DVD & Blu-rays Released August 5, 2003

Tuesday, August 5

Formula 51 R

Elmo McElroy (Samuel L. Jackson), a streetwise American master chemist, heads to England to set up his last big deal - to introduce a new designer drug to the European market. McElroy soon becomes embroiled in a web of double-dealing as he's escorted around Liverpool's underworld and rave scene by rabid local hood Felix De Souza (Robert Carlyle) who hates all things American.
Samuel L. Jackson, Meat Loaf, Sean Pertwee, Ricky Tomlinson, Ronny Yu, Robert Carlyle, Rhys Ifans, Emily Mortimer
Action Suspense

Bringing Down the House PG-13

When a lonely guy (Steve Martin) meets a woman (Queen Latifah) on the Internet who happens to be in prison, she breaks out to be with him, and quickly proceeds to bring chaos and some much-needed change into his middle-class life...
Victor Webster, Jean Smart, Adam Shankman, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Kimberly J. Brown, Angus T. Jones, Matt Lutz
Comedy Romance Crime

Agent Cody Banks PG

To his family and friends, Cody Banks (Frankie Muniz) is a typical teen - he loves to skateboard, hates math, and feels like a complete idiot around girls. But Cody's got a secret - he's actually part of a secret teen CIA program. Cody's living every boy's dream life - he can drive like a stuntman, has an incredible arsenal of cool gadgets, and his agency mentor, Ronica Miles (Angie Harmon), is totally hot. But Cody's training is put to the test when he's sent to pose as a prep school student and befriend fellow teen Natalie Connors (Hilary Duff) in order to gain access to her father, a scientist unknowingly developing a fleet of deadly nanobots for the evil organization ERIS. From runaway cars and high-speed snowboard chases to a spectacular final mountaintop showdown, Cody has to use everything he's learned to prove himself as an agent and stop ERIS-and maybe even get the girl.
Harald Zwart, Ian McShane, Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff, Martin Henderson, Judge Reinhold, Andrew Francis, Angie Harmon
Action Adventure Kids
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100 mins

What a Girl Wants PG

This is the story of a 19-year-old girl (Amanda Bynes) who has been raised in New York City by her mother (Kelly Preston), a professional singer, who decides that she wants to find her long-lost British father (Colin Firth) in London, who's part of a very hoity-toity British aristocratic social circle. Once she gets there, however, it doesn't take long before her hip American lifestyle disrupts his entire life. Can she find a balance in the relationship between her two parents, find her own piece of mind, and along the way, possibly fall in love as well? Perhaps most importantly, does she have a chance at being the Debutante of the Year?
Jonathan Pryce, Christina Cole, Bill Gerber, Jenny Bicks, William Douglas Home, Tom Harper, Erik von Detten, Chris Mulkey
Comedy Romance Musical Teen

Irreversible

After a fight with her coked-up boyfriend Marcus, Alex leaves a party to go home. She never gets there; instead she's raped in a desolate tunnel. Her angry boyfriend, and her buddy Pierre decide to take justice into their own hands and hunt down the rapist themselves.
Stephane Drouot, Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon, Jean-Louis Costes
Thriller Crime

Tuesday, August 5