![]() You, Me and Dupree (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD] $26.98 There are a lot of broad comedies about men refusing to grow up, but few have the sly bite of You, Me and Dupree. Even though Carl (Matt Dillon, Crash, There's Something About Mary) is newly married to Molly (Kate Hudson, Almost Famous, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days), when his best friend Dupree (Owen Wilson, Wedding Crashers, The Life Aquatic) ends up homeless, Carl invites Dupree into their house--in which Dupree promptly makes himself at home, culminating in setting the place on fire during lurid sex. But though he's trapped between his wife and his best friend, Carl may have bigger problems as his boss--and father-in-law--hates him and is sneakily working against his marriage. You, Me and Dupree seems at first glance to be a frat-boy farce about men being emasculated by their wives, but the well-written script, guided with a sure hand by director team Joe and Anthony Russo (who each directed episodes of the top-notch TV series Arrested Development), successfully walks a treacherous path between multi-layered characters and comic events, and is all the funnier as a result. Michael Douglas (Wonder Boys, Fatal Attraction) turns in a sharp, nasty performance as Molly's overly-possessive father. Also featuring Seth Rogan (The 40 Year Old Virgin). --Bret Fetzer ![]() El marido / The Husband (Spanish Edition) $19.99 Que serias capaz de hacer por amor? Estarias dispuesto a morir? Y a matar? Una tarde cualquiera un hombre normal y corriente un jardinero de recursos modestos recibe una llamada Telefonica que invoca la peor de sus pesadillas: Tenemos a su esposa. Puede recuperarla a cambio de dos millones en efectivo . Su interlocutor no bromea ni tampoco le preocupa que Mitch no pueda reunir semejante suma. Si quiere lo bastante a su mujer... Y Mitch la quiere hasta ese punto. La quiere mas que a su vida. Dispone de sesenta horas para demostrarlo. Tiene que haber encontrado dos millones de dolares cuando acabe el plazo. Pero el pagaria mucho. Pagaria cualquier cosa. Desde ese comienzo inquietante hasta el pasmoso climax final El marido es un thriller que absorbera la atencion del lector en cada giro cada sorpresa cada revelacion. Despues de todo es una novela de Dean Koontz y no hay otra experiencia equiparable a eso. ![]() The Last Seduction $9.98 Whew. Linda Fiorentino is like a home-grown apocalyptic nightmare as the sizzling, sexy dame who thinks "sharing" is a dirty word. Fiorentino, a master of the double-cross, hooks up with naive Peter Berg, a nice guy desperate for a little adventure. There are endless twists to this cleverly vicious story, but the real draw is Fiorentino, whose performance is brilliant. She is the Everywoman you never want to meet: cool as ice, passionate, tough, self-satisfied, smart, and amoral. Bill Pullman is a surprise as a Machiavellian doctor who is almost her match. Definitely not a date flick, as this represents one vicious battle in the sexual wars. --Rochelle O'Gorman ![]() The Ugly Dachshund $14.99 When a Great Dane puppy is raised with a litter of Dachshunds, it naturally thinks it's a Dachshund too--even when it grows to 10 times the size. Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette star as the hapless couple who took in the galumphing dog, which wreaks havoc on their house and home. The Ugly Dachshund is mostly a series of spectacular disasters (the doggy demolition of Jones's art studio will delight kids and reduce adults to nervous wrecks), but it's held together by the convincing domestic banter of Jones and Pleshette (who was quite a dish in 1965); the pair went on to star in a couple of other Disney live-action flicks, Bluebeard's Ghost and The Shaggy D.A.. Despite some racial and gender stereotypes, it's a good-natured and amusing movie in the Disney mold. Also featuring classic character actor Charlie Ruggles (Bringing Up Baby, The Parent Trap). --Bret Fetzer |
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