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Charlotte Cory (Connie Nielsen) is a convicted murderer spending her final days on Death Row. Her hopes and dreams are as lifeless as the grey walls that imprison her, until the letters of a stranger, Frank Nitzche (Aiden Quinn), awakens passion in her she thought had died long ago. While her attorney (Kelly Preston) desperately tries to appeal the verdict, Frank realizes he has fallen in love with Charlotte, and discovers that there are untold secrets behind the tragic circumstances of her imprisonment. Her life is in his hands as Frank races to find the truth that can save Charlotte before it's too late.INNOCENTS - DVD MovieA truly inspiring story of one ordinary family’s extraordinary journey. An orphaned boy named Tomás is adopted by Maire O’Donnell (Connie Nielsen) to live on a whimsical Irish isle filled with new friends, secret caves and a lost baby pup seal stranded on the co! ast. But when Maire’s reluctant husband Alec (Aidan Quinn) refuses to accept Tomás as his own son, the boy drifts down a fateful path of adventure and self-discovery, illuminating how rainbows can shine around--and within--us all. Quality live-action family films are at a premium, and while this enchanting adaptation of Lillian Beckwith's novel does go over the rainbow at times, there is magic in it. Shy and stammering 8-year-old orphan Tomas (a Culkin-esque John Bell) is plucked from a city orphanage and brought to the idyllic island of Corrie off the coast of Ireland. His new mother (Connie Nielsen) is as loving and open as his new father (Aidan Quinn) is gruff and withdrawn, disappointed that his beloved wife chose "the runt of the litter." "Underneath it all," she assures Tomas, "he has a tender heart," but as time goes on, Tomas's adoption papers remain unsigned. This being an Irish tale, there are magnificent sweeping landscapes, mythical creatures--seals that are! said to carry messages to the dead--and tragedy that threaten! s Tomas' s newfound home and happiness. A Shine of Rainbows contains no age-inappropriate pop culture references, bathroom humor, or product placements. A seal puppet is perhaps its most special effect. It's not even in 3-D. But beyond this refreshing change of hectic pace, it is in the performances, heartfelt story, and glimpses into Irish culture where Rainbows really shines. --Donald LiebensonBROTHERS - DVD MovieThe most fearless film yet by France's idiosyncratic Olivier Assayas (Irma Vep) is an unholy marriage of ruthless corporate thriller and sinister science fiction. Connie Nielsen is the American "ice princess" in a French multination, an ambitious executive whose betrayals and invasive tactics would make her a villain in any other film. Here she's just a pawn in a shadowy conspiracy that may involve contemptuous new assistant Chloe Sevigny and fellow dealmaker Charles Berling and takes her from the legal (if unsavory) commerce of Japanese Interne! t porn to the brutal market of underground pornography. Assayas directs his modern corporate nightmare with a voyeuristic style, a hard eye for disturbing images, and more passion than explanation. It isn't his most audience-friendly film, but his portrait of international commerce and image culture in the 21st century is impassioned and haunting--cinema for viewers hungry for ambitious and provocative filmmaking. --Sean AxmakerPart romantic thriller, part political drama, THE SITUATION is the first U.S. feature film to confront America’s occupation in the Middle East, exploring one of the countless stories hidden behind the headlines of the "War on Terror" directed by Oscar®-nominee Philip Haas (Angels & Insects). When Anna (Connie Nielsen), an American journalist, travels to Iraq to report on the conflict, she quickly becomes familiar with the grim day-to-day realities of the conflict. After an Iraqi leader and friend is assassinated, she is determined to uncov! er the truth behind his death. As she becomes more entrenched,! Anna fi nds herself pulled between the affections of Dan (Damian Lewis), an American intelligence official and Zaid (Mido Hamada), a photographer. After the death of an Iraqi boy at the hands of American soldiers sets off a perilous chain of events that exposes corrupt associations, blurs the lines of justice, and ultimately leads Anna into grave danger.BASIC - DVD MovieIf you thought The Recruit was full of surprises, Basic will spin your head around. Assuming that cleverness is its own reward, this military mystery shares many of The Recruit's strengths and weaknesses, offering multi-layered deception as its dramatic raison d'etre. Copping plenty of machismo attitude befitting a semi-effective thriller from Die Hard director John McTiernan, John Travolta stars as an ex-Army Ranger-turned-DEA agent, recruited by an Army investigator (Connie Nielsen) to solve the fratricide of a reviled Sergeant (Samuel L. Jackson) who was allegedly killed w! hile commanding a Special Forces training mission in the hurricane-swept rainforests of Panama. Two survivors (Giovanni Ribisi in a showboat role, and Brian Van Holt) recall the ill-fated mission as the truth unfolds, Rashomon-style, in a series of repetitive flashbacks. Tricky enough to hold one's attention as it grows increasingly irrelevant, Basic is so enamored of its bogus ingenuity that its ultimate twist is a letdown. A second viewing might prove rewarding, if only to confirm that it all holds together. --Jeff Shannon

Ally McBeal: The Complete Series

• Condition: New
• Format: DVD
• Box set; Closed-captioned; Color; Dolby; Dubbed; DVD; Full Screen; Subtitled; Widescreen; NTSC

Touching, compelling and original, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her spins a brilliant tapestry of interwoven vignettes. Starring OscarÂ(r) winner* Holly Hunter, five-time OscarÂ(r) nominee** Glenn Close, Golden GlobeÂ(r) Winner Calista Flockhart ("Ally McBeal") and Golden GlobeÂ(r) nominees Cameron Diaz (Charlie's Angels), Amy Brenneman ("Judging Amy") and Kathy Baker ("Picket Fences"), this "really special film" ("Ebert & Roeper and the Movies") is an absolute "triumph" (Mirabella). In the heart of L.A., six extraordinary women have come to an emotional crossroads: a talented young detective (Brenneman) struggles with loneliness, an ambitious bank manager (Hunter) contemplates motherhood and a successful doctor (Close) confronts her spiritua! l emptiness. At the same time, a blind teacher (Diaz) searches for love, a middle-aged writer (Baker) grapples with prejudice and a gifted fortune-teller (Flockhart) grieves for her dying lover. Poised between fear and hope, each woman must weigh the choices she's madein order to meet the future unfolding before her.The Complete Series collection includes all five seasons of this groundbreaking show on 31 discs, including all the original music from the broadcast episodes. This collection does not include the Music Soundtrack.

Disc 1: 180 Minutes

    * How I Met Your Mother Season 3 Trailer
    * Pilot
    * Compromising Positions
    * The Kiss
    * The Affair


Disc 2: 180 Minutes

    * Boston Legal S4 trailer
    * One Hundred Tears Away
    * The Promise
    * The Attitude
    * Drawing the Lines


Disc 3: 180 Minutes

    * ! The Dirty Joke
    * Boy to the World
    * Si! lver Bel ls
    * Cro-Magnon


Disc 4: 180 Minutes

    * The Blame Game
    * Body Language
    * Once in a Lifetime
    * Forbidden Fruits


Disc 5: 180 Minutes

    * Theme of Life
    * The Playing Field
    * Happy Birthday Baby
    * The Inmates


Disc 6: 180 Minutes

    * Being There
    * Alone Again
    * These Are The Days


Disc 7: 180 Minutes

    * The Real World
    * They Eat Horses, Don't They
    * Fool's Night Out
    * It's My Party


Disc 8: 180 Minutes

    * Story Of Love
    * Worlds Without Love
    * Happy Trails
    * Just Looking


Disc 9: 180 Minutes

    * You Never Can Tell
    * Making Spirits Bright
    * In Dreams
    * Love Unlimited


Disc 10: 180 Minutes

    * Angels And Blimps
    * Pyramids On The Nile
    * Side Show
    * Sex, Lies & Politics


Disc 11: 180 Minutes

    * Civil Wars
    * Those Lips, That Hand
    * Let's Dance
    * Only The Lonely


Disc 12: 135 Minutes

    * The Green Monster
    * Love's Illusions
    * I Know Him By Heart


Disc 13: 180 Minutes

    * Car Wash
    * Buried Pleasures
    * Seeing Green
    * Heat Wave


Disc 14: 180 Minutes

    * Troubled Water
    * Changes
    * Saving Santa
    * Blue Christmas


Disc 15: 180 Minutes

    * Out In The Cold
    * Just Friends
    * Over The Rainbow
    * In Search Of Pygmies


Disc 16: 180 Minutes

    * ! Pursuit of Lonliness
    * The Oddball Parade
 Â!  Â  * Pr ime Suspect
    * Boy Next Door


Disc 17: 135 Minutes

    * I Will Survive
    * Turning Thirty
    * Do You Wanna Dance


Disc 18: 90 Minutes

    * Hope And Glory
    * Ally McBeal: The Musical, Almost


Disc 19: 180 Minutes

    * Sex, Lies And Second Thoughts
    * Girls Night Out
    * Two's A Crowd
    * Without A Net


Disc 20: 180 Minutes

    * The Last Virgin
    * 'Tis The Season
    * Love On Holiday
    * The Man With The Bag


Disc 21: 180 Minutes

    * Reasons To Believe
    * The Ex Files
    * Mr. Bo
    * Hats Off To Larry


Disc 22: 180 Minutes

    * Reach Out And Touch
    * Boystown
    * Falling Up
    * The Getaway


Disc 23: 180 Minutes
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    * The Pursuit Of Unhappiness
    * The Obstacle Course
    * In Search of Barry White
    * Cloudy Skies, Chance of Parade


Disc 24: 135 Minutes

    * Queen Bee
    * Home Again
    * The Wedding


Disc 25: 180 Minutes

    * Friends and Lovers
    * Judge Ling
    * Neutral Corners
    * Fear Of Flirting


Disc 26: 180 Minutes
I Want Love
Lost And Found
Nine One One
Playing With Matches

Disc 27: 180 Minutes

    * Blowin' In The Wind
    * One Hundred Tears
    * A Kick In The Head
    * The New Day


Disc 28: 180 Minutes

    * Woman
    * Homecoming
    * Heart and Soul


Disc 29: 180 Minutes

    * Love is all Around - A
    * Love is all Around - B
    * Tom Dooley


Disc 30: 90 Minutes

    * Another ! One Bite s the Dust
    * Reality Bites
    * All of Me
    * Bygones

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