Playboy Presents Rita (Documentary with Trouble in Texas Bonus Disc)

Playboy Presents Rita (Documentary with Trouble in Texas Bonus Disc) Review

Playboy Presents Rita (Documentary with Trouble in Texas Bonus Disc) Feature

• Playboy Presents Rita (Documentary with Trouble in Texas Bonus Disc)

Playboy Presents Rita (Documentary with Trouble in Texas Bonus Disc)

CHOSIN: A Documentary Film by Brian Iglesias

CHOSIN: A Documentary Film by Brian Iglesias Review

CHOSIN: A Documentary Film by Brian Iglesias Feature

• Winner! Best Documentary, 2010 GI Film Festival
• "You Will Be Riveted" - NY Times
• "Superb" - LA Weekly
• "Deeply Moving" - Frmr Secretery of State Colin Powell
• "Profound" - Time Out NY
• "An Eye Opener"- LA Times
• "ChosinBreaks the Mold"- Military Times

During the Korean War, in the winter of 1950, 15,000 U.S. troops were surrounded and trapped by 120,000 Chinese soldiers in the frozen mountains of North Korea. Refusing surrender, the men fought 78 miles to freedom and saved the lives of 98,000 civilian refugees. After 60 years of silence, the survivors of the Chosin Reservoir Campaign take viewers on an emotional and heart-pounding journey through one of the most savage battles in American history. (86 minutes, SD&HD, Stereo & Dolby 5.1)

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film Review

"He was the most American of artists and the most artistic of Americans," one man later said – "so American in fact that he is almost invisible to us." ANDY WARHOL – a riveting and often deeply moving film portrait of the most famous and famously controversial artist of the second half of the twentieth century – is the first to explore the complete spectrum of Warhol's astonishing artistic output, stretching across five decades from the late 1940's to his untimely death in 1987. Combining powerful on-camera interviews and rare still and motion picture footage, it is also the first to put Warhol himself – his humble family background and formative experiences in Pittsburgh, and his crucial apprenticeship as a commercial artist in New York – back into the presentation of his life.

Cuba for Kids (Worlds Together)

Cuba for Kids (Worlds Together) Review

Cuba For Kids provides a ground level look at Cuba - The Pearl of the Antilles. Narrated by children, the film introduces the island by touching on its topography, history, health care and religious practices. It continues with a more detailed look at Cuba's cuisine and education. The Polynesia-like eastern city of Baracoa is explored. Similar treatment is given to the nation's capital, Havana. The film concludes with an extensive look at the island's unique musical performers and stylistic trends. Closed-captioned, subtitled.

Religulous

Religulous Review

COMEDIAN & TV HOST BILL MAHER TAKES A PILGRIMAGE ACROSS THE GLOBE ON A MIND-OPENING JOURNEY INTO THE ULTIMATE TABOO:QUESTIONING RELIGION.

Paper Clips

Paper Clips Review

Paper Clips Feature

• In 1998, a group of Tennessee schoolchildren embarked on a project that would change their lives and impact those of countless others around the world. Responding to a history lesson about the Holocaust, the students began collecting 11 million paper clips (a Norwegian symbol of Nazi resistance) to commemorate each of the lives lost in the concentration camps. As news of the Paper Clip Project spr

Paper Clips is an inspiring 2004 documentary about a consciousness-raising project that blossomed into something beautiful at a rural Tennessee school. When the principal of Whitwell Middle School sought a program that would teach diversity to a predominantly white, Protestant student body, the notion of focusing on the Holocaust--specifically Hitler's extermination of six million Jews--seemed like an obvious way to go. But understanding what "six million" looks like became a challenge. Thus was born the idea of collecting that number of paper clips at Whitwell as a visual reference.

But then it turned out paper clips actually have, in historical terms, symbolic value where the Holocaust is concerned. In this moving film, one sees Whitwell students dig into research on Germany's genocidal campaign, solicit clips from a variety of leaders and celebrities, and make a name for themselves on the national news. In time, the world comes to Whitwell's doorstep, via unsolicited donations of clips from people around the world, and in a tearful meeting of students and Holocaust survivors. The dimensions of the project, the lessons about prejudice and intolerance, are stunning to watch grow beyond anyone's wildest expectations. This is a great film for families and classrooms to watch together. --Tom Keogh PAPER CLIPS - DVD Movie

No End in Sight

No End in Sight Review

No End in Sight Feature

• The first film of its kind to chronicle the reasons behind Iraq s descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy, NO END IN SIGHT is a jaw-dropping, insider s tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officials such as forme

A staggering portrait of arrogance and incompetence, the documentary No End in Sight avoids the question of why the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, choosing instead to focus on the war's aftermath--and meticulously examine the chain of decisions that led Iraq into a grotesque state of lawlessness and civil war. Drawing from interviews with top generals, administration officials, journalists, and soldiers who were in the thick of the war itself, No End in Sight lays out a gripping story, as suspenseful as any Hollywood movie, accompanied by terrifying footage of firefights and explosions more vivid than any special effects. Unfortunately, there is no happy ending. If the documentary has a weakness, it's the shortage of voices trying to defend the administration policies (perhaps unsurprisingly, policymakers like Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz declined to be interviewed). But the testimony (presented by administration insiders and officials in Iraq, both military and civilian) argues that, despite contrary analysis and experienced advice against its actions, the top brass of the Bush administration made decisions (that aggravated already existing problems and created devastating new ones. No End in Sight builds its case one voice at a time and avoids the grandstanding that undercuts Michael Moore's work; instead, the gradual accumulation of simple facts--presented with weary resignation, earnest outrage, and restrained anger--results in a compelling condemnation of one of the worst blunders the U.S. has ever made. --Bret Fetzer NO END IN SIGHT - DVD Movie