In London shortly after World War II, author Ralph Fiennes is asked by civil servant friend Stephen Rea for help in determining whether wife Julianne Moore is seeing another man. What Rea doesn't know is that Fiennes and Moore had a passionate affair years earlier that she abruptly broke off, and now an obsessed Fiennes seeks to learn why she left him. Writer/director Neil Jordan's ("The Crying Game") rain- and emotion-soaked translation of the Graham Greene tale also stars Ian Hart. 109 min. Widescreen (Enhanced) and Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English; audio commentaries; "making of" featurette; isolated music score; production notes; biographies; theatrical trailers; scene access.

A comedy about kidnapping, nihilism, the Gulf War and bowling, courtesy of Joel and Ethan Coen. Jeff Bridges plays Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, a middle-aged slacker whose gutterball existence is disturbed when crooks mistake him for a millionaire industrialist, also named Lebowski, whose wife owes them money. Soon Bridges and bowling buddy John Goodman are mixed up in a complicated abduction scheme and a convoluted mystery. Julianne Moore, David Huddleston, Steve Buscemi, and John Turturro also star. 118 min. Widescreen (Enhanced) and Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; biographies; interview; theatrical trailer.

Nicole Kidman delivers an Oscar-winning performance as author Virginia Woolf in this poignant tale that focuses on three women from different times bound by a common thread. In 1929, Woolf battles mental illness as she begins to write her novel "Mrs. Dalloway." Twenty-two years later, suburban housewife Julianne Moore finds solace in Woolf's book while struggling with her dreary life. And present-day literary editor Meryl Streep is a contemporary Clarissa Dalloway coping with mortality as she plans a party for her AIDS-stricken writer friend. With Ed Harris, Claire Danes. 114 min.

Scorching erotic thriller boasting a super-steamy performance by Madonna as a seductress accused of killing her rich, older lover during a kinky lovemaking session. While on trial for murder, her defense attorney (Willem Dafoe) is drawn into her wild style of sexual games. Joe Mantegna and Anne Archer also star. This DVD features the R-rated theatrical version and an extended uncut version. 99/101 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Surround; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese.

Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson spun cinematic dross into gold with his acclaimed, disco-filled chronicle of the adult film industry's rise and decline in the late '70s and early '80s. Mark Wahlberg is well-endowed busboy-turned-screen superstud "Dirk Diggler," who becomes part of a close-knit Southern California family of performers and filmmakers that includes auteur-minded director Burt Reynolds, leading lady Julianne Moore, and starlet Heather Graham. Extended version includes 20 minutes of previously unseen footage. 175 min. total on two discs. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Surround, French 5.1; audio commentary by Anderson, Wahlberg, Graham, more; deleted scenes; music video; DVD-ROM content; scene access; excerpt from John Holmes biography.

Inspired by the writings of Raymond Carver, Robert Altman's magnificent mosaic of Southern California life interweaves the funny, touching and dramatic stories of 22 characters. The ensemble cast includes Bruce Davison, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Andie MacDowell, Matthew Modine, Julianne Moore, Chris Penn, Tim Robbins, Madeleine Stowe, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, and Jack Lemmon. 183 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; deleted scenes; "making of" documentary; featurettes; isolated music score; interview; companion book. Two-disc set.