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The Other Side of Midnight
Just read Tuna's
review and put up a "ditto" for me. I think he stated the case perfectly.
It's a 1970s chick-flick that seems more like a 1950s chick-flick, except with
nudity. I got bored
and rolled my eyes a bit when they were doing the Dynasty stuff with the
scheming and romancing and melodrama, but it has several elements that make it
palatable for guys.
1) LOTS of female nudity. Pisier does the Full Monty twice in four nude
scenes, and the scene with Sarandon in the see-through nightie in the
thunderstorm is a classic. One of the top ten sexiest non-nude scenes!
(Although I suppose it really is a nude scene, since the nightie covers
nothing while covering everything.)
2) Elegant photography and lots of exotic locales. Think of it as a James
Bond film without the action, and the DVD transfer is outstanding. (As you can
see in the clips)
3) Some crazy plot twists, especially at the end, as Tuna noted.
4) There is often some interesting stuff going on. It is peripheral to the
plot, but there's some interesting background about Hollywood's efforts in
WW2, cave exploration, the Greek court system, etc. All of that keeps it from
getting too routine. Sydney Sheldon was no William Faulkner in the writing
department, and he never met a cliche he didn't like, but he knew how to tell
a page-turning story. Reviews of his novels usually said, in more refined
terms, "Totally sucks. I couldn't put it down!"
5) If you get bored (it is too long), you can switch over to a full-length
commentary by legendary producer Frank Yablans, legendary writer Sydney
Sheldon (he just died about two months ago), director Charles Jarrott, and a
film historian.
Anyway, here are the film clips
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* Yellow asterisk: funny (maybe).
* White asterisk:
expanded format.
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Blue asterisk: not mine.
No asterisk: it probably
sucks.
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OTHER CRAP:
Catch the deluxe
version of Other Crap in real time, with all the bells and whistles,
here.
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Dirty Pool
Dirty Pool (1970) is a softcore sex film directed by Ed Stevens, and is on
The Buxom Bombshell Collection DVD with Fancy Lady, another Stevens effort.
Uschi, it seems, is a "Sun Goddess. According to her doctor, she absorbs
the sun's rays, which make her sexually insatiable. Her husband decides to
enlist the aid of swingers Joyce Adams and her husband to help. We see a sex
scene between Joyce and her husband before they arrive, and a scene with Uschi
and her husband, then hubby has a change of heart, and goes to the bottom of
the hill to send them away. They come up the back, find Uschi by the pool, and
the three are all tangled together by the time hubby returns. They play swap
around for the rest of the film, both by the pool, and in the house.
This one has a marginally more interesting plot than Fancy Lady, and a good
deal more naked Uschi, which is after all the only reason for watching these.
This, like Fancy Lady, was an unknown Uschi effort before Seduction Cinema
unearthed them. Even if you are not a big softcore or Uschi fan, you have to
appreciate two more films being preserved. For Uschi fans, you will want this
DVD.
This is a C.
IMDb readers have yet to discover this.
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Emmanuelle 5, day 2
Day two of our Monique Gabrielle marathon as we return for more from
Emmanuelle 5. Lots of full frontal furry fun with sexy Monique in these caps
and five more clips.
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The King
There's plenty of sleaze in this 2005 drama, not to mention enough
crimes to fill a small book.
Elvis, a troubled young man, son of a prostitute, is discharged from
the Navy. He decides to search for the man his mother said was his father.
When Elvis finds him, the man is now a preacher with a family, and asks
that Elvis not become a part of his life or intrude on his family.
Elvis intends to honor the man's wishes, but he falls for the man's 16
year-old daughter, who of course is also his half-sister. However, no one
in the family other than the preacher knows who Elvis is, and to keep the
secret, the preacher must stand by helplessly as things unfold. As the
romance progresses, events begin to spiral downward at a steady pace,
leading to a surprising if not unexpected ending.
This is a compelling drama with first-rate performances, and is well
worth watching. Interestingly, Pell James was 28 when she played the girl.
The director purposely avoided knowing her age, as he felt it would be too
distracting to find out she was a lot older than the character. He finally
found out on the last day of production.
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Decoys 2: Alien Seduction
2007 sequel released straight to video with no special features other
than a sticker on the box saying that it stars Tobin Bell from the Saw
trilogy.
The supporting cast list is very vague but googling the actresses'
names shows that Jessica Parker Kennedy is definitely the one who
flashed her boobs at the bar (see her head shot in the collage, which is a
perfect match to the frames from the movie), not Margherita Donato as per
earlier nudity reports. Margherita Donato, baded on her other role in Selling
Innocence, looks more like the goth/punkette girl.
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Mississippi Mermaid
A wealthy plantation owner (Jean-Paul Belmondo) gets a mail-order
bride (Catherine Deneuve), who skips town with his bank account. He
tracks her down and reestablishes a relationship with her, continuing to
love her even after he discovers she is trying to poison him.
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Notes and collages
"Farscape" - Part 14
Season 3, Ep 3
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