Movie Library, sorting HELP!!!

I recently converted home movies and imported them to itunes. One thing that I notice is I can't sort them alphabetically. There is no rhyme or reason to the way that itunes sorts the movie titles. I am familiar with sorting by genre, name, time, etc. etc. but even then itunes does not sort them properly.
I.e. Genre, then alphabetically.
In addition I can't add a description, or movie rating to the file.
Now the purchased movies from itunes seem to organize properly, which might have something to do with the files it self. Who knows? Can anyone help me figure this out?
Thanks for your help
CaSandra

Figured it out..
Thanks anyway

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