Uncle Scoopy's world-weary musings about naked celebrities, sports, humor and other important, manly things.
This is a 1970’s style horror film which is set in … wait for it … the 1970s.
In 1976 a group of people in the desert for a photo shoot stumble upon an abandoned town called Savage. But they are not alone. A family of masked psychopaths have claimed Savage as their own and are hell bent on living up to its name.
It might be a good scene if we could see what was going on.
The big story of the day is that Indiana is absolutely for real. People thought that #3 Oregon was a legitimate contender for the national championship, but Indiana blew them away, 30-20. It was no fluke. The Hoosiers had more rushing yardage, more passing yardage, fewer turnovers, far more first downs (23 versus 14), more possession time, and they led at the end of every quarter. Indiana vaulted to #3 in the new poll.
On the other side of the standings, the computer’s bottom-rated FBS team, Kent State, had a helluva day. First of all, they came into the game as a betting favorite. (They were also favored by the computers because they played the second-worst FBS team and held the home field advantage.) They didn’t just cover the modest spread; they obliterated U Mass, 42-6, making Mass the lowest-rated FBS team. Kent State scored on the opening kickoff and never stopped. Maybe all the practice against the nation’s top teams is finally paying off.
The #6 Oklahoma Sooners suffered their first loss and dropped eight places. The damage was done by their arch-nemesis, Texas. As I mentioned last week, the voters were a bit harsh in dropping Texas completely from the national rankings while weaker Iowa State remained on the list.
Speaking of Iowa State, one of last week’s “overrated teams o’ the week,” they lost to struggling Colorado. That’s Colorado’s only conference win of the year. Iowa State has had its weakness exposed and can no longer be considered overrated.
Similarly, we can no longer say that Florida State is overrated. Sure, nothing has changed, but now everyone is aware of their problems. They dropped to 3-3 by losing to Pitt.
UCLA has suddenly turned into a completely different team from the sad sacks that started the season. They pulled off their second straight upset with a very convincing 38-13 road victory over Michigan State. It will still be difficult for them to climb to bowl eligibility because they play a ridiculously hard schedule that still includes Indiana, Ohio State and four other opponents with winning records.
It was a bad day for the state of Michigan in the Michigan-California match-up. While UCLA was stomping Michigan State in East Lansing, USC was across the country on their home turf, beating #15 Michigan.
It seems almost unbelievable that Penn State was thinking about a national championship just three weeks ago. Now it’s beginning to look like they might never win a conference game. They dropped to 0-3 in conference play with a loss to … Northwestern! It was yet another humiliation, as Penn State came into that game as a three-touchdown favorite.
#4 Ole Miss did pick up a W, but it was not an impressive one, given that they won by three when they were favored by 33 over Washington State.
Arizona State was ranked in the top 25 for some reason. You knew that wasn’t going to last long. They got destroyed by Utah, 42-10. Utah was unranked, but was a ten point favorite at home because the bookies were not fooled by Arizona State’s national ranking. That game lifted Utah into the top 25.
The rest of the week went approximately according to plan.
Overrated teams o’ the week
Within the top 15:
Georgia Tech: 20 places (computer 32nd place, AP poll 12th)
BYU: 18 places (33,15)
In the 16-25 group:
South Florida: 22 places (41,19)
Cincinnati: 16 places (40,24)
Memphis 14 places (36,22)
In the “just missed” 26-30 group:
Navy: 50 places (80,30)
UNLV: 41 places (70,29)
Five of the overrated teams have received votes because they are undefeated: Georgia Tech, BYU, Memphis, Navy, UNLV. In four of those cases, they are undefeated because they have played no significant teams, but Georgia Tech can boast a win over Clemson.
Crime series from Brazil
Mikhael is a sergeant in charge of BOPE, always on dangerous missions in Rio de Janeiro. But after getting involved in a controversial operation that culminated to a slaughter, he is transferred to a police unit at the state countryside.
It’s a crazy sex scene, but there’s too much motion, both from the camera and the actors, to get a clear look.
Thus is a German satirical drama about a woman who gives away all her belongings and lives on the roof of her house, which inspires others to do the same.
Klara (Sabine Timoteo) is no longer of this world. Frozen to a halt, she stands on a traffic island, staring into space. She can no longer lead a regular life. She gave up her job at the hotel and gave away her furniture. So she now wanders, lost in thought, through her empty apartment or rests introverted on the roof of her house. Since she can no longer connect with people, she seeks the company of birds and plants. However, over time, her turning away from this world takes on increasingly worrying traits until she has withdrawn so far into herself that she has even stopped eating. What drives Klara, where her journey leads, and whether her condition is a cleansing release from worldly baggage or perhaps a massive psychological problem are things the film keeps to itself.
We recently saw Sabine Timoteo naked in Karigula (2024), …
but this Swiss actress did plenty of nudity before that, including many full-frontal scenes. She is 50 and has now been doing full-frontal nudity for 25 years!
2000 – L’Amour, L’Argent, L’Amour
2001 – In Den Tag Hinein
2002 – Der Freunde der Freunde
2006 – Frei Wille
2009 – Das Vaterspiel
2010 – Little Paradise
2013 – Cyanide
2017 – Sicilian Ghost Story
2021 – Tatort, episode 1173
This is a classic Ozploitation film, chock full of nudity. It is based on Jon Cleary’s novel Helga’s Web, his second featuring the detective Scobie Malone. The film marks the first screen appearance of actor Bryan Brown, who has two lines. He is listed last in the credits, and his name is spelled “Brian Bronn.”
Sydney homicide detective Sergeant Scobie Malone and his offsider investigate the murder of Helga, whose corpse is found in the basement of the Sydney Opera House.
I assume that “offsider” is the Aussie equivalent of “sidekick,” more or less. Or maybe Scobie just travels with an inept footballer.
Victoria Anoux
“Bunkie” (Bunkie King. See below)
Judy Morris (double???)
Peta Peters
Zoe Salmon
Trivia:
Bunkie King is one of two sisters that star Jack Thompson lived with in real life. They maintained a ménage à trois for fifteen years. The other sister, Lee King, also appeared in this film, in the challenging role of “Girl at Pool.”
Needless to say, as with all things from Down Under, the film clips can be found at Johnny Moronic’s home.
This is a French romance from veteran writer/director Arnaud Desplechin. Original title: Deux pianos.
Two Pianos centers on a twenty-something piano virtuoso returning to France after a long absence in Asia. Upon his return, an unexpected reunion with a former flame will bring him towards realizations about what, and who, he’s left behind.
This film has not yet been released. The images below come from a screener.
Diane Keaton has stopped looking for Mr. Goodbar. It was a fruitless quest. I don’t think she even found out his first name. I had equally bad luck. I accidentally looked across the wrong row in the phone book, and ended up talking to Mr. Goodwrench.
People are not revealing the cause of death, but I assume she died in a hail of gunfire during her shoot-out with police.
Kidding aside, Diane was an honest-to-god Star with a capital “S.” Variety’s obit.
Nudography:
She basically did two good nude scenes, 26 years apart, and almost nothing in between.
1977 – Looking For Mr. Goodbar (approximately at age 31)
1981 – Reds (35)
1988 – The Good Mother (42)
2003 – Something’s Gotta Give (57)
Medium-length (48 min) Danish drama about a naive young woman who gets in over her head within the sleazy world of adult content creation. It’s a graduation film from the Danish Film School.
Mathilde borrows money from her mother to attend a sort of masterclass for erotic OnlyFans creators, which will culminate in a live broadcast of group sex. She didn’t catch the latter detail until she left for the trip with four other creators. Several of the women in the film are former OnlyFans creators themselves, and this gives an almost documentary credibility to the scenes where we follow the women discussing content, drinking champagne, and exercising on the terrace. You hope to the end that Mathilde will run away, especially when a sleazy cameraman and a porn actor show up to make live-streamed content. Mathilde has an uncertainty in her gaze that makes us sympathize with her, but in fact none of the women are unsympathetic, after all. Director Astrid Söderberg is open and anthropological in her approach to an internet-mediated world of botox, silicone, dildos and kinky fantasies.
Rosa Jaranovic
Gitte von G
Maji Claire
Nadine Helene Aggerholm
Another great Penman collage
Dutch drama
When Lot becomes blind, her world comes to an abrupt halt. She starts dreaming her life away, but soon her fantasies and fears take over her thoughts. Only when she accepts her new reality does she begin to get a grip on her life again.
