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"The Proposal" (2000)
I just watched the best thriller I have seen in a long while, and then, as usual, went to IMDB to see what others thought of it. I was amazed to discover that this wonderful film had no US release in theaters, and no reviews. The one comment at IMDB is right on the money. Only 14 have voted
so far, but have it at 7.6/10. My vote should slightly raise the score. I am at a loss to explain why a film that is more entertaining than at least two of last years Best Picture nominees could not secure a US release. It is possible that it was made as a pilot for a TV series, especially given
that it stars Jennifer Esposito.
Terry Martin (Nick Moran) is deep undercover, trying to put away bad guy Simon Bacig (played to perfection by Stephen Lang). When he suddenly needs to produce his fictional wife for a party, he is assigned a rookie officer, Esposito, who immediately entangles herself in the case and becomes his
full-time partner. As a cop that has survived under cover by trusting nobody, and by being anally careful, Nick is not thrilled to suddenly have a partner, but is immediately and strongly sexually attracted to her. She seems to feel the same attraction. That is the set-up, and, since I am
calling this a must rent, I won't spoil any of the surprises.
The film manages a complex plot, with plenty of plot twists, and has not one word of voice-over, and very little purely expository scenes. Not only that, but all of the plot twists are believable, and justified from the beginning of the film. Art design is better than required for a film of this genre, and the photography was clear, with no distracting effects, and a few artistic angles. It was the tight plot and the great performances, however, that made this film. My only criticism is that they made an R rated film, and didn't include nudity. Esposito does show minor cleavage. I have to give this film a B+. It is not an important film, and breaks no new ground, but it is a very very good one.
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"The Invisible Maniac" (1990)
The Invisible Maniac (1990) is a send-up of invisible man films. Any send-up should have at least two elements. First, it should be funny. Sadly, the only humor in this film is accidental. The acting is way over the top, and a film can't gain "bad movie points" if it was intentionally
made to be bad. The second element is naked women. This, The Invisible Maniac does, and does well. We have no less than 8 women showing breasts, and most of them, buns, including Savannah, Tracy Walker, Gail Lyon, Melissa Ann Moore, Kalie Shellabarger, Stephanie Blake, Debra Lamb and Dana
Bently Konkel.
This film is only available in VHS so far. It is a very long time since I capped a VHS, and boy am I rusty. It didn't help that the quality on this new tape was not good. If the film is ever released on DVD, I will definitely produce an upgrade.
Noel Peters plays Kevin Dornwinkle, who, as a child at the beginning of the film, is caught watching a peep show by his mother, who berates him severely, and tells him all women are evil. Cut forward 20 years, and Doctor Dornwinkle is presenting his invisibility formula to a group of scientists, it doesn't work, they laugh and ridicule him, and he goes postal on them. He pleads a twinkie defense, and is placed in a mental home, which he escapes from, and turns up as a new High School physics
professor. There, two important things happen. First, he perfects his formula, and second, the students start making fun of him. Invisibility is a real bonus when you are out to strip then kill High School girls, and a female principal who comes on to him. You get the idea.
Maltin says BOMB, and IMDB readers have it at 2.2/10. It is an early directorial effort from Adam Rifkin (Detroit Rock City), and probably one he would like to forget. Nudity, B+, film F-.
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I looked at Tigerland. What are the chances that a 61 year old director, who has churned out a lifetime of Hollywood crap would not only find religion and subscribe to the Dogme rules, but would actually make a terrific movie that way? About one in a zillion. But Joel Schumacher did it. Plenty of nudity as well, although not very favorable to captures. These captures are terrible. I didn't have a DVD version, but Tuna promised to follow up as soon as he can.
I finished I Like to Play Games Too.
I looked at Pola X This may not be as bad an interpretation of Melville as the Ethan Hawke Hamlet was of Shakespeare, but it's only because Melville sucked pretty deep to begin with. A very bad movie, redeemed partially by some good photography, Catherine Deneuve's bath and a gynecological, albeit dark, sex scene.
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Pam Grier. Today's Pamsploitation features the ebony goddess topless in a love scene and a shower scene from "Friday Foster". (1975)
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These are from one of my favorite movies. When I saw it the first time in 1983, I was a kid. I was in love with Ute Christensen and suddenly I saw her naked. She was naked pretty much 66.6% of her appearance. For a 12-year old this is was ... challenging. Either way, I first did caps from this TV-movie almost three years ago. In these days I did caps form copies of copies, so the quality wasn't very good. But when I redid them I found out, that the movie was shot with a very grainy
material. Perhaps it was some sort of videotaping. The result is horrible. It is very annoying to see the movie, when you hardly can tell what is happening. However, the story is great and I prefer it among the classic "Tatort" episodes. Ute has a one-night stand, at least that's what she thought it would be, with a taxi driver who draws and writes poems - and kills one-night stands. The murder was witnessed via telephone by Peggy (Hannelore Elsner). The taxi man finds out about her and starts to hunt her. Peggy herself is far from being cooperative with the police and the detective portraied by wood faced Karin Anselm. We learn a lot about the broken characters of the murderer and the witness. That's what makes it so special. The 3-dimensional characterization makes us shouting "No, Peggy, don't do that, don't open that door!!" Doing stupid things like these means one thing: It is a damn good movie. And I still love Ute.
Not the best quality though as far as the pics are concerned, but it's due to original quality.
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A nice bit of breast exposure from "The Glass Cage". Now here's a cast for ya...Eric Roberts, Richard Tyson (playing the good guy if you can believe that!), Richard Moll (Bull from "Night Court"), Maria Ford, and former bunnyperson Lisa Marie Scott.
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Brief breast exposure from "Love Lies Bleeding" (1999).
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Nice cleavage, plus 'caps of Kristy being felt up in scenes from "Supreme Sanction".
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A bit of breast can be seen if you squint, but the bare bum view is easier on the eyes. Scenes from "Journey of Honor", aka "Shogun Mayeda", aka "Shogun Warrior".
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#1 features great exposure of some very nice breasts in scenes from "Bonjour Antoine" (1996). #2 has a little less exposure from "Le Garde du corps" (1984).
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Slowly taking off her top to reveal the goods in this scene from "Lulu roi de France" (1995).
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The only thing expanding faster than our Connelly and Holmes galleries must be our collection of Élodie's nude scenes. All three of these feature her topless, #2 also shows a bit below the equator.
#1 has scenes from "Le Plus bel âge" (1995)
#2 is Élodie in "Lovers" (1999)
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Full frontal and rear nudity in #1, topless only in #2. Scenes from 1998's "À la place du coeur".
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Very nice topless scene from "A Soldier's Tale".
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Fully nude, but you'll need to look closely for the goods. Vidcaps from "Rouge Midi"
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Nice exposed breasts in a love scene from "La fille sur la bicyclette".
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Just about perfect full frontal nudity from "L'Ogre".
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Breast exposure in a sex scene from "Le Plaisir et ses petits tracas" (1998).
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Almost a nip slip, but not quite.
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Topless in "Erotic Tales".
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A brief exposed breast in scenes from "Bad Blood".
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The suspenders almost hide the goods, but his Holiness has blessed us with nipple exposure.
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Lots o' boobs from "Bare Deception". Great 'caps for the Skinemax fans, by Donbun
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Topless paparazzi pics of the French actress. The quality isn't the greatest, but the goods are worth a look nonetheless.
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Nadia looking fantastic topless in scenes from "Elles n'oublient jamais" (1994). Vidcaps by GaKaTaN.
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