Orange County

Shaun Brumder dreams of attending Stanford but when his guidance counselor sends the wrong transcripts with his application, he is rejected and must use any method necessary to get accepted.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 30-JAN-2007
Media Type: DVDWhile it invites charges of Hollywood nepotism, Orange County overcomes that stigma with a delightful cast of newcomers and veterans alike. It’s no better or worse than many teen comedies, but director Jake Kasdan (son of director Lawrence Kasdan) astutely combines teen-flick staples (stoner gags, raucous parties) with a biting undercurrent of southern California absurdity. This comedic texture helps Colin Hanks (son of Tom) and Schuyler Fisk (daughter of Sissy Spacek) to prove their big-screen promise. They play (respectively) an Orange County teen and aspiring writer named Shaun who yearns for admission to Stanford, and his sensible girlfriend who knows just how to nurture his dreams. Much of the comedy arises from the foibles of Shaun’s dysfunctional family (played to perfection by Jack Black, Catherine O’Hara, and John Lithgow), while unbilled cameos by Ben Stiller and Kevin Kline add zest to a movie that tries to be different, and mostly succeeds. –Jeff Shannon

Rating: (out of 150 reviews)

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School of Rock / Orange County

School of Rock
Jack Black stars as a hell-raising guitarist with delusions of grandeur. Kicked out of his band and desperate for work, he impersonates a substitute teacher and turns a class of fifth grade high-achievers into high-voltage rock and rollers. Joan Cusack portrays the principal of the private school where Black is prepping the kids for a Battle of the Bands. Orange County
A high school senior dreams of attending Stanford University until his guidance counselor mistakenly spoils his chances.

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The Real Housewives of Orange County – Season One

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Genre: Television: Reality Series
Rating: UN
Release Date: 4-SEP-2007
Media Type: DVD

• Dvd. Real HouseWives of Orange County

Rating: (out of 13 reviews)

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The Real Housewives of Orange County – Season One Reviews

Review by Dog Res Q.R.:

What really makes me angry about this show are the kids! They live in multi-million dollar homes, have everything anyone could possibly want, totally funded by their parents…..except ambition, the most valuable asset they could give their children, not free BMWs!

Easy living kills all ambition in rich kids. Don’t think so? Just look at the Ozzie Osbourne spawn! They have the funds and chance to become anything of value in life such as doctors and other high paying professions, but just become slugs and drones, parasites living off their parents well into their young adult years (Tamra are you listening? Kick the young bloodsucker OUT!)

And the women, OH, where to start.

I did like Vikki, the insurance company owner, at least she works for her money, not marrying it. But in Season 2 her huge mouth which is constantly going started to grate real bad. We have dubbed her “La Pie Hola Grande” and every time I think of her I see the gaping, yapping mouth.

JO: A supposedly college degreed woman who can’t quite read the instructions on the back of a fast food package, can’t sing, wants to sing, but does not know music related terms, has no interest in learning. Her speaking voice peeled paint. I don’t think she’d actually make it through the first round of American Idol.She stated on the show, she HATES responsibility. Does not want to raise her rich ex-boyfriend’s kids, would rather spend, spend, spend than work, stay out all night, and pretty damned young to be such a serious boozer! She’s no doubt searching for her next sugar daddy.

JEANA: A successful working lady with disasterously raised children! Her daughter seems like the only one with manners or ambition of any sort; her old sons are basically large toddlers who bad mouth their mom who just stands there and passively takes it; brutish kids who would rather spend a lifetime of partying and basically being stuck at a 16 y old mentality. I just shriveled up like a bug on a hot rock when she said she bought each kid a million dollar home! What did these parasitical kids do to DESERVE that!!! Talk about the age of entitlement!

TAMMY: A minor train-wreck, but a train wreck. Illegitimate child with boyfriend, one ambitionless bleached blond, tatooed daughter living with a scummy tatooed biker type who breeds pit bulls ( oh, yeah, Riverside, Calif area needs more of THOSE!)

TAMRA: I like her. She has worked for what she has, but parenting skills to oldest son the PITS! Oldest son is 21 going on 14. Homeless, jobless, ambitionless, living on the dole with parents, the hardest part of his day is figuring out what time to wake up. Step-dad Simon really stepped up to the plate and got him into a Mercedes Benz workshop going into sales. He sits at home whining that he has no job because “opportunity hasn’t come his way.” Kid, I have news, opportunity does not find YOU!! You find IT!!!!! Oh, what a hard thing life is for this poor boy! I applaud every nasty dig his step dad gives him for being a slug and drone (Drone: An adult male bee that lives in the hive, does nothing for its keep, while the rest of the hive goes out and makes livings every day.)

Tamra: Do the kid a favor immediately, give the kid a deadline to get ANY job, then kick his lazy a$$ out! You do him no favors and are crippling him. At least Burger King would teach him to get up and out of the house EVERY day. Yes, that’s what a job is.

Tamra is married to joyless Simon who must think smiling causes impotence. He gave her a ,000 rolex for her 40th birthday. He sells Mercedes Benzes. Note to self do NOT buy a car from this dealership. He’s either selling a lot of cars or they’re over priced. He also says he can’t sell a car unless he has sex every day. Gee the rest of us just have to go to work every day without sometimes. We still are able to do our jobs. What does he do when she’s out of town? Guess he doesn’t sell anything.

LAURI: Last and least. Nothing about this aging wannabee 27, 47 year old post menopausal woman is authentic! Fake blond hair, fake over done nose and lips, fake breasts. She’s on the prowl for a rich husband. With her druggie son who is frantically trying to get her attention by constantly getting in trouble with the law. But mom’s so blinded by dollar signs in her eyes, she doesn’t seem to see the kid. And the ambitiousless older daughter who can’t even pick up the cat poop in the condo she’s sponging off her mom with or even bother to make car payments. Lauri comes with more baggage than LAX!!

I really wonder if boyfriend is serious about an engagement, or just wants to be on TV and once the series is over, engagement is over. Hurry Lauri, before he finds a younger blond thing with less baggage and gets away!!!! Three words for George: Pre-nup, pre-nup, pre-nup!

As Season 4 approaches here’s some clues on what might happen:

Laurie and George’s made in Heaven wedding turns into the Marriage from Hell. As it dissolves into a knockdown dragout through divorce court, Laurie has time to audition for the Batman sequel as The Joker, or at least as Mrs. J. She already has the face (attention Nancy Grace, better find out what really killed Heath. Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

All of the slug kids are still sitting around waiting for someone to hand them a living.

SEASON 4:

New Golddiggers.

Gretchen: Likeable, pretty, not apologizing for being an obvious G.D. Has a rich sugar-daddy who is dying of cancer. She got him to take her to the jewelry stores before he went to die in the hospital. With all the publicity of the show, she’ll find another daddy if this one does not get her to the church on time.

Lynne: Poster girl for WHITE CHICKS GET TOO MUCH SUN!! By the age of her kids, she’s probably in her late 40′s, looks 54. It won’t be long until she’s looking like a Kennedy matron, like, say Maria Shriver’s mom who resembles a breathing mummy. And like the chubby cougar from last year who they dropped from the show, Lynne is extraordinarily BORING! I don’t know why there wasn’t someone else in Coto who could have spiced things up a little. I predict this is the LAST season. And that’s not a bad thing.

Review by Dr. Jane Branam:

I like this series and now that the other cities have their own housewives shows, these California women look practically like saints! If you like soap operas, but would like to see real people in them, start with this season and then get all the rest. I am not sure why they call it Housewives however, since nobody here is a housewife. But it would be too boring if they were! Have fun with it and enjoy. Power Path to Love

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Orange County: A Personal History

Part personal narrative, part cultural history—the true story of the man behind ¡Ask a Mexican! and the incredible place that bore him.

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Orange County [VHS]

Home viewing only.While it invites charges of Hollywood nepotism, Orange County overcomes that stigma with a delightful cast of newcomers and veterans alike. It’s no better or worse than many teen comedies, but director Jake Kasdan (son of director Lawrence Kasdan) astutely combines teen-flick staples (stoner gags, raucous parties) with a biting undercurrent of southern California absurdity. This comedic texture helps Colin Hanks (son of Tom) and Schuyler Fisk (daughter of Sissy Spacek) to prove their big-screen promise. They play (respectively) an Orange County teen and aspiring writer named Shaun who yearns for admission to Stanford, and his sensible girlfriend who knows just how to nurture his dreams. Much of the comedy arises from the foibles of Shaun’s dysfunctional family (played to perfection by Jack Black, Catherine O’Hara, and John Lithgow), while unbilled cameos by Ben Stiller and Kevin Kline add zest to a movie that tries to be different, and mostly succeeds. –Jeff Shannon

• PG-13

Rating: (out of 150 reviews)

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Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County

Alexandra Pelosi follows children living in motels as their families struggle.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com’s standard return policy will apply.rn

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Orange County Then and Now (Then & Now)

Orange County, or the OC as it’s called by the locals, is California’s most populous county, and has been home to many famous faces, including Mickey Mouse, the Beach Boys, and Richard Nixon. Orange County Then and Now visits all of the OC’s legendary locations and pairs vintage views with modern scenes. It features the following. • Sixty-nine pairs of photographs show how this sun-kissed valley looked long ago, and how it looks today, illustrating the impact of Southern California’s economy and population explosion on the landscape. • Fantastic archival photographs show how Orange County still reflects the influences of the Spanish missionaries who settled here in 1769. Side-by-side images of the Mission of San Juan Capistrano — as it was then and as it is today — make for a fascinating view of California history. • Everyone knows that Disneyland put Anaheim on the map, but amazing photos show what was there before the Magic Kingdom. • From Seal Beach to Dana Point, discover the world-famous beach cities of Orange County such as Newport, Huntington and Laguna Beaches, as they were then and as they are now.

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The Real Housewives of Orange County: Season 2

Bravo returns behind the gates with The Real Housewives of Orange County.
Even in sunny Southern California, privileged doesn’t always mean perfect. Glamorous housewives Vicki, Jo, Tammy, Lauri, and Jeana may be enjoying the luxe life — replete with plastic surgery, frequent shopping sprees, and a luxury car to match each of their outfits — but real life still manage to find them, even in the land of excess and indulgence.
The Real Housewives of Orange County: The Complete Season 2 features every episode from the second season plus the Reunion Special and never-before-aired footage on 3 DVDs.

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Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County, The Complete Series

Every story has a beginning. Return to the sun, wealth and drama but say goodbye to Laguna. We move up the coast to ‘Newport Harbor’ where friendships will also be tested, betrayed and hearts will break but love still rules all. In this disc set you will get the entire Newport Harbor series. This disc is expected to play back in DVD Video”"play only”" devices, and may not play in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives.This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com’s standard return policy will apply.rn This disc is expected to play back in DVD Video “play only” devices, and may not play in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives. rn

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Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County, The Complete Series Reviews

Review by K. Harris:

It took 7 calendar days to ship; however they shipped overnight to make up for it. Or maybe they shipped overnight by mistake. All the episodes are there, including “home for the holidays”. The menus are barbaric; just a episode selection and a “play all”. There are no sub-chapters for the episodes so you always have to start each one from the beginning. I guess they couldn’t get the rights to the music since its all different; There is no opening credit sequence too because of it. But it plays fine on both the DVD players I have. The video and sound quality seem fine.

Review by Jane Stalker:

I just love these reality shows – The Hills is a big favourite of mine so I thought I would give Newport a go. And I loved it! I wish that there was another Season running. In Australia we are only just seeing it for the first time!

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Orange County Noir (Akashic Noir)

Orange County, California, brings to mind the endless summer of sand and surf, McMansion housing tracts, a conservative stronghold, and tony shopping centers. It’s a place where pilates classes are run like boot camps, real estate values are discussed at your weekly colonic, and ice cream parlors on Main Street, USA, exist side-by-side with pho shops and taquerias. Orange County Noir pulls back the veil to reveal what lurks behind the curtain. Features brand-new stories by: Susan Straight, Robert S. Levinson, Rob Roberge, Nathan Walpow, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Dan Duling, Mary Castillo, Lawrence Maddox, Dick Lochte, Robert Ward, Gary Phillips, Gordon McAlpine, Martin J. Smith, and Patricia McFall. Editor Gary Phillips is the author of many novels and short stories. He lives in Southern California.

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Orange County Noir (Akashic Noir) Reviews

Review by Fish mama:

Superb stories that show that all is not “Real Housewives” cool. It’s the dark side that you don’t see in the glossy mags. I love this anthology, as I do many of the Akashic noir anthologies.

Review by LDM:

I am a fan of Akashic Noir series. This just as the rest of them have good and not so good stories. My opinion the good out weighs the not so good.

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