Hustle and Flow [HD DVD]
May 31, 2008
The idea of a soulful pimp as the hero of a movie will strike some viewers as objectionable and perhaps even repellent, but Terrence Dashon Howard’s complex and fierce performance will challenge such easy moral decisions. DJay (Howard, Crash, The Best Man) hustles a small stable of whores, including corn-rowed Nola (Taryn Manning, A Lot Like Love). When he learns that former local rapper turned superstar named Skinny Black (real life rapper Ludacris) is coming back to town for the 4th of July, DJay teams up with a frustrated sound engineer (Anthony Anderson, Kangaroo Jack) and a geeky musician (DJ Qualls, Road Trip) to put together a demo tape that he hopes will be his ticket to fame and fortune. What’s most impressive about Hustle & Flow is that it doesn’t oversell its hero. DJay’s aspirations are more economic than poetic–he’s not out to create art, he just wants a better life. This lack of pretension allows the movie to capture a genuine sense of how creativity can improve people’s lives, which surprises DJay as much as anyone. The movie’s other strength is a keen eye for social behavior, in particular the ways in which DJay manipulates everyone around him. Howard, who’s almost always stood out in every movie he’s made, plays these scenes with what can only be called smooth desperation. The entire cast gives substantial performances, but it’s Howard who drives the movie irresistibly forward. –Bret Fetzer
Customer Review: Surprise Surprise
I absolutely didn’t think I was going to like this movie. As a rental, it’s been in my house for more than two months, but finally on this cold GA night, I popped it in and was blown away. Being from Memphis myself, this film easily captured the poor sector masterfully. Granted Djay and his ho’s are not your ordinary heroes, but it’s that elusive what-happened-to-my-dream feeling that truly taps into the audience’s heart. I know I’m late to the party, but Bravo. This movie is well worth seeing.
Customer Review: Outstanding
The picture looks good, like the other poster said “it is supposed to be that way.” This movie is all about the music though, so do it some justice and watch it on a good home theatre set up. Terrence Howard is great in this as well as the rest of the cast. Don’t get turned off by the fact that the main character is a pimp, he is just trying to make something out of himself. Buy from here…
Jennifer Lopez - The Reel Me (DVD & CD)
May 31, 2008
With 16 music videos under her belt, Jennifer Lopez has a few things to say in this sexy anthology about what it takes to connect people to her songs. She says them concisely in an interview that wraps around The Reel Me’s collection of sweet ballads, sweaty dance music, and jagged hip-hop, but the videos actually speak for themselves. “If You Had My Love” makes a closed-circuit, home-security system a vehicle for catching J-Lo in an amorous mood–a ridiculous idea, of course, but terribly hot just the same. “No Me Ames” finds Lopez and Marc Anthony playing an embattled couple in a dramatization of their powerful duet. Other highlights include “Feelin’ So Good,” in which the star plays a hairdresser who blows her paycheck on a night out with the girls; the “Ain’t It Funny” remix, with its deep colors and sassy attitude; and “Jenny from the Block,” co-starring Ben Affleck. –Tom Keogh
Customer Review: Reel good!
I’ve really enjoyed this DVD, I recommend it to anyone that likes Jennifer Lopez or just likes Pop music. My kids and I watch it together and my little one watches it all the time. We enjoy all the videos and I’m sure anyone that buys it would too. This is Jennifer Lopez’s best DVD so far!
Customer Review: excellent
this is just a very good compilation. you get all of j.lo’s music video’s plus her being interviewed by Sway of MTV about her thoughts and comments on each video before they’re played. j.lo is very bubbly, laughy, and chatty. inside also contains couple great pictures….it is candid, good quality, and worth every penny. Good job!
i didn’t like the cd though. it has some remixes of a couple of her songs, and they just do not sound good. but i like the dvd so much i just had to give this 5 stars instead of 4. Buy from here…
The Stepford Wives (Special Collector’s Edition)
May 31, 2008
In THE STEPFORD WIVES, Walter (Broderick) and Joanna (Kidman) Eberhart are the newest residents in a suburban neighborhood in Stepford. Seeing that the women she surrounds herself with all seem to be cut from the same mold, and are seemingly incapable of thinking for themselves, Joanna begins to think something suspicious is going on in Stepford. Upon realizing that her friends have been replaced by robots and that she’s next on the list, Joanna and Walter decide to turn the tables and expose the truth about what’s really been going on in Stepford.
Customer Review: Bad storyline
It is true that this movie makes no sense: First the women show a behaviour thats only possible if they are robots, then at the end it reveals they are normal woman but only with a chip implanted in their head. Thats one thing, but what really destroys the movie is that soon after the first looks at the women, right in the beginning in Stepford, it is already clear they are some kind of robot. It is no surprise anymore, the secret is really not a secret and Joana and her friends do not see the obvious until the end, its so unbelieveable.
Customer Review: Just love watching this every now and then…it makes me smile
Loved the original book as a kid and the first movie later. The cameos in this were so cool. Glenn Close was over the top. Nicole was terrific. Heck almost everyone was outstanding. I don’t think most people want to see this view of the world, even in jest. Buy from here…
Middlesex: A Novel (Oprah’s Book Club)
May 31, 2008
So begins the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family who travel from a tiny village overlooking Mount Olympus in Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit, witnessing its glory days as the Motor City, and the race riots of l967, before they move out to the tree-lined streets of suburban Grosse Pointe, Michigan. To understand why Calliope is not like other girls, she has to uncover a guilty family secret and the astonishing genetic history that turns Callie into Cal, one of the most audacious and wondrous narrators in contemporary fiction. Lyrical and thrilling, Middlesex is an exhilarating reinvention of the American epic.
Customer Review: A confused hermaphrodite within a confused family
“Squinting in the dim light, my grandmother looked down to see the front of her tunic visibly fluttering; and in that instant, as she recognized the insurrection inside her, Desdemona became what she’d remain for the rest of her life: a sick person imprisoned in a healthy body” (pg. 20).
“Historical fact: people stopped being human in 1913. That was the year Henry Ford put his cars on rollers and made his workers adopt the speed of the assembly line. At first, workers rebelled. They quit in droves, unable to accustom their bodies to the new pace of the age. Since then, however, the adaptation has been passed down: we’ve all inherited it to some degree, so that we plug right into joysticks and remotes, to repetitive motions of a hundred kinds” (pg. 95).
“But there was something else I wanted to mention about those babies. Something impossible to see with the naked eye. Look closer. There. That’s right:
One mutation apiece” (pg. 125).
“Though he’d never been religious, he realized now that he’d always believed in the soul, in a force of personality that survived death. But as his mind continued to waver, to short-circuit, he finally arrived at the cold-eyed conclusion, so at odds with his youthful cheerfulness, that the brain was just an organ like any other and that when it failed he would be no more” (pg. 263).
Customer Review: Detailed and Interesting Novel
Middlesex is about a young hermaphrodite and his change from one sexuality, to another. This book jumps around telling stories from three generations of this Greek-American family. Because Jeffrey Eugenides writes about a rarely talked about subject, the reader receives some shocking details and interesting facts that the reader would have never thought of before. Throughout the entire book there are three main ideas being discussed, genetics, relationships, and sexual identity.
This book was really enjoyable. I had a lot of trouble taking breaks from reading this book. I always wanted to know what happened next. Hearing from other people about the book, as well as reading the back of this book, I figured it would be about Calliope and her transformation. Although for more than the first half of the book I found myself reading the history of this Greek-American family, their travel from Europe to America, their ideas of the great American dream and their struggles to live it. Although, throughout the first half of the novel, I always found myself yearning to know how Calliope felt and to hear about her full story. The reason I liked this book so much is because of the way the author pulls the reader into the book and really puts the reader into the lives of the characters. I liked being able to feel as though I was in the room with these people. Jeffrey Eugenides writes in so much detail I can just see myself being in the characters’ shoes.
Jeffrey Eugenides builds up the story before he even tells it. Such as towards the beginning of the book Jeffrey writes “When this story goes out into the world, I may become the most famous hermaphrodite in history.” This way of writing makes you feel confident in finishing the book as well as convinces you to keep reading because there always seems to be something better ahead you don’t know about yet. Another thing Jeffrey Eugenides does is, write from the perspective of a Naïve Narrator and therefore when reading this book you are ignorant of what is going on. Then something comes as a big surprise and it pulls you in and makes you want to read more.
I would definitely recommend this book to others. Not only because it is such a page turner, but because it is such a beautifully written book, full of exciting details and insightful metaphors. This book I believe can be really enjoyable to many and educational as well. This book is a perfect example of unique writing and it really gives you a different perspective on other authors’ writing styles.
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The Definition of Smart Ringer T-Shirt
May 31, 2008
Smart - Having qualities or presenting quick intelligence or an abundance of mental capability. For an Illustration see attached person. Now the dictionary entry really does have your picture next to it! Buy from here…
Black Labrador Retriever DOG FACE LOGO White Womens Babydoll T Shirt
May 28, 2008
Form-fitting babydoll style, features an amazing looking print of the majestic black lab on the front. 100% cotton. Brand new from the manufacturer, officially licensed…PERFECT. Buy from here…
The Howdy Doody Show - The Bird Club & Other Episodes
May 28, 2008
The Bird Club (February 1, 1958) - Buffalo Bob invites Professor Whipporill to speak at a meeting of the Doodyville Bird Club. The Professor brings along a pet woodpecker, which Mr. Bluster uses to break up the meeting. “10th Anniversary” (December 28, 1957) - Howdy’s 10th Anniversary on TV is celebrated with a birthday party. The show’s theme is based on the program “This Is Your Life.” “Shrinking Machine” (February 8, 1958) - Hoping to shed a few pounds, Buffalo Bob uses Howdy Doody’s new shrinking machine. But, due to Mr. Bluster and his mean cohort Pesky the Clown’s trickery, Buffalo Bob shrinks down to the size of Tom Thumb! “Tammy Returns” (March 8, 1958) - Clarabell and the grand prize winner of the Smile Contest–Tammy Marihugh of Hollywood, California–return from their tour. Buffalo Bob gets ready to present Tammy with her prizes, but he finds that they have disappeared. Buy from here…
Live from Wembley Arena, London England: P!NK
May 28, 2008
1.’Cuz I Can
2.Trouble
3.Just Like A Pill
4.Who Knew
5.I’m Not Dead
6.Stupid Girls
7.Spanish Dance
8.There You Go
9.God Is A DJ
10.Fingers
11.Family Portrait
12.The One That Got Away
13.Dear Mr. President
14.What’s Up?
15.U + UR Hand
16. 18 Wheeler
17.Don’t Let Me Get Me
18.Leave Me Alone, I’m Lonely
19.Nobody Knows
20.Get The Party Started
Having won the respect of industry and fans around the globe, it is no surpise that there is a demand for more P!nk! P!nk continues to prove her mettle as an immensely talented performer with a lot to say. Now on the heels of 2006’s highly-acclaimed I’m Not Dead, and her first DVD, Live in Europe, P!nk is back with yet another astonisihing Live perforamce, taped at Wembley Arena on December 4, 2006.
Customer Review: MUST HAVE
If you’re a P!NK fan you MUST have this DVD!! She’s amazing & this DVD really shows it.
Customer Review: P!nk Live at Wembley Dvd! I’m Not Dead! The Best Cd,Concert & Dvd Ever!
I highly recommend this dvd P!nk Live at Wembley! This dvd features Pink’s current I’m not Dead tour.Filmed live at Wembley arena,London England in late 2006.
I saw this concert live in Sydney, I actually went twice is was so fabulous.This dvd captures the magic of her concert and if you’ve seen it live I would buy as a keepsake to relive the memory of the BEST concert ever & if you didn’t make it to her concert, do yourself a favour and pick up a copy of this dvd gem.
The only complaint I have is the behind the scenes features was fairly short.
I absolutely love P!nk and Love this Dvd! Buy the explicit version so you don’t get the occasionally swearing beeped out.
BUY IT! P!NK SAYS ROCK N ROLL Y’ALL! 
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Sgt. Piggy’s Lonely Hearts Club Comic: A Pearls Before Swine Treasury
May 28, 2008
Rat, Pig, Zebra, and Goat, the central characters of Pearls Before Swine, are back in their new book, Sgt. Piggy’s Lonely Hearts Club Comic, the first Pearls Before Swine treasury-supersized for your enjoyment. But this is no ordinary cartoon treasury. Like the influential Beatles album that inspired the book’s title, Sgt. Piggy is full of surprises. In addition to collecting in one volume all of the Pearls cartoons that appeared in BLTs Taste So Darn Good and This Little Piggy Stayed Home, cartoonist Stephan Pastis takes readers on a VIP backstage tour of one of the most successful new comic strips in newspapers today. In Sgt. Piggy, Pastis explains the genesis of Pearls (hint: it didn’t begin at an artist’s easel), why he was initially reluctant to show it to newspaper syndicates (and the surprising reason he changed his mind), the unexpected responses from readers to his work (oh, the letters), which Pearls strips worked and which ones didn’t (and how he would have corrected the ones that didn’t). The result is a rare and revealing glimpse into the world of Rat and Pig, Goat and Zebra. Full of humor and insight, sardonic asides and unexpected truths, Sgt. Piggy’s Lonely Hearts Club Comic is a book that comics fans everywhere can enjoy anytime-even when they’re 64.
Customer Review: Totally Awesome!
I’ve been a Pearls Before Swine fan for a while, and I love this book! The comics are funny and realistic (rather), though a bit dark. But it’s still worthwhile. I like how Stephan Pastis puts little comments under some comics. It’s nice to see some insight from the author. The beginning is good as well, with Pastis telling how he got into the comic business. Overall, I highly recommend this book to Pearls Before Swine fans, and to anyone looking for a funny (but not always happy) comic.
Customer Review: Great book!
I always start my mornings out with a nice healthy strip of Pearls. This first Pearls treasury is a must for all fans! It contains all the strips from the first two books (BLTs Taste So Darn Good, This Little Piggy Stayed Home), but the Sundays are in color and Pastis even includes some personal comments for select strips. The comments offer a different way to look at the strip, giving insight to what the author was thinking or how the audience reacted to the strip. Buy from here…
Erasure Pop!: The First 20 Hits
May 28, 2008
Customer Review: POP! The First 20 Hits
This VHS was great back when it was released and it is still great to watch today. This tape includes the first 20 hits of the critically acclaimed british pop duo ERASURE.
Their videos are not the best and you can say they are cheesy but the songs are great.
I recomend that you listen to O’h Lamour, A Little Respect, Star, Take a Chance on me, Chains of Love,
Great buy
Customer Review: absolutly fabulous
all i can say is that this group is the best thing since sliced brea Buy from here…
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