Snapshots (2002) is enjoying its US premier direct to video this week. It is a romantic comedy with some unlikely casting choices that, for me, worked. This joint Dutch English co-production stars Burt Reynolds as an aging hippy living and running a book store in Amsterdam. He is pretty much a loner, and has a gruff exterior, but has a heart of gold. A would-be developer is trying to get him to sell the store, hoping to build a sex superstore, and Reynolds is the last holdout.

Meanwhile, Moroccan Julie Christie and her daughter Carmen Chaplin are living in LA, and the two are arguing over attendance at the wedding of Chaplin's father to a young woman. Mom threatens to keep Chaplin from taking an extended trip to Europe if she doesn't attend. Mom tells her not to go to Amsterdam, as it is not a good place for a young girl to be alone, but to try Venice instead. Naturally, Chaplin goes to Amsterdam, and ends up meeting, then working for, Reynolds. We slowly learn that Reynolds had one great love in his life, a woman in Morocco, who was already married. It becomes pretty obvious that Christy is that woman, and she has also been thinking about Reynolds all those years. Meanwhile, Chaplin is trying to "find herself." When Reynolds tells her to look in a mirror to find herself, she starts taking nude photos of herself to try and understand how people see her, and starts a romance with a young man who owns a photography store.

I had a little trouble with the concept of Reynolds as an aging hippy, mostly due to the parts I have seen him play, but he actually developed a character for this film. Christie was phenomenal as a Moroccan, and Carmen Chaplin looks great, has fantastic eyes, and has talent to spare. Of course, you could expect as much from Charles Chaplin's granddaughter. The film was shot mainly in Amsterdam, with some flashbacks in Morocco, and a few scenes in LA, so much of the scenery was fantastic. Gábor Szabó did the cinematography, so it was very nicely photographed.

14 people at IMDB have this at 6.2 of 10, which is not a bad score for a direct to vid. There are no on line reviews in English. Chaplin shows breasts, buns, and a hint of bush during her photo sessions. Granted, Reynolds as a bohemian ex hippy was a stretch, and the outcome is predictable, but getting there was a lot of fun, and I was rooting for the happy ending. This film is a good solid C. Fans of romantic comedy will enjoy it.

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Regarding Holly Marie Combs in A REASON TO BELIEVE... I saw an interview with her not too long ago where she talks about that scene. She said that they used a dildo to make it look more realistic when she was putting on the condom. Apparently, pantomiming it didn't look right (after all, it's difficult to put a condom on nothing), and of course she wasn't going to grab the actor's penis. When you watch the scene it's pretty obvious that it's a dildo because of the way she grabs it. I have a couple of video clips that show both versions of this scene. Let me know if you're interested.

Sure, why not? Some guys expressed an interest in it.
 

Cool question, but I don't have an answer. I'd like to know more about this as well. Need some help out there. Anybody? Bueller?

Was watching the series 'Helen of Troy' last night on USA and at least in Part 1, there is an EXTENDED scene of backside nudity as well as numerous see-throughs of the main actress, Sienna Guillory (The Time Machine). Any caps or even a movie would be awesome.

Here is one of her in Helen of Troy. Here are some of her in a previous movie. (1, 2)

Anything on Constance Zimmer from Good Morning Miami?

To my knowledge, she's done no public nudity of any kind. Here are some caps from the show, and here's her best public appearance. (1, 2, 3)

Hey Scoop, Nudity Report on some recent rentals.

I agree with Hankster's review of Bog Creatures.  I often will rent movies if they actually list "Nudity" as part of their ratings, which this one did. I happen to be a big fan of Topless Girls Being Chased, but there wasn't enough of it, and it was photographed with a lot of movement. Otherwise, the movie was disappointing, especially since the cast was attractive. It did have a  nice castle, which looked real, even if the location was unlikely. Just to mention one of several stupid points: "do you really wear short-shorts on a dig in Denmark?"  I think the "making of" part of the DVD mentioned that other names had been considered for the film, so you might see it show up under another name. One reviewer for the IMDB says it reminds her of "a high school video project."

Another recent rental, Cheerleader Massacre (as reviewed by Tuna) had the best nudity in the one-and-only deleted scene, which Tuna
didn't to mention. It was a fantasy 3-way/bath, complete with lesbian kisses and chocolate syrup. It probably was shot for another movie, since it didn't have any of the same actresses.  It did have the one-and-only full frontal nudity, except for a  possibly accidental peek in the shower scene. It seems like they were trying  to avoid any full frontal shots as they shot the ever-present locker room shower nudity, as all of the scenes shown from the front had the metal  shower controls blocking anything. Except you can see the very bottom of porn star Diana Espin's beaver below the shower controls. If it wasn't  accidental, why did they frame the shots that way, and why not just show the
whole enchilada (or taco, in this case)?

The last one was Darkwolf, which also listed "Nudity" in the Ratings. It  starts out with some topless strippers, so I thought that would be the extent of it.  Well, yes and no. There was a nice topless scene with a  photographer's model. Then there were some "naked girl morphs into werewolf" scenes that used CGI for most of the nudity.  But they actually gave extended screen time to a naked actress (a double credited as "she-wolf").  Of course, she was very hairy, had wolf-like features, and seemed to be wearing a colored pubic patch, that actually looked real, so it might as well as have been the real thing. In fact, when she is grabbed from behind,  there is a quite realistic spread-shot. Probably the best nudity is a scene with the aforementioned topless model  and another girl, who are photographed completely nude, wearing only some interesting body painting. They again seem to be wearing pubic patches, but  since they are also painted, the effect is the same as if they weren't wearing patches at all. Which raises the question: "why wear them anyway?"

Copperhead

Thanks for the info

Scoop - is it true that there are topless paparazzi pictures of Catherine Zeta-Jones about 8.99 months pregnant?

Yes. I'm not sure how interesting they are to anyone, and they are sort of unattractive because she was smoking in some of them, Zeta-Jones and Douglas are suing people over them.

Updates:

• Updated volumes: Bridget Fonda, Anna Friel, Sadie Frost

Other crap:

• coming soon: Evel Knievel, the Rock Opera. As a natural subject for rock lyrics, he has the advantage of a pre-rhyming name.
• awesome little film clip of Randy Johnson's fast ball colliding with a bird
• the best "parting shots" in movie history.
• here is what madonna.com looked like after it was hacked
• Russian teenage faux-lesbian singer update
• worst remake idea ever - Keanu Reeves as Billy Jack. I guess it couldn't be any worse than the original. Or could it?
• The re-invention of a new slimmed-down Monica Lewinsky begins today - first she's the guest host on "The View", then later emceeing a new reality show called "Mr. Personality", Should be good. We know she has excellent oral communication skills.
• A pictorial history of the changing breasts and noses of our favorite former mouseketeer and Pepsi huckster.
• fans of Andrea Corrs try to rig a "world's sexiest woman" poll
• Mike Piazza goes to confession every time he has sex. Given the current shortage of priests, the Vatican is trying to keep this article away from Colin Farrell.
• by the way, despite this picture, Piazza is obviously not gay
• the first video arcade game. I don't remember this.
• Wicked Weasel introduces their smallest bikini
• September 11th attack was actually a plot to drive down the price of NY real estate. (Weekly World News, of course)
• some scientists say cannabis could win a new role as the medical miracle drug of the 21st century. Whoa. Far out, dude.
• If you missed it yesterday because of a movable URL, here's the permanent link. Former underage porn star Traci Lords is writing a tell-all book.
• Kylie Minogue admits to butt surgery
• if you're really desperate for entertainment, why not hire a celebrity lookalike
• James Scott, the reporter who quoted "Heywood Jablowme", has lost his faith in his fellow man. I have to say that his fellow man probably feels the same way back. By the way, the pseudo-protestor pronounced it "zha-blom" in order to dupe the credulous reporter.  The great writer, Fred Exley, used to use a similar gag, identifying himself to strangers as a man of French ancestry named Mister "pay-knee" , spelled P-E-N-I-S. The prankster is really an Atlanta disk jockey named Ben Dover.
  • By the way, just kidding about the name Ben Dover, in case Mr. Scott is reading this. The guy's real name is Oliver Klozov. Really. No, it really is, Mr Scott. Take it from me, Dwight Mannsburden.

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.

• Goldie Hawn, breasts and almost frontal views in a bath tub scene from "Wildcats".

• Maggie Gyllenhaal, gorgeous full frontal nudity from "Secretary".

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CANNABIS: THE ASPIRIN OF THE 21ST CENTURY?
What Have They Been Smoking? - Scientists at the Institute of Neurology in Queens Square, London, say it's becoming apparent that cannabis has "huge potential" as a medical drug and may protect the brain from degenerative, age-related diseases such as Parkinson's, Huntingdon's and Alzheimer's. One said the latest research showing the therapeutic benefits may result in cannabis becoming the "aspirin of the 21st century."