101 Reykjavik (2000) is an Icelandic comedy about a 30 something named Hlynur who still lives with his mother, survives on unemployment, and is not very lucky with women, other than Thrudur Vilhjalmdottir, who for some unaccountable reason is sweet on him. Is greatest ambition is to learnt to wake-up before the sun goes down. Life gets rather too interesting when his mother's Flamenco dance instructor, Victoria Abril, stays with him over the holidays, while his mother is visiting family. The two end up having wild sex. Mom (Hanna María Karlsdóttir) returns, and Hylur's life gets totally bizarre when he learns that Thrudur is pregnant, Victoria is pregnant, his mom has decided she is a lesbian, and she and Abril are an item. Seems he was a convenient sperm donor.

The title is roughly equivalent to Beverly Hills 90210, as the 101 postal district is the trendy section of Reykjavik. Of course, that means little. As Hylnur says, "Nobody lives in Reykjavik unless they are born here. Even the ghosts are bored." The local pastime seems to be spending nights in a local club drinking and having sex. Remember, the nights are 6 months long.

Hanna María Karlsdóttir shows buns, including a rear gyno shot, in bed with Abril. Vilhjalmdottir shows breasts in a post sex scene. Abril does full frontal and rear nudity in a shower scene, and rear again in an after sex scene. An unknown short-haired blonde flashes her breasts in a bar. The longest nude scene however, occurs when Hynur ducks into a bedroom at a party where Inga Maria Valdimarsdóttir is having sex. He sits and provides running commentary until she gets mad enough to stop and yell at him. This brings the owner of the apartment to the door, and we all discover that Valdimarsdóttir has been screwing the owner's boyfriend. Valdimarsdóttir shows everything, including a brief between the legs shot.

IMDb readers have this at 6.9 of 10. It won a slew of festival awards. It is half in broken English and half in Icelandic, with English subtitles for the Icelandic parts. Hylnur is far from a sympathetic character and nobody else in the story is especially likeable. However, it is interesting enough, has enough great nudity and features enough excellent performances that relating to a character isn't necessary in this case. This is a C+, a very good foreign comedy, and a view of a culture new to me.

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Today from the Ghost...part two of his coverage of former heffer Ava Fabian (August '86) in various states of undress as she hosts the late night cable series "Erotic Confessions".

• Ava Fabian, toplessness in all of these, plus a bit of bum in #10 and all 3 B's in #1. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)

• Ava Fabian zipped .wmvs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)

Nikki Cox

Molly Sims

Bree Turner

Here's the breakdown:
In the Marcil collage...Marcil and Cox wake up in bed to together wearing only undies after a long night of drinking, getting lap dances and maybe some lesbo lovin (there was no clear yes or no on that).

In the Cox collage...Cox's usual mega-cleavage.

In the Sims collage...Molly Sims wears a skin tight top and shows a little bit of pokies.

Last up, guest star Bree Turner wears a sexy maid outfit. She's of course best known as the fish tank girl from "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo".

Vanessa Ferlito
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)

Liz Owens is topless in several scenes (the best view is in link #3). Vanessa Ferlito also goes topless (link #3) and wears plenty of sexy outfits.

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