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Fausto 5.0 (2001) is a Spanish interpretation of the legend of Faust, but, other than the title and the name of the main character, it is a very liberal interpretation. Dr Fausto is a research physician in charge of a study of the terminally ill. He is off to another city for a conference, and meets someone claiming to be one of his terminally ill patients years before, who wants to do him favors. I suppose this is the devil character tempting him. He accepts a blow job in his hotel room from Irene Montalŕ, who shows breasts, and has sex at a party with Raquel González at a party. The Satan character becomes ever more of a pain, and Dr. Fausto feels threatened, and is even arrested once. Unlike the real legend of Faust, he is not, however doomed, and the film manages a happy ending.

IMDB readers say 6.7 of 10, Since it is only available in Spain on Region 2 PAL DVD, my guess is that they are all Spanish voters. Possible the subtitles detracted from the film, but I was unimpressed, other than by the nudity, which included breasts from three unidentified women, breasts from Irene Montalŕ, and breasts and buns from Raquel González. It won 7 International awards, including a Best Actor Goya. IMDB lists it as horror, so I may have totally missed the point, but I was never engaged in the story, and didn't care much about the characters. C.

Y tu mamá también is one of the most universally acclaimed films of the past year or so. 94% good reviews from the critics. 90/100 average critical score, straight A's on the Yahoo report card, four stars from Ebert.

The most interesting thing about it is that if it were a trend, it would be a dream come true for perverts like us. Tuna and I have often discussed that it would be nice if the films with great sex and nudity were also great films. Right here, you have one of the very few which can be nominated for that double honor. Very simple film on the surface - almost a Mexican Pie - but with lots of complex underlying layers and mysteries, like life itself. It has a healthy dose of social criticism and a portrait of the changing faces of Mexico, but it hides all that brilliantly within the entertaining and bittersweet story. Excellent movie. In Spanish, but well worth the subtitles.

• Maribel Verdu (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
• Ana Lopez Mercado (1, 2, 3, 4)
• Maria Aura (1, 2)

Other crap:

• Here's the "second installment" film that has us all waiting on pins and needles. The Two Towers? Nah, fuck that. I'm talking about Battlefield Earth 2.
• Genre icon Bruce Campbell picks the ten best and ten worst horror movies ever. He picked on of my faves, Humanoids from the Deep, in the bottom 10.
• The Sun weighs in on Christina's new vid
• The brit censors change their mind on Irreversible, permit it to be released uncut with an 18 rating
• powerful electronic attack almost kills the internet
  
   

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.

• Brandy Davis shows breasts and bush in several sport humpin' scenes. (1, 2, 3, 4)

• Elizabeth Pires shows all 3 B's in a variety of sex and shower scenes. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)

• Lauren Michaels, breasts, bum and bush. (1, 2, 3)

• An unknown getttin' it on while only wearing heels. (1, 2)

BAD ASS COFFEE SHOP PROTESTED
Tastes Like A Donkey's Butt! - Some shoppers and merchants at a strip mall in Manassas, Virginia, are upset about a new business. It's not a strip club, it's a coffee shop: "The Bad Ass Coffee Company." Its neighbors include a religious goods store and a Toys R Us, and parents are complaining about their kids seeing the sign. But the owner says the "Bad Ass" name just refers to a legend about donkeys that carry coffee beans down mountainsides, and to make it clear, there's a picture of a donkey on the sign.