Fantasy DVD & Blu-rays 2004 List

With Kate Beckinsale • Scott Speedman • Wentworth Miller • Danny McBride • Bill Nighy • Len Wiseman • Gary Lucchesi • Michael Sheen • Tom Rosenberg • Richard S. Wright • Erwin Leder • Kevin Grevioux • Robert Bernacchi • Sophia Myles • Shane Brolly • Robby Gee

"Underworld" reimagines Vampires as a secretive clan of modern, aristocratic sophisticates whose mortal enemies are the Lycans (werewolves), a shrewd gang of street thugs who prowl the city's underbelly. The balance of power is upset when a beautiful young Vampire and a nascent Lycan - deadly rivals for centuries - fall in love. Len Wiseman directs Kate Beckinsdale and Scott Speedman in a fast-paced, modern-day tale of deadly action, ruthless intrigue and forbidden love, all set against the backdrop of an ancient feud between the two tribes in a timeless, Gothic metropolis.

With Ridley Scott • Sigourney Weaver • Ian Holm • John Hurt • Veronica Cartwright • Tom Skerritt • Harry Dean Stanton

A ship sent to investigate an SOS distress call encounters an alien that begins to kill the crew members one by one.

With David S. Goyer • Damian Shannon • Robert Englund • Lochlyn Munro • Ronny Yu • Mark Swift • Sean S. Cunningham • Kelly Rowland • Lauren Lee Smith • Wes Craven • Jason Ritter • Ken Kirzinger • Monica Keena • Kenneth Tsang • Brian Thompson

It has been almost 10 years since one of the scariest horror characters of all time, Freddy Krueger, invaded the dreams of a generation to exact his deadly form of revenge and murder. Now, Freddy has entered into the dreams of another master of evil—the unstoppable Jason Voorhees—plunging cinema's two greatest titans of terror into a battle to end all battles.

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

In this third installment that concerns itself with death, Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus--along with the rest of their battling posse--continue to come against the machines that have systematically enslaved the human race in the Matrix. Now displaying a greater confidence in his own power, Neo fully realizes that he is a superhuman figure capable of amazing feats, and is totally aware that he's able to see the codes of people and things with which he comes into contact. Simultaneously more humans, who are struggling to live in the real world, have awoken out of the Matrix. As their numbers increase, the machines invade Zion, the center of human resistance--considered the last real-world city.

With Gerard Butler • Paul Walker • Lauren Shuler Donner • Michael Sheen • Matt Craven • Michael Crichton • Ethan Embry • Jim Van Wyck • Billy Connolly • Neal McDonough • Frances O'Connor • Marton Csokas • Anna Friel • Marie-Josee D'Amours • Robert Nolfi • David LaHaye • Richard Donner • Jeff Maguire • George J. Nolfi

A mystery suspense thriller based on Michael Crichton's best-selling novel about a team of student archaeologists on a dig at a medieval site in France. When Professor Johnston, their team leader, disappears, they suddenly find themselves in 14th century feudal France on a perilous journey beyond their wildest dreams. Now, to find their missing professor and avoid a potentially catastrophic event, they won't be excavating the past, they'll be living it.

With Amy Pascal • Jason Isaacs • Jeremy Sumpter • Patrick McCormick • Olivia Williams • Freddie Popplewell • Rupert Simoneon • J.M. Barrie • Rachel Hurd Wood • Douglas Wick • Ludivine Sagnier • Lucy Fisher • Richard Briers • Harry Newell • P.J. Hogan • Michael Goldenberg

Peter Pan is the boy who won't age, who lives in Neverland with other ageless kids, the Lost Boys. Tinkerbelle, a fairy, gives three children: Wendy, John, and Michael Darling the ability to fly; and soon they're off to Neverland, where they're soon in battle with the evil Captain Hook and his band of pirates.

With Cate Blanchett • Sean Astin • Elijah Wood • Peter Jackson • Billy Boyd • Philippa Boyens • Hugo Weaving • Ian McKellen • Fran Walsh • Dominic Monaghan • Karl Urban • Barrie M. Osborne • Viggo Mortensen • Bernard Hill • John Noble • Stephen Sinclair • Liv Tyler • Phillippa Boyens • Marton Csokas

The third of the trilogy. As the shadow of Mordor grows across the land, Aragorn is revealed as the hidden heir to the ancient kings. Gandolf miraculously returns and defeats the evil wizard, Saruman. Sam leaves his master for the dead after a battle with the giant spider, Shelob; but Frodo is still alive--in the hands of the Orcs. And while the armies of the Dark Lord are massing--and the one ring comes ever closer to the Cracks of Doom.

With Larry Blamire • Brian Howe • Jennifer Blaire • Andrew Parks • Fay Masterson • F. Miguel Valenti

As an homage to the ultra-low-budget, drive-in-friendly, science fiction movies of the 1950s and early 1960s, this is the unlikely story of a meteor shower that deposits an ore called "atmosphereum" in the hills outside Los Angeles in 1961, attracting the scientific interest of a heroic scientist who hopes to use the scientific value of the ore for his science project, and whose wife joins him on the expedition. What he soon finds out is that a pair of aliens are also after the atmosphereum as fuel for their space ship. Also in the area is an evil scientist exploring the mysterious Cadavra Cave, reportedly home to the legendary Lost Skeleton, who discovers he also needs the atmosphereum to revive the Lost Skeleton of Cadavra; and along the way, he uses the Marvan's transmutatron ray to meld four local animals into a beautiful mate for himself...

With Chris Bender • Ashton Kutcher • Ethan Suplee • Amy Smart • J.C. Spink • Anthony Rhulen • A.J. Dix • Eric Bress • J. Mackye Gruber • Elden Henson • Eric Stoltz • Melora Walters • John Patrick Amedori • Cameron Crigger

Struggling with the psychological effects of his repressed childhood memories, a young man (Ashton Kutcher) devises a technique of traveling back in time to inhabit his childhood body. As he attempts to mend the broken lives of those closest to him, he finds that every trip into the past brings chaotic results into the present, leading him to travel back again and again and causing irreparable damage.

With Ron Perlman • Guillermo del Toro • Doug Jones • Selma Blair • John Hurt • Larry Miller • Rupert Evans • Karel Roden • Victoria Smurfit

From visionary writer/director Guillermo Del Toro ("Blade II", "The Devil's Backbone") comes "Hellboy", a supernatural action adventure based on Mike Mignola's popular Dark Horse Comics series of the same name. Born in the flames of hell, and brought to our world in a pagan ritual, the fierce red hero, Hellboy (Ron Perlman), was saved by his friend and mentor, the benevolent Dr. Broom (John Hurt). Raised in Broom's Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, Hellboy joins the likes of the "Mer-Man" Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman (Selma Blair), the woman he loves who can psychically control fire, and Myers, the FBI agent who is his rival for Liz's affections. Together, our heroes must come to terms with fantastic powers that prove to be both a blessing and a curse. In the process they discover that their abilities serve to benefit mankind but may also keep them forever isolated from the society that only they can protect.

With Dakota Fanning • Alec Baldwin • Mike Myers • Sean Hayes • Paige Hurd • Kelly Preston • Brian Grazer • Paris Hilton • Spencer Breslin • Lawrence Quinn • Alec Berg • Jeff Schaffer • Bo Welch

Mike Myers stars in the title role of Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat, the film adaptation of the beloved literary classic. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss was first published in 1957, and remains one of the top ten best-selling hardcover children's books of all time. The mischievous feline visitor in the striped stove-pipe hat makes his big screen debut with this live-action production, which will bring the off-kilter Dr. Seuss characters - as well as some new ones created especially for the film - to life on the big screen.

With Anne Hathaway • Steve Coogan • Lucy Punch • Cary Elwes • Hugh Dancy • Patrick Bergin • Tommy O'Haver • Eric Idle • Parminder Nagra • Jane Startz • Karen McCullah Lutz • Kirsten Kiwi Smith • Aidan McArdle • Joanna Lumley • Jennifer Higham • Laurie Craig • Gail Carson Levine

Ella (Anne Hathaway of "The Princess Diariess" fame) lives in a fanciful and magical world where all children are given a "gift" from a fairy Godmother at the moment of their birth. Little Ella's birthright is the gift - and curse - of obedience. As a result of this unfortunate circumstance, Ella cannot refuse any command, and is often left at the mercy of unscrupulous personalities. In a bid to regain control of her life, Ella goes on a quest to free herself from this mysterious curse. Ella must outwit a kingdom filled with ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, talking books and evil plots. And, if she's lucky, she may find love along the way.

With Keith David • Marc DuPontavice • Kirsten Dunst • Chris Delaporte • Anjelica Huston • Greg Proops • Michael McShane • Pascal Pinon • Richard Harris • Tarik Hamdine

Set in a world where a giant tree called Axis rises 100 miles above the planet surface, this is an adventure story about a spirited, young woman, Kaena (Kirsten Dunst), who leaves her tree village hoping to discover why the plant's sap is disappearing, thus threatening her people's way of life. Against the wishes of her village elders, she climbs down past the cloud level, and encounters the Selenites, a race that is trying to keep the tree from dying by enslaving another species. Richard Harris plays Opaz, an elderly sage, Anjelica Huston is the evil Queen of the Selenites, Keith David plays her second-in-command, while Greg Proops and Michael McShane are comic relief characters, the Worms.

With Matthew Lillard • Charles Roven • Richard Suckle • Freddie Prinze Jr. • Sarah Michelle Gellar • Tim Blake Nelson • Linda Cardellini • Seth Green • Alicia Silverstone • Raja Gosnell • Ruben Studdard • Brent O’Connor • Peter Boyle

In "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed", Scooby and the gang confront an anonymous masked villain who is plotting to take over the city of Coolsville by wreaking mayhem with a monster machine that creates Mystery Inc.'s classic foes like The Pterodactyl Ghost, The Black Knight Ghost and The 10,000 Volt Ghost. Meanwhile, the gang's detecting abilities are scrutinized by relentless reporter Heather Jasper-Howe (Alicia Silverstone), aided by museum curator Patrick Wisely (Seth Green) and thwarted by nasty Jeremiah Wickles (Peter Boyle).

With Robert Duvall • George Lucas • Maggie McOmie • Lawrence Sturhahn • Don Pedro Colley • Donald Pleasence • Ian Wolfe • Sid Haig • Walter Murch

Made in 1971, 'THX 1138' marked the George Lucas's filmmaking debut. Francis Ford Coppola and his American Zoetrope studios produced the film at the height of the American independent movement. It is a thought-provoking and visually rich exploration of a theme that would repeat itself throughout Lucas's career: One man's quest to realize his own potential amid an oppressive society. 'THX 1138' is a chilling look at a 25th-century totalitarian state where mankind is stripped of any individuality. People are numbered drones, and a government-enforced program of sedating drugs controls the populace. The story's title character, THX, is a factory worker whose life is irrevocably changed when he stops taking his mind-numbing drugs.

With Jake Gyllenhaal • Emmy Rossum • Dennis Quaid • Mark Gordon • Roland Emmerich • Austin Nichols • Jared Harris • Nestor Serrano • Sela Ward • Rick Hoffman • Perry King • Joe Cobden • Arjay Smith • Kenneth Moskow • Jeffrey Nachmanoff

A high-concept big-budget movie from director Roland Emmerich ("Independence Day"), it's about a climatological disaster that ravages the world beyond recognition. As millions of terrified survivors flee south, Professor Adrian Hall (Dennis Quaid), a brilliant paleoclimatologist, heads to New York City — now a frozen wasteland — in search of his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal), who may still be alive.

With Kate Beckinsale • Hugh Jackman • Elena Anaya • Stephen Sommers • Josie Maran • Sam West • Richard Roxburgh • Will Kemp • Sam Mercer • David Wenham • Kevin J. O'Connor • Shuler Hensley • Bob Ducsay

Set in the late 19th century, monster hunter Dr. Gabriel Van Helsing (Jackman) is summoned to a mysterious land in East Europe to vanquish evil forces... like Count Dracula (Richard Roxburgh), the Wolf Man (Will Kemp), and Frankenstein's Monster (Shuler Hensley). Assisting him once he gets there is Anna (Kate Beckinsale), the heir of a long-running family committed to hunting down and destroying Dracula.

With Vin Diesel • Karl Urban • David Twohy • Judi Dench • Ted Field • Alexa Davalos • Colm Feore • Ja Rule • Geogre Zakk • Kim Wheat • Nick Chunlund • Scott Kroopf • David Womark • Jim Wheat

The further adventures of Riddick (Vin Diesel) continue five years later, as the escaped convict with the ability to see in the dark finds himself caught in the middle of a galactic war between two opposing forces, with the key figure being the Lord Marshal (Colm Feore), the leader of a sect called the Necromongers waging the "10th Crusade" in the 26th century. Helping Riddick is Aereon (Judi Dench), the Ambassador of the "Elemental" race, who helps Riddick unearth the secrets of his origin and Kyra (Alexa Davalos), who has grown up since Riddick knew her as a preteen girl in the first movie. Attempting to free himself and Kyra from a subterranean prison, Riddick ends up on board the Necromonger flagship, where he gets his chance to face off against the Lord Marshal in a battle over the future of all beings in the galaxy, both living... and dead.

With Daniel Radcliffe • Emma Watson • Chris Columbus • Gary Oldman • Tom Felton • David Heyman • Maggie Smith • Alfonso Cuarón • David Thewlis • Timothy Spall • Rupert Grint • Steve Kloves • Fiona Shaw • Mark Radcliffe • Richard Griffiths • Michael Gambon • Dawn French • Julie Walters • Robbie Coltrane • Devon Murray • Paul Whitehouse • Michael Barnathan • Pam Ferris • Peter Best • Jimmy Gardner • Alan Rickman • David Bradley • Matt Lewis • Julie Christie • Jamie Waylett • Joshua Herdman • Alfie Enoch • Chris Rankin • Hugh Mitchell • Katharine Nicholson • Jim Tavare • Callum McDougall

In "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his friends Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) return for their third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where the teenagers are forced to face their darkest fears as they confront a dangerous escaped prisoner (Gary Oldman) and the equally foreboding Dementors, who are sent there to protect them.

With James Franco • Elizabeth Banks • Tobey Maguire • Avi Arad • Miles Millar • Sam Raimi • Alvin Sargent • Kirsten Dunst • David Koepp • Alfred Molina • Dylan Baker • Donna Murphy • Laura Ziskin • Brooke Adams • Bruce Campbell • Daniel Gillies • Alfred Gough • Rosemary Harris • Michael Chabon

In Sony Pictures "Spider-Man 2", two years have passed since Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) walked away from his longtime love Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) and decided to take the road to responsibility as Spider-Man. Peter must face new challenges as he struggles to cope with "the gift and the curse" of his powers while balancing his dual identities as the elusive superhero Spider-Man and life as a college student. The relationships Peter holds most dear are now in danger of unraveling as he clashes with the powerful, multi-tentacled villain "Doc Ock" (Alfred Molina).

With Will Smith • Shia LaBeouf • Wyck Godfrey • John Davis • Bruce Greenwood • Alex Proyas • Bridget Moynahan • Alan Tudyk • Chi McBride • Akiva Goldsman • Jeff Vintar • Topher Dow • James Cromwell • Laurence Mark

Will Smith stars in this action thriller inspired by the classic short story collection by Isaac Asimov and brought to the big screen by director Alex Proyas ("Dark City", "The Crow"). In the year 2035, robots are an everyday household item and everyone trusts them, except one slightly paranoid detective (Will Smith) investigating what he alone believes is a crime perpetrated by a robot. The case leads him to discover a far more frightening threat to the human race.

With Milla Jovovich • Sienna Guillory • Samuel Hadida • Thomas Kretschmann • Zack Ward • Matthew G. Taylor • Bernd Eichinger • Eric Mabius • Jeremy Bolt • Paul W S Anderson • Oded Fehr • Don Carmody • Paul Anderson

After escaping a secret corporate facility overrun by the undead, Alice finds herself roaming the streets in the heart of the ravaged and deserted Racoon City. She has been subjected to biogenetic experimentation by the vast Umbrella Corporation and becomes genetically altered, with super-human strengths, senses and dexterity. These skills, and many more, will be needed if anyone is to stay alive.

With Michael Winterbottom • Essie Davis • Samantha Morton • Togo Igawa • Tim Robbins • Om Puri • Nina Fogg • Andrew Eaton • Frank Cottrell Boyce • Emil Marwa • Jeanne Balibar • Bruno Lastra • Nabil Massad • Taro Sherabayani

A love story set in an eerily possible near-future, where cities are heavily controlled and only accessible through checkpoints. People cannot travel unless they have papelles, a special travel insurance. Outside of the cities, the desert has taken over and shanty towns are jammed with non-citizens—people without papelles whose lives are severely restricted. William is a family man who works as an insurance investigator. When his company sends him to another city to solve a case of fake papelles, he meets a woman named Maria. Although he knows she's been creating the forgeries, he falls completely in love with her. He hides her crime and they have a wild, passionate affair that can only last as long as his papelles: twenty-four hours. Back home, William is obsessed by the memory of Maria. He tries to see her, but is refused the necessary papers to travel. Desperate, he uses one of the fake papelles he kept from his investigation. He eventually tracks her down, only to discover she has been accused of Code 46 violation.