"Down With Love" (2003)

Tagline: "The ultimate catch has met his match."

Length: 101 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual humor and dialogue

Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor star in this romantic comedy, which is rather in the spirit of a Doris Day-Rock Hudson movie. The film is set in 1962, and Zellweger plays Barbara Novak, an author who has just written a feminist book titled “Down With Love.” McGregor portrays a playboy named Catcher Block, a magazine writer who sets out to make Barbara fall in love with him just to prove she doesn’t believe the stuff she writes.

• Available in Widescreen and Full-Screen Editions

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"Hollywood Homicide" (2003)

Tagline: "When time is running out, one shot is all you get."

Length: 111 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, sexual situations and language

Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett play Hollywood police detectives in this action comedy. Joe Gavilan (Ford) and K.C. Calden (Hartnett) are assigned to investigate the quadruple homicide of hip-hop performers, but they have other interests as well. Gavilan is trying to sell real estate, while Calden teaches yoga and wants to become an actor. Also, Gavilan is involved with a psychic (Lena Olin) and has been seen with a madam (Lolita Davidovich).

•  Commentary by Director Ron Shelton

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"The In-Laws" (2003)

Tagline: "The cake is going to hit the fan."

Length: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for suggestive humor, language, some drug references and action violence

Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks star in this comedy, a remake of the 1979 film of the same name starring Peter Falk and Alan Arkin. Brooks plays Jerry Peyser, a podiatrist whose daughter is about to get married. Her husband-to-be is the son of Steve Tobias (Douglas), a loose canon undercover CIA agent. Jerry soon finds himself traveling with Steve overseas, where a swishy arms dealer (David Suchet) gets a crush on him.

•  Widescreen

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"The Italian Job" (2003)

Tagline: "Get in. Get out. Get even."

Length: 111 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence and some language

Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, and Edward Norton star in this slick caper film. A team of thieves steals $35 million in gold bars in Venice, but soon one team member (Norton) kills the team leader and makes off with the loot. Then Charlie Croker (Wahlberg) joins forces with the slain team leader’s daughter (Theron) in a quest to get revenge and recover the gold. This movie is a remake of the 1969 film starring Michael Caine.

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"The Lion King" (1994) Platinum Edition

Tagline: "Life's greatest adventure is finding your place in the Circle of Life."

Length: 89 minutes
MPAA Rating: G

Disney aimed this 1994 animated feature at children, but adults generally find it entertaining. The story is basically “Hamlet” transposed to the animal kingdom. The young lion Simba (voice of Matthew Broderick) is in line to become king when his father (voice of James Earl Jones) dies. But Simba’s uncle Scar (voice of Jeremy Irons) kills the king, and young Simba has trouble deciding what to do. There’s music by Elton John and Tim Rice, including “Hakuna Matata” and “Circle of Life.”

• Widescreen

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"Willard" (2003)

Tagline: "A new breed of friendship."

Length: 100 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for terror/violence, some sexual content and language

Crispin Glover stars in this horror film, a remake of the 1971 movie with Ernest Borgnine. Michael Jackson’s “Ben” is sung twice. In the remake, Glover plays a morose, troubled loner named Willard Stiles who can control rats. Willard wants the small white rat Socrates to lead his pack, but Socrates’ leadership is challenged by the large rat Ben. The movie’s horror element derives from Willard periodically unleashing his army of rodents.

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