Purchased Movies (with Extras) will not Play in iTunes

So I have OS 10.7.4 and the most current version of iTunes.  Lately, my purchased movies will not play in iTunes.  When I double click on them, it goes to play them, but just freezes on a black screen as if paused.  When I hit play, it flashes immediately back to pause.  The chapters are all there (with the corresponding clip from that chapter of the movie).  Ironically, these play fine on our aTV and iDevices where chapters/extras aren't used--this is only a problem on the computer playing through iTunes.   The actual files are present and, as mentioned, they sync just fine to the iPads, etc.  Any thoughts on why this is happening?  Sometimes it would be nice to play them on the computer itself.
Yes the computer is authorized (and I deauthorized then reauthorized it).  I've "Consolidated Library" and "Checked for Available Downloads".  Also non iTunes purchased movies (those from DVD's I own) ripped in Handbrake work just fine and play.  Also OLDER purchases without the Chapter screen play just fine.
Thanks,
Kevin

If you're running iTunes version 10.7.0.21, try the following user tip:
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