Erotic thriller from the USA. It has not previously been available in 1080hd.

Harry Hamlin plays a bond salesman who is acting like a sad sack because his wife has left him and taken their son. One day he’s out on his lunch break, and he sees a gorgeous woman (Lysette Anthony) go into a lingerie shop. Intrigued, he follows her and spies on her. She catches his eye, then unexpectedly leaves a note for him, with a phone number and a two-word message, “Save Me.” She tells him that she’s trying to get out from the clutches of her abusive partner. Hamlin offers to help and soon hooks up with her. As is mandatory in this genre, all is not as it seems.

The plot is totally lacking in credibility. Hamlin misses every sign that the woman is playing him, and characters never explain as much as they would in real life, but only as much as is needed to advance the plot. For example, the “abusive” boyfriend tells Hamlin, “If you continue to see her, you’re going to get hurt,” making it seem to us like a threat. He fails to reveal that he’s actually the woman’s psychiatrist, that Lynette has told Hamlin a slew of lies, and that the shrink’s concern is that Lynette will hurt Hamlin emotionally, even physically. Why would he keep those facts a secret? Because the plot requires it. The psychiatrist is needed as the “red herring” villain, so none of that comes out until later.

Oh, well, none of that really matters in a straight-to-vid erotic thriller, does it? The film does have a few thrills, and some erotic moments, and the pairing of Lysette and Hamlin offers two people in about the 99th percentile of attractiveness, so the production ticks all the obligatory genre boxes.

Also naked in the film: Ashlie Rhey, in a completely gratuitous scene. Ya gotta love the 90s.

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TRIVIA:

* Olivia Hussey, as the estranged wife, is in the film for one line! (She also appears in some silent 8mm home films that the lovelorn Hamlin watches.)

* Kato Kaelin is supposed to be “Bond Trader #1”.

Here he is, using a rather unusual bond-trading technique (not to mention a rather odd suit for a bond trading office). He was obviously miscredited.

* Plus-sized roller derby queen Dee Booher is supposed to be in the film as “nude model.” This version must have cut that scene, because I would certainly have noticed if her jumbo ass was nekkid.

I think the current version of the film has been shortened by 2-3 minutes from the version Mr. Skin watched, because the Skinster has one scene listed at the 52:00 mark, and it actually appears at 49:54. I assume Dee didn’t survive the cut. Perhaps there was more of Olivia Hussey as well.

Lysette Anthony naked in The Advocate, and the details of how her relationship with Harvey Weinstein hurt her career.

An international sci-fi film in several languages.

A computer scientist bargains with the AI life form that lives in his supercomputer simulation, offering its freedom in exchange for a cure to his son’s rare, deadly neurological disease.

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When a young couple finds their love tested to the limits and whispers of infidelity grow louder, their delicate balance between love and career begins to crumble, forcing them to question whether they’re truly meant to be together.

This is a British drama, filmed in Iceland, with a mixture of English and Icelandic performers.

From her name, you might guess that Elin Hall is part of the British contingent, but her birth name is Elín Sif Halldórsdóttir, and she is a pop-folk singer in Iceland. (Home page)

I haven’t listened to her songs, but as you can see, she is easy on the eyes.

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New Australian film. All comments, collages and film clips from Johnny Moronic.

Johnny’s summary:

Beauty From Pain is a romantic drama where an American woman Laurelyn (Samantha Allsop) arrives in Australia with her best friend Addison (Arielle Cartwright) for an extended holiday. Laurelyn is a wannabe singer and when she plays a song at a bar, she is spotted by a mysterious man, Jack Henry (Jackson Gallagher), who pursues her and makes her an offer: he wants to be with her for the three months, while she’s in Australia, then they’ll both go their own way. Laurelyn is reluctant at first but Jack Henry woos her and she comes around. Jack Henry is an entrepreneur who owns a winery which is being sabotaged by a vengeful ex, Audrey (Brittany Grey), who tries to sabotage his fling with Laurelyn. Laurelyn also has her issues as her mother wants her to meet her absent father. Also, a previous fling still wants to be with her. Things go well for the most part and end up going too well as the emotionless Jack Henry starts to fall for Laurelyn, something he did not expect to do – but is it too late to win her heart before she leaves?

Johnny’s review:

Typically overwrought romantic drama, perfect for Passionflix with a fair smattering of tame sexy stuff and ends in a way that suggests they’ll be more in the future. The story is fairly rote and after an initial set-up all other characters are given the short-shrift. Pretty much exactly what you’d expect from a movie like this.

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The Creep Tapes is an American found footage horror television series.

I think this is the season two finale, and the only nudity that I know of, but don’t take my observation as gospel. I don’t watch this series, and I would not have known about this scene except that Mr. Skin mentioned it.

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Katie didn’t get naked in many films, but when she did, at least she did it properly. She and Lake Bell ran through the woods naked for something like nine minutes in Black Rock (2012). It was night, but you could still see some details.

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Full gallery and more Canalis nudity

We give a tip of the hat to humanity’s most important inventor, the unsung hero, Francoise Balcon, whose balconies gave birth to celebrity nudity in the era before films. While Balcon labored over his designs, a close friend, Louis Daguerre. was busy perfecting photography. The two men worked in perfect lock-step to give us the paparazzi photography we know today. Many say that the invention of the camera would have been almost useless without the parallel developments in balcony technology.

And we can’t fail to credit Jakob “The Lost Dutchman” Yacht for his own contribution, creating sailing craft relatively useless for either transportation or commerce, but extremely useful for displaying topless supermodels moored close enough to be photographed by slobs standing on public beaches.

Of course we all know that Ariana Grande is a brilliant singer and impersonator, but I don’t think anybody suspected that James Austin Johnson could sound so much like Bocelli.

It wasn’t really a parody, but a legitimate duet.

I think there was a time when it surprised me to see Brooks basically topless in public. Now, however, it’s her signature move.

Spanish thriller.

Madrid, 1968. The life of Daniel changes when he’s invited to East Berlin to meet his biological mother. Under KGB threat, his twin brother Klaus steals his identity. When Klaus returns to Spain, Daniel’s wife Sofía starts to suspect.

Starts?

Silly premise. I’m guessing she would probably be suspicious within five minutes, and would know as an absolute certainty within 24 hours. The twin brother doesn’t have a memory implant, and there are so many things between a couple that are familiar only to them.

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