Rookie sensation Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) gets off the racetrack -- and discovers that winning isn't everything -- when he slows down and visits Route 66 territory in "Cars."

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The big screen scene: The latest Pixar model to roll off the animation assembly line, "Cars" (Disney) follows a hot-shot racing rookie who learns how to be what he auto be while stranded in a small Route 66 town. Owen Wilson, Paul Newman and Bonnie Hunt lead the all-star vocal cast.

Shifting to raucous comedy, "Little Man" (Sony) finds a diminutive thief (Marlon Wayans) masquerading as an abandoned infant to infiltrate the home of a suburbanite (Shawn Wayans).

On the indie beat, "Shadowboxer" (Code Black) focuses on a dying hit woman (Helen Mirren) who enlists her stepson (Cuba Gooding Jr.) to help her complete one last job.

An Italian-American actor goes home to attend "A Wake in Providence" (Indican) with his black girlfriend in tow. And a retired American Indian chief prepares to meet his Internet sweetheart at his tribe's struggling ski resort in "Christmas in the Clouds" (Hannover House). Graham Greene and M. Emmett Walsh star.

Critic's choice: Friends, Romans, movie buffs, lend me your ears, as two legendary leading men headline special DVD sets from Warner Home Video.

"The Marlon Brando Collection" features the at-long-last DVD debut of "Julius Caesar" (1953), with Brando (as a spellbinding Marc Antony), plus James Mason and John Gielgud delivering William Shakespeare's immortal lines. Other highlights include the 1962 "Mutiny on the Bounty" remake and the comedy "Teahouse of the August Moon" (1951), set in post-World War II Okinawa.

Gary Cooper, meanwhile, captured the first of two Oscars as "Sergeant York" (1941), a pacifist who becomes a World War I hero. "Gary Cooper: The Signature Collection" also spotlights "The Fountainhead" (1949), based on Ayn Rand's novel about an idealistic architect.

British acting legend Ralph Richardson, meanwhile, headlines 1948's "The Fallen Idol" (Criterion), playing a beloved servant who may be a murderer.

Richardson returns, accompanied by fellow thespic giants Laurence Olivier, Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Ian Holm and Vanessa Redgrave, in 1969's "Oh! What a Lovely War" (Paramount), a stylized musical satire of World War I.

Hot docs: What's an eight-letter word for a quirky documentary about crossword puzzles and the people who love them? "Wordplay" (IFC), which focuses on celebrity fans and championship competitors alike.

By contrast, "The Blood of My Brother: A Story of Death in Iraq" (Lifesize) follows an Iraqi who ponders vengeance when American forces kill his brother.

"Inside the Actors Studio" (Shout! Factory), meanwhile, offers close-ups of "Icons" Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand.

And on a musical note, two made-in-Vegas performances turn up on DVD. "The Who: The Vegas Job" (Passport) captures a 1999 MGM Grand concert, while Lake Las Vegas provides the setting for "Andrea Bocelli: Under the Desert Sky" (Sugar).

Kidvid corner: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, thanks to such cartoons as "Koala Brothers: Outback Christmas" (Lionsgate), "The Elf Who Saved Christmas" (First National), "Milroy: Santa's Misfit Mutt" (Cartoon Classics), "The Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale" (Porchlight) and "Care Bears: Nutcracker" (Lionsgate).

Other animated favorites materializing on DVD include Casper the Friendly Ghost and pals in "Harvey Toons: The Complete Collection" (Sony Wonder), "Veggie Tales: Gideon Tuba Warrior" (Sony Wonder), "She-Ra -- Princess of Power: Season One, Volume One" (Brentwood) and "Sesame Beginnings: Exploring Together" (Sony Wonder).

TV transfers: Before the "Naked Gun" movies hit the big screen, Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) was on the job in the 1982 sitcom "Police Squad: The Complete Series" (Paramount), which makes its DVD debut.

And if you're desperate for an '90s flashback, Paramount Home Video obliges with "Beverly Hills, 90210: The Complete First Season" and "Melrose Place: The Complete First Season."

Topping today's TV-movie lineup: the new James Bond, Daniel Craig, as a British professor investigating Joseph Stalin's death in "Archangel" (MTI), plus Anthony Hopkins in "One Man's War" (HBO), about a doctor battling a repressive South American government.

Among today's series arrivals: "The Sopranos: Season 6, Part 1" (HBO), "The West Wing: The Complete Seventh Season" (Warner), "The Best of Donny and Marie, Volume 1" (ESI), "Grounded for Life: Season Four" (Anchor Bay), "JAG: The Complete Second Season" (Paramount), "M*A*S*H: Season 11" (Fox), "Ultimate Poker Challenge Season Two" (Passport) and "Four Star Playhouse" (Timeless Media), a '50s anthology featuring rotating stars Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven and Dick Powell.