DVD & Blu-rays Released December 16, 2003

Tuesday, December 16

Seabiscuit PG-13

This is the true story of a former bicycle repairman, Charles Howard (Jeff Bridges), who made his fortune introducing the automobile to the American West, and who owned a small, knobbly-kneed horse called Seabiscuit. Howard teamed up with a half-blind ex-boxing prize fighter, Red Pollard (Tobey Maguire), who became the horse's jockey and a former "mustang breaker" Wild West performer called "The Lone Plainsman", Tom Smith (Chris Cooper), who became the horse's trainer. As the United States struggled through the Great Depression, people around the country followed with rapt interest of the Seabiscuit story, leading to his win of the Horse of the Year honors in 1938...
Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, William H. Macy, Gary Ross, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, Annie Corley, Kingston DuCoeur
Drama Action Historical Biography Sports

Freaky Friday PG

Dr. Tess Coleman (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her fifteen-year-old daughter, Anna (Lindsay Lohan), are not getting along. They don't see eye-to-eye on clothes, hair, music, and certainly not in each other's taste in men. One Thursday evening, their disagreements reach a fever pitch - Anna is incensed that her mother doesn't support her musical aspirations and Tess, a widow about to remarry, can't see why Anna won't give her fiance (Mark Harmon) a break. Everything soon changes when two identical Fortune Cookies cause a little mystic mayhem.
Mark S. Waters, Jamie Lee Curtis, Mark Harmon, Lindsay Lohan, Chad Murray, Stephen Tobolowsky, Christina Vidal, Julie Gonzalo
Comedy Teen

Pokemon Heroes G

Ash and Pikachu travel to the Water Capital of the world, Alto Mare, where they meet two new Pokemons, the brother/sister pair of birds called Latias and Latios who protect a treasure called the Droplet of the Heart, which is the target of a pair of thieves, Zanna and Rion. As the town gets accidentally flooded, the Droplet becomes endangered... can Ash save the day?
Jim Malone, Kunihiko Yuyama, Addie Blaustein, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Veronica Taylor
Action Sequel Kids Animation
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen PG-13

Based very loosely on the Alan Moore graphic novel epic of the same name, this is the story of a group of characters drawn from famous works of literature, including Captain Nemo, Allan Quatermain, The Invisible Man, Mina Murray and Dr. Jekyll, banding together to combat criminal undertakings of the highest order near the turn of the 19th century. Rather than remain true to the comic roots, the film also incorporates Tom Sawyer and Dorian Gray, in an apparent effort to keep the cast from being entirely without Americans, and it is set in New York.
Shane West, Steve Norrington, Jane Hamsher, Alan Moore, Sean Connery, Stuart Townsend, Max Ryan, Tony Curran
Drama Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi

Rugrats Go Wild PG

When the vacationing Rugrats and their parents get stranded on a deserted island, Tommy Pickles knows there's only one man who can help them: Nigel Thornberry! Except a bonk on the head has made Nigel suddenly seem more like a 3-year-old than a man. Luckily, the babies have Eliza on their side, and with her ability to communicate with animals, she can even talk to Spike! Will the Rugrats ever make it back to their own back yard? Will Nigel the toddler turn back into a documentary-making dad? Will Spike sound an awful lot like Bruce Willis?
Jack Riley, Kath Soucie, LL Cool J, Norton Virgien, John Eng, Jodi Carlisle, Christine Cavanaugh, Lacey Chabert
Comedy Kids Animation

Tuesday, December 16