Removing Movie Title in Front Row

I recently bought my new iMac 24" and have attempted to use Front Row, but see there is a title of a video showing on the Movie Menu that I do not want. I went to the User Movie directory, removed the file with that name, but the title still shows on the Front Row Movie Menu. I have tried to reboot the computer to no avail. I have tried to find a preferences folder that might be retaining this title in the cache but can't find one.
Any idea how to remove this unwanted title from my Movies Menu?

I have the same problem with Front Row Movie trailers. I connect to the internet via high speed DSL. Watching movie trailers takes at least 10-15 minutes to fully load. I have no other network activity taking place. I get the same message 'cannot connect to movie server' then I press PLAY on the remote and the trailer PLAYs instantly but hangs after only two seconds. If I wait another few minutes I get only another 2 seconds out of the trailer. This goes on two seconds at a time before I give up.
What is the required datarate for the the movie trailer to play seemlessly anyway? Can somebody answer this?

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