John Sloan

MSNBC s Dylan Ratigan covers and critiques former South Carolina Rep. John Edwards' criminal trial for campaign finance violations. NBC s Gabe Gutierrez, Melanie Sloan of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, and former federal prosecutor Solomon Wisenberg join to provide an update on the case as it continues to drag along.

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- A jury's refusal to convict John Edwards was less a redemption of the former White House hopeful than a rejection of the Justice Department's boldest attempt to make an example of someone in the name of enforcing campaign finance laws.Thursday's verdict of not guilty on one count and a mistrial on five others bore out criticism from the earliest stages of the case that it was a reach, that prosecutors went after the ex-U.S. senator without the kind of evidence that justified the charges that he masterminded a scheme to use campaign donations to hide his pregnant mistress from the public and his terminally ill wife.'As noted by nearly every campaign finance lawyer who considered the matter, this was a lousy case,' said Melanie Sloan, executive director for the campaign finance watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. 'All the salacious details prosecutors offered up to prove that Edwards is, indeed, despicable, were not enough to persuade the jury to convict him.'Several jurors said there just wasn't enough evidence. On network talk shows Friday, even jurors who thought Edwards was guilty on at least some counts said the prosecution wasn't able to prove it.'We tried to put our feelings aside and what we were doing was just looking at the facts to come up with a verdict,' juror Cindy Aquaro said on NBC's 'Today' show.Edwards faced six felony charges involving nearly $1 million provided by two wealthy political donors that was used to help hide the Democrat's mistress, Rielle Hunter, as he sought the White House in 2008. He faced a maximum sentence of up to 30 years in prison if convicted on all counts.To convict Edwards, prosecutors needed to show not only that the candidate knew about the secret payments, which he denied, but that he knew he was violating federal law by accepting them. But the government was unable to produce any witness who said

The Oh In Ohio movie trailer - starring Danny DeVito, Paul Rudd, Parker Posey, Liza Minnelli, Mischa Barton, Miranda Bailey. Directed by Billy Kent. Theatrical Release Date: 7/14/2006 Genre: Comedy

Disturbance movie trailer - starring Anthony John Denison, Tony Denison, Colleen Porch, Nick Vallelonga, Paul Sloan, Hayley DuMond. Genre: Sci-Fi Rating: R

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The Oh in Ohio -- Priscilla Chase is a woman who has never had an orgasm.

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Take Out is a day-in-the-life of Ming Ding, an illegal Chinese immigrant working as a deliveryman for a Chinese take-out shop in New York City. Ming is behind with payments on his huge debt to the smugglers who brought him to the US. The collectors have given him until the end of the day to deliver the money that is due. After borrowing most of the money from friends and relatives, Ming realizes that the remainder must come from the day s delivery tips. In order to do so, he must make more than double his average daily income. Employing an ensemble cast of both professional and nonprofessional actors, and filmed in an actual take-out restaurant during operating hours, directors Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou utilize a cinema v rit style to paint a distinctly human face on the lives of illegal immigrants lost in the shadows of an uncaring city.

Take Out -- An illegal Chinese immigrant falls behind on payments on an enormous smuggling debt. Ming Ding has only until the end of the day to come up with the money.

Take Out is a day-in-the-life of Ming Ding (Charles Jang), an illegal Chinese immigrant working as a deliveryman for a Chinese take-out shop in New York City. Ming is behind with payments on his huge debt to the smugglers who brought him to the United States. The collectors have given him until the end of the day to deliver the money that is due. After borrowing most of the money from friends and relatives, Ming realizes that the remainder must come from the day's delivery tips. In order to do so, he must make more than double his average daily income. In a social-realist style, the camera follows Ming on his deliveries throughout the upper Manhattan neighborhood where social and economic extremes exist side by side. Intercutting between Ming's deliveries and the daily routine of the restaurant, Take Out presents a harshly real look at the daily lives of illegal Chinese immigrants in New York City.

The trailer for Bram Stroker's Dracula. On Walpurgisnacht, Renfield (Dwight Frye) goes to the Borgo Pass where he is met by Count Dracula's coach. The next day, Renfield and Dracula (Bela Lugosi) take 'the Vesta' to England. Ship arrives in Whitby harbor in a storm, captain lashed to boat, everyone dead, Renfield mad. Renfield is taken to Dr Jack Seward (Herbert Bunston)'s sanitarium near London. Newspaper clipping notes Renfield's strange desire to eat small living things. Dracula arrives in London. He goes to a play where he is introduced to Dr Seward, daughter Mina (Helen Chandler), Lucy Weston (Frances Dade) and John Harker (David Manners). Dracula announces he has taken Carfax Abbey which adjoins the Sanitarium. Shortly thereafter, Lucy dies of blood loss. Professor Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan) arrives to examine her. At the same time, Dracula visits, and Van Helsing notes no reflection in mirror. While Van Helsing, Seward and Harker discuss vampires, Dracula summons Mina outside. She is found fainted on the lawn. 'Bloofer lady' in white is reported by children in park. Mina admits that she has seen Lucy. Mina goes to bed wearing wolfbane while Renfield talks to Van Helsing, Harker and Seward about Dracula. Dracula comes into house, tells Van Helsing to return to his own country and that his blood flows through Mina's veins. Harker goes to Mina's room and finds her awake, dressed and on terrace. She is 'changed'. She attempts to bite him but Harker is saved by Van Helsing. At 4:45 am Dracula comes to sleeping Mina and carries her off to the Abbey. Renfield escapes to abbey; Van Helsing and Harker follow. Dracula pushes Renfield downstairs. Dracula carries Mina to coffin. Van Helsing and Harker find Dracula's coffin; Van Helsing stakes him. Mina is released from his hold. Dracula is dead.

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