9 Lives / Fab 4 / Galactica 80 & More

In the next few months, we'll all be gearing up for the holiday season, so lots of nifty new DVDs are on the horizon just in time for gift-giving:

- Nine Lives(Available October 2): This sexy gay-themed drama stars out in Hollywood actor Steve Callahan. So naturally, Out in Hollywood has an interview with him, where he also chats about his other movie coming soon to DVD, East Side Story(December 4).

- I Love Lucy: The Complete Series(October 23): If you don't already have the sitcom that started it all, here's your chance. As a bonus, the set will include the never released I Love Lucy movie.

- Help!(October 30): The Beatles re-team with director Richard Lester for their follow up to A Hard Day's Night. A deluxe edition, which will include reproductions of the script, original poster and lobby cards, will go on sale November 6.

- Ratatouille(November 6): The Disney/Pixar animated hit about a rat who wants to be a top chef makes its DVD debut. Also available that day: the Pixar Short Films Collection - Volume 1,which will include all the classic shorts produced by the studio to date.

- Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition(November 13): For the first time ever on DVD, all three versions of CE3K together in one DVD set: the original 1977 theatrical version, the 1980 special edition and the 1998 director's cut.

- Nosferatu: The Ultimate Two-Disc Edition(November 20): F. W. Murnau's silent classic as it was originally seen, fully restored and complete with the original intertitles and accompanied by the score that played with the film at the time of its original release.

- Walt Disney Treasures: Wave 7 (December 11): Three new titles in the DVD series hosted by Leonard Maltin:

• The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit- Before Mickey, there was Oswald. Here's a collection of his rarely seen cartoons.
• The Chronological Donald, Volume Three- More wackiness from that short-tempered duck.
• Disneyland - Secrets, Stories & Magic- All you ever wanted and/or needed to know about the "happiest place on earth".

- Galactica 1980 - The Complete Epic Series(December 26): Anyone who remembers this first attempt to reboot Battlestar Galactica are all laughing that they are actually calling it an "Epic Series". Pure cheese.

Click on the above links to pre-order these titles from Amazon.com.

Also coming soon to DVD are two long awaited gay faves: The Ritz (the bathhouse sex farce starring Rita Moreno and Treat Williams) and Personal Best (Robert Towne's lesbian on the run drama starring Mariel Hemingway), both on January 8.

Plus, just what we were waiting for: direct-to-video sequels to The Lost Boys, Legally Blonde and Open Season.

Links via InsideSoCal.com, TheBeatles.com, UpcomingPixar.blogspot.com, Cinematical.com, DVDTimes.co.uk, BlueSkyDisney.blogspot.com, BuddyTV.com, ObsessedWithFilm.com and Variety.com.