an Oompa-Loompa and a chance at a Golden Ticket.</p><p> Beavis and Butt-head: Vol. 1, The Mike Judge Collection *** (Paramount, $~8.99L __ GETTING rights to all those music videos makes a season­ by-season collection of B&B all but impossible.</p><p> So fans of stupid, grunting, sub-frat boy humor will have to settle for this collection of some 40 car­ toons and 11 videos with their obnoxious commentary, a Thanksgiving special, promos and more.</p><p> Remington Steele: SeasonlWo ***1/2 (I.ox, $39.98) PIERCE Brosnan was born to play James Bond.</p><p> And he proved it via this witty drama about a debonair con man who teams up with a private detec­ tive (Stephanie Zimbalist) to solve crimes.</p><p> This season brings Doris ("Everybody Loves Raymond") Roberts as their computer-savvy assis­ tant, not to mention fan­ favorite episode "Red Hot Steele." Genial fun.</p><p> Lady Sings the Blues *** (par~0~nt.J14,99 L __ _ AS Diana Ross explains in a neW 23-minute documentary, she'd just left the Supremes and was worried about her future when Motown head Berry Gordy created this 1972 vehicle for Ross to tell the sto­ ry of troubled blues legend Billie Holiday.</p><p> Billy Dee Williams and Richard Pryor are good, but the real surprise is Ross.</p><p> She's so magnetic that you can't believe this melodra­ ma didn't lead to a real movie career. -Michael Gilt;;