Fantasy DVD & Blu-rays 2003 List

With Mel Gibson • Joaquin Phoenix • M. Night Shyamalan • Abigail Breslin • Rory Culkin

A thriller set in Bucks County, Pennsylvania focusing on the mysterious appearance of a five-hundred-foot design of circles and lines carved into a family's crops. Mel Gibson stars as Graham Hess, the family patriarch, who is tested in his journey to find the truth behind the unfolding mystery. Joaquin Phoenix is Merrill Hess, brother to Graham and a former minor league baseball star.

With Cate Blanchett • Sean Astin • Elijah Wood • Andy Serkis • Peter Jackson • Billy Boyd • Ian McKellen • Fran Walsh • Dominic Monaghan • Karl Urban • Brad Dourif • Viggo Mortensen • Bernard Hill • John Rhys-Davies • Stephen Sinclair • Christopher Lee • Liv Tyler • Barrie Osbourne • Phillipa Boyens • David Wenham

In the second part of the Tolkien trilogy, The Two Towers, Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring—but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers—Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard Saruman awaits, and Sauron’s fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor.

With Daniel Radcliffe • Emma Watson • Chris Columbus • Kenneth Branagh • Jason Isaacs • Tom Felton • Maggie Smith • Rupert Grint • Gemma Jones • Fiona Shaw • John Cleese • Richard Griffiths • Julie Walters • Julian Glover • Robbie Coltrane • Miriam Margolyes • Devon Murray • Alfred Burke • Gemma Padley • Alan Rickman • Bonnie Wright • Ed Tudor-Pole • Mark Williams • Shirley Henderson • Richard Harris • Hugh Mitchell • Sally Mortemore

Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) has not had a good summer. Not only has he had to put up with his overbearing Aunt Petunia (Fiona Shaw) and Uncle Vernon Dursley (Richard Griffiths) and their dread of his magical abilities, but it seems as if Harry's best friends Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) have forgotten him – as they haven't replied to a single one of his letters. Then, suddenly and mysteriously, house-elf Dobby appears in Harry's bedroom and warns of great danger if the aspiring wizard should attempt to return to Hogwarts. Dobby is so keen to prevent the young Gryffindor from returning to the school for witches and wizards, he has blocked all of Ron and Hermione's correspondence from reaching Harry. But despite the elf's mischievous efforts, the ever-determined Harry is rescued from the Dursleys' dreary clutches by Ron and his brothers – with the aid of a flying car! – and welcomed into the warmth of the Weasley household. But when Harry and Ron are suspiciously prevented from entering Platform 9 3/4 and boarding the Hogwarts Express back to school, the boys take emergency action to avoid being late for the new term – only to incur the wrath of Professor Snape (Alan Rickman), who calls for their expulsion. Meanwhile, news of Harry's first year heroism has spread throughout Hogwarts and he finds himself the center of much unwanted attention. His new fans include Ron's little sister Ginny (Bonnie Wright); first year would-be photographer Colin Creevey (Hugh Mitchell); and most irritatingly, the new Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, Gilderoy Lockhart (Kenneth Branagh). Outshone only by his own vanity, Lockhart craves the attention that Harry shuns and is only too keen to associate himself with Hogwarts' young hero. But not even Lockhart can offer an explanation or solution to the slippery and sinister new terror that is gripping the school. Now all eyes are on Harry, and his so-called friends are beginning to doubt him. Everyone, that is, except Ron and Hermione and fragile young Ginny, who has shifted her focus to her mysterious new diary. But Harry is not about to let his friends down and, with or without the support of Gilderoy Lockhart, he will confront the dark force lurking in his beloved school.

With Roberto Benigni • Bruno Arena • Nicoletta Braschi • Carlo Guiffre • Carlo Giuffre

Written by, directed by, and starring Roberto Benigni, this is the classic story of a wooden puppet come to life and his magnificent odyssey to become a 'real boy'. Despite guidance from the beautiful Blue Fairy (Nicoletta Braschi) and the love of his father, Gepetto (Carlo Guiffre), Pinocchio's curious spirit leads him into one wild adventure after another - distracting him from his goal, and distancing him from his loved ones. Using Carlo Collodi's original masterwork as its source, the film is filled with mysterious fairies, colorful circuses, mystical forests, talking animals, fantastical toys and magnificent playlands.

With George Clooney • James Cameron • Viola Davis • Steven Soderbergh • Ulrich Tukur • Natascha McElhone • Jeremy Davies • Rae Sanchini

Superstar George Clooney turns in a stellar performance in this "brilliant sci-fi movie" ("New York Daily News") from Academy Award winners Steven Soderbergh (2000 - Best Director, "Traffic") and JamesCameron (1997 - Best Picture, "Titanic"). Aboard a lonely space station orbiting a mysterious planet, terrified crew members are experiencing a host of strange phenomena, including eerie visitors who seem all too human. And when psychologist Chris Kelvin (Clooney) arrives to investigate, he confronts a power beyond imagining that could hold the key to mankind's deepest dreams…or darkest nightmares.

With Ben Affleck • Jennifer Garner • Avi Arad • Michael Clarke Duncan • Mark Steven Johnson • Jon Favreau • Colin Farrell • Gary Foster • Arnon Milchan

Based on the popular Marvel Comics character, this is the story of Matt Murdock, son of a boxer who gets killed by petty criminals for refusing to take a dive. This drives young Matt to fight crime, despite a childhood accident that robbed him of his sight. That same accident, however, also granted him exceptionally advanced senses of hearing, touch, taste and smell, as well as providing him with a strange sort of mental radar that helps to compensate for his lack of vision. After training hard in the martial arts, as well as excelling in law school, Murdock becomes a lawyer by day and a vigilante calling himself Daredevil by night.

With Seann William Scott • Chow Yun-Fat • Mako • Paul Hunter • Marcus Jean Pirae • Karel Roden • Victoria Smurfit • James King

For 60 years, a mysterious monk with no name (Chow Yun-Fat) has traversed the globe to protect an ancient scroll - a scroll that holds the key to unlimited power. Now the Monk must look for a new scrollkeeper. Kar (Seann William Scott) is an unlikely candidate, a streetwise young man who only cares about himself. But when he inadvertently saves the Bulletproof Monk from capture, the two become partners in a scheme to save the world from the scroll's most avid pursuer. The Monk, Kar and a sexy Russian mob princess called Bad Girl (Jaime King) must struggle to find, face and fight the ultimate enemy.

With Keanu Reeves • Laurence Fishburne • Hugo Weaving • Jada Pinkett • Daniel Bernhardt • Stuart Wells • Monica Belluci • Andy Wachowski • Joel Silver • Lana Wachowski • Carrie-Anne Moss • Matt McColm • Harold Perrineau Jr. • Harry Lennex

Neo, Morpheus, Trinity, and the rest of their crew continue to battle the machines that have enslaved the human race in the Matrix. Now, more humans are waking up out of the matrix and attempting to live in the real world. As their numbers grow, the battle moves to Zion, the last real-world city and center of human resistance.

With Wilson Yip • Danny Pang • Lawrence Chou • Yut Lai So • Benjamin Yuen • Oxide Pang Chun • Angelica Lee • Chutcha Rujinanon • Pierre Png • Yin Ping Ko • Edmund Chen

A blind girl gets a cornea transplant so that she would be able to see again. However, she got more than what she bargained for when she realised she could even see ghosts. And some of these ghosts are down right unfriendly. So she embarks on a journey to find the origins of her cornea and to reveal the history of the previous dead owner.

With Arnold Schwarzenegger • Claire Danes • John Brancato • Mark Famiglietti • Nick Stahl • Jonathan Mostow • Kristanna Loken • Mario Kassar • John D. Brancato • Guy East • Tedi Sarafian • Timothy Dowling • Nigel Sinclair • Colin Wilson • Brian Sites • Moritz Borman • Andrew G. Vajna • Alana Curry • David Andrews • Mark Hicks • Joel B. Michaels • Michael Ferris

Arnold Schwarzenegger returns in this third installment of the popular sci-fi action saga as a cyborg from the future once again becoming involved in the affairs of twentysomething John Connor and his first battles with the SkyNet machine network.

With Hugh Jackman • Avi Arad • Lauren Shuler Donner • Bryan Singer • Ian McKellen • Anna Paquin • Zak Penn • Patrick Stewart • Famke Janssen • Alan Cumming • James Marsden • Halle Berry • Rebecca Romijn-Stamos • Ralph Winter • Michael Dougherty • Dan Harris • Ray Park

The X-Men have opponents new and old to face this time around. Magneto is back, but there is also a threat to Professor Xavier's school for mutants led by a human named Stryker, not to mention a vicious woman named Yuriko who has it in for Wolverine.

With Johnny Depp • Jonathan Pryce • Keira Knightley • Gore Verbinski • Stuart Beattie • Geoffrey Rush • Jack Davenport • Jerry Bruckheimer • Greg Ellis • Lee Arenberg • Terry Rossio • Lucinda Dryzek • Jay Wolpert • Lauren Maher • Brye Cooper • Paul Cagney • Ted Elliott

Aboard the Black Pearl, infamous pirate Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) attacks the city of Port Royal and kidnaps a governor's daughter, Elizabeth (Keira Knightley). Barbossa then sets sail with his hostage toward a secret hideaway, hoping to lift an ancient curse by sacrificing her and returning a once-plundered treasure. Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) meets an eccentric seaman, Jack Sparrow, who reveals that the Black Pearl was formerly his ship, until Barbossa committed mutiny. Together, they assemble a ragtag crew and commandeer a British vessel, hoping to chase down and free both Elizabeth and Sparrow's Pearl. Following after them is the British military, led by Elizabeth's would-be fiancé, Commodore Norrington (Jack Davenport).

With Shane West • Tony Curran • Jason Flemyng • Richard Roxburgh • Jane Hamsher • Steve Norrington • Alan Moore • Stuart Townsend • Naseeruddin Shah • Sean Connery • Max Ryan • Peta Wilson

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.

With Jackie Chan • Gordon Chan • Claire Forlani • John Rhys-Davies • Christy Chung • Lee Evans

Combining the physicality of international action superstar Jackie Chan with state-of-the-art special effects, Highbinders is an action comedy co-starring Claire Forlani and Julian Sands. Chan stars as Eddie, an indomitable Hong Kong cop who, after a near-fatal accident involving a mysterious medallion, is suddenly transformed into a Highbinder -- an immortal warrior with superhuman powers. Eddie enlists the help of fellow agent Nicole (Claire Forlani) to determine the secret of the medallion and face down the evil Highbinders who so desperately want it back.