| Title | Genre | Time | Rated | Plot |
| 2 Days in the Valley | Crime | 105 | R | A multi-plotted comedic thriller featuring a murderous insurance scam perpetrated by sadistic double-crossers, a bumbling, love-struck hit man, a kidnapped, gallstone-suffering art dealer, a washed-up, suicidal screenwriter, a pair of burnt-out undercover cops, and one of the best catfights ever filmed. |
| 40-Year-Old Virgin, The | Comedy | 133 | NR | Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother. |
| 50 First Dates | Romance | 96 | PG-13 | Henry Roth is a man afraid of commitment up until he meets the beautiful Lucy. They hit it off and Henry think he's finally found the girl of his dreams, until he discovers she has short-term memory loss and forgets him the very next day. |
| About a Boy | Drama | 101 | PG-13 | About A Boy is the story of a cynical, immature young man who is taught how to act like a grown-up by a little boy. |
| After the Sunset | Crime | 97 | PG-13 | The story of what happens after a master thief achieves his last big score, when the FBI agent who promised he'd capture him is about to do just that. |
| Air America | Action | 113 | R | A young pilot finds himself recruited into a covert and corrupt CIA airlift organization operating in Vietnam War Era Laos. |
| Air Force One | Action | 124 | R | Hijackers seize the plane carrying the President of the United States and his family, but he (an ex-soldier) works from hiding to defeat them. |
| Along Came a Spider | Thriller | 103 | R | A congressman's daughter under Secret Service protection is kidnapped from a private school by an insider who calls Det. Alex Cross, sucking him into the case even though he's recovering from the loss of his partner. |
| Along Came Polly | Romance | 90 | PG-13 | A buttoned up newlywed finds his too organized life falling into chaos when he falls in love with an old classmate. |
| Always | Fantasy | 123 | PG | A romantic adventure about a legendary pilot's passion for dare-devil firefighting and his girl. |
| American Pie | Comedy | 96 | NR | Four teenage boys enter a pact to lose their virginity by prom night. |
| American Pie Presents: Band Camp | Comedy | 95 | NR | Matt Stifler is sentenced to Band Camp where he plans on playing a series of practical jokes on the kids there. Instead, he falls for a young woman and tries to change his ways. |
| The American President | Comedy | 114 | PG-13 | Comedy-drama about a widowed US president and a lobbyist who fall in love. It's all aboveboard, but "politics is perception" and sparks fly anyway. |
| American Wedding | Comedy | 104 | NR | The third film in the American Pie series deals with the wedding of Jim and Michelle and the gathering of their families and friends, including Jim's old friends from high school and Michelle's little sister. |
| Analyze That | Comedy | 95 | R | Mobster Paul Vitti is released into Dr. Ben Sobol's care, where only more chaos ensues. |
| Analyze This | Comedy | 104 | R | A comedy about a psychiatrist (Crystal) whose number one-patient is an insecure mob boss (De Niro.) |
| Anchorman | Comedy | 98 | NR | Ron Burgundy is San Diego's top rated newsman in the male dominated broadcasting of the 1970's, but that's all about to change when a new female employee with ambition to burn arrives in his office. |
| Annapolis | Drama | 103 | PG-13 | A young man from the wrong side of the tracks has his dream come true when he is accepted to the Naval Academy. But once there he is not sure he measures up against the best and the brightest. |
| Apocalypse Now | War | 153 | R | Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), whose mission is "Terminate with extreme prejudice", receives orders to seek out a renegade military outpost led by a mysterious Colonel Kurtz (Brando) during the Vietnam war. |
| The Apple Dumpling Gang | Comedy | 100 | G | Three orphan children strike gold in 1878 California. |
| Armageddon | Action | 151 | PG-13 | Bruce Willis stars as a roughneck oil driller who takes his merry band of misfits into outer space to save the world from a giant asteroid on a collision course with it. |
| Assault On Precinct 13 (Widescreen) | Action | 109 | R | A police sergeant must rally the cops and prisoners together to protect themselves on New Year's Eve, just as corrupt policeman surround the station with the intent of killing all to keep their deception in the ranks. |
| Austin Powers In Goldmember | Comedy | 95 | PG-13 | Upon learning that his father has been kidnapped, Austin Powers must travel to 1975 and defeat the aptly-named villain Goldmember - who is working with Dr. Evil. |
| Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Comedy | 90 | PG-13 | A 1960's hipster secret agent is brought out of cryofreeze to oppose his greatest enemy into the 1990's where his social attitudes are glaringly out of place. |
| Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Comedy | 95 | PG-13 | Dr. Evil is back...and has invented a new time machine that allows him to go back to the 60's and steal Austin Powers's mojo, inadvertently leaving him "shagless". |
| The Aviator | Drama | 166 | PG-13 | A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career, from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s. |
| Baa Baa Black Sheep [TV Series] | War | 584 | NR | Pappy Boyington is the squadron-leader of a group of fighter pilots stationed on an island in the Pacific, during World War II. Pappy often needs to intercede in altercations at the base, but everyone seems to pull together when they are assigned missions in the air. |
| Baby Bach | Children | 172 | NR | A nicely produced video that features recognizable, familiar toys and colorful objects, moving to the complexly beautiful music of Johann Sebastian Bach. |
| Baby Boom | Comedy | 110 | PG | The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative. |
| Badder Santa | Comedy | 99 | NR | A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid, and the security boss discovers the plot. |
| Barely Brooke | Documentary | 53 | NR | Experience this sexy behind-the-scenes look at one of TV's hottest celebrities: Brooke Burke, the charming, drop-dead gorgeous face of E's exceedingly popular Wild On and Rank shows. |
| Basic Instinct | Crime Drama | 129 | R | A detective investigating a series of vicious sex murders encounters a seductive woman who seems too obvious as a suspect perhaps by her own choice? |
| Batman Begins | Fantasy | 140 | PG-13 | The story of how Bruce Wayne became what he was destined to be: Batman. |
| The Beautician and the Beast | Comedy | 107 | PG | An ambitious beautician from Queens, who has aspirations way above her working-class origins becomes a tutor for an ill-mannered monarch from the mythical Eastern European country of Slovetzia. |
| A Beautiful Mind | Drama | 136 | PG-13 | After a brilliant but asocial mathematician accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn to the nightmarish. |
| Beauty Shop | Comedy | 105 | PG-13 | Beauty Shop revolves around a group of women led by Gina (Queen Latifah), who opened Beauty Shop to give all the females in the community, from a conservative Southern socialite (Andie MacDowell) to a poetry-reciting stylist, a place to talk about life, love, and the issues of the day, all while getting their hair done. Bryce Wilson puts in a supporting performance, as does Kevin Bacon, who plays the snooty owner of a rival salon. |
| Beavis and Butthead: The Final Judgment | Comedy | 50 | PG | Beavis and Butthead, the high-school students you love to hate (or hate to love) smirk their way through seven stories from their popular MTV animated series. Episodes include "No Laughing," "Scared Straight," "The Great Cornholio" and "The Final Judgment." |
| Bedazzled | Fantasy | 93 | PG-13 | The Devil's never been so hot or hilarious! Brendan Fraser is a hapless, love-starved computer technician who falls prey to sinfully sexy Elizabeth Hurley when he agrees to sell her his soul in exchange for seven wishes. But the sly Princess of Darkness has more than a few tricks up her sleeve. And before you can say Fire and Brimstone, Elliot's life becomes a hysterical hell on earth. |
| The Bells of St. Mary's | Drama | 126 | NR | At a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building. |
| Bewitched | Comedy | 100 | PG-13 | Hot-shot actor Jack Wyatt, set to star as Darrin in a film version of the '60s TV series "Bewitched," finds his ideal Samantha in unknown actress Isabel, who just happens to be a witch in real life. |
| Bewitched: First 3 Episodes of Season 1 | Comedy | 917 | NR | The first 3 episodes from season one where a witch married to an ordinary man cannot resist using her magic powers to solve the problems her family faces. |
| The Big Bounce | Comedy | 89 | PG-13 | George Armitage directs this big-screen adaptation of Elmore Leonard's The Big Bounce. Jack Ryan (Owen Wilson) is an occasional thief who tends to a judge (Morgan Freeman). A woman involved with Ray Ritchie (Gary Sinese), a real estate developer of questionable ethics, seduces Jack. Ritchie and the judge are old enemies, complicating Jack's moral dilemma when the girls asks Jack to help her double-cross Ritchie. |
| Big Daddy | Comedy | 93 | PG-13 | A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father. |
| Big Momma's House 2 | Action | 98 | PG-13 | On his latest assignment, FBI agent Malcolm Turner (Lawrence) goes undercover as Big Momma, and works as a nanny for an unhappy woman (Procter) who is under investigation for murder. |
| Billy Madison | Comedy | 90 | PG-13 | He's heir to the Madison Hotel millions, but in order to win his father's respect, and his Fortune 500 company, grown-up, goof-off Billy must repeat all 12 grades of school - in just 24 weeks! Comedy superstar Adam Sandler stars with beautiful Bridgette Wilson in this laugh-a-minute hit where the subject is always fun! |
| The Birdcage | Comedy | 119 | R | Mike Nichols' hilarious reworking of the classic French farce La Cage aux Folles is a treat, spiced up with additional moments of contemporary political satire. Nathan Lane and Robin Williams are marvelous as two gay lovers who run a South Beach nightclub featuring Lane's female impersonations. Williams has a grown son from a previous marriage, who is engaged to the daughter of a stodgy right-wing politician. When it comes time for the two families to meet, the fur flies in an uproariously funny dinner scene which is the film's highlight. Also featuring a wonderful turn by Hank Azaria as Williams' flamboyant chef, whose attempts at "butching it up" for the dinner go scandalously awry, The Birdcage is a delightfully engaging comedy. |
| Blood Work | Crime | 108 | R | FBI profiler Terry McCaleb almost always gets to the heart of a case. This time, that heart beats inside him. He's a cardiac patient who received a murder victim's heart. And the donor's sister asks him to make good on his second chance by finding the killer. That's just the first of many twists in a smart, gritty suspense thriller that's "vintage Eastwood: swift, surprising and very, very exciting" |
| Blues Brothers 2000 | Comedy | 124 | PG-13 | They're bad. They're bold. And they're back! Eighteen years after the Blues Brothers' original "mission from God," Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) is out of prison and on a whole new mission--to reassemble the band, restore family ties and set a wayward orphan on the path to redemption. Aykroyd is joined by John Goodman and together they create lots of madness and musical mayhem in this action-packed comedy with lots of Rhythm & Blues. |
| Boat Trip | Comedy | 97 | NR | Two straight men (Gooding, Sanz) take a Caribbean cruise on the U.S.S. Calypso, hoping to get lucky, only to discover that they accidentally booked an all-gay cruise instead... undoubtedly, wacky high jinks soon ensue. |
| Bodyguard, The | Action | 130 | R | A former secret service agent is now a bodyguard for a pop superstar turned actress. In the course of protecting the unpredictable star from a homicidal fan, they develop a trust and love that is rare for both. |
| Boogie Nights | Comedy Drama | 155 | R | A dark comedy following the rise and fall of Eddie Adams, a handsome, uneducated teenager who works in the kitchen of a popular San Fernando Valley nightclub. Back at home, Eddie has to face the oppressive company of a passive father and a domineering mother who keeps reminding him he's stupid and a failure. But when he's spotted at the club by Jack Horner, a successful porn producer, Eddie is instantly lured to a promising career in the adult entertainment industry. |
| The Bourne Identity | Action | 119 | PG-13 | A man is washed up on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, barely alive, suffering from multiple gun shot wounds. His amnesia has left with virtually no clues to his past or his identity. Little by little, he tries to put his life back together while trying to avoid various people who are trying to kill him. Ultimately, he teams up with a mysterious woman from his past and she helps him to discover the truth. |
| The Break-Up | Comedy | 105 | PG-13 | In a bid to keep their luxurious condo from their significant other, a couple's break-up proceeds to get uglier and nastier by the moment. |
| Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Comedy | 106 | R | The story picks up four weeks after the first film, and already Bridget Jones is becoming uncomfortable in her relationship with Mark Darcy. Apart from discovering that he's a conservative voter, she has to deal with a new boss, strange contractor, and the worst vacation of her life. |
| Bridget Jones's Diary | Comedy | 98 | R | A British woman is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary. |
| Bringing Down the House | Comedy | 105 | PG-13 | When a lonely guy (Martin) meets a woman (Latifah) on the Internet who happens to be in prison, she breaks out to be with him, and proceeds to wreak havok on his middle-class life... |
| Brokeback Mountain | Drama | 134 | R | A raw, powerful story of two young men, a Wyoming ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy, who meet in the summer of 1963 sheepherding in the harsh, high grasslands of contemporary Wyoming and form an unorthodox yet life-long bond--by turns ecstatic, bitter and conflicted. |
| Bruce Almighty | Comedy | 102 | PG-13 | Bruce Almighty stars Jim Carrey as Bruce Nolan, a human interest television reporter in Buffalo, New York who is discontented with almost everything in life, despite his popularity and the love of his girlfriend Grace (Jennifer Aniston). At the end of the worst day in his life, Bruce angrily ridicules and rages against God and God responds. He appears in human form (Morgan Freeman) and, endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers, challenges Bruce to take on the big job and see if he can do it any better. |
| Caddyshack | Comedy | 99 | R | An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher. |
| Cast Away | Drama | 143 | PG-13 | A FedEx executive must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island. |
| Catch Me If You Can | Adventure | 141 | PG-13 | Frank Abagnale, Jr. (DiCaprio) worked as a doctor, a lawyer and as a co-pilot for a major airline - all before his 18th birthday. A master of deception, he was also a brilliant forger whose skill gave him his first real claim to fame. At the age of 17, Frank became the most successful bank robber in the history of the United States. FBI Agent Carl Hanratty (Hanks) had made it his prime mission to capture Frank and bring him to justice, but Frank is always one step ahead of him, baiting him to continue the chase. |
| Cats & Dogs | Family | 87 | PG | Unbeknownst to their human companions, dogs have been fighting for thousands of years to keep mankind from falling under the rule of cats. When a rogue feline, Mr. Tinkles, initiates a plan to strategically disable the world's dog population and leave humans defenseless against his tyranny, a crack team of dog agents and a loyal puppy named Lou are all that stand between mankind and slavery. |
| Catwoman | Action | 101 | PG-13 | A shy woman, endowed with the speed, reflexes, and senses of a cat, walks a thin line between criminal and hero, even as a detective doggedly pursues her, fascinated by both of her personas. |
| A Charlie Brown Christmas | Children's/Family | 25 | G | One of the most endearing of all Peanuts' specials finds Charlie Brown nurturing the thinnest, scraggliest Christmas tree ever. At first the gang makes fun of Charlie for choosing such an ugly tree for the holiday but a timely assist from Linus makes the true message of the season come shining through. Everyone realizes in the end that a little affection can make all the difference in the world... even to a tree. |
| Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle | Comedy | 107 | NR | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle is a sequel to the blockbuster action-adventure-comedy hit released by Columbia Pictures and inspired by the popular television series. The sequel reunites Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu as the indomitable crime-fighting heriones. In the Angels' new adventure, the captivating trio once again demonstrates their expertise as espionage and martial arts, and disguise. |
| Chasing Liberty | Romance | 101 | PG-13 | Tired of being followed around every moment of every day, the 18-year-old daughter (Moore) of the president (Harmon) of the United States ditches her Secret Service handlers (Piven, Sciorra) and sets out on a romantic road trip through Europe with her boyfriend (Goode). |
| Cheaper by the Dozen | Comedy | 98 | PG | When Tom Baker (Martin) gets a job offer to coach football at Northwestern University in Chicago, he and his wife, Mary (Hunt), move to the big city, which is a big change for them and their 12 children, who range from preschool-age twins Kyle and Nigel all the way up to 22-year-old Anne (Perabo) who has already left home. With the recent publication of her long-in-the-works book, Mary feels demands outside the home taking away as much time as Tom's new job does, so the two are forced to try to find new ways of parenting their massive tribe, but they find their parenting styles aren't always completely compatible. |
| Chicken Run | Comedy | 84 | G | Chicken Run is a comedy escape drama with a touch of passion set on a sinister Yorks chicken farm in 1950's England |
| A Christmas Story | Comedy Drama | 93 | PG | Deliciously warped and winsome boyhood memories of Christmas are told by a typical American man revisiting his native Indiana during the 1940s. Among other childish pursuits, his overriding obsession to finally own a genuine Red Ryder BB gun consumes his feverish imagination. Based on Jean Shepherd's novel, "In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash." |
| Christmas With the Kranks | Comedy | 99 | PG | With their daughter away, her parents decide to skip Christmas altogether until she decides to come home, causing an uproar when they have to celebrate the holidays at the last minute. |
| Cinderella | Fantasy | 76 | G | This version of CINDERELLA is the original Walt Disney animated classic based on Charles Perrault's 17th-century fable about a poor stepdaughter transformed into a vision of beauty and sent to the royal ball by her Fairy Godmother to meet her Prince Charming and live happily ever after. |
| Cinderella Man | Biography [feature] | 144 | PG-13 | The story of James Braddock, a supposedly washed up boxer who came back to become a champion and an inspiration in the 1930s. |
| Clear and Present Danger | Action | 141 | PG-13 | Patriotic American Jack Ryan's (Harrison Ford) just been promoted to Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA. But before he can adjust to the demands of his position as advisor to the President, Jack's got to investigate a massacre that took the lives of several dignitaries. Probing relentlessly, Jack uncovers the disturbing truth about criminal activities involving an international drug cartel and a close friend of the United States President. |
| Click | Comedy | 107 | PG-13 | "Click" focuses on a workaholic architect who finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices. |
| Closer | Drama | 104 | R | An intriguing story of passion, drama, love, and abandonment involving two couples, which only gets more complicated when the man from the first couple gets acquainted with the woman from the second coupling. |
| Coach Carter | Drama | 136 | PG-13 | Inspired by true-life story of controversial high-school basketball coach Ken Carter, who received both high praise and staunch criticism when he made national news in 1999 for benching his entire undefeated basketball team for poor academic performance. |
| Cold Mountain | War | 155 | R | Based on Charles Frazier's best-selling Civil War novel of the same name, COLD MOUNTAIN tells the story of Inman (Jude Law), a wounded confederate soldier who is on a perilous journey home to his mountain community, hoping to reunite with his pre-war sweetheart, Ada (Nicole Kidman). In his absence, Ada struggles to survive, and revive her father's farm with the help of intrepid young drifter Ruby (Renee Zellweger). |
| Collateral | Crime | 120 | R | Max (Foxx) is a failed comedy writer living in Los Angeles who makes a living as a cab driver. This movie focuses on one very tumultuous day for Max, as he figures out that the fare (Cruise) he's been driving around all day is a contract killer, committing a series of hits. Now, it's up to him to somehow stop the killer from executing the last witness... as well as himself. |
| Collateral Damage | Action | 108 | R | As a Los Angeles fireman who seeks revenge after his wife and son are killed in a terrorist bombing, Schwarnegger tracks the man responsible from Columbia to Washington D.C. in a race to stop the terrorist before he strikes again. |
| The Core | Science Fiction | 136 | PG-13 | Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes (Eckhart) discovers that an unknown force has caused the Earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the Earth's core in a subterranean craft piloted by "terranauts," Major Rebecca "Beck" Childs (Swank) and Colonel Robert Iverson (Greenwood). Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core. |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Adventure | 131 | PG-13 | A young man, falsely imprisoned by his jealous "friends," escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge. |
| Crash | Crime | 122 | R | Several characters of different racial backgrounds collide in one incident, The different stereotypes society has created for those backgrounds affect their judgment, beliefs and actions, This in turn causes problems for each of them. |
| Crossroads | Drama | 99 | R | Ralph Macchio is Lightning Boy. A kid who can make a steel guitar sing. Blind Dog is an old pro who knows it. Together, they're headed to a place where deals are made. And legends are born. |
| Curious George | Animation | 86 | G | Will Ferrell stars as The Man in the Yellow Hat, a gentleman who looks after his pet monkey - an inquisitive and wonderful creature whose enthusiasm often gets the best of him. |
| Cutthroat Island | Action | 118 | PG-13 | A female pirate and her companion race against their rivals to find a hidden island that contains a fabulous treasure. |
| Daddy Day Care | Comedy | 92 | PG | When a father (Murphy) loses his lucrative "dotcom" job, and finds himself in jeopardy of financial ruin, he joins his friends (Zahn, Garlin) in opening a free-spirited "guy-run" business called "Daddy Day Care" (in his house), much to the chagrin of the owner (Huston) of a more traditionally-operated rival center. |
| Dave | Comedy | 110 | PG-13 | A presidential look-alike finds himself in the oval office "filling in" for the president who has fallen ill. Lacking the political savvy of the real president, "Dave" proceeds to govern the country with a refreshingly straight-forward approach. |
| Derailed: Unrated | Drama | 112 | NR | When two married business executives (Owen and Aniston) having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, the two must turn the tables on him to save their families |
| Desperado | Action | 103 | R | A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner. |
| Die Another Day | Spy Film | 132 | PG-13 | A traitor is bent on world wide destruction and collapse and only one man stands in his way, Bond, James Bond. Pierce Brosnan returns in the twentieth installment of this successful secret agent franchise. |
| Die Hard 2 | Action | 124 | R | Renegade commandos seize a major international airport to rescue a drug lord from justice. Detective McClane, there to meet his wife, must battle incompetent airport security, hard-headed, gung-ho anti-terrorist squads and a deadly winter snowstorm to break the terrorist's grip before his wife's plane runs out of fuel. Based on the novel "58 Minutes" by Walter Wager. |
| Doc Hollywood | Comedy | 104 | PG-13 | Beverly Hills. The most beautiful women in the world. Plastic surgery. What do these three things have in common? Dr. Ben Stone (Michael J. Fox) asks. "Me, in less than a week!" It turns out to be an eye-opening couple of days. And Doc Hollywood turns out to be a witty charmer. Stone is a newly-minted MD whose medical fast-lane cruise takes a small-town detour. Grady, South Carolina, Squash Capital of the South, is home to salt-of-the-earth folks who give the West Coast-bound hotshot the seasoning he lacks |
| Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | Comedy | 92 | NR | A small local gym is threatened with extinction by a gleaming sports and fitness palace unless a group of social rejects can rise to victory in the ultimate dodgeball competition. |
| Double Jeopardy | Thriller | 105 | R | When Nick Parsons appears to be murdered his wife Libby is tried and convicted. Six years later Libby is paroled and with the help of Travis Lehman (her parole officer) she sets out to find her son and the truth behind the "murder". |
| Down Periscope | Comedy | 93 | PG-13 | A Navy captain's tradition of bad behavior gets him assigned to an old, diesel-powered submarine in this high-seas farce. He and his rag-tag crew vie against a nuclear sub in a series of slapstick, can't-win wargames. |
| Down With Love | Comedy | 102 | PG-13 | This is the story, set in New York City in 1963, of a budding romance between womanizing journalist and playboy Catcher Block (McGregor), cleverly described as a "man's man, ladies' man, man about town", and a strident feminist advice columnist, Barbara Novak (Zellweger), who finds her own rules of love contradicted by her attraction to the cad. |
| Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Children's/Family | 105 | PG | In this live-action adaptation of the famous Christmas tale by Dr. Seuss, director Ron Howard casts comedian Jim Carrey in the title role, giving this rendition of HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS a perverse, manic spin. Add great special effects and a fast-moving script and this well-loved story of a freakish green monster living in a mountainside cave who disguises himself as Santa Claus, and steals the Christmas goodies from every single home in Whoville, becomes a hilarious holiday comedy. |
| Dudley Do-Right | Comedy | 83 | PG | Inept Canadian mountie Dudley Do-Right chases after villian Snidely Whiplash and woos girlfriend Nell Fenwick. |
| Dukes of Hazzard (Unrated) | Action | 107 | NR | Cousins Bo (Scott) and Luke (Knoxville) Duke, with a little help from their cousin Daisy (Simpson) and Uncle Jesse (Willie Nelson), egg on the authorities of Hazzard County, Boss Hogg and Sheriff Coltrane. |
| Eagles-Hell Freezes Over | Musical | 99 | NR | The Eagles said that hell would freeze over before they would play together again...well, the devil must be shivering in his boots because they're back! This live concert features first-ever performances of four new tracks along with acoustic and electric renditions of thirteen classic Eagles songs. |
| Eight Below | Adventure | 120 | PG | Brutal cold forces two Antarctic explorers to leave their team of sled dogs behind as they fend for their survival. |
| Elf | Children's/Family | 97 | PG | Will Ferrell stars as Buddy, a regular-sized man who was raised as an elf by Santa Claus. When the news is finally broken to Buddy that he's not a real elf, he decides to head back to his place of birth, New York City, in search of his biological family. |
| The Emperor's Club | Drama | 109 | PG-13 | An idealistic prep school teacher attempts to redeem an incorrigable student. |
| Enemy of the State | Action | 132 | R | A lawyer becomes a target by a corrupt politician and his NSA goons when he accidently receives key evidence to a serious politically motivated crime. |
| Eraser | Action | 115 | R | A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons. |
| Erin Brockovich | Drama | 132 | R | An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply. |
| Exit to Eden | Comedy | 113 | R | Elliot is going to the island of Eden to live out his submissive fantasies, but inadvertently photographs diamond smugglers at work. Smugglers, and detectives, follow him to the island, where they try to retrieve the film. Elliot begins falling in love with Lisa, the head mistress of the island, and Lisa must evaluate her feelings about Elliot and her own motivations. |
| Failure To Launch | Comedy | 97 | PG-13 | A thirtysomething slacker suspects his parents of setting him up with his dream girl so he'll finally vacate their home. |
| The Family Man | Comedy | 125 | PG-13 | A single Wall Street businessman, Jack Campbell (Nicholas Cage), wakes up one morning and finds that his identity has completely changed: He is now a happily married man living in the suburbs with his wife and two children. "The Family Man," directed by Brett Ratner, is a compassionate Christmas story about a man who must choose between a fast-paced career life or a loving family life. |
| Fantasia 2000 | Children's/Family | 74 | G | An update of the original film with new interpretations of great works of classical music. |
| Finding Nemo | Children's/Family | 100 | G | A father-son underwater adventure featuring Nemo, a boy clownfish, stolen from his coral reef home. His timid father must then search the ocean to find him. |
| Finding Neverland | Drama | 106 | PG | Set in London in 1904, the film follows J.M. Barrie's creative journey to bring Peter Pan to life, from his first inspiration for the story up until the play's premiere at the Duke of York's Theatre - a night that will change not only Barrie's own life, but the lives of everyone close to him. |
| Firewall | Crime | 105 | PG-13 | A security specialist is forced into robbing the bank that he's protecting, as a bid to pay off his family's ransom. |
| Flashdance | Drama | 95 | R | Alex Owens is a female dynamo: steel worker by day, exotic dancer by night. Her dream is to get into a real dance company, though, and with encouragement from her boss/boyfriend, she may get her chance. The city of Pittsburgh co-stars. What a feeling! |
| Fletch | Comedy | 98 | PG | Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, Los Angeles journalist, really lives for his profession. As Jane Doe, he publishes articles that have caused several heads to roll in the past. Now, Fletch is at it again: In disguise as a bum, he lives at the beach, researching drugs and their dealing. |
| Flightplan | Thriller | 98 | PG-13 | A claustrophobic, Hitchcockian thriller. A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet the child vanishes and nobody admits she was ever on that plane. |
| Fluke | Drama | 94 | PG | Workaholic Thomas Johnson dies in an auto accident and comes back to life as a dog. Remembering some of who he was, he returns to his wife and son to protect them from the man who caused his accident. But, as time goes by, he remembers more of his life, and realizes he wasn't such a good husband and father. |
| Frequency | Thriller | 119 | PG-13 | A rare atmospheric phenomenon allows a New York City firefighter to communicate with his son 30 years in the future via short-wave radio. The son uses this opportunity to warn the father of his impending death in a warehouse fire, and manages to save his life. However, what he does not realize is that changing history has triggered a new set of tragic events, including the murder of his mother. The two men must now work together, 30 years apart, to find the murderer before he strikes so that they can change history--again. |
| Friends With Money | Comedy Drama | 88 | R | A drama about three married women, their husbands, and their lone single friend. |
| From The Earth To The Moon | Action | 639 | NR | Beginning with President Kennedy's speech before Congress on May 25, 1961 extolling the virtues of reaching the moon by the end of the decade, the celebrated series created by Tom Hanks and HBO details the project that first put man on the moon. All twelve episodes appear here on 3 DVD's. |
| Fun With Dick & Jane | Comedy | 90 | PG-13 | An update of the 1977 comedy, Dick and Jane are living the good life. That is until Dick loses his job shortly after getting a promotion that convinced his wife Jane to quit her job. The money is gone, and the house ends up in foreclosure. Dick decides to turn to a hilarious life of crime to pay the bills with his lovely wife by his side. Then together they decide it's time to steal back what Former CEO Jack McCallister had stolen from them. |
| G.I. Jane | Action | 125 | R | A female Senator succeeds in enrolling a woman into Navy SEALS training where everyone expects her to fail. |
| The Game | Mystery | 128 | R | Van Orton is a successful businessman who is always in control. He lives a well-ordered life - until an unexpected birthday gift from his brother destroys it all. |
| The Ghost and Mr. Chicken | Comedy | 90 | NR | In this comic mystery film, bumbling, small-town typesetter Luther Heggs tries to solve a murder so he can prove he has what it takes to become a reporter. Luther thinks he's seen a ghost in a house where a killing has taken place. However, when he writes an article about what he's seen for his newspaper, nobody will believe him. So, to prove he's telling the truth, Luther spends a night in the "haunted house." But will the would-be reporter stay alive long enough to get to the bottom of this mystery? And will he be able to win over Alma, the girl he's crazy about, in the process? |
| Girl Next Door | Comedy | 109 | NR | A teenager's dreams come true when a former porn star moves in next door and they fall in love. |
| GoldenEye | Spy Film | 130 | PG-13 | Pierce Brosnan ignites the screen in his first adventure as the unstoppable James Bond. When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of a former ally-turned-enemy, only 007 can save the world from an awesome space weapon that in one short pulse could destroy the earth! |
| Grand Canyon | Crime | 134 | R | When a lawyer's (Kevin Kline) car breaks down in a dangerous Los Angeles neighborhood, a tow-truck driver (Danny Glover) arrives just in time to save his life. The two men begin a deep friendship that sets off a chain of unsettling and surprising events involving their families and friends for years to come. This is Lawrence Kasdan's powerful, uplifting film about the harsh realities of contemporary urban life. |
| The Green Mile | Drama | 188 | R | Set on Death Row in a Southern prison in 1935, The Green Mile is the remarkable story of the cell block's head guard, who develops a poignant, unusual relationship with one inmate who possesses a magical gift that is both mysterious and miraculous. |
| Grosse Pointe Blank | Comedy | 107 | R | Martin Blank is a professional assassin. He is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe, and, by coincidence, his ten-year high school reunion party is taking place there at the same time. |
| Groundhog Day | Comedy | 101 | PG | A weather man is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting "rat" (as he calls it). This is his fourth year on the story, and he makes no effort to hide his frustration. On awaking the 'following' day he discovers that it's Groundhog Day again, and again, and again. First he uses this to his advantage, then comes the realisation that he is doomed to spend the rest of eternity in the same place, seeing the same people do the same thing EVERY day. |
| Guess Who | Comedy | 103 | PG-13 | A sarcastic father (Mac) has plenty to say about his daughter wanting to marry a white boy (Kutcher). |
| Happy Gilmore | Comedy | 92 | PG-13 | Adam Sandler stars in this hilarious comedy that scores a hole in one for gut-busting wit and outrageous slapstick. Happy, a raucous hockey player turned golfer, sends the sedate sport into overdrive after he becomes a media sensation with his outlandish antics on the links. It's par for the course entertainment co-starring Christopher McDonald, Carl Weathers, and Kevin Nealon. |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Fantasy | 161 | PG | Cars fly, trees fight back and a mysterious elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of the second year of his amazing journey into the world of wizardry. This year at Hogwarts, spiders talk, letters scold and Harry's own unsettling ability to speak to snakes turns his friends against him. From dueling clubs to rogue Bludgers, it's a year of adventure and danger when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione's magical abilities and courage in this spellbinding adaptation of J.K. Rowling's second book. |
| Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire | Adventure | 157 | PG-13 | Harry finds himself selected as an underaged competitor in a dangerous multi-wizardary school competition. |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Children's/Family | 141 | PG | Starting during the summer before Harry's third year at Hogwarts, this is the adventure that happens when he has to go on the run after an incident where he was unable to control his anger... getting on a bus, he hears about Sirius Black, a renegade wizard who was a Prisoner at Azkaban. What Harry doesn't suspect is that Black escaped to look for... him. |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Fantasy | 152 | PG | The beloved book about a young wizard named Harry became a huge hit as a big screen feature and now makes its debut as deluxe DVD. In the film Daniel Radcliffe portrays the young orphan who gets invited to attend the exclusive Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, after years of living with his horrible aunt and uncle. At school he discovers his true heritage as the son of a witch and wizard, and faces a daunting force of evil. Get ready for fun, adventure, and action with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. |
| The Haunted Mansion | Children's/Family | 88 | PG | When a man (Murphy) and his family encounter a ghost while visiting a haunted house during a job interview, he learns the value of family, and the lesson that he should make sure he never neglects them. Based upon the popular Disney theme park attraction. |
| Heartbreak Ridge | Drama | 130 | R | A hard-nosed, hard-living Marine gunnery sergeant clashes with his superiors and his ex-wife as he takes command of a spoiled recon platoon with a bad attitude. |
| Herbie Fully Loaded | Adventure | 101 | G | Maggie Peyton (Lohan), the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor. |
| High School Musical | Comedy | 93 | PG | Troy and Gabriella - two teens who are worlds apart - meet at a karaoke contest and discover their mutual love for music. |
| Hitch | Romance | 117 | PG-13 | A professional matchmaker's program is threatened by a female journalist who enrolls as a student and plans on publishing an exposé on his fraudlent methods. |
| Hollow Man | Horror | 112 | R | After years of experimentation, Dr. Sebastian Caine (Bacon), a brilliant, but arrogant and egotistical scientist working for the defense department, has successfully transformed mammals to an invisible state and brought them back to their original physical form. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine instructs his team to move on to Phase III: human experimentation. Using himself as the first subject, the invisible Caine finds himself free to do the unthinkable. But Caine's experiment takes an unexpected turn when his team can't bring him back. As the days pass, he grows more and more out of control, doomed to a future without flesh as the Hollow Man. |
| Home Beyond The Sun | Drama | 96 | NR | "Home Beyond the Sun" is the story of despair and hope, deceit and compassion, depression and renewal. It follows the adventures of a young Christian woman seeking to repay her mentor for his affection and his guidance. She demonstrates the depth of her commitment to the ministry by displaying the same gifts of generosity of spirit and passionate belief when she shares them with a young orphaned girl caught in the web of need and depression. |
| Hotel Rwanda | Drama | 121 | PG-13 | Don Cheadle stars in the true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsis refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda. |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Children's/Family | 30 | NR | Boris Karloff narrates and stars as the odious Mr. Grinch, the sinister green monster who plots to steal all the Christmas presents in the town of Whoville. All goes well with his dastardly plan until little Cindy Loo Who gums up the works. Filled with close attention to comic detail, memorable characterizations, and delightful wordplay, this is essential holiday viewing for the whole family. |
| Hunt for Red October, The | Action | 135 | PG | Based on the Best Selling novel by Tom Clancy this film tells the story of Captain Marko Ramius, the skipper of the Soviet Union's newest nuclear sub. Jack Ryan of the CIA gets involved in a tense, tangled hunt for this sub, when Ramius defects, taking the "Red October" with him. |
| Identity | Thriller | 90 | R | This is the story of ten complete strangers who are stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm who soon find themselves being murdered... as their numbers thin out, they turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who is the killer. |
| In Her Shoes | Comedy Drama | 130 | PG-13 | Maggie, the consummate party girl, clashes with her head-on-straight sister, Rose. |
| The Incredibles | Children's/Family | 115 | PG | A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world. |
| The In-Laws | Comedy | 98 | PG-13 | In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a government agent, then proceeds to drag Sheldon into a series of chases and misadventures from New York to Central America. |
| Into the Blue | Action | 110 | PG-13 | A group of divers find themselves in deep trouble with a drug lord after they come upon the illicit cargo of a sunken airplane. |
| The Italian Job | Crime | 111 | PG-13 | Based on a 1969 Michael Caine film of the same name, thieves plan to pull of the heist of their lives by creating Los Angeles largest traffic jam ever. |
| It's a Wonderful Life | Comedy Drama | 132 | NR | George Bailey is a small-town man whose life seems so desperate he contemplates suicide. He had always wanted to leave Bedford Falls to see the world, but circumstances and his own good heart have led him to stay. He sacrficed his education for his brother's, kept the family-run savings and loan afloat, protected the town from the avarice of the greedy banker Mr. Potter, and married his childhood sweetheart. As he prepares to jump from a bridge, his guardian angel intercedes, showing him what life would have become for the residents of Bedford Falls is he had never lived. |
| The Jackal | Action | 124 | R | An update of "The Day of the Jackal," this spy thriller offers a seasoned FBI man, a rigid Russian agent, and a black-sheep I.R.A. terrorist (Gere) teaming up to stop a nasty and extremely well-paid assassin (Willis) from offing a U.S. official. |
| Jarhead | Action | 123 | R | Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's best-selling 2003 book about his pre-Desert Storm experiences in Saudi Arabia and about his experiences fighting in Kuwait. |
| The Ultimate Collection - Johnny Carson | Comedy | 420 | NR | This three disc library features all of the best moments from the original Johnny Carson Collection, plus rare behind the scenes footage from 1962 - 1992. This amazing collection includes never-before-seen clips, biographies and many exclusive gems that are only available in this Special Collector's Edition DVD set. |
| Jumanji | Children's/Family | 104 | PG | When two kids play an old magic board-game they found, they release a man trapped for decades in it and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game. |
| Just Like Heaven | Comedy | 95 | PG-13 | A lonely architect (Ruffalo) falls for the spirit of beautiful woman (Witherspoon) who used to live in his new apartment. |
| Just Married | Comedy | 94 | PG-13 | This is the story of two young newlyweds, a traffic reporter (Kutcher) and a writer (Murphy) from a wealthy family, finding that the perfect honeymoon in Venice is turning out to be the worst one imaginable... can the marriage, which many of their friends and family said was a bad idea because they are so young... survive the celebration? |
| Just My Luck | Comedy | 103 | PG-13 | Manhattanite Ashley (Lindsay Lohan) is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man (Chris Pine), however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for his. |
| Kate & Leopold | Romance | 118 | PG-13 | Carried through time to modern-day Manhattan, 18th century English aristocrat and inventor Leopold (Hugh Jackman) falls for independent and career-minded Kate (Meg Ryan). Initially skeptical of his royal charm, she soon discovers that the Duke's power over her own heart is almost as strong as his influence over time itself. |
| Keeping the Faith | Comedy Drama | 129 | PG-13 | This is a comedy-drama about love, friendship, and faith. Priest Brian Finn (Norton) and rabbi Jacob Schram (Ben Stiller) have known each other since childhood. When Anna Reilly (Jenna Elfman), whom they both knew as children, returns to New York, both men find themselves infatuated with her, sparking both rivalry and personal dilemmas: Brian has taken a vow of celibacy, and Jacob is allowed to marry only within his faith. Award-winning director Milos Forman appears in the supporting cast, alongside Anne Bancroft, Ron Rifkin, and Eli Wallach; the screenplay marks the debut of writer Stuart Blumberg, whom Norton met when they were both undergraduates at Yale. |
| K-PAX | Family | 121 | PG-13 | The film tells the story of a mysterious patient (Kevin Spacey) at a mental hospital who claims to be from a distant planet called K-PAX. As his psychiatrist (Jeff Bridges) tries to figure out exactly how to help the patient, he gradually begins to realize that this so-called alien is having a remarkable effect on the mental health of the hospital's other patients. |
| Lady And The Tramp | Family | 76 | G | The romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt. |
| Ladyhawke | Fantasy | 121 | PG-13 | A haunting adventure fantasy about a pair of cursed lovers who are transformed into animal shapes during alternate periods of the day. Broderick, who provides comic relief, is appealing as the couple's young friend, and ultimately, their rescuer. |
| Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life | Action | 117 | PG-13 | This time around, archaeologist and explorer extraordinaire Lara Croft journeys to a temple, sunken underwater, that leads to a sphere that contains the mythical Pandora's Box, only to have it stolen from her by Chen Lo, the leader of a Chinese crime syndicate, who's in league with a bad guy named Reiss who wants to use the Box as a doomsday weapon. |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Action | 100 | PG-13 | This film stars Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft - a tough, sexy, armed adventurer who was born into wealth and groomed at the most elite schools. She travels to dangerous and mysterious locales around the globe in search of rare, lost crypts and long-forgotten empires. She speaks numerous languages, is highly trained for combat and answers to no one, obeying only a desire for adventure. But now she must face her greatest challenge yet: to find two halves of an ancient artifact buried in space and time. To possess it means ultimate power for its possessor. But to get there, she must first take on a powerful and dangerous secret society. The fate of mankind rests in the hands of one Lara Croft. |
| Last Holiday | Comedy | 112 | PG-13 | After she's diagnosed with a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to take a European vacation. |
| Legally Blonde | Comedy | 96 | PG-13 | Reese Witherspoon stars in this romantic comedyas a ravishing Miss Hawaiian Tropic, sorority president, and calendar girl, Elle Woods (Witherspoon) is a big hit on the campus, and she's also got the perfect boyfriend in Warner Huntington III (Matthew Davis), a wealthy East Coast blue blood. Fearing that his snooty friends and family will never accept the bubble-headed Elle, however, Warner dumps her before heading off to graduate law school at Harvard. Determined to win back her man, Elle enrolls in the same imposing institution, quickly becoming an object of scorn and ridicule. Despite her penchant for malls, makeup, and tanning, Elle is no dummy and is soon showing elite Ivy League snobs a thing or two about class, self-confidence, and courtroom victory. |
| Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Comedy | 95 | PG-13 | Reese Witherspoon is back as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde. Now Elle is juggling a demanding career as a rising young lawyer as well as preparations for her wedding to the man of her dreams. But when she stands up for the rights of the other guy in her life - Bruiser, her chihuahua - Elle is fired from her job. She's devastated, but you can't keep an optimist down. Ms. Woods goes to Washington to take matters into her own well-manicured hands. Trying to learn the political ropes and win over self-serving politicians, Elle faces a formidable challenge. But with her clever and sassy signature blend of determination and intelligence, she bucks the system the Elle Woods way, inspiring those around her to find a voice of their own. |
| The Legend Of Zorro | Action | 129 | PG | Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Alejandro de la Vega -- and his wife, Elena -- to take action. |
| Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Comedy | 107 | PG | This is the story of the Bauedelaires, three young orphans, Violet, Klaus and Sunny, looking for a new home, who are taken in by a series of odd relatives and other people, including Lemony Snicket, who narrates the film, and starting with the cunning and dastardly Count Olaf , who hopes to snatch their inheritance from them. Violet is the oldest of the Baudelaires at 14, and is their brave and fast-thinking leader. The only boy is middle child Klaus, 12, who is intensely intelligent and obsessed with words. The youngest is infant Sunny, who speaks in a language only her siblings can understand, and she has a tendency to... bite. |
| Life Is Beautiful | Comedy Drama | 116 | PG-13 | Conjuring keys and hats out of thin air, Guido (Roberto Benigni), a clever Jewish-Italian waiter, successfully courts Dora (Nicoletta Braschi), a beautiful local woman, in Fascist pre-WWII Italy. His life, however, is turned upside down a few years later when he, Dora, and their young son, Giosué (Giorgio Cantarini), are sent to a Nazi concentration camp. Refusing to give up hope, Guido tries to protect his son's innocence by pretending that their imprisonment is just an elaborate game (with the grand prize being a tank). |
| The Lion King | Children's/Family | 90 | G | Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King. |
| Little Black Book | Romantic Comedy | 107 | PG-13 | A woman snoops through her boyfriend's palm pilot and reveals his former girlfriends, which causes her to question why they're still listed in his little black book. |
| The Little Mermaid | Family | 83 | G | A mermaid princess makes a faustian bargain with an unscrupulous seahag in order to meet a human prince on land. |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Fantasy | 178 | PG-13 | In a small village in the Shire a young Hobbit named Frodo has been entrusted with an ancient Ring. Now he must embark on an Epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it. |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Fantasy | 200 | PG-13 | The former Fellowship of the Ring prepare for the final battle for Middle Earth, while Frodo & Sam approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Fantasy | 179 | PG-13 | Frodo and Sam continue on to Mordor in their mission to destroy the One Ring. Whilst their former companions make new allies and launch an assault on Isengard. |
| Lost and Found | Comedy | 100 | PG-13 | In order to impress his beautiful French neighbor, David Spade dognaps her pet pooch so he can return him and become a hero. Unfortunately, things do not work out as planned. |
| Love Actually | Comedy | 135 | R | Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely and interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England. |
| The Magic Of Flight | Documentary | 82 | NR | Fly with the U.S. Navy's elite Blue Angels demonstration squadron in the breathtaking video The Magic of Flight, which explains the basic principles of what enables airplanes to fly. |
| Maid in Manhattan | Comedy | 105 | PG-13 | A senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman's dress. |
| Man of the House | Comedy | 100 | PG-13 | Texas Ranger Roland Sharp (Tommy Lee Jones) is assigned to protect the only witnesses to the murder of a key figure in the prosecution of a drug kingpin -- a group of University of Texas cheerleaders. Sharp must now go undercover as an assistant cheerleading coach and move in with the young women. |
| Man on Fire | Action | 146 | R | Denzel Washington stars as a government operative/soldier of fortune who has pretty much given up on life. In Mexico City, he reluctantly agrees to take a job to protect a child (Fanning) whose parents are threatened by a wave of kidnappings. He eventually becomes close to the child and their relationship reawakens and rekindles his spirit. When she is abducted, his fiery rage is unleashed on those he feels responsible, and he stops at nothing to save her. |
| The Man Show: Season 03 | Comedy | 590 | NR | Co-hosts Jimmy Kimmell and Adam Corrolla offer a tongue-in-cheek glimpse into the masculine psyche in Comedy Central's testosterone-laden THE MAN SHOW. The androcentric series both celebrates and parodies all things male with politically-incorrect humor, skits, and talk-show-style discussions based on fart jokes, beer guzzling, and scantily-clad women bouncing on trampolines--all the while tempering its male-bonding stereotypes with a healthy dose of self-mockery. |
| Mary Poppins | Children's/Family | 139 | G | A magical, musical nanny brings a breath of fresh air into the stuffy Banks household in turn-of-the-century England. Overstuffed with gaiety, this children's fantasy is filled to the brim with wonderful dance numbers and outrageous songs (such as the seemingly unpronounceable "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"). |
| Mask of Zorro, The | Action | 137 | PG-13 | When a power-crazed despot schemes to buy California from Mexico, it takes two Zorros -- the legendary Don Diego de la Vega (Anthony Hopkins) and his chosen successor Alejandro Murrieta (Antonio Banderas), a dashing bandit-turned-hero -- to defeat the tyrant's unscrupulous plans. But can even their combined skills be enough to achieve de la Vega's ultimate goal: revenge against the man who killed his wife, kidnapped his daughter and held him prisoner for twenty years? |
| Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World | Action | 138 | PG-13 | During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America. |
| The Matador | Comedy | 96 | R | A globetrotting hitman and a crestfallen businessman meet in a hotel bar in Mexico City in an encounter that draws them together in a way neither expected. |
| Match Point | Drama | 124 | R | At a turning point in his life, a former tennis pro falls for a femme-fatal type who happens to be dating his friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law. |
| Matchstick Men | Comedy Drama | 116 | PG-13 | A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly. |
| The Matrix | Action | 136 | R | In the near future, a computer hacker named Neo discovers that all life on Earth may be nothing more than an elaborate illusion created by a malevolent cyber-intelligence, for the purpose of placating us while our life essence is "farmed" to fuel the Matrix's campaign of domination in the "real" world. He joins like-minded Rebel warriors Morpheus and Trinity in their struggle to overthrow the Matrix. |
| Maverick | Western | 127 | PG | Maverick is rollicking proof of how the West was fun. A riverboat poker tourney promises a winner-take-all $500,000...and Bret Maverick aims to be the winner who does the taking! But first he must cope with the hangman's noose, a runaway stage, a wily Indian chief, outlaws, ingrates, a bagful of rattlesnakes and more close calls than a long-tailed cat in a roomful of rocking chairs. |
| McHale's Navy | Comedy | 109 | PG | Ahoy! The Navy will never be the same after Captain McHale and his ragtag band of bumbling misfits are called upon to defend the base of San Ysidro Island from an evil terrorist bent on world domination. Based on the popular comic television series starring Ernest Borgnine, who appears in a cameo. |
| Meet The Fockers | Comedy | 116 | PG-13 | All hell breaks loose when the Byrnes family meets the Focker family for the first time. |
| Memoirs Of A Geisha | Drama | 145 | PG-13 | Nitta Sayuri reveals how she transcended her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha. |
| Mickey Blue Eyes | Comedy | 102 | PG-13 | Fish-out-of-water comedy tailor-made to the relaxed British mannerisms of star Hugh Grant. He stars as Michael Felgate, a dapper art auctioneer, whose romance with a school teacher entangles him in the workings of her mob family. While her father (James Caan) accepts Michael wholeheartedly, a misunderstanding results in Michael having to pose as a mafioso himself- resulting in culture-clash laughs... |
| Minority Report | Action | 145 | PG-13 | Based on the short story by Philip K. Dick, MINORITY REPORT is set in a 2054 Washington D.C. judicial system in which killers are arrested and convicted before they commit murder using a psychic technology. Tom Cruise is the head of this Precrime unit and is himself accused of the future murder of a man he hasn't even met. |
| Mischief | Comedy | 97 | R | The shy Jonathan's luck with girls changes when he wins the rebellious Gene as a friend in his last year of highschool. Gene is adored by many girls and manages to teach Jonathan a few lessons. Gene himself would rather just be with one girl: his girlfriend Bunny. But since his father is poor, her parents don't accept him. |
| Miss Congeniality | Comedy | 110 | PG-13 | Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) is an FBI agent with a reputation for being aggressive and hard-nosed, who has long wanted to duplicate the career of her deceased mother, also an FBI agent, who died in the line of duty. Her cantankerous nature, though, has made her few friends, excepting her trusting, sensitive partner Eric Matthews (Benjamin Bratt). However, her true abilities are put to the test when she is called upon to infiltrate a Miss United States pageant after a terrorist threatens to bomb it. Gracie, who prides herself on her toughness, must now feminize her behavior to effectively participate in the pageant with the aid of Victor Melling (Michael Caine), a pompous consultant who dreams of whisking away Gracie's past self and creating "Gracie Lou Freebush" for an appreciative, all-American audience. After her arduous conversion, Gracie must play the role of beauty queen and FBI agent, and try not to blow her undercover outfit. |
| Mom & Dad's 50th Wedding Anniversary | Family | 43 | G | Join Ramon & Barbara Lang as they celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at a surprise party thrown by their children. |
| Monster-in-Law | Comedy | 100 | PG-13 | After years of incredibly bad dates, Charlie (Jennifer Lopez) thinks she's met the perfect man...until she meets his possessive and merciless mother! Jane Fonda returns to Hollywood to play the worst mother-in-law ever who will do everything she can to break up the happy couple! |
| Monsters, Inc. | Animation | 93 | G | James P. Sullivan (AKA "Sulley") and Mike Wazowski pick up their paychecks at Monsters Inc., the utility company that generates energy from the goose bumps of children. Sulley, the No. 1 scream-generator at the plant accidentally lets in a little girl into the monster world. Since monsters are actually terrified of children it's a major cause for alarm and a major headache for Sulley and Mike. |
| Moonstruck | Comedy | 102 | PG | A widowed Brooklyn book-keeper is torn between her fiancé and his brother. |
| Mr. and Mrs. Smith | Action | 120 | PG-13 | A bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other. |
| Munich | Drama | 164 | R | Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day. |
| Murder at 1600 | Action | 107 | R | 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., the home of the President and possibly the site of a hushed-up murder in a room just steps away from the Oval Office. Who did it and why? That's what homicide cop Harlan Regis wants to know. And what you'll discover as Murder at 1600 sweeps you into an exciting mystery thrill-packed with suspects, cover-ups, covert agents, daring action sequences and an overseas crisis that could blow at any instant. |
| Murder by Numbers | Crime | 120 | R | 'Murder By Numbers' is a psychological suspense-thriller that tells the story of a tenacious homicide detective, Cassie Mayweather (Sandra Bullock) and her new partner Sam Kennedy (Ben Chaplin) who become pitted against two malevolently brilliant young men (Ryan Gosling and Michael Pitt) in an ingenious battle of wits as they try to solve a murder case. |
| Must Love Dogs | Romance | 98 | PG-13 | A forty-something preschool teacher looks to the personals for a change of pace and a relationship, with hilarious results. |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Comedy | 96 | PG | A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity. |
| My Cousin Vinny | Comedy | 120 | R | In this must-see comedy hit, two carefree pals traveling through Alabama are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a lawyer friend in the family -- Vincent Gambini (Joe Pesci), a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who has never been in court -- or in Alabama. When cousin Vinny arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend (Marisa Tomei in her Oscar-winning Supporting Actress performance) to handle his first case, it's a real shock -- for him and the Deep South! |
| Napoleon Dynamite | Comedy | 95 | PG | Napoleon Dynamite (Heder) is a quirky teenager growing up in the remotes of Idaho with a love for dancing and the way of the ninja who's really just trying to understand his life while living with his Uncle Rico (Gries), whose shady business deals are just some of the things that make Napoleon's social life in small-town Idaho all the more difficult. |
| National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Comedy | 97 | PG-13 | Chevy Chase, star of National Lampoon's Vacation and its sequel, is back as the paterfamilias of the Griswold family (including Beverly D'Angelo as his missus) to skewer the Yuletide season. Chevy mugs, trips, falls, mashes his fingers and stubs his toes as he prepares to invite numerous dysfunctional relatives to his household to celebrate Christmas. Amidst the more outrageous sight gags (including the electrocution of a cat as the Christmas tree is lit) the film betrays a sentimental streak, with old wounds healing and long-estranged relatives reuniting in the Griswold living room. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation was still capable of attracting an audience five years after its release: It was one of the top-rated seasonal TV specials of 1994, outrating even the first network telecast of It's a Wonderful Life. |
| National Treasure | Adventure | 131 | PG | Benjamin Franklin Gates is an archeologist who is from the eighth generation of a family who has shared an unusual quest. As Gates-family legend has it, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin hid a massive cache of gold during the waning days of the Revolutionary War and left clues as to its whereabouts in the original drafts of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. With no firm proof that it actually exists, Gates sets out to crack the code that will lead him to the fortune, which, as a member of the Gates clan, he is sworn to protect from wrongdoers. |
| Nine 1/2 Weeks | Drama | 112 | NR | Stylish, highly-charged erotic psychodrama in which a mysterious businessman and a beautiful art dealer meet and are swept up in a whirlwind of passion, manipulation, and obsessive sex. Not for kids, the timid, or people on a diet. |
| The Nutty Professor | Comedy | 96 | PG-13 | Eddie Murphy stars as a grossly overweight chemistry professor in this update of the classic 1963 Jerry Lewis comedy. Eager to reinvent himself and to ease his loneliness, the professor develops a potion that magically transforms him into a lean, mean, sex machine, capable of seducing any woman in sight, but he loses his niceness along the way. |
| Ocean's Eleven | Crime | 117 | PG-13 | A gangster by the name of Danny Ocean (George Clooney) rounds up a gang of associates to stage heists of three major Las Vegas casino's (Bellagio, The Mirage, and the MGM Grand) simultaneously during a popular boxing event. |
| Ocean's Twelve | Crime | 125 | PG-13 | Daniel Ocean recruits one more team member so he can pull off three major European heists in this sequel to Ocean's 11. |
| October Sky | Drama | 108 | PG | The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes. |
| Office Space | Comedy | 90 | R | Peter Gibbons, thanks to a hypnotic suggestion, decides not to go to work at the same time his company is laying people off. When layoffs affect his two best friends, they conspire to plant a virus that will embezzle money from the company into their account. |
| Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Adventure | 102 | R | Robert Rodriguez returns with the mythic guitar-slinging hero, El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), in the final installment of the Mariachi/Desperado trilogy. The saga continues as El Mariachi makes his way across a rugged landscape on the blood trail of Barrillo (Willem Dafoe), a cartel kingpin with one last score to settle who is planning a coup d’etat against the president of Mexico. Enlisted by Sands (Johnny Depp), a corrupt CIA agent, El Mariachi demands retribution, and the adventure begins against a backdrop of revolution, greed, and revenge. |
| Original Sin | Thriller | 118 | NR | Wealthy Cuban merchant Luis Vargas (Banderas) only knows his bride-to-be through letters of love. And when he finally meets Julia (Jolie) on their wedding day, he is left breathless by her beauty and smoldering sexuality. But behind that beauty, a devious mind is at work. For even as they satisfy their hunger for one another, her thoughts drift toward quenching a desire that is solely hers. And when Luis is deprived of his business, his bank account and his new wife, he begins a relentless pursuit of the woman cunning enough to steal his money and charismatic enough to steal his heart! |
| Out of Time | Thriller | 105 | PG-13 | When the police chief (Washington) of a small Florida town "borrows" money from the evidence room so he can run away with a woman (Lathan) he's always been in love with, she quickly betrays him, revealing that she only began having an affair with him as a way to seek revenge... Now, with his reputation and career on the line, an otherwise good cop must resolve his life before he runs out of time. |
| Outbreak | Thriller | 128 | R | Dustin Hoffman plays Col. Sam Daniels, an expert on infectious diseases who is called in to study the outbreak of a deadly illness in Zaire. He finds a virus that spreads so quickly it could wipe out an entire nation in just a few weeks, and he believes that it might have spread to the United States. With the help of his ex-wife (Rene Russo), who works at the Centers for Disease Control, Daniels tracks the virus to the quiet seaside town of Cedar Creek, California. His superiors' reticence to help begins to raise questions in Daniels's mind, and he must find a cure before a panicky U.S. army general decides to kill the town's populace in order to save the world. |
| Over The Hedge | Animation | 83 | PG | A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating...and learns a lesson about family himself. |
| The Pacifier | Comedy | 95 | PG | Vin Diesel stars as Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe who, as an elite member of the world's fiercest and most highly trained force, thought he was prepared to take on any duty no matter how perilous or impossible...until he tried baby-sitting. Assigned to protect the five out-of-control children of an assassinated scientist working on vital government secrets, Shane is suddenly faced with juggling two outrageously incompatible jobs: fighting the bad guys while keeping house. Replacing his usual arsenal of wetsuits and weapons with diapers and juice boxes, Shane not only must battle a deceptive enemy but wrangle teen rebel Zoe, sullen 14-year-old Seth, 8-year-old Ninja-wanna-be Lulu , as well as 3 year-old Peter and baby Tyler - not to mention their off-beat Romanian Nanny. |
| The Passion of The Christ | Drama | 126 | R | A film detailing the final hours and crucifixion of Jesus Christ. |
| Patriot Games | Action | 116 | R | Jack Ryan, the hero of Tom Clancy's techno-thriller series, returns in the sequel to _The Hunt for Red October_. Ryan is on vacation in England when he spoils an assassination attempt on an important member of the Royal Family. Ryan gets drawn back into the CIA when the same splinter faction of the IRA targets him and his family. |
| Pay It Forward | Drama | 123 | PG-13 | A young boy attempts to make the world a better place after his teacher gives him that chance. |
| Pearl Harbor | Drama | 183 | PG-13 | Set during the time of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, two friends (Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett) are caught up in the events that draw the United States into World War II. One of them enlists with the U.S. Army Air Corps and the other flies for the British Royal Air Force, but they both find themselves in love with the same woman (Kate Beckinsale). |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Musical | 141 | PG-13 | A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorizes the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protege whom he trains and loves. |
| Phone Booth | Thriller | 80 | R | In this intense drama, which takes place in and around a single phone booth in New York City, a man who is being watched by a rooftop killer with a sniper rifle must use the phone to save his life or else risk the consequences of leaving the booth. |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl | Adventure | 143 | PG-13 | Set in the Caribbean Sea in the 17th century, this is the story of a gentleman rogue of a pirate, Jack Sparrow (Depp), who teams up with the daughter (Knightley) of a governor (Pryce) to stop the evil plan of a ship of dangerous pirates (led by Rush) who are trying to reverse an ancient curse that leaves them stuck between life and death, with the light of the moon revealing their skeletons, like some kind of undead monsters. |
| The Polar Express | Children's/Family | 100 | G | Believing in Santa Claus isn't easy when all of your friends and family insist he's just make-believe. A boy's faith is rewarded one Christmas Eve when he's awakened by a steam train that pulls up in front of his house and takes him and other children to the North Pole to meet Santa. It's all CGI (Computer Generated Images), based upon live-action motion-capture actors. |
| Poseidon | Action | 99 | PG-13 | On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner, Poseidon, capsizes after being swamped by a rogue tidal wave. The survivors are left to fight for survival as they attempt to escape the sinking ship. |
| The Poseidon Adventure | Adventure | 117 | PG | A group of passengers struggle to survive and escape, when their ocean liner completely capsizes at sea. |
| A Prelude to a Kiss | Romance | 106 | PG-13 | Peter (Alec Baldwin) and Rita (Meg Ryan) follow their whirlwind courtship with a storybook wedding, though Rita has those nagging doubts every now and then. After the ceremony, a mysterious elderly man appears and asks to kiss the bride. It is this kiss that sends the two lovers on a magical journey that they will never forget, and which puts their love to the test by unknown forces. |
| Presumed Innocent | Mystery | 127 | R | PRESUMED INNOCENT is a disturbing murder mystery told in the style director Alan J. Pakula enjoys best. Harrison Ford plays prosecuting attorney Rusty Sabich, who is deeply shaken by the sudden rape and murder of a colleague and former love interest. Sabich is assigned to the case, which becomes clouded by both personal and political interests that are in conflict. An adaptation of Scott Turow's best-selling novel, the film presents an intense look at the human flaws of ambition, greed and lust. |
| Pretty Woman | Romance | 125 | R | In the Cinderella story that made Julia Roberts a star, a corporate raider hires a hooker to pose as his girlfriend for a week... and falls in love. Meanwhile, she wonders if the straight life - with him - might be a dream come true. |
| Prime | Comedy | 106 | PG-13 | A career driven professional from Manhattan (Uma Thurman) who is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst (Meryl Streep). |
| The Princess Bride | Adventure | 97 | PG | Based on William Goldman's novel of the same name, The Princess Bride is staged as a book read by grandfather (Peter Falk) to his ill grandson (Fred Savage). Falk's character assures a romance-weary Savage that the book has much more to deliver than a simpering love story, including but not limited to fencing, fighting, torture, death, true love, giants, and pirates. Indeed, The Princess Bride offers a tongue-in-cheek fairy tale depicting stable boy-turned-pirate Westley's journey to rescue Buttercup (Robin Wright), his true love, away from the evil prince (Chris Sarandon), whom she had agreed to marry five years after learning of what she had believed to be news of Westley's death. With help from Prince Humperdinck's disgruntled former employee Miracle Max (Billy Crystal), swordsman Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin), and a very large man named Fezzik (Andre the Giant), the star-crossed lovers are reunited. |
| Pushing Tin | Comedy Drama | 124 | R | Set in the pressure-cooker environment of air traffic control, the story revolves around two controllers whose intense rivalry and penchant for one-upsmanship threatens to unravel their careers, marriages ' and the planes in their airspace. |
| Radio | Drama | 109 | PG | The story of a high school coach and the developmentally challenged man whom he took under his wing. |
| Rat Race | Comedy | 112 | PG-13 | An all-star comedy cast brings laughs from start to finish when a casino tycoon gives six money crazed contestants the chance to win $2 million in a race from Las Vegas to New Mexico. Who will win this dash for the cash is anybody's guess, but one thing is for sure -- it's going to be a hilarious ride. |
| The Recruit | Spy Film | 115 | PG-13 | In an era when the country's first line of defense, human intelligence, is more important than ever, comes a thriller that gives an insider's view into the CIA’s secret training ground: The Farm. James Clayton (Colin Farrell) might not have the attitude of a typical recruit, but he is one of the smartest graduating seniors in the country and he's just the person that Walter Burke (Al Pacino) wnats in the Agency. James regards the CIA's mission as an intriguing alternative to an ordinary life, but before he becomes an Ops Officer, James has to survive the Farm, where the veteran Burke teaches him the ropes and the rules of the game. James quickly rises through the ranks and falls for Layla (Bridget Moynahan), one of his fellow recruits. But just when James starts to question his role and decides to "wash out," Burke taps him for a special assignment to root out a mole. As the suspense builds toward a gripping climax, it soon becomes clear that at The Farm, the CIA’s old maxims are true: "trust no one" and "nothing is as it seems." |
| The Red Violin | Drama | 132 | R | Francois Girard's The Red Violin follows the imaginary history of a unique instrument as it passes over continents and through lives over the span of three centuries. |
| Repli-Kate | Comedy | 95 | R | A scientist and his sidekick accidentally clone a journalist and decide to turn the mistake into Repli-Kate, their idea of the perfect woman, who loves, beer, football, and frat parties. |
| Return to Me | Comedy Drama | 116 | PG | Return To Me is an endearing romantic comedy infused with real life humor. Life can change in an instant and it does for Bob Rueland and Grace Briggs. A lonely Bob is embraced by Grace, who is surrounded by a coterie of substitute mothers including her Irish grandfather, who with his Italian brother-in-law run a Chicago restaurant. Although Bob and Grace are strangers at the start of our story, their lives are soon forever intertwined by fate. |
| Riding in Cars with Boys | Drama | 131 | PG-13 | A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1968, and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father. |
| A River Runs Through It | Drama | 124 | PG | Fly-fishing figures prominently in this poignant tale of two brothers growing up in Montana in the early 20th century under the stern rule of their minister father. While both boys rebel, Norman (Craig Sheffer) channels his rebellion into writing, but Paul (Brad Pitt) descends onto a slippery path of self-destruction. The beautiful scenery of Montana is used to full effect with the awesome cinematography. |
| Road Trip (Unrated) | Comedy | 95 | NR | A comic romp of a movie that concerns four friends who embark on a road trip when one of them discovers his girlfriend has been mailed a videotape of him cheating on her. Leaving Ithaca, New York for Austin, Texas, the foursome encounters a seemingly endless barrage of hysterical events, culminating with their arrival in Austin. Executive produced by comic legend Ivan Reitman, ROAD TRIP retains the same tone as classic 80s comedies ANIMAL HOUSE and KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE. |
| The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Comedy | 100 | R | After Janet accepts Brad's marriage proposal, the happy couple drive away from Denton, Ohio, only to get lost in the rain. They stumble upon the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite who is holding the annual convention of visitors from the planet Transsexual. Frank-N-Furter unveils his creation, a young man named Rocky Horror, who fears the doctor and rejects his sexual advances. When Frank-N-Furter announces that he is returning to the galaxy Transylvania, Riff Raff the butler and Magenta the maid declare that they have plans of their own. (An audience participation film) |
| Roger Dodger | Comedy | 104 | R | Set in Manhattan, Roger Dodger takes a comic look at the male ego and the art of manipulating women. Campbell Scott stars as Roger, a sharp-witted advertising copywriter who can talk his way into any skirt. Which is exactly why his nephew, Nick, pays him a visit. With Nick's virginity at stake, Roger takes him out for a one-night crash course in seduction, only to realize he still has something to learn about women... and himself. |
| A Room with a View | Comedy | 117 | NR | Off to the sensuous landscape of Florence for her horizon-broadening tour, Lucy, a perfectly proper young Edwardian lady, is chaperoned by her even more proper Aunt Charlotte. At the merest hint of scandal Lucy is kissed by an improper suitor Charlotte whisks her back to the serene English countryside, where she is betrothed to a supposedly suitable gentleman, insufferably in love with himself. With its superb ensemble acting, intelligent writing and stunning design (The New York Times), this delightful comedy of manners sparkles with keen observations of class behavior and genuine humor. |
| Rounders | Crime | 121 | R | A law school student (Matt Damon) loses his tuition money and everything else he has saved in a high stakes poker game. Learning his lesson (he thinks), he vows to his girl friend (Mol Gretchen) to give up playing forever. That lasts until his best friend (Edward Norton), a notorious card shark, is released from prison and drags him back into the circuit to pay debts he has incurred to a Russian mobster (John Malkovich). John Turturro also appears as a career poker player and Martin Landau plays a law professor who understands his student's need to be something other than what is dictated to him. |
| Rumor Has It... | Comedy | 97 | PG-13 | Jennifer Aniston plays a woman who learns that her family was the inspiration for the book and film "The Graduate" -- and that she just might be the offspring of the well-documented event. |
| Runaway Bride | Comedy | 116 | PG | "Roberts and Gere confirm their status as an eternal screen team" in this delightful laugh-filled romantic comedy. Roberts plays small-town girl Maggie Carpenter, whose marches down the aisle become a series of near Mrs. when she bolts before saying "I do." Gere is Ike Graham, a cynical, big-city newspaper columnist eager to write a tell-all story about Maggie. But the more Ike finds out about skittish Maggie, the more he finds he's falling in love. |
| Runaway Jury | Thriller | 127 | PG-13 | Set in New Orleans, this is the story of a mysterious man, Nick Easter (Cusack) who gets himself on the jury of a landmark case against a gun manufacturer in an attempt to influence the other jury members to vote a certain way. Meanwhile, Easter's girlfriend, Marlee (Weisz), tries to swindle the attorneys (Hackman, Hoffman) to pay millions of dollars to have the jury return a verdict friendly to their clients. The case involves the widow of a man killed in an office shooting suing the gun manufacturer of the weapon that was used, under the claim that they knew the store that sold it was not obeying the laws about firearm sales. |
| Rush Hour | Action | 97 | PG-13 | Realizing that the FBI and their by the book tactics may be unsuccessful, the Chinese consul recruits the aid of a loyal Hong Kong inspector to help rescue his kidnapped daughter. Outlawed by the FBI, the inspector must form an unlikely partnership with a cocky, street smart LAPD officer who prefers doing things his own way. |
| S.W.A.T. | Action | 117 | PG-13 | The tables are turned when the Los Angeles Police Department's S.W.A.T. (Special Weapons and Tactics) unit must protect a dangerous criminal. A grizzled veteran SWAT officer (Jackson) is given a second chance to cobble together a new SWAT team to protect the high-profile baddie. |
| Sahara | Adventure | 123 | PG-13 | Master explorer Dirk Pitt (Matthew McConaughey) takes on the adventure of his life when he embarks on a treasure hunt through some of the most dangerous regions of North Africa. Searching for what locals call "The Ship of Death", a long lost Civil War battleship filled with coins, Pitt and his wisecracking sidekick (Steve Zahn) use their wits and clever heroics to help Doctor Eva Rojas (Penelope Cruz) who believes the ship may be linked to mysterious deaths in the very same area. |
| The Santa Clause 2 | Comedy | 104 | G | Scott Calvin has been Santa Claus for the past eight years, and his loyal elves consider him the best Santa ever. But Santa’s world is turned upside down when he’s dealt a double whammy of bad news: not only has his son, Charlie, landed on this year’s naughty list, but if Scott doesn’t marry by Christmas Eve just a month away! he’ll stop being Santa forever. Desperate, Scott turns to the elves’ new invention a machine that can replicate anything to create Santa II (a toy version of himself) and he leaves his double in charge. Things quickly go south at the North Pole when Santa II institutes some strange redefinitions of what’s naughty and nice; worse, when Scott finally falls for a potential Mrs. Claus, she threatens to drive a wedge between him and Charlie. In a climactic battle pitting Santa, Charlie, the new Mrs. Claus, and the elves against Santa II and his army of tin soldiers, the future of Scott’s family, the North Pole, and Christmas itself, hangs in the balance. |
| The Santa Clause | Comedy | 97 | PG | A divorced yuppie father's strained relationship with his son begins to mend after a bizarre twist of fate transforms him into the new Santa. |
| Santana: Supernatural Live | Musical | 88 | NR | An Evening With Carlos Santana And Friends. An all-star evening of concert magic with Carlos Santana and special guests Cee-Lo, Everlast, Lauryn Hill, Dave Matthews & Carter Beauford, Sarah McLachlan, The Product G&B, Wayne Shorter and Rob Thomas. |
| Secondhand Lions | Comedy Drama | 110 | PG | A coming-of-age story about a shy, young boy sent by his irresponsible mother to spend the summer with his wealthy, eccentric uncles in Texas. |
| Secret Window | Drama | 96 | PG-13 | A writer is accused for plagiarism by a strange man, who then starts haunting him for "justice." |
| Secretary | Romance | 112 | R | Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal) has a few strikes against her when she applies for a secretarial position at the law office of E. Edward Grey (James Spader). First, she was released only recently from a mental institution; second, after one day back with her dysfunctional suburban family she has succumbed to her secret obsession - self-mutilation. Somehow, she gets the job anyway. Then again, Mr. Grey is far from a normal boss. They embark on a relationship together, crossing lines of conduct that would give most human resource directors shivers. |
| The Sentinel | Crime | 108 | PG-13 | A disgraced special agent to the White House (Douglas) endeavors to foil a conspiracy to assassinate the U.S. President. |
| Serving Sara | Comedy | 102 | PG-13 | Two adults meet under odd circumstances and a relationship evolves. Joe Tyler (Perry) is a servicer, delivering divorce papers to Sara Moore (Hurley) from her shameless Texan husband. Serving her papers turned into a cross-country trip to save Sara's cattle fortune. |
| Sesame Street: Sing Along | Children's/Family | 30 | G | The setting is in a small street in a city where children and furry puppet monsters learn about numbers, the alphabet and other pre-school subjects taught in commercial spots, songs and games. |
| Sex and the City [1st Season] | Comedy Drama | 300 | NR | A collection of the entire first season (12 episodes) of the award-winning HBO comedy series that takes an outrageous look at dating, mating, and relating in New York City. Winner of two Golden Globe Awards for best TV series and best actress, Sarah Jessica Parker. |
| Shanghai Knights | Action | 114 | PG-13 | When a Chinese rebel murders Chon's estranged father and escapes to England, Chon and Roy make their way to London with revenge on their minds. |
| Shanghai Noon | Action | 110 | PG-13 | Jackie Chan plays a Chinese man who travels to the Wild West to rescue a kidnapped princess. After teaming up with a train robber, the unlikely duo takes on a Chinese traitor and his corrupt boss. |
| Shark Tale | Children's/Family | 90 | PG | Oscar (Will Smith) is a fast-talking little fish who dreams big. But his big dreams land him in hot water when a great white lie turns him into an unlikely hero. At first, his fellow fish swallow Oscar's story hook, line and sinker and he is showered with fame and fortune. It's all going along swimmingly, until it starts to become clear that Oscar's tale about being the defender of the Reef is all wet. Oscar is finding out that being a hero comes at a Market Price when his lie threatens to make him the Catch of the Day. Now he has to tread water until he can get the scales to tip back in his favor again. |
| Sheryl Crow: Rockin' the Globe Live | Music | 83 | NR | Sheryl Crow became one of the biggest rock stars of the nineties thanks to her unique take on roots rock, and professionalism. This concert film captures her performing fifteen songs not long after the release of her third album, The Globe Sessions. |
| Showgirls | Comedy Drama | 131 | NC-17 | "I'm gonna dance," Nomi Malone (Elizabeth Berkley) insists in the opening scene of Showgirls, and dance she does. In this quasi-update of All About Eve, Nomi is a drifter, whose sole ambition is to headline the "Goddess" topless dance show at the Stardust in Las Vegas. Of course, even Nomi must pay her dues, and she does so at the Cheetah, grinding poles and lap dancing her way to a future. Fortunately her roommmate Molly works at the Stardust and invites Nomi to see the show, where she meets Crystal Conners (Gina Gershon, in the Bette Davis role), with whom she immediately forms a love/hate relationship. Nomi soon learns what she must do to get ahead, and the rest of the film documents her cat-like crawl up the showgirl ladder of success. Directed by Paul Verhoeven, (Robocop, Basic Instinct, The Fourth Man), Showgirls was concieved as the first big-budget "adult" film since 1977's Caligula, and the first such production to wear the NC-17 rating; its failure at the box-office discouraged further attempts at large-scale adult productions. |
| Shrek | Animation | 93 | PG-13 | In a faraway land called Duloc, a heartless ruler, the midget Lord Farquaad (voiced by John Lithgow) has banished all the fairy tales from the land so it can be as boring as he is. But there are three characters who will stand is his way. The first is a green, smelly ogre with a heart of gold named Shrek (Mike Myers), his faithful steed, a Donkey (Eddie Murphy), who will do anything but shut up, and the beautiful, but tough Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) whom Lord Farquaad wishes to make his wife so he can become king of Duloc. What's to do in a screwy fairy tale like this? |
| Shrek 2 | Animation | 92 | PG | Princess Fiona's parents invite her and Shrek to dinner to celebrate her marriage. If only they knew the newlyweds were both ogres. |
| Sideways | Drama | 127 | R | A wine-tasting road trip through California's famed Central Coast takes an unexpected detour as Miles (Paul Giamatti) and Jack (Thomas Haden Church) hit the gas en route to their mid-life crises. The comically mismatched pair soon find themselves drowning in wine, women...and laughter! |
| Signs | Drama | 106 | PG-13 | Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) and his family are told extraterrestrials are responsible for the sign in their field. They watch the news as crop circles are soon found all over the world. Signs is an emotional story of one farm as they encounter the possibility the world is being invaded. |
| Simon Birch | Comedy | 113 | PG | Born the size of a human hand, Simon Birch's parents were told that he wouldn't live through the week. Then the month. Then the year. Twelve years later, Simon is still alive, and still incredibly undersized. He constantly reminds his best friend Joe that God has a special plan for him. Meanwhile, Joe spends his time closed off from his mother's new suitors, preoccupied with the knowledge that he has never been told who his real father is. When fate intervenes in the form of a foul ball during a little league game, Joe understands that he will never learn the truth; unless Simon is right about there being a purpose for everything, that is. A hopeful, heartwarming tale that the whole family can enjoy. Based on John Irving's A Prayer For Owen Meany. |
| Six Days Seven Nights | Action | 101 | PG-13 | A gruff, rough-hewn cargo pilot living in the islands, Quinn Harris hates tourists...though he's not above making a fast buck from a sharp-tongued New Yorker, Robin Monroe, when she's desperate for a quick flight to Tahiti! But this already uneasy relationship suddenly takes a nosedive when his weather-beaten old plane is forced down in a storm! Now, stranded together on a deserted isle, Quinn and Robin quickly discover all the perils of paradise. |
| Sleepless In Seattle | Romance | 105 | PG | A recently-widowed man's son calls a radio talk show in an attempt to find his father a partner. |
| Snow Falling on Cedars | Drama | 128 | PG-13 | On a wintry Pacific Northwest island community in 1950, a quiet fisherman stands trial for murder. It looks like a straightforward case of cold-blooded homicide. But as the trial unfolds, the simple story of the man's death unravels into a deeply haunting mystery and an extraordinary tale about the persistence of hate and the power of love. |
| Someone Like You... | Comedy | 97 | PG-13 | Jane Goodale (Ashley Judd) has everything going for her. She's a producer of a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray (Greg Kinnear). When Ray unexpectedly dumps her, she begins an extensive study of male behavior to try to find out what makes men tick. Her "research" leads her to become an overnight sensation/guru for single women everywhere. When Jane begins to use her womanizing roomate and co-worker Eddie (Hugh Jackman) as fodder for her research, she finds both humor and answers where they were least expected. |
| Son-In-Law | Comedy | 95 | PG-13 | A fun and funky college student from the big city is invited by a beautiful straightlaced college co-ed to spend Thanksgiving vacation at her parents' midwest farm. Does he shock them with his offbeat habits or will he win them over? |
| South Pacific | Musical | 157 | NR | A Rodgers and Hammerstein classic revolving around a forbidden love affair between a native girl and a young American sailor on a Pacific island during World War II. Songs include "Some Enchanted Evening," "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy," and "Bali H'ai." |
| Christmas in South Park | Comedy | 124 | PG-13 | Celebrate Christmas with everybody's favorite foul-mouthed animated tykes down in South Park. Contains the Comedy Central episodes "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" and "Merry Christmas Charlie Manson" along with the British documentary "Goin' Down To South Park, Part 1." The DVD release contains an additional episode titled "Chinpoko Mon." Rated TV MA for mature audiences. |
| Space Cowboys | Adventure | 130 | PG-13 | In 1958, the members of Team Daedalus, a group of top Air Force test pilots, were ready to serve their country as the first Americans in space but were pushed aside. Now, as a Russian satellite fails and is about to crash into earth, Team Daedalus is back in action in a rescue mission. |
| Spider-Man | Action | 121 | PG-13 | The web-spinning superhero has a mission to save New York from his nemesis, the Green Goblin, and to win the heart of Mary Jane, the girl next door. |
| Star Trek: Nemesis | Sci-Fi | 116 | PG-13 | In the wake of a joyful wedding between Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Troi (Marina Sirtis), Picard receives another reason to celebrate: the Romulans want peace and the captain will be the Federation's emissary. But as the Enterprise heads toward the Romulan Empire, a brilliant villian awaits - harboring a diabolical plan of destruction and an unimaginable secret that will give Picard his most fearsome challenge. |
| Star Wars Trilogy | Action | 121 | PG | The original Star Wars movies including episodes: IV, A New Hope, V, The Empire Strikes Back and VI, Return of the Jedi. |
| Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Sci-Fi | 143 | PG-13 | The "Star Wars" saga continues with Episodes 2, "Attack of the Clones." Anakin Skywalker has grown into an accomplished Jedi apprentice, and he faces his most difficult challenge yet as he must choose between his Jedi duty and forbidden love. Relive the adventure the way it was meant to be seen in spectacular digital clarity, including the climactic clone war battle and Jedi Master Yoda in the ultimate lightsaber duel. Experience this 2-disc set that features over six hours of bonus materils, and see how Episode 2 unlocks the secrets of the entire "Star Wars" saga. |
| Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Science Fiction | 140 | PG-13 | After three years of fighting in the Clone Wars, Anakin Skywalker concludes his journey towards the Dark Side of the Force, putting his friendship with Obi Wan Kenobi and his marriage at risk. |
| Starsky & Hutch | Crime | 100 | PG-13 | Set in the 1970s in a metropolis called "Bay City," this is the tale of two police detective partners, Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson (Wilson), and Dave Starsky (Stiller), who always seem to get the toughest cases from their boss, Captain Dobey, rely on omniscient street informer Huggy Bear (Dogg) and race to the scene of the crimes in their souped-up 1974 Ford Torino hot rod, telling the story of their first big case, which involved a former college campus drug dealer (Vaughn) who went on to become a white collar criminal. |
| Stealth | Action | 121 | PG-13 | Deeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control ... before it initiates the next world war. |
| Steely Dan: Two Against Nature: Plush TV | Music | 102 | NR | In 1999, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen released Two Against Nature, their first studio album as Steely Dan in 20 years, and to celebrate its release, they taped a special live concert at New York's Sony Studios for video release. |
| The Sum of All Fears | Action | 124 | PG-13 | When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a young analyst to supply insight and advice on the situation. Then the unthinkable happens: a nuclear bomb explodes in a U.S. city, and America is quick to blame the Russians. What they don't realize is terrorists, bent on provoking open war between the two nations, are behind it all. |
| Sweet Home Alabama | Comedy | 108 | PG-13 | Melanie leaves her small, Alabama town for the glamour and fame of the New York fashion world. Successful in the business and in love, her boyfriend proposes. It should be a happy moment, but Melanie can't marry him until she gets a divorce from her husband, still in Alabama. As her first marriage is unbeknownst to her NYC friends, Melanie returns to her hometown to demand a divorce. There is something about getting back to your roots and Melanie realizes maybe her fast-track life isn't exactly what she wants after all. |
| Swimming Pool | Thriller | 103 | NR | Charlotte Rampling stars as a mystery writer, Sarah, who is offered the use of her publisher's vacation home. She accepts the offer, and the conservative, repressed Sarah clashes with the house's other inhabitant, Julie (Ludivine Sagnier), the uninhibited daughter of the publisher. Julie's promiscuous sex life intrigues Sarah and starts to lead to the thawing of the emotional deep-freeze between the two. The death of one of Julie's nightly assignations complicates their lives. |
| Tae Bo - The Ultimate Total Body Workout | Health & Fitness [nf] | 60 | NR | Billy Blanks teaches the basic concepts and moves behind Tae-Bo, which combines aerobics, kickboxing and martial arts techniques. Once you've learned the steps, you can move on to part two, in which Blanks leads the viewer through a 27-minute Tae-Bo workout. |
| Tea With Mussolini | Comedy Drama | 117 | PG | In this gently comic coming of age story, set in Florence over the course of the 1930s and 1940s, the illegitimate son of an Italian merchant is raised by a group of prim English ladies whose passion for Italian culture have made them permanent residents. With the rise of Mussolini and the outbreak of war, the ladies are interned as prisoners, and the boy risks his life to help them. It's a lushly photographed ensemble piece that instills in the viewer Zeffirelli's contagious passion for Italian art and affection for these brave ladies. |
| Ten Commandments, The | Drama | 220 | G | The Egyptian Prince, Moses, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people. |
| There's Something About Mary | Comedy | 118 | R | A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from highschool, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster. |
| Thirteen Days | Drama | 147 | PG-13 | The film is set during the two-week Cuban missile crisis in October of 1962, and it centers on how President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, and others handled the explosive situation. |
| The Thomas Crown Affair | Romance | 113 | R | A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective. |
| Tin Cup | Romance | 135 | R | A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend. |
| Tomorrow Never Dies | Spy Film | 119 | PG-13 | A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now 007 (Pierce Brosnan) must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline charged battle to end his reign of terror and prevent global pandemonium! |
| Toy Story | Children's/Family | 81 | G | Toy Story was the first feature-length film animated entirely by computer. The star of the proceedings is Woody, a pull-string cowboy toy belonging to a wide-eyed youngster named Andy. Whenever Andy's out of the room, Woody revels in his status as the boy's Number One toy. His supremacy is challenged by a high-tech, space-ranger action figure named Buzz Lightyear, who, unlike Woody and his pals, believes that he is real and not merely a plaything. The rivalry between Woody and Buzz hilariously intensifies during the first half of the film, but when the well-being of Andy's toys is threatened by a nasty next-door neighbor kid named Sid --- whose idea of fun is feeding stuffed dolls to his snarling dog and reconstructing his own toys into hideous mutants --- Woody and Buzz join forces to save the day. |
| Toy Story 2 | Children's/Family | 92 | G | Woody the Cowboy, Buzz Lightyear, and the rest of their friends from the toy box return in this computer-animated sequel to the 1995 hit Toy Story. This time around, Andy, the young boy who is the proud owner of most of our cast of characters, is off at summer camp, giving the toys a few weeks off to do as they please. Woody (voice of Tom Hanks) is unaware that in the years since his model went out of production, he's become a rare and valuable collector's item. An avid toy collector (voice of Wayne Knight) decides that he wants Woody for his collection and swipes him, so Buzz Lightyear (voice of Tim Allen), Hamm (voice of John Ratzenberger), Rex (voice of Wallace Shawn), Slinky Dog (voice of Jim Varney), and Mr. Potato Head (voice of Don Rickles) venture forth to rescue their kidnapped friend before Andy returns. Along with most of the original voice cast, composer Randy Newman returns with a new score and new songs. |
| The Best of Trading Spaces | Documentary | 112 | NR | The hit series from The Learning Channel, TRADING SPACES follows people who redecorate each other's apartments in an amusing take on reality shows. The DVD features never before seen footage, best moments from Seasons 2 and 3. |
| Traffic | Drama | 147 | R | A conservative judge is appointed by the President to spearhead America's escalating war against drugs, only to discover that his teenage daughter is an addict. |
| Transporter 2 | Action | 88 | PG-13 | Retired in Miami, ex-Special Forces operative, Frank Martin, makes a living driving for the wealthy Billings family. He's a huge favorite with their two small boys, but when the kids are kidnapped and injected with a potentially fatal virus, Frank defies the FBI and works relentlessly to get the boys to safety and discover the kidnapper's master plan. |
| The Transporter | Action | 94 | PG-13 | Frank Martin is the best at what he does: transporting dangerous or illegal goods with no questions asked. But his last shipment, a beautiful young woman kidnapped by international slave traders, brings deadly complications to his delivery plans. Now Frank must kick into overdrive in a nonstop action-packed fight to save his precious cargo - and his life. |
| Tristan + Isolde | Action | 125 | PG-13 | An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne (Franco) and the princess of the feuding Irish (Myles) spells doom for the young lovers. |
| True Lies | Action | 144 | R | Arnold Schwarzenegger is special agent Harry Tasker, a top spy in the ultra-secret Omega Sector - although to his wife Helen, he's just a boring computer salesman. When Harry's two lives enexpectedly collide, both he and Helen find themselves in the clutches of international terrorists, fighting to save not only their marriage, but their lives. Jammed with incredible special effects, True Lies is an exhilarating mix of non-stop action and romantic comedy. Directed by James Cameron (Titanic). |
| Turbulence | Action | 101 | R | Ryan Weaver romances beautiful women before he kills them. Ryan is arrested, convicted, and is part of a Christmas Eve transfer of prisoners on a transcontinental 747 commercial flight. Other airlines at JFK may have holiday passengers waiting on stand-by, but this jumbo jet takes off with a lot of empty seats. Ryan and another prisoner overpower and kill their guards. The few civilian passengers are herded into a "pantry" on the plane and are not seen again until the end of the movie. Ryan eliminates the other prisoners and all the crew members except Teri Halloran. The remainder of the movie follows a "cat-and-mouse" game between Ryan and Teri on the 747. |
| The Tuxedo | Action | 99 | PG-13 | Cabbie-turned-chauffeur Jimmy Tong (Jackie Chan) learns there is really only one rule when you work for playboy millionaire Clark Devlin (Jason Isaacs): never touch Devlin’s prized tuxedo. |
| Twisted | Thriller | 96 | R | Jessica, whose father was a serial killer, is a female police officer. While investigating a murder, she finds herself in the center of her own investigation, when her former lovers start dying around her at a furious pace. |
| Twister | Action | 113 | PG-13 | In this adventure swirling with cliffhanging excitement and awesome special effects, Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton play scientists pursuing the most destructive weather front to sweep through mid-America's Tornado Alley in 50 years. By launching electronic sensors into the funnel, the storm chasers hope to obtain enough data to create an improved warning system. But to do so, they must intercept the twister's deadly path. The chase is on! |
| Two for the Money | Drama | 122 | R | After suffering a career-ending injury, a former college football star aligns himself with one of the most renown bookies in the sports-gambling business. |
| Two Weeks Notice | Comedy | 101 | PG-13 | Opposites don't just attract-- they hilariously banter, feud, fuss, and collide when Sandra Bullock plays an activist lawyer, and Hugh Grant is the eccentric tycoon who hires her in this romanitc-comedy romp from the screenwriter of "Miss Congeniality." |
| U.S. Marshals | Action | 131 | PG-13 | Jones reprises his Oscar-nominated role as no-bull lawman Sam Gerard in "The Fugitive"; this time, his lamster is a former Secret Service agent accused--perhaps wrongfully--of the cold-blooded murder of two of his unit members. As the chase unfolds, Gerard becomes more and more fascinated by his highly trained and intelligent quarry--and more convinced of his innocence. |
| Under Siege | Action | 103 | R | When the USS Missouri welcomes aboard entertainers for the battleship's last voyage, the visitors throw a party. A war party. Led by a rogue CIA operative and a turncoat officer, they're killer-elite commandos out to hijack the ship's nuclear arsenal. They overpower the crew. Except one man. Casey Ryback is an ex-Navy SEAL and decorated combat operative. All hands on deck, action fans! |
| Under the Tuscan Sun | Comedy Drama | 113 | PG-13 | An American lawyer (Lane) quits her stressful job and travels to Tuscany, Italy looking for a new life, deciding to buy a derelict villa near the village of Cortona. While rebuilding her new home and learning how to live in another country, she finds a new start on life... and love (Bova). |
| The Upside Of Anger | Drama | 117 | R | When her husband unexpectedly disappears, a sharp-witted suburban wife and her daughters juggle their mom's romantic dilemmas and family dynamics. |
| Uptown Girls | Comedy | 93 | PG-13 | Molly Gunn is the freewheeling daughter of a late rock legend and the toast of the Manhattan social scene, but when her inheritance is stolen, Molly is forced to do something she's never done before - get a job. She becomes nanny to precocious Ray Schleine, an "eight-year-old going on forty." Emotionally distant from her A&R executive mother Roma, Ray has grown up with a revolving door of nannies and too little stability. Molly and Ray both feel painfully alone in the world, but as they try to make their new arrangement work, each discovers in the other a true friend. |
| Vanity Fair | Drama | 140 | PG-13 | The new film version of the classic novel by William Makepeace Thackeray centers on Rebecca (Becky) Sharp. Born into the lower class, Becky can rely only on her wit, guile, and sexuality as she makes her way up through London society circa 1820. |
| Vegas Vacation | Comedy | 95 | PG-13 | This is the fourth in a series of movies that began with National Lampoon's Vacation in 1983 and feature the family headed by Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) going on wacky vacations. This time, the Griswolds visit Las Vegas. Clark immediately goes to the blackjack table and starts blowing all his money, continually encouraged to spend more and more by a taunting dealer, Marty (Wallace Shawn). Ellen Griswold (Beverly D'Angelo) becomes smitten with the lounge singer Wayne Newton (playing himself), who invites her to sing onstage with him. Their son Rusty (Ethan Embry) is incredibly lucky playing dice, and he is virtually adopted by a family of gangsters who see him as their meal ticket. Daughter Audrey (Marisol Nichols) gets hooked up with her wild cousin Vickie (Shae D'Lyn), who takes her to sleazy dance clubs. White-trash cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid), who lives on a former A-bomb test site in the nearby desert, also gets involved with the capers. |
| Vertical Limit | Action | 124 | PG-13 | A high-adrenaline tale of young climber Peter Garrett (Chris O'Donnell), who must launch a treacherous and extraordinary rescue effort up K2, the world's second highest peak. Confronting both his own limitations and the awesome power of nature's uncontrollable elements, Peter risks his life to save his sister, Annie (Robin Tunney), and her summit team (Bill Paxton and Nicholas Lea) in a race against time. The team is trapped in an icy grave at 26,000 feet - a death zone above the vertical limit of endurance where the human body cannot survive for long. Every second counts as Peter enlists the help of a crew of fellow climbers, including eccentric, reclusive mountain man Montgomery Wick (Scott Glenn), to ascend the chilling might of the world's most feared peak to save her. |
| View from the Top | Comedy | 87 | PG-13 | Brazilian filmmaker Bruno Barreto directs this comic look at the world of flight attendants starring Gwyneth Paltrow as Donna, a small town Nevada woman who dreams of seeing the world by becoming a first class international stewardess. Lacking the requisite poise and class, Donna finds a mentor in retired trade veteran Sally (Candice Bergen), a wealthy, best-selling author who assists with advice and her considerable influence. Despite Sally's help, Donna finds the process of fulfilling her career ambitions more difficult than she imagined when she’s betrayed by a trusted friend (Christina Applegate) during flight training, a daunting course taught by the bitter John Whitney (Mike Myers), a once-aspiring steward whose eye condition kept him forever out of the friendly skies. Donna also faces a romantic crisis when she falls for a handsome law student (Mark Ruffalo) whose education consigns him to Ohio, far away from the major urban hubs Donna dreams of working. A View from the Top (2002) costars Rob Lowe, Josh Malina, Kelly Preston and Jon Polito. |
| Walk The Line | Drama | 135 | PG-13 | A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. |
| Warner Music Group Does DVD Volume 2 | Music | 54 | PG | Miscellaneous music videos from Warner Studios. Includes Alanis Morissette, Eric Clapton, Madonna and Hootie & the Blowfish among others. |
| The Waterboy | Comedy | 90 | PG-13 | As with his previous films, comedian Adam Sandler and writing partner Tim Herlihy have conceived a simple premise, character, and title, and peppered their creation with visual sight gags. The story concerns Bobby Boucher, a Louisiana-born-and-bred kid living in the swamps with his overbearing, alligator-eating mom (Kathy Bates). Bobby is a water boy for the local college football team, and a damn good one, even good at turning a deaf ear at the ridicule he gets from the players and coach (Jerry Reed). But when Bobby is fired from his job, he is forced to continue his water management skills at the rival college, a losing team with a washed-up coach (Happy Days' "The Fonz," Henry Winkler). It's here that the coach teaches Bobby to channel his anger, and he makes a surprising discovery. The water boy can tackle like no one he's ever seen. Forced to keep his football talents from his mom, Bobby soon joins the college as a student and learns that there's more to life than alligator stew. He even falls for a perky ex-con (Fairuza Balk) who teaches Bobby about the birds and the bees. As Bobby leads his team toward victory, they get an invitation to play in the annual Bourbon bowl against his old college rivals. Bobby must choose between the love of his ailing mother and the glory of the final game --- or maybe there's a way he can get both. |
| The Wedding Crashers | Comedy | 128 | R | John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, a pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic tinge in the air, find themselves at odds with one another when John meets and falls for Claire Cleary. |
| The Wedding Planner | Romance | 104 | PG-13 | This lighthearted romantic comedy in the tradition of Runaway Bride (1999) casts Jennifer Lopez in the Julia Roberts mold. Lopez stars as Mary Fiore, an ambitious and successful San Francisco wedding planner who works only for the most wealthy and exclusive clients but who is also a perpetual single. Pressured by her father Sal (Alex Rocco) to settle down, Mary is saved from a collision with an out of control dumpster by Steve Edison (Matthew McConaughey), a successful pediatrician. After sharing a romantic evening and a dance together, Mary learns that Eddie is engaged and that she's being hired by his controlling fiancée Fran (Bridgette Wilson-Sampras), an Internet tycoon, to plan their lavish wedding. The directorial debut of former choreographer Adam Shankman, The Wedding Planner costars Kevin Pollak, Judy Greer, and Kathy Najimy. |
| The Wedding Singer | Comedy | 97 | PG-13 | This is a romantic comedy set in that era of questionable fashion decisions, the '80s. In 1985, Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler) makes a living playing wedding receptions, where his easy charm and ability to schmooze brings him a steady income. Robbie meets Julia Sullivan (Drew Barrymore) when she's working as a waitress at one of his wedding gigs; he immediately takes a shine to her. |
| What Women Want | Comedy | 127 | PG-13 | A Chicago advertising exec, Nick Marshall (Mel Gibson) gets a whole new outlook on life when a fluke accident gives him the ability to read women’s minds. At first, this gift provides Nick with way too much information, but he begins to realize that he can use it to good effect, especially when it comes to outwitting his new boss, Darcy McGuire (Helen Hunt). In spite of his best efforts to finesse Darcy, he soon finds himself falling in love and ultimately understanding what women want. |
| While You Were Sleeping | Romantic Comedy | 103 | PG | Ticket collecting romantic pretends to be engaged to an unconscious man but can't fool his brother. |
| White Christmas | Comedy | 120 | G | White Christmas isia treasury of Irving Berlin classics, among them "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep," "Sisters," "Blue Skies," anditheibeloved holiday song, "White Christmas." Two talented song-and-dance men (Bing Crosby andiDanny Kaye) team up after theiwarito become one of theihottest actsiin show business. One winter, they join forces withia sister act (Rosemary Clooney andiVera-Ellen) anditrekito Vermont foria white Christmas. Of course, there's theirequisite fun with theiladies, but theireal adventure starts when Crosby & Kaye discover that theiinn isirun byitheir old army general who's nowiin financial trouble. And theiresult isitheistuff dreams are made of. |
| Whole Nine Yards, The | Comedy | 99 | R | Jonathan Lynn (My Cousin Vinny) directs and a top cast packs heat in this manic comedy about life, love and plenty of ammo. Bruce Willis is Jimmy, whose arrival sparks a chain reaction in which just about everybody wants to clip somebody else. Matthew Perry plays a hapless dentist who finds a way to get on the Tulip's good and bad sides. And Rosanna Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan, Natasha Henstridge, Amanda Peet and Kevin Pollak add to the wacky and whacked fun of "a laugh riot" (Larry King, USA Today). |
| The Whole Ten Yards | Crime | 99 | PG-13 | Bruce Willis turns on the charm in The Whole Ten Yards, the sequel to the popular The Whole Nine Yards. Willis returns as Jimmy "the Tulip," a former professional hitman, now living in Mexico with his bride Jill (Amanda Peet), while his former neighbor Oz (Matthew Perry) lives happily with Jimmy's ex-wife Cynthia (Natasha Henstridge). When mobster Lazlo Gogolak (Kevin Pollak) kidnaps Cynthia to get revenge on Jimmy, Oz has to seek out Jimmy for help--only to eventually discover that there's some secret plan at work. |
| Who's Your Daddy? | Comedy | 111 | NR | An adopted Ohio high school senior discovers he is the inherited heir to a porn empire. Dropped into a bitter power struggle, his new flock of beautiful co-workers come to his aid. |
| Wild Wild West | Comedy | 105 | PG-13 | Will Smith and Kevin Kline join forces as James T. West and Artemus Gordon, the most sophisticated government agents of the 1860's, in the film adaptation of The Wild Wild West. West and Gordon represent two opposite ends of the personality scale: West is a smooth-talking charmer and man of action who prefers to shoot first and ask questions much, much later; while Gordon is intensely methodical and cerebral, with a genius for gadgets and mechanical innovations. They're brought together by no less an authority than the President of the United States to track down an evil genius named Dr. Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh). Loveless was once an honored military leader and inventor until one of his schemes went awry and left him paralyzed from the waist down. Driven mad by the experience, Loveless is determined to get revenge on the United States by assassinating the President, using a 60-foot tall mechanical spider. As the initially suspicious West and Gordon learn to work together, they also find themselves helped by an attractive woman, Rita Escobar (Salma Hayek), who has her own bone to pick with Loveless. |
| Windtalkers | War | 134 | R | Directed by John Woo, this World War II drama stars Nicholas Cage as a battle-fatigued marine assigned to protect a young Navajo "code-talker" who uses his native language as unbreakable radio code. |
| With Honors | Comedy Drama | 101 | PG-13 | When a Harvard senior's thesis falls into the hands of an irascible homeless man, the Ivy League lad and his unenlightened roommates become students of the real world. |
| World Is Not Enough, The | Spy Film | 128 | PG-13 | When the suave Agent 007 (Pierce Brosnan) is assigned to protect a beautiful oil heiress (Sophie Marceau), he is catapulted into a passionate, adrenaline-charged adventure that pits him against one of his most deadly adversaries: Renard (Robert Carlyle), a ruthless anarchist whose total imperviousness to pain makes him a virtually unstoppable enemy. The unrelenting suspense, breathtaking action and sly wit never let up in this explosively entertaining thriller. |
| X2: X-Men United | Science Fiction | 134 | PG-13 | When a failed assassination attempt occurs on the President's (Cotter Smith) life by the teleporting mutant Nightcrawler (Alan Cumming), it's Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and his School for Gifted Youngsters who are targeted for the crime. The X-Men have opponents new and old to face this time around. Magneto is back, but there is also a threat to Professor Xavier's school for mutants led by a human named Stryker, not to mention a vicious woman named Yuriko who has it in for Wolverine. |
| XXX | Adventure | 124 | PG-13 | Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) is a notorious underground thrill-seeker who, until now, has been deemed untouchable by the law. But when he goes way over the line with his latest stunt, he's faced with two options - infiltrate a ruthless Russian crime ring for the U.S. Government, or go to jail. Teaming up with NSA Agent Gibbons, Cage turns spy (code name:XXX). Now this new breed of secret agent is out to take down the enemies of justice with his own no-holds-barred style in this high-octane, turbo-charged thrill-ride from the acclaimed director of The Fast and the Furious. |
| You've Got Mail | Comedy | 120 | PG | Based on the classic film The Shop Around the Corner, this tale of pen-pal romance has been updated for the internet age. Hanks plays a book mega-store owner who falls in love over e-mail with the owner of a struggling children's bookstore, played by Ryan. |