"The Brothers Grimm"

Tagline: "Eliminating evil since 1812."

Length: 118 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, frightening sequences and brief suggestive material

Directed by Terry Gilliam, this drama stars Matt Damon and Heath Ledger. Set in the early 19th century, the film invents fictional lives for Wilhelm "Will" Grimm (Damon) and Jakob "Jake" Grimm (Ledger), and it alludes to some of Grimm's Fairy Tales. Will and Jake are con artists who travel around Napoleon-ruled Germany. The brothers run afoul of the French leader Delatombe (Jonathan Pryce), but he spares their lives, provided they solve the mystery of a haunted forest where children disappear.

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Deleted Scenes
• Widescreen

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"The Exorcism of Emily Rose"

Tagline: "What happened to Emily?"

Length: 119 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic material, including intense/frightening sequences and disturbing images (An unrated version of this movie is also available on DVD.)

Laura Linney plays an attorney who defends a Catholic priest (Tom Wilkinson) in this drama based on a true story. The priest is accused of committing a crime when 19-year-old Emily Rose died while he was performing an exorcism on her. The prosecution claims the decedent had a psychotic disorder requiring treatment with drugs, while the defense contends she was possessed by demons. The film explores some of the issues raised when the justice system deals with matters of religious belief.

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Featurettes
• Special Unrated Edition

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"Four Brothers"

Tagline: "Jerimiah Mercer will take the law into his own hands."

Length: 109 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, pervasive language and some sexual content

John Singleton directed this action revenge drama that stars Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, André Benjamin and Garrett Hedlund as the title characters. They aren't blood brothers, but they were adopted by the same woman, and when she is murdered in a Detroit convenience store robbery, they vow to mete out their own brand of justice. They soon figure out that a local mobster (Chiwetel Ejiofor) is probably involved. The story seems to have been inspired by the 1965 Western "The Sons of Katie Elder."

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Available in Widescreen and Full-Screen Editions

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"The Great Raid"

Tagline: "Two proud races, brothers-in-arms ... A daring mission that will earn them the respect and admiration of the entire world."

Length: 133 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for strong war violence and brief language (An unrated version of this movie is also available on DVD.)

Starring Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Connie Nielsen and Joseph Fiennes, this movie dramatizes a World War II story that deserves to be told. In early 1945, many Allied POW's were still held by the Japanese in the Philippines. As the Allies proceeded with their massive push to retake the Philippines, Japanese policy was to kill the POW's in each camp before abandoning it. This film weaves a tale around the daring rescue by American and Filipino forces of POW's at the Cabanatuan camp, many miles behind enemy lines.

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Widescreen
• Unrated Director's

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"Must Love Dogs"

Tagline: "The hardest trick is making them stay."

Length: 98 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content

Diane Lane and John Cusack are paired in this romantic comedy. Sarah (Lane) is a fortyish woman who gets divorced and starts dating again. Her sister submits Sarah's information to an online dating service, specifying respondents must love dogs. Some bad dates result, although she eventually meets recently divorced Jake (Cusack) at a dog park. But they don't hit it off right away, and she hooks up with a separated man (Dermot Mulroney). Stockard Channing and Christopher Plummer also appear in the movie.

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Deleted Scenes
• Widescreen

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"Rebound"

Tagline: "A comedy where old school ... meets middle school ."

Length: 103 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG for mild language and thematic elements

Martin Lawrence stars in this comedy aimed primarily at kids. Roy (Lawrence) is a big-time college basketball coach whose angry outbursts almost get him banned for life. He gets one more chance, but first he must redeem himself by coaching the inept Mt. Vernon Junior High Smelters. (Megan Mullally plays the principal, which tells us something about the school.) Initially the boys on the Smelters don't work together, but Roy recruits an awkward six-footer and a tomboy, and molds them into winners.

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Widescreen

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"Serenity"

Tagline: "Can't stop the signal."

Length: 119 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, and some sexual references

Joss Whedon's TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" ran for several seasons, but his "Firefly" got canceled before it finished even one. "Serenity," which was written and directed by Whedon, is a feature-length sci-fi movie based on "Firefly" with most of the key actors reprising their roles. It's about a ragtag group of rebels who roam around in a beat-up old spaceship named Serenity. When they rescue a psychic from the clutches of the Alliance, they are pursued by the Operative (Chiwetel Ejiofor).

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Commentary
• Widescreen

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