Wednesday

 

 

  • * Yellow asterisk: funny (maybe).

  • * White asterisk: expanded format.

  • * Blue asterisk: not mine.

  • No asterisk: it probably sucks.

OTHER CRAP:

Catch the deluxe version of Other Crap in real time, with all the bells and whistles, here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Fruit is Ripe

(1977)

Griechische Feigen (Greek Figs, literally) stars Betty Verges as a young woman who has been vacationing with her parents in Greece. It is time for her to return to school in Munich, so both parents sneak her some cash, and they dump her at the airport. She gives her ticket to a guy so he can travel with his girlfriend, then sets out to explore Greece on her own. She continues from one adventure to another, including being nearly raped, until she meets the man of her dreams, and spends several days with him cruising around the islands. They split up over a misunderstanding, and she runs into Olivia Pascal posing for a gay photographer. She also gets a job, and tries to seduce the photographer, but eventually goes back to look for her true love.


While Betty Verges was clearly a little old for the character she was playing, she is a decent actress, and very easy on the eyes. The scenery is lovely, and the story has pace and some plot, even with nearly constant nudity. All in all, not a bad little coming-of-age sex film.

IMDb readers say 5.3.

Betty Verges

 

Olivia Pascal

 

others

 

 

The Fruit is Ripe DVD aka Griechische Feigen (1977)

 All-region PAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


The Adult Version of Jekyll and Hyde

(1972)

Scoop's note: I incompetently lost Hank's comments, so this is just a down-and-dirty summary of the pics:

Rene Bond (film clips)

   

Rene Bond and Jane Tsentas (film clips)

Jane Tsentas (film clips)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes and collages

Private School

1983

Linda Wiesmeier

 

In the group shower scene, the camera only had eyes for her.

 

 

 

 

 

DRAGONSCAN

Maye Choo in Honest
Georgia Mackenzie in Honest
Nicole Gordon in Underbelly
Charlotte Gregg in Underbelly
Rebecca Night in Fanny Hill

 

 

 

 

 

Pics

 

Various superduper models stark naked

Bela Malgosia

Anouck LePere

Camille Miceli

Crystal Renn

Sonia Sieff


Catherine McNeil in German Vogue

Barbara Windsor in Carry on, Dick

(I think this was her last screen nudity)

Lindsay Lohan panty shot from the MTV awards

 

Film Clips

 

From the still unreleased Normal: Lauren Lee Smith and Camille Sullivan. "A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people, each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout. Canada." Or to shorten IMDb's summary to three words: "Crash for hosers."

Jude Mussetter in Volunteers. 1985. The 1984 pairing of Tom Hanks and John Candy was so successful that the pair were reunited a year later in this middling comedy about the Peace Corps.

Julia Horvath in Until Death. There is a surprisingly good performance from Jean-Claude Van Damme as an asshole in the first half of the movie. The second half is weaker, but it's still not a bad movie for a made-for-DVD with the Muscles from Brussels. This battles with Bloodsport to be the top-rated JCVD flick, per IMDb. (Currently: Bloodsport 6.09, Until Death 6.08)

Kay Lenz in The Passage. 1979