The Van (1977) is a titty flick about a High School senior who has saved enough working in a car wash to buy a customized Chevy van. Other than the fresh young (and not so fresh) exposure, the most interesting thing about this film is a performance by a young Danny DeVito as the car wash owner/bookie. I included an image of him to show what he looked like with some hair left. Our hero hopes owning the tricked out van will be the key to sex and happiness, but, of course, life has surprises for him. The best exposure is from Connie Lisa Marie, who plays the girlfriend of the meanest of the van owners. Her only other work was in a couple of Starsky and Hutch episodes. Marcie Barkin shows breasts and buns, as doe Cherise Wilson, and two unknowns.

IMDB readers say 3.6/10. Maltin gives 1 1/2 stars. I will award a full C, as this is exactly what the genre "titty flick" was. Young breasts, lame plot, poor script, and mostly bad acting. It is an excellent example of the genre, and it is a genre I miss.

• Jennifer was a musician, actress, and marijuana dealer who was recently killed in her pad above New York's famous Carnegie Deli. If you aren't familiar with the headlines, here are the related news stories: (1, 2)
• Jennifer Stahl pictures from Firehouse  (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
• This is/was Jennifer Stahl's web site.

Sleuth also noted that he printed some vidcaps of Angelica Bridges in California Heat - nearly three years ago. She was then known as Angie Bridges. Here they are. I ordered the film as well, but it's available on VHS only, so we may still be short of the quality we'd like to see. We'll find out in a couple of days.

• Bridges

Something More is a "Guys discussing relationships" film, ala Diner. What can ya say. Diner, like SE7EN and Pulp Fiction, has its own genre. It was filmed on a small budget in Saskatoon. Despite the usual stock characters, it has an earnest candor about it that most Hollywood films lack, so you may like it if you like Diner films. Unfortunately, no nudity despite an R rating. I couldn't see any real justification for that R, to tell you the truth. I would have voted PG-13 if I were the MPAA, unless you can award an R just for the presence of horny Canadians, eh?

Just in case you haven't seen it yet...Halle in Swordfish.

Same old review of Swordfish.

• New Halle picture. Superior quality. Trust me, you want this one for your collection. The collage is mine, but the topless capture is not. Best bootleg ever - DVD quality.
• Halle movie (Last entry in Halle Berry volume. The DIVX codec is also there, if you need it.)

Mac users Click here for the Divx codec.

Czech filmmaker Lloyd Simandl started making B-movies in earnest in mid 1980s. The first two are the second and third installments of the "Empire of Ash" series (there is no word on first installment).

They were later released on video under the titles "Maniac Warriors" and "Last of the Warriors". With their dark futuristic setting they are more like prequels to his more recent movies such as Chained Heat 3.

Both movies have Melanie Kilgour as the female lead who spends much of the time braless and sometimes topless. These are her only acting roles but since then she has been involved in the sales and marketing of films and is billed as an executive producer of the upcoming movie "The Barber" (2001) starring Malcolm McDowell.

Bernice Stegers

Miri Aloni

Lasha Rosenberg

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