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Love is a battlefield
September 29, 2006

Love is a battlefield in two of Fox's titles announced this week for fourth-quarter DVD release.

John Tucker Must Die arrives Nov. 14 (prebook Oct. 18) with My Super Ex-Girlfriend bowing Dec. 19 (prebook Nov. 22).

With a $40.4 million box-office gross, John Tucker proves teens will still flock to theaters for a good date movie. Guess Uma Thurman trashing Luke Willson in Ex-Girlfriend wasn't sexy enough, as the movie earned only $22.3 million. Of course, it probably helped that John Tucker himself came in the form of Desperate Housewives boy toy Jesse Metcalfe.

Teen girls will no doubt equaling flock to the Tucker disc ($29.98), which has an "On Set Tour With Jesse" as well as an extended version of the movie itself. The other extras on the menu are deleted scenes, a making-of featurette, a live performance by People in Planes and a commentary by the director, editor and writer.

The Ex-Girlfriend disc ($29.98) isn't nearly as plump, offering just deleted scenes, an extended shark sequence and the Molly McQueen "No Sleep 2 Nite" music video. No on-set tour with Luke and Uma?

Strange love

And talking of weird love, MGM is delivering a well-deserved A Fish Called Wanda Two-Disc Collector's Edition on Nov. 12 (prebook Oct. 21; $26.98). Distributed by Fox (they're keeping busy over there), the set's supplements include a trivia track, featurettes entertainingly called "Something Fishy" and "Kulture Vulture" and three Easter eggs. (We'll tell you what they are, but you have to find them: Jamie Lee Curtis' Halloween cell phone, John Cleese's thoughts on the U.S. and Wanda kissing Ken.) The always funny Cleese also contributes a commentary and the featurette "John Cleese's First Farewell Performance."

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