Other Computer's Movie Folder

I've got a Mac Mini in the living room, hooked up to a TV. It of course can watch all the movies in the iTunes movie folder as well as the movies in the regular "Movies" folder itself.
From my iMac in the other room, I can, using the Sources option in Front Row, watch the movies that are in the Mini's iTunes moivies folder. I'd like to be able to also watch the movies in the regular "Movies" folder. Is this possible using Front Row?

Doug,
All of my computers have file sharing turned on.
All of my computers have iTunes sharing turned on and selected playlists, movies, tv shows, audiobooks are checked to share.
All of my computers have iPhoto sharing turned on.
When I open Front Row, I have to go to Source, Music, and then the movies folder on the shared computer shows up. However, it will NOT play a movie even though there is a movie there.
It says something like "there are no songs in this playlist"...
This is a lot different than the photos sharing.
You do not have to select a source for photo sharing like music.
Select Photos, then the next window in Front Row shows "Shared Photos" at the very top.
When I click on that I can view my shared photos from the other computer(s)...
It seems they should have something like that for Movies but it isn't there that I see.
I used to be able to watch shared movies with Tiger and Front Row.
I can no longer do it.

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