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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS Special Extended Edition THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS Special Extended Edition
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS November 18, 2003
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Andy Serkis, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Sir Ian McKellen, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Brad Dourif, Miranda Otto and Liv Tyler
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for epic battle sequences and scary images
Running Time: 223 minutes
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What can fans expect from this nearly four-hour version of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers? Apart from several extended sequences, the Extended Edition is jam-packed with stunning detail and psychologically-nuanced character moments: there’s more of Frodo (Elijah Wood), Sam (Sean Astin), and the mysterious Gollum (Andy Serkis) journeying toward the black gates of Mordor; more of Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin’s (Billy Boyd) perilous travels on the backs of their rampaging Uruk-hai captors; more backstory establishing King Théoden’s (Bernard Hill) loosening grip over the equestrian-based Kingdom of Rohan; scenes of treacherous Rohan advisor Grima Wormtongue (Brad Dourif) and Saruman The White (Christopher Lee) discussing Aragorn’s (Viggo Mortensen) possible royal lineage; Éowyn (Miranda Otto) singing a funeral dirge at Théodred’s funeral; interplay establishing Éowyn’s unrequited love for Aragorn (and the revelation that the virile warrior is 87 years old!); a scene of Aragorn taming the wild horse that will eventually rescue him; scenes of Treebeard (voiced by Gimli actor John Rhys-Davies), the tree-shepherd Ent, explaining the mysteries of Fangorn Forest to Merry and Pippin, and much more.
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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS Collector's DVD Gift Set THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS Collector's DVD Gift Set
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS November 18, 2003
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Andy Serkis, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Sir Ian McKellen, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Brad Dourif, Miranda Otto and Liv Tyler
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for epic battle sequences and scary images
Running Time: 223 minutes
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Collector’s DVD Gift Set will not only include the Special Extended DVD Edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, but will also feature a specially created Gollum as “Sméagol” sculpture and an exclusive bonus DVD and Companion Book. The DVD includes an over 20-minute look at the creation of the Sméagol sculpture, as well as other The Lord of the Rings collectibles, from the art design to the final sculpt from the artists at Weta Workshop, the same designers responsible for the stunning visual effects seen in The Lord of the Rings films. The companion book consists of the “Art of Gollum” from The Two Towers, which features original sketches and examines the process of creating the character of Gollum.
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DUMB AND DUMBERER: WHEN HARRY MET LLOYD DUMB AND DUMBERER: WHEN HARRY MET LLOYD
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS November 11, 2003
Director: Troy Miller
Starring: Eric Christian Olsen, Derek Richardson, Rachel Nichols, Cheri Oteri, Eugene Levy, Luis Guzman, Mimi Rogers, Shia LaBeouf and Bob Saget
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor, and for language
Running Time: 96 minutes
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In this prequel to New Line Cinema’s 1994 blockbuster hit Dumb & Dumber, Lloyd Christmas (Eric Christian Olsen) and Harry Dunne (Derek Richardson) are united for the first time and become friends for life. It’s the first day of high school and Harry, having been home-schooled by his mother (Mimi Rogers), needs someone to show him the ropes. Lloyd, who conveniently lives in the school’s basement with his adoptive dad, school custodian Ray (Luis Guzman), turns out to be just the guy.
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DELTA OF VENUS DELTA OF VENUS
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS November 4, 2003
Director: Zalman King
Starring: Audie England and Costas Mandylor
MPAA Rating: R and NC-17 rated versions
Running Time: 99 minutes (R rated) / 102 minutes (NC-17)

While struggling to get her stories published in Paris, Elena (Audie England), a young American writer, meets Lawrence (Costas Mandylor), a successful expatriate novelist. The two begin a passionate romance that ends abruptly when he must return to the United States.
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WIDE SARGASSO SEA WIDE SARGASSO SEA
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS November 4, 2003
Director: John Duigan
Starring: Karina Lombard, Nathaniel Parker, Rachel Ward and Michael York
MPAA Rating: R and NC-17 rated versions
Running Time: 98 minutes (R-rated), 99 minutes (NC-17)

Sugar heiress Antoinette Cosway (Karina Lombard) is an aristocratic, convent-schooled Creole who falls hard for repressed Englishman Edward Rochester (Nathaniel Parker). Her parents, Annette Cosway (Rachel Ward) and Paul Mason (Michael York) approve of their union, and of Edward’s pure Anglo bloodline, not realizing that he is, in fact, marrying their daughter for her dowry. Once they begin their life together, Edward becomes captivated by Antoinette’s untamed sensuality, and a mutual passion overtakes them.
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WILLARD WILLARD
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS October 7, 2003
Director: Glen Morgan
Starring: Crispin Glover, Laura Elena Harring and R. Lee Ermey
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for terror/violence, some sexual content and language
Running Time: 100 minutes
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With a boss from hell, a dead end job, an overbearing, ill mother and no friends, life has become one big trap for Willard Stiles (Glover). Things start looking up when he is sent to dispose of rats that were found in his home and instead discovers that he begins to share a powerful bond with them. Cathryn, a co-worker (Harring), lends an understanding hand, but even she takes a back seat to Socrates, Ben and the rest of the legion of rats that begin to infest the basement of the Stiles home. When Willard’s world is turned upside-down by tragedy, those responsible must answer to his rapidly growing pack of ravenous, fearsome friends.
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UNCONDITIONAL LOVE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS October 7, 2003
Director: P.J. Hogan
Starring: Kathy Bates, Rupert Everett, Dan Aykroyd, Lynn Redgrave, Jonathan Pryce, Stephanie Beacham and introducing Meredith Eaton. Special surprise appearances by Julie Andrews and Barry Manilow
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual content, brief strong language and some violence
Running Time: 122 minutes

This comedy is the story of a Chicago housewife (Bates) who heads to the U.K. for the funeral of her pop star idol after being dumped by her husband. There she meets the murdered singer’s lover (Everett) and persuades him to return with her to the U.S. to hunt down the killer.
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BLINK BLINK
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS October 7, 2003
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, James Remar, Laurie Metcalf, Peter Friedman and Bruce A. Young
MPAA Rating: R for sexuality, language and violence
Running Time: 106 minutes

Emma Brody (Madeleine Stowe) has been blind since she was eight years old. Now, after almost twenty years in the dark her sight has been restored but not without a few unusual side effects: blurry vision and murderous hallucinations. When a vicious killer murders her neighbor, Emma is the only one who sees him…or does she? Detective John Hallstrom (Aidan Quinn) is the only one who believes her. Caught in a deadly game with a shadowy killer, Emma must struggle to find the truth before the killer finds her.
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EXCESSIVE FORCE EXCESSIVE FORCE
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS October 7, 2003
Director: John Hess
Starring: Thomas Ian Griffith, Lance Henriksen, James Earl Jones, Tony Todd and Burt Young
MPAA Rating: R Thomas Ian Griffith, Lance Henriksen, James Earl Jones, Tony Todd and Burt Young
Running Time: 87 minutes

In this hard-hitting action thriller, a sadistic mob boss targets a renegade cop who he believes stole $3 million during a drug bust. Eventually framed for murder and hunted by his own friends, the cop must strike back…..with force! When $3 million disappears in a police raid, the local mob goes after a group of Chicago cops and the body count starts to rise. But after they target Terry McCain's (Thomas Ian Griffith) partners, the furious detective goes after the mob boss responsible -- using every drop of his martial arts skills.
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HEAVEN'S PRISONERS HEAVEN'S PRISONERS
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS October 7, 2003
Director: Phil Joanou
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Eric Roberts, Mary Stuart Masterson, Teri Hatcher and Vondie Curtis-Hall
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and language, and for some nudity
Running Time: 133 minutes

Alec Baldwin stars as ex-detective Dave Robicheaux who sees a drug-smuggling plane go down in the Gulf of Mexico and rescues a little girl from the wreckage. He and his wife (Kelly Lynch) take the orphaned Salvadoran girl into their home and prepare to raise her, however, a visit from a DEA agent brings out Dave’s detective instincts. He begins to suspect that the crash was no accident. The DEA, the local mob, and Dave’s old criminal pal Bubba Rocque (Eric Roberts) all converge on the small Louisiana town with dire warnings of bloodshed or worse. Dave’s world begins to collapse when his investigation results in the murder of his wife. Enraged and undaunted, Dave becomes determined to bring everyone involved in the crime to justice.
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LAWNMOWER MAN 2: JOBE'S WAR LAWNMOWER MAN 2: JOBE'S WAR
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS October 7, 2003
Director: Farhad Mann
Starring: Patrick Bergin, Matt Frewer, Austin O'Brien and Kevin Conway
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sci-fi action/violence and brief language
Running Time: 92 minutes
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Enter the deadly world of virtual reality, where information is the key to world domination. At the end of the original film, Jobe, the computer-enhanced genius, was presumed dead, but he is brought back to life by Jonathan Walker (Kevin Conway), a nefarious businessman with world domination on his mind. Walker wants Jobe to create a special computer chip that would connect all the computers in the world into one network, which he would control and use for evil purposes. Walker now keeps Jobe hostage in futuristic hell, but when Jobe discovers the computer chip will give him the key to the ultimate revenge, he begins to develop his own vile scheme to take over the world.
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LEATHERFACE: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE III LEATHERFACE: THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE III
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS September 30, 2003
Director: Jeff Burr
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Tom Everett, Kate Hodge, William Butler and Ken Foree
MPAA Rating: R and Unrated versions
Running Time: 84 minutes (unrated)/81 minutes (rated)
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Starring Viggo Mortensen in one of his first feature film roles, the terrifying film continues the story of Leatherface and his cannibalistic family. A couple traveling across Texas are sidetracked at a gas station by a psychotic attendant with a shotgun. Heading down a remote road seeking help, they are captured and terrorized by Leatherface and his equally eerie family. Their only hope for escape is a renegade survivalist who is determined to get them all out of Texas alive.
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RUN RONNIE RUN! RUN RONNIE RUN!
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS September 16, 2003
Director: Troy Miller
Starring: David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Nikki Cox, EJ De La Pena, R. Lee Ermey, M.C. Gainey, Thomas J. Kenny, David M. Koechner and Jill Talley

Celebrity Cameos: Dave Foley, Andy Richter, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, John Stamos, Kathy Griffin, Scott Thompson, Mandy Patinkin, Matt Stone, Trey Parker, Laura Kightlinger, Patrick Warburton and Garry Shandling

MPAA Rating: R for strong language, sexual content and crude humor.
Running Time: 87 minutes
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Run Ronnie Run! tells the story of an unemployed, mullet-haired slacker (Cross) who spends his days drinking beer with his buddies and terrorizing the local residents in his small town of Doraville. His one talent – he can’t seem to keep himself from getting arrested. In fact, he’s been arrested so many times and under such colorful circumstances that he has become a scene-stealing regular on “Fuzz,” a national reality-based police television show.
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A MAN APART A MAN APART
Available to buy on DVD September 2, 2003
Director: F. Gary Gray
Starring: Vin Diesel, Larenz Tate, Timothy Olyphant, Jacqueline Obradors, Geno Silva, Juan Fernandez and Steve Eastin
MPAA Rating: R for strong graphic violence, language, drug content and sexuality
Running Time: 105 minutes
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Sean Vetter (Diesel) and Demetrius Hicks (Tate) grew up on the mean streets of Los Angeles but now work together as DEA agents, fighting a seven-year war to stem the virulent drug pipeline along the US/ Mexico border. Their perseverance pays off when they take down notorious Baja Cartel kingpin Memo Lucero (Geno Silva). With Lucero in a maximum-security prison, Vetter is finally able to go home to his wife, Stacey (Jacqueline Obradors). But in the wake of Lucero’s arrest, mysterious figure, known only as Diablo, emerges to claim the Baja Cartel. And when Vetter and Hicks set their sights on stopping this dangerous new player, Diablo makes the fight personal, taking the life of Vetter’s wife Stacey. With nothing to lose, Vetter will do anything to bring Diablo down, including an unlikely alliance with the jailed Lucero.
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ONCE WERE WARRIORS ONCE WERE WARRIORS
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS September 2, 2003
Director: Lee Tamahori
Starring: Rena Owen and Temuera Morrison
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive language and strong depiction of domestic abuse, including sexual violence and substance abuse
Running Time: 103 minutes

The Hekes, a contemporary Maori family living in urban New Zealand, live with domestic abuse and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts. Beth Heke (Rena Owen), a housewife, is physically and emotionally abused by her alcoholic husband Jake (Temuera Morrison). However, Beth is a survivor and it takes more than a few knocks to conquer her spirit. Drawing on her own Maori roots, Beth fights the violent forces inside and outside her home to turn adversity into triumph and create new hope for herself and her family.
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THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JO THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JO
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS September 2, 2003
Director: Maggie Greenwald
Starring: Suzy Amis, Ian McKellen, Heather Graham, Sam Robards and Bo Hopkins
MPAA Rating: R for sexuality and some violence
Running Time: 121 minutes

Josephine Monaghan is a young woman of the mid-19th century who is thrown out of her parents' home after being seduced by the family's portrait photographer and giving birth to an illegitimate child. Josephine quickly learns that young, female, pretty, and alone are a bad combination for life in the Wild West. In her desperation to survive, Josephine disguises herself as "Jo", a young man, and struggles to make a life for herself in a dingy frontier-mining town. When she takes in a Chinese man as her worker, the traditional roles of what defines a man and a woman are reversed, as she struggles to live her life on her own terms.
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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS August 26, 2003
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Andy Serkis, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Sir Ian McKellen, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Brad Dourif, Miranda Otto, Liv Tyler
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for epic battle sequences and scary images.
Running Time: 179 minutes
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In their parallel journeys, the Fellowship will stand against the powerful forces spreading from the Two Towers -- Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where Saruman has bred a lethal army of 10,000 strong; and Sauron’s fortress at Barad-dûr, deep within the dark lands of Mordor. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers culminates in the astonishing battle for the refuge Helm’s Deep: the Kingdom of Rohan’s ancient large stone fortress, besieged by Uruk-hai warriors.
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MAN'S BEST FRIEND MAN'S BEST FRIEND
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS August 5, 2003
Director: John Lafia
Starring: Alley Sheedy, Lance Henriksen
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 87 minutes

When an ambitious news journalist (Sheedy) breaks into a genetic research facility, she uncovers the biggest story of her career and unleashes the lab’s most dangerous experiment: Max – a genetically enhanced guard dog with a vicious killer instinct. Superior sight, hearing, strength, and intelligence make him faster, stronger, and smarter then any other animal alive. Without the neuropathic drugs needed to curb his aggressive nature, his predatory urge runs out of control… and once he tastes blood, nothing can stop him.
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CRITTERS 1-4 CRITTERS 1-4
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS August 5, 2003
Director: Critters -Stephen Herek
Critters 2 - Mick Garris
Critters 3 - Kristine Peterson
Critters 4 - Rupert Harvey

Starring: Various
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running Time: Various

Critters
In Critters, massive furry balls from another world with sharp teeth, an insatiable appetite and a bad attitude land in the small mid-western town of Grovers Bend, Kansas, where they bite, tear and attack everything in their path. Terrified for their lives, the local families fight against the attacking bloodthirsty monsters. It’s a losing battle until two intergalactic bounty hunters arrive, determined to blow the creatures off the planet. Critters stars Dee Wallace-Stone, Billy Zane, Scott Grimes, M. Emmet Walsh and is written and directed by Stephen Herek, in his feature directing debut.

Critters 2: The Main Course
The Main Course brings those ornery Critters back for seconds. Two years have passed and Critter eggs have been hatching lethal litters. The bloodthirsty hairballs are eager to partake on their favorite pastime – eating. In no time, local residents are disappearing by the mouthful. The bounty hunters from space fly back to take care of the problem. But will they arrive before the town of Grovers Bend is erased from the map?

Critters 3
In the third film in the franchise, the fanged, furious furballs viciously invade a Los Angeles apartment building and sink their teeth into the low-rent tenants. Josh (Leonardo DiCaprio) leads the battle to beat back the conniving critters and save the planet. The human race depends on him to destroy these terrifying alien hedgehogs once and for all.

Critters 4
In Critters 4 a super strain of genetically engineered mutants are designed to take over the universe. Joined by Fran (Academy Award® nominee Angela Bassett) and Al Bert (Brad Dourif), they battle for survival against the Critters, a nuclear meltdown and the fate of the universe.
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FINAL DESTINATION 2 FINAL DESTINATION 2
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS July 22, 2003
Director: David Ellis
Starring: A.J. Cook, Ali Larter, Tony Todd, Michael Landes, James Kirk, David Paetkau, Keegan Connor Tracy, Jonathan Cherry, Lynda Boyd, Sarah Carter and T.C. Carson
MPAA Rating: R for strong violent/gruesome accidents, language, drug content and some nudity
Running Time: 91 minutes
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Driving with a group of friends on a road trip to Florida, Kimberly (A.J. Cook) has a sudden premonition that saves them all from a catastrophic freeway pileup…or so it seems. Ali Larter returns from Final Destination as Clear Rivers, whom Kimberly goes to see once death starts coming after her friends. The film is a roller coaster ride of fear and fate as Kimberly races to save her friends and herself from the implacable jaws of death.
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FATHER AND SCOUT, THEODORE REX FATHER AND SCOUT, THEODORE REX
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS July 8, 2003
Director: Father and Scout: Richard Michaels
Theodore Rex: Jonathan Betuel

Starring: Father and Scout: Bob Saget, Brian Bonsall
Theodore Rex: Whoopi Goldberg

MPAA Rating: Father and Scout: PG for mild fisticuffs
Theodore Rex: PG for sci-fi violence and language

Running Time: Father and Scout: 92 minutes
Theodore Rex: 92 minutes

Father and Scout
Spenser Paley (Bob Saget) wants to show his son what a great dad he can be, and the school camping trip is the perfect opportunity. A real city slicker, Spenser is nervous about the great outdoors where his jokes come in handier than a Swiss army knife. But when the trip takes a treacherous twist, Michael (Brian Bonsall) discovers that his father is not only a cut-up, he’s also a cut above – and suddenly being a man takes on a whole new meaning.

Theodore Rex
Academy-Award® winner Whoopi Goldberg proves she’s the perfect comic partner in this hilarious futuristic family comedy about a cop and a dinosaur on a mission to save the world. Whoopi stars as Officer Katie Coltrane, a smooth-talking, take-care-of-business cop on the rise. When they team her up on a high-profile case with a Tyrannosaurus Rex named Teddy, she blows her cool. The bumbling, three-toed dinosaur can’t even find his own tail much less a clue, and although he’s cute in a lizardly sort of way, Katie thinks he’s only good for fossil fuel. Cloned, conned and about to get canned, Katie and Teddy have accidentally come across the biggest crime caper in history!
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THE REAL CANCUN THE REAL CANCUN
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS July 1, 2003
Director: Rick De Oliveira
Starring: 16 Spring Breakers: Alan, Amber, Ben, Brittany, Casey, David, Heidi, Jeremy, Jorell, Laura, Matt, Nicole, Paul, Roxanne, Sarah, Sky
MPAA Rating: R for strong sexuality/nudity, language and partying
Running Time: 97 minutes
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Produced by the creators of MTV’s “The Real World” and “Road Rules,” The Real Cancun brought together 16 people for one week in a beachfront Mexican villa for the ultimate Spring Break vacation. Even without a script, a story unfolds that includes sparked romances, tested friendships and broken hearts amidst a backdrop of non-stop partying. Directed by Rick De Oliveira, the 16 “real” stars of the film include Alan, a non-drinker and virgin just ripe to be corrupted; Jeremy, a lady-killer always on the prowl; Roxanne and Nicole, fun-loving twins with a knack for stripping; Casey, an aspiring male model with an “anything goes” attitude…and these are just a few of the very real, very rowdy party animals in Cancun.
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INVINCIBLE INVINCIBLE
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS June 3, 2003
Director: Werner Herzog
Starring: Tim Roth, Jouko Ahola and Anna Gourari
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual content and thematic elements
Running Time: 135 minutes
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Invincible chronicles Zishe Breitbart's (Ahola) journey from a young Jewish blacksmith of great strength, to becoming the renowned "strongest man in the world" in a Berlin nightclub just before the Nazis come to power. Zishe gets his start after he beats the strongman in the circus and an agent offers to find him work in Berlin as a strongman. Initially resistant, Zishe ventures to Berlin on the belief that God has something special in mind for him. In Berlin, Zishe gets a position immediately in a nightclub run by a con man -- clairvoyant Erik Jan Hanussen (Roth) -- playing the historic German hero Siegfried in the club's variety show. At first, Zishe is too overwhelmed and intimidated to see what is happening to the Jews, but after Zishe's mother and brother Benjamin come for a visit, Zishe reveals himself as a Polish Jew to a room full of Nazis and the precarious balance is tipped.
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ABOUT SCHMIDT ABOUT SCHMIDT
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS June 3, 2003
Director: Alexander Payne
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Dermot Mulroney and Hope Davis
MPAA Rating: R for some language and brief nudity
Running Time: 124 minutes
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Shortly after he retires from a lifetime of service as an insurance company actuary, Warren Schmidt’s (Nicholson) wife dies suddenly, leaving him feeling desperately alone. Trying to put his life back together, he embarks on a road trip to Denver, where his only daughter (Davis) is preparing to marry an underachieving waterbed salesman named Randall (Mulroney). Warren disapproves of his daughter’s groom-to-be and decides he must save his daughter from making the biggest mistake of her life. Throughout his journey, Warren shares his experiences in the letters he writes to Ndugu Umbo -- a six-year old Tanzanian orphan whom he sponsors -- and Warren begins to catch a glimpse of who he really is.
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BITTER MOON BITTER MOON
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS June 3, 2003
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Hugh Grant and Kristin Scott Thomas
MPAA Rating: R for the strong depiction of a perverse sexual relationship
Running Time: 139 minutes

Uptight British couple Fiona and Nigel Dobson (Kristin Scott Thomas and Hugh Grant) are on a cruise to Istanbul to celebrate their wedding anniversary. They encounter Oscar (Peter Coyote), a wheelchair-bound American expatriate and his beautiful French wife Mimi (Emmanuelle Seigner). Oscar senses Nigel’s fascination with his wife, and takes him aside to recount in exhibitionist detail the sordid tale of their once-passionate love affair, which gradually deteriorated into a series of increasingly sadistic and degrading sex games. Bitter Moon provides several jarring twists, and no one escapes unscathed from this erotic melodrama.
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DEATH AND THE MAIDEN DEATH AND THE MAIDEN
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS June 3, 2003
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley
MPAA Rating: R for strong language including descriptions of violent situations
Running Time: 103 minutes
Paulina Escobar (Sigourney Weaver) is the housewife to a prominent lawyer in a South American country, and a former political prisoner. A storm forces her husband to ride home with a neighbor, and that chance encounter brings up demons from her past. Upon hearing his voice, Paulina is convinced that the neighbor, Dr. Miranda (Ben Kingsley) was the doctor who supervised her torture and raped her on several occasions while she was blindfolded and strapped to a table. Despite her husband’s objections, Paulina takes him captive, determined to get a taped confession from him at any cost. Her husband Gerardo (Stuart Wilson) is torn between his wife and the law, and Dr. Miranda is forced to endure captivity while husband and wife seek out the uncertain truth about the clouded past.

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DETONATOR DETONATOR
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS May 6, 2003
Director: David Jackson
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Patrick Stewart, Ted Levine and Christopher Lee
MPAA Rating: R for violence and some language
Running Time: 98 minutes

A renegade Russian general (Christopher Lee) sends a stolen nuclear bomb hurtling towards Iraq on a hijacked train piloted by a cold-blooded mercenary (Ted Levine). A skilled team of United Nations anti-crime agents is sent in as the last line of defense against the lethal threat. This commando unit, led by Pierce Brosnan and Patrick Stewart, launches an assault to stop the train and disarm the bomb before its deadly payload can be delivered.
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LIVE WIRE LIVE WIRE
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS May 6, 2003
Director: Christian Duguay
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Ron Silver, Philip Baker Hall and Ben Cross
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and sensuality and for language
Running Time: 86/87 minutes

Top FBI bomb expert Danny O’Neill (Pierce Brosnan) is considered a “live wire” due to his unconventional methods. Though he excels professionally, his personal life is falling apart. The recent death of his daughter has led his wife to look for comfort in the arms of Senator Frank Travers (Ron Silver), the very man O’Neil has been assigned to protect against terrorist attacks. Pressure builds as Mikhail Rashid (Ben Cross), a psychopath with a thirst for revenge, is targeting senators with a newly devised explosive that can be hidden in water. As time is quickly running out, O’Neil must save his wife, her lover and the entire city of Washington, D.C.
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FRIDAY AFTER NEXT FRIDAY AFTER NEXT
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS March 25, 2003
Director: Marcus Raboy
Starring: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, John Witherspoon, Don “D.C” Curry, Anna Maria Horsford, Clifton Powell, BeBe Drake, Sommore, K.D. Aubert, Katt Williams, Maz Jobrani and Terry Crews
MPAA Rating: R for language, sexual content and drug use
Running Time: 88 minutes
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Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) are back in the old neighborhood and ready for Christmas. Although they’ve left behind the security of living with their parents, the rundown Shady Palms apartment they now share is decked out in the spirit of the holiday season. It’s a time for giving…until Craig wakes up in the middle of the night to discover a ghetto Santa Claus stealing their presents along with the rent money.

With the rent due, Craig and Day-Day are forced to score some quick cash at the local strip mall where their fathers have opened Bros. Bar-B-Q restaurant and landed them jobs as unarmed security guards. As the clock ticks down on another unforgettable Friday, Craig and Day-Day learn some comic lessons about the true meaning of the holiday season.
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CHEATS CHEATS
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS March 18, 2003
Director: Andrew Gurland
Starring: Matthew Lawrence, Trevor Fehrman, Elden Henson, Martin Starr, Griffin Dunne and Mary Tyler Moore
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, some language and crude sexual references.
Running Time: 86 minutes

While other kids buy into countless hours of studying just to get good marks in some teacher’s report book, Handsome Davis sees it as nothing more than a system of control over your mind. That’s why Handsome, Sammy, Victor and Applebee have found ways to cheat on their tests all through their school years. Everything has been going smoothly until the gang enters their final year of high school and the school’s principal Mrs. Stark (Mary Tyler Moore) decides to put an end to the cheating. If they get caught cheating again, Stark will make a note in their permanent records and hurt their chances of getting into college. Handsome convinces his pals to pull off one last, great cheat with him, even if it means the possible end of their friendship.
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TABLE ONE TABLE ONE
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS March 18, 2003
Director: Michael Scott Bregman
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Burt Young, Luiz Guzman, Michael Rooker, David Herman and Ben Shenkmen
MPAA Rating: R for language and some sexuality/nudity
Running Time: 84 minutes

They’re rich, young and tired of their usual hangout. Now four friends think they’ve got the perfect idea: opening a restaurant catering to the martini crowd, while they watch the money…and women roll in. But things aren’t as easy as they seemed. When the place is empty night after night, the group’s partners who just happen to be the mob, have their own ideas of how to improve business.
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KNOCKAROUND GUYS KNOCKAROUND GUYS
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS February 25, 2003
Director: Brian Koppelman and David Levien
Starring: Vin Diesel, Barry Pepper, Seth Green, Andrew Davoli, John Malkovich and Dennis Hopper
MPAA Rating: R for violence, language and some drug use
Running Time: 93 minutes
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Vin Diesel and Barry Pepper star in this action-packed adventure about a group of mob bosses’ sons who lose a bag of cash in a remote town in the Midwest. Teaming together, they must battle the town’s bad guys and crooked cops in order to save themselves from their father’s wrath.
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THE SLEEPING DICTIONARY THE SLEEPING DICTIONARY
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS February 18, 2003
Director: Guy Jenkin
Starring: Jessica Alba, Hugh Dancy, Brenda Blethyn, Bob Hoskins, Noah Taylor and Emily Mortimer
MPAA Rating: R for some sexuality and language
Running Time: 109 minutes

The story of a tempestuous and forbidden love affair between a young Englishman and a beautiful Iban tribeswomen. When John Truscott (Dancy) takes a job in the British colonial outpost of Sarawak, he is given a native servant, Selima (Alba) who teaches him the local language but also shares his bed. This accepted tradition is monitored closely by John’s crusty superior Henry Bullard (Hopkins) and his wife Aggie (Blethyn) to ensure that no romantic attachments occur. When John and Selima fall openly and passionately in love, both the colonial authorities and the native population turn against them unleashing a chain of events that test their resolve to the very limit.
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SIMØNE SIMØNE
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS January 21, 2003
Director: Andrew Niccol
Starring: Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Evan Rachel Wood, Jay Mohr, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Elias Koteas, Jason Schwartzman, Stanley Anderson and Rachel Roberts
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sensuality
Running Time: 117 minutes
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Critically acclaimed director Viktor Taransky (Pacino) has just lost his last shot at a comeback when his temperamental flesh and blood actress (Winona Ryder in a cameo role) walked off his movie. Fired by his ex-wife and studio head (Catherine Keener), Taransky just lost any hope of recapturing his former life. But then computer genius Hank Aleno (Elias Koteas) enters the picture. As his dying wish, Hank bequeaths software to Taransky that will change his life forever. Just a few key strokes and an overnight sensation is born: S1MØNE. S1MØNE is beautiful, she’s talented, and she’s virtually perfect in every way…except one. She’s not real. Suddenly, Taransky has a taste of the success he always craved and the world’s most beloved star under his thumb. Or does he?
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DINNER RUSH DINNER RUSH
Available to buy on DVD and to rent on VHS January 21, 2003
Director: January 21, 2003
Starring: Danny Aiello, Edoardo Ballerini, Vivian Wu, Kirk Acevedo, Sandra Bernhard, Mike McGlone, Summer Phoenix, Alex Corrado, Polly Draper and John Corbett
MPAA Rating: R for language, some violence and sexuality
Running Time: 99 minutes

At Gigino’s family restaurant, the action simmers just beneath the surface, but there’s more on the menu than just food. After 25 years, the owner Louis Cropa (Aiello) has reached the boiling point and in one pivotal night, he’s going to change the way he does business. Cropa’s fashionable TriBeCa restaurant Gigino’s, is highly regarded for Louis’s son Udo’s nouvelle cuisine. With a curious crowd in the restaurant including two humorless wise guys looking for the deeply in debt gambling addicted sous-chef, an impatient restaurant critic, who shows up unannounced, and a New York detective and his wife who are ushered to their table without having to wait the usual months for a reservation, the chaotic night is set in motion.
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