Feb 16, 2007 By Lou Gaul Calkins Media Film Critic 5 min read

Six diverse titles – an Oscar nominee (“The Departed”), a contemporary drama (“Half Nelson”), a speculative biography (“Infamous”), a stylish romp (“Marie Antoinette”), a broad comedy (“School for Scoundrels”) and a children’s adventure (“Zoom: Academy For Superheroes”) – are landing in DVD outlets on this Presidents’ Day weekend. The top DVD rental and sales titles are:

Best Renters

1. “The Departed” (R); Grade: A-; with Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson in director Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-nominated crime tale about Boston gangsters.

2. “Flags of Our Fathers” (R); Grade: A-; with Clint Eastwood directing a war epic about the 1945 battle for Iwo Jima by brave Marines and Navy personnel.

3. “Open Season” (PG); Grade: B-; with the voices of Martin Lawrence and Ashton Kutcher in a computer-animated tale about a domesticated grizzly bear with no survival skills and a mule deer with no common sense who are stalked by a hunter.

4. “Saw III: Unrated Edition” (Unrated and R); Grade: B-; with Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith setting more deadly traps in the hit third installment of the horror series.

5. “The Grudge 2” (Unrated and PG-13); Grade: C; with Amber Tamblyn traveling the terror trail in this sequel that has an evil spirit vacating a burned-down house in Tokyo to terrify new victims.

6. “Marie Antoinette” (PG-13); Grade: B+; with Kirsten Dunst in writer-director Sofia Coppola’s historical tale that uses contemporary touches to tell the story of a teenage girl who marries into the French royal family and then parties all the time.

7. “The Guardian” (PG-13); Grade: B-; with Ashton Kutcher and Kevin Costner in a military picture about a grizzled Coast Guard veteran discovering whether young recruits possess the strength and endurance to be rescue swimmers.

8. “Schools for Scoundrels” (Unrated and PG-13); Grade: C-; with Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Heder in a comedy about a battle between a slick motivational speaker and a depressed parking-enforcement officer.

9. “Flyboys” (PG-13); Grade: B-; with James Franco in an old-school military movie about daredevil American pilots flying bombers for the French at the start of World War I.

10. “Gridiron Gang” (PG-13); Grade: B; with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in a fact-based tale about a probation officer who turns some juvenile felons into a football team.

11. “Little Miss Sunshine” (R); Grade: B+; with Steve Carell, Toni Collette and Greg Kinnear in the highly acclaimed ensemble comedy, which has been nominated for an Oscar as best picture, about a dysfunctional family transporting a young girl to a beauty pageant.

12. “Employee of the Month” (PG-13); Grade: B-; with comic Dane Cook and Jessica Simpson in a comedy about a staffer at a warehouse outlet who becomes obsessed with dating a beautiful co-worker.

13. “Catch a Fire” (PG-13); Grade: B; with Derek Luke and Tim Robbins in a fact-based political thriller set in South Africa during apartheid.

14. “The Marine: Unrated” (Unrated and PG-13); Grade: NP; with WWE favorite John Cena in an action tale about a veteran who returns from Iraq and then must use his combat skills to save his kidnapped wife.

15. “The Illusionist” (PG-13); Grade: B+; with Edward Norton, Jessica Biel and Paul Giamatti in a romantic tale about a master magician using his skills in an attempt to save the woman he loves in turn-of-the-century Vienna.

16. “Flicka” (PG); Grade: B-; with Maria Bello and Tim McGraw in a family drama about a teenage girl who assumes responsibility for taming a wild horse. It’s a loose remake of “My Friend Flicka” (1943).

17. “Half Nelson” (R); Grade: B+; with Oscar-nominee Ryan Gosling in a drama about a caring history teacher attempting to enlighten his poor students while suffering from a drug addiction.

18. “Zoom: Academy For Superheroes” (PG); Grade: C; with Tim Allen in a comedy about an out-of-shape superhero who agrees to help some young people learn how to protect the public by using special powers.

19. “Running With Scissors” (R); Grade: C+; with Annette Bening, Gwyneth Paltrow and Alec Baldwin in a comedy drama about a boy sent to live with an unorthodox psychiatrist after his parents’ ugly divorce. It’s based on the personal memoirs of Augusten Burroughs.

20. “Infamous” (R); Grade: B; with Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock and Daniel Craig in a second film about Truman Capote at the time he was writing “In Cold Blood.”

Best Sellers

1. “The Departed” (R); Grade: A-; $28.99, DVD; $34.99, special edition DVD; $34.99, Blu-ray Disc; $39.99, HD DVD)

2. “Cinderella III: A Twist in Time” (G); Grade: B; $29.99, DVD

3. “Open Season” (PG); Grade: B-; $28.99, DVD; $38.99, Blu-ray Disc

4. “Marie Antoinette” (PG-13); Grade: B+; $28.99, DVD

5. “Flags of Our Fathers” (R); Grade: A-; $29.99, DVD

6. “The Grudge 2” (Unrated and PG-13); Grade: C; $28.99, DVD

7. “Saw III: Unrated Edition” (Unrated and R); Grade: B-; $29.99, DVD; $39.99, Blu-ray Disc

8. “Little Miss Sunshine” (R); Grade: B+; $29.99, DVD

9. “The Guardian” (PG-13); Grade: B-; $29.99, DVD; $34.99, Blu-ray Disc

10. “The Illusionist” (PG-13); Grade: B+; $29.99, DVD

(Partial source used for this listing is Video Business, wire-service and Web reports.)