Through The Decades: 2000S Collection [DVD]

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Four-disc set includes: Nurse Betty (2000)This unpredictable, darkly comic road fantasy from director Neil LaBute centers on Betty Sizemore (Ren?e Zellweger), a Kansas waitress who becomes delusional after witnessing her husband's murder and heads to Hollywood to meet a soap opera actor (Greg Kinnear) she believes is a real doctor and her long-lost true love. Trailing her are the hit men (Morgan Freeman and Chris Rock) behind Betty's hubby's death. With Crispin Glover, Aaron Eckhart. 110 min. C/Rtg: R One Night At McCool's (2001)Liv Tyler portrays Jewel, a beauty who infatuates three different men she meets one evening at a tavern: a bartender (Matt Dillon), who sees her as housewife material; a lawyer (Paul Reiser), who's driven solely by lust; and a detective (John Goodman), to whom Jewel is an angelic presence. But there's more to Jewel than meets any of these guys' eyes, and not all of it is on the level. With Michael Douglas, Reba McEntire, and Richard Jenkins. 93 min. C/Rtg: R Spy Game (2001)Retiring CIA operative Nathan Muir (Robert Redford) learns that former prot?g? Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt) has been captured by the Chinese government and will be put to death in 24 hours. Told that any interference would threaten a Chinese-U.S. trade agreement, Muir works behind the scenes on a rescue attempt while looking back on his and Bishop's early days together. Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane, Marianne Jean-Baptiste also star in Tony Scott's engrossing espionager. 147 min. C/Rtg: R The Emperor's Club (2002)Kevin Kline is William Hundert, an assistant headmaster and classics professor at a well-to-do prep school in the 1970s. Beloved by the students, he finds a challenge in freshman Sedgewick Bell (Emile Hirsch), authority-bucking son of a West Virginia senator, whose antics and lack of respect for Hundert and the faculty lead the professor to take a new approach to reach him. With Embeth Davidtz, Steven Culp, Patrick Dempsey, Rob Morrow. 110 min. C/Rtg: PG-13 The Shape Of Things (2003)Adapting his own anti-"Pygmalion" play for the screen, Neil LaBute's caustic relationship study stars Paul Rudd as Adam, a nerdy college student who begins a relationship with unpredictable art major Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) and introduces her to crass buddy Phillip (Fred Weller) and his fianc?e, Jenny (Gretchen Mol). When Evelyn radically makes over Adam's appearance and life, things heat up between him and Jenny, leading to friction between the four and a surprising revelation. 97 min. C/Rtg: R 21 Grams (2003)Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, and Benicio Del Toro star as three seemingly unconnected individuals-a math teacher, a recovering drug addict, and a soul-searching ex-con, respectively-whose lives converge at one fateful and tragic moment. Director Alejandro Gonz?lez I??rritu's ("The Revenant") powerful, non-linear drama of souls linked by a shared destiny also stars Charlotte Gainsbourg, Clea DuVall, Melissa Leo, Danny Huston. 125 min. C/Rtg: R Cry_Wolf (2005)A group of wealthy prep school kids uses the occasion of a nearby unsolved murder to engineer a high-tech Internet hoax involving a serial killer named "the Wolf," who they suggest is loose on campus. When a stranger begins instant-messaging them claiming to be the real killer, their impulsive prank loses it's comic value, in this modern chiller. Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, and Jon Bon Jovi star. Unrated version; 91 min. C/Rtg: NR The Hitcher (2007)In the creepy remake of the '80s cult horror fave, Sean Bean is the titular traveler, John Ryder, picked up on a lonely road by unsuspecting couple Grace (Sophia Bush) and Jim (Zachary Knighton). Tossed from the car after pulling a knife, Ryder embarks on a killing spree and makes it appear as though the young lovers are actually the murderers. Neal McDonough,?Kyle Davis also star. 84 min. C/Rtg: R Baby Mama (2008)Hilarious comedy stars Tina Fey as Kate, a Philadelphia-based career woman who has everything she wants from life-except for a baby. Unable to have a child of her own, she visits a fertility clinic and is matched up with white trash surrogate mother Angie (Amy Poehler). Before you can say "The Odd Couple," Angie moves in with Kate and the women experience plenty of outrageous baby mama drama. With Greg Kinnear, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Martin. 99 min. C/Rtg: PG-13 State Of Play (2009)Washington, D.C., reporter Cal McAffrey (Russell Crowe) strives to match his 20th-century training to the chaotic realm of Internet journalism in this political thriller adapted from the 2003 BBC miniseries. Covering the murder of a congressman's (Ben Affleck) secret lover, McAffrey walks an unsteady tightrope since the grieving politico is not only his friend, but also the focus of explosive gossip that is the stock-in-trade of McAffrey's blogger colleague (Rachel McAdams). Helen Mirren co-stars. 128 min. C/Rtg: PG-13