About this product: Although I got this as a free rental, I almost felt like asking for another one, since it was a real piece of crap.
At times, it almost looked like it had been recorded using a cheap camera phone. The script and the editing were also terrible, which really didn't help.
I still don't understand how studios can release such bad movies on DVD yet there are still some classics that we may never get in that format.
About this product: Do you remember the movie back in 1989, "The Turn On," when a mad scientist uses a special remote control to turn on women? I'm sure some of you remember. After eleven years later another sequal came out called, "The Ultimate Attraction."
"Sex, Lies, and Politics" is the third installation of "The Turn On." This story involves money, power, seduction, and a man named "Ron Slick" who loves to use the remote control on beautiful women when they least expect it, such as Congress Woman during her conference, a sexy reporter during a newscast, and so on so on.
I'll give it three stars for the effort. There are total of 6 installations of "The Turn On." Well, three down and three more to go. It took a long time for each movie to come out. By the time the last one becomes available, a decade will pass, and we'll all be ten years older.
About this product: From Sundance Jury Prize winner and three-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Stekler (George Wallace: Settin’ the Woods on Fire), P.O.V. presents the SXSW audience favorite LAST MAN STANDING, a humorously enlighening nail-biter that Variety calls "an intriguing ground-level look at Texas politics as a full-contact sport...a provacative pic!" If the down-home cowboy politics of George W. Bush seem to be a blueprint for success in Washington these days, what are they like back in the Lone Star state? LAST MAN STANDING takes a camera to Texas to find out in this lively, behind-the-scenes portrait of two unpredictable, post-millennial elections. The first--a battle for state representative between self-proclaimed "right-wing nut" incumbent Rick Green (R) and 24-year-old political newbie Patrick Rose (D)--proves to be a twisting horse race built on bitter personal attacks and door-to-door campaigning. The other--a polarizing race for governor--pits Bush’s ascendant state Republican Party against a historic, multi-cultural Democratic ticket. So how did Texas, once a solidy Democratic "Johnson Country" only a generation ago, become known for its dominating brand of Republicanism? Featuring interviews with some of Texas’ leading political lights, including former governor Ann Richards, writer Molly Ivins, and "Dubya" strategist Karl Rove, LAST MAN STANDING helps decode the state’s electoral dynamics, illuminating national politics in the process. DVD Features: Filmmaker Interview; Resources; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection
About this product: This in-depth history of Oregon's beaches focuses on the political ebb and flow of efforts to keep the Oregon coast accessible to the public. The fight, which began with Governor Oswald West's 1913 landmark legislation, has thankfully been effective, though not without substantial effort. Featuring interviews with many of the living key players as well as voices from the past including Governors Tom McCall & Bob Straub POLITICS OF SAND provides testimony to the fruits of citizen action.
About this product: Happy days are here again! Marie Dressler takes command in the war between men and women as widow Hattie Burns, who runs for mayor of a city corrupted by illegal gin and slick pols who "could bring tears to a glass eye." The womenfolk back Hattie, the menfolk don't and the ladies go on strike until their hapless hubbies reconsider. This reworking of Lysistrata, rich in both comedy and melodrama, shows the great star at the top of her form, supported by frequent co-star and perfect foil Polly Moran as her campaign manager. Dressler may have played a mayor in Politics, but in real life her station was somewhat higher. "Marie Dressler is the real queen of our movies," Will Rogers declared.
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About this product: There's tremendous excitement about this year's election. People say that their candidate will fix America. Senator Barack Obama has inspired idol worship that's usually lavished on rock stars. At the Republican convention, one man told John Stossel that Senator John McCain was like ''Superman.'' Stossel says, ''Give me a break,'' politicians' ''fixes'' often have unintended consequences that are worse than the original problem. Do we really need a president to plan our lives, to direct us? Or does most of life work best when you are in charge?
Reports include: -Spontaneous Order: Most of life is governed by spontaneous order. It regulates how we choose our jobs, hobbies, lovers, recreation and most of the rest of our lives. It runs most of the economy. When Stossel tries to ''govern'' a skating rink filled with expert and beginner skaters (he shouts orders with a bullhorn), skaters hate it. Some fall. A politician observing the problem might say: ''We need to elect a more expert leader.'' Stossel tries that by giving the bullhorn to Olympic gold medalist Brian Boitano. But he does no better.
-New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina: After a disaster, people desperately want government help. FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is a fulltime specialist in disaster relief. Why do they so often disappoint? Stossel compares Wal-Mart's and FEMA's response to hurricane Katrina. He investigates why Wal-Mart delivered water to people while FEMA bureaucrats dithered.
-Campaign Finance Reform: Campaign finance law, like all our government's laws, is subject to a still more powerful law: the law of unintended consequences. Stossel reports that campaign finance reform has actually made it harder for the little guy to have his voice heard. For all its complications, what has ''reform'' accomplished?
-Farm Subsidies: ABC News talks to Maurice Wilder, who's been America's single largest recipient of farm subsidies. Our farm policy was supposed to save small farmers and small towns. Instead, Stossel says it fuels the expansion of industrial mega-farms and the depopulation of rural America.
-Who will run America?: Listening to the media and the political class, one would think the election is about who will ''run America.'' But Stossel says politicians don't run the country. What happens in the White House matters less than what happens in your house.
Anchor: John Stossel Airdate: 10/17/2008
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