IMovie not showing up?

Recently, whenever I open iMovie, it never shows up. I don't know what's up. Just help me :P
Edit: As we speak, I'm installing iLife all over again. I'll report later.
Message was edited by: osxdude

Reinstalling all bundled applications did not work. However, I think resetting any preferences would work. I cannot figure out how to do this, though...
Edit: Found it. http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=10320872&messageID=7229757
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I just uploaded 5 movies from my camera to my iMac using iPhoto. I can see them all in there. Here is a photo.
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