Summer Lovers (1982) stars Peter Gallagher as a young man, probably just out of college, summering on a Greek island with his steady girlfriend, Daryl Hannah. He is sort of a pre-yuppie, and has always done what was expected of him. Although he loves Hannah, he has a vague feeling that there might be more to life. Hannah is quiet, with a self-image problem, and is very modest, but she too wants more from their relationship. She is reading books about how to have a more exciting sex life, and hopes the vacation will kindle magic between them. The first day there, Gallagher meets Valerie Quenessen, a French born archeologist, uninhibited, but afraid of commitment and relationships. She has come to Greece to "simplify her life."

Gallagher follows her to the beach, where they end up having sex. After, he is surprised at himself, and confused about his feelings. He confesses to Hannah, who is jealous and threatened, and tells him to go get it out of his system. Hannah goes into town, and almost gets even with a local, but changes her mind. The fact that IMDB calls this Threesome will give you an idea how it ends up. On one level, it is a Hollywood formula love story -- couple meets girl, couple loses girl, couple finds girl, but, for me, all three characters seem very real, and react and grow in ways that have the ring of truth. That, and the fact that the film is full of nudity, explains why I like this film very much.

Valerie Quenessen, who committed suicide not long after making this film, is irresistible, and shows everything. Hannah shows breasts and buns, and countless unidentified women show various body parts including full frontal mostly in beach scenes. IMDB readers have this at 4.7 of 10. Personally, I don't understand why the low score. Yes, the themes are frankly sexual, and there is a lot of nudity, but it is a frank yet entertaining look at relationships, all set in a beautiful location. I suspect that people who watch this new DVD release will raise the score at IMDB. Unfortunately, it is a bare bones DVD, and is presented in 4/3 aspect ration, however, the transfer is outstanding. One of my favorite movies, but, based on the score, clearly not everyone feels that way. I suppose the proper score is C+.

Movies:

The Woman in Red. I don't think I miss very much about the 80's, but the decade surely had one thing going for it. You have to love a time when a film could get a PG-13 rating with full frontal nudity from Kelly LeBrock.

This movie stinks, but ... well, I must beg forgiveness from all the other gorgeous women who have ever graced these pages, but Kelly LeBrock was the single most beautiful woman who has ever lived in the age of photography.

What the hell was she thinking with that whole Steven Seagal thing?

The point here is this. If a film has full frontal nudity from Kelly LeBrock, how much more does it need to be worth watching? Riddle me that, Batman.

• Kelly LeBrock (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Other crap:

• Retro Crush picks the one hundred most annoying things of 2002 Carrot Top wins yet again. Warning: it's fun to read, but filled with annoying pop-ups
• First, Yolanda Schlessinger was murdered in her home. Then, her daughter, radio host Dr. Laura, leveled a post-mortem dis at her estranged 77-year-old mother. But, no, the indignities didn't end there. An update at: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/lauramom1.html
• Okay, we realize he's not actually rich, but the guy who stars in Fox Television's upcoming reality show "Joe Millionaire" recently got nabbed for "toll evasion" on a California highway. Can somebody out there please lend Mr. Moneybags two bits? Details at:
  http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/ewmarriott1.html
• The R rating for INTACTO comes from "profanity (at least 8 uses of the "f" word); lethal and bloody violence; and some brief, nonsexual nudity (bare breasts), while the film also contains some potentially dangerous and deadly forms of imitative behavior", according to ScreenIt
• ScreenIt's edition this week also noted the passing nudity in a forgotten Tim Allen movie called Who is Cletis Tout? "The R rating comes from profanity (at least 19 "f" words); sexually related dialogue; glimpses of a rough sexual encounter (with movement and sounds); nonsexual female nudity (of a corpse); and lethal and occasionally bloody/gory violence"  Details here
• President Bush salutes the Year of the Dog
• the official site of Tatu, those Russian Lesbian Singing Teenagers
• Stupid Texan of the day! Trying to arrest a drug dealer, an undercover policeman enters a convenience store wearing a hood with eye-holes and carrying a drawn gun. Needless to say, the clerk sees her, assumes she is a robber, and guns her down.
• Sorry, no Superbowl this year. Qualcomm stadium has inadequate handicapped access. Also, several of the teams have failed to meet their handicapped hiring quotas. Except the Bengals, and they aren't in the playoffs.
• America's top 10 favorite movie stars. Tom Hanks continues to rule. John Wayne is still in the Top 10, although he has been dead for more than 20 years.
• Neve Campbell dumps John Cusack because she needs a man with a hot tub.  (Of course it's for real. Hey, I couldn't make up anything that dumb)
• Whoa, man. Cheech and Chong to reunite and make more movies.
• Stella McCartney to shower naked in public
• Tupac and Biggie Smalls continue fighting in the afterlife (Weekly World News)
   

Updates:

• Charlie's French Cinema Nudity site is updated

Mailbox:

• from Spaz: "My suspicions were  correct. Kaye Penaflore is the Filipino virtual reality  girl on the left in Jason X. She is a  reporter/producer for a Canadian Filipino show Flip! at http://www.fliptv.com . She even mentions the movie on her bio
  http://www.fliptv.com/fliptv_bios.html
• "I  rented an episode from the TV series Adventures of Young Indiana Jones from Hollywood.  They have about 20 of them.  This one featured a beautiful spy who's cover was a belly dancer (desert war setting).  After watching part of it, I looked it up on the IMDB, and was surprised to see she was played a young and lovely Catherine Zeta-Jones.  I didn't see anything close to nudity - in fact she spent the first half with even her  FACE covered.  But she had a nice belly dance scene - nice belly too - in costume you might want to look at sometime.  If I see anything else I'll let you know. It surprised me because I've seen clips or heard about her other movies, but never this one (TV anyway, I guess, on tape now)"
• "I saw in a store, a new version of Starship Troopers on DVD - Director's Cut or similar.  That's one I've wanted, since it had nice nudity. Wonder if there's any deleted shots of the shower scene?"
• From the imager once known as the Rawhide Kid:  Scoop- "I have come up with a new name for my scans. Ain't about to go by the name of a (now) gay cowboy!  From now on, my stuff will come under the name of Gentleman George. For now I have lightened up some shots from the big collage you ran of Kelly Hu a few days back. Is she sans britches in these?  The one of her climbing on top of the Rock sure looks like pubes there!Hu #1 Then she is standing by a camel and again, it looks like pubes showing: Hu #2. And finally, when Rock is carrying her, I'm not sure on this one, but that sure looks like the prize there: Hu #3 It looks like maybe she had on a pair of panties that kind of got twisted out of the way..... Whattya think? "

  
   

Here are the latest movie reviews available at scoopy.com.

• The yellow asterisks indicate that I wrote the review, and am deluded into thinking it includes humor.
• If there is a white asterisk, it means that there isn't any significant humor, but I inexplicably determined there might be something else of interest.
• A blue asterisk indicates the review is written by Tuna (or Lawdog or Junior or C2000 or Realist or ICMS or Mick Locke, or somebody else besides me)
• If there is no asterisk, I wrote it, but am too ashamed to admit it.

Well gang, today you have to let me indulge in somewhat of a private fantasy. Every once in a while a girl comes along who just turns you on even if she is not naked. For me one of those women is Stepfanie Kramer of the old cop show "Hunter". I have had this DVD laying around for quite a while and finally figured what the heck cap it even tho there is no nudity. So here she is one of my all time favorite babes. Look into those eyes and tell me she doesn't just radiate sex appeal. Well I've rambled enough, just sit back and take a look at one sexy woman. Oh, almost forgot the movie is "Twin Sisters" and of course she plays both sisters.

• Stephanie Kramer (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)

• Michaela, see-thru nipple sighting.

• Cordula, close up face.

• Milla Jovovich, very young, and non-nude.

• Neith, breasts and bush.

• Cindy Crawford, excellent see-thru breast exposure.

• Rachel, almost full frontal.

• Lara, beautiful full frontal pose.

• Stephanie Seymour, a perfect topless pose

• Christy Turlington, gorgeous headshots and see-thru nudity in #3. (1, 2, 3)

• Naomi Campbell, topless in all except #2. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

• The rest of these celebrate the female form. Most of these have nudity, and those that don't are just really cool photographs. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)

Thanks to The Honte for the scans and comments:

Today's headline story in Sweden - Sandra Wimark, a popular kiddie show TV host, has been found nude on porn sites!

Before Sandra Wimark started her career in Swedish television, she used to be a model. She once posed topless for a Spanish men's magazine and now that she has become a popular star, the pictures have surfaced on the web.

Sandra is of course "shocked" that these pictures can be found on the Internet, as they weren't indended to be published there.

"MINORITY REPORT" WINS PRODUCT PLACEMENT AWARD
Scenes From A Mall - A group of marketing and ad industry judges from the U.S., U.K. and Australia have awarded the first "Product Placement Awards" for the movies, TV shows, video games and even books that crammed in the most ads. While "Die Another Day" was mocked as "Buy Another Day" for all the products displayed, it only came in second. #1 was "Minority Report," which featured a special Lexus plus products by Nokia, Reebok, Burger King, American Express, The Gap and more.