The Invisible Circus (2001) is the story of a young woman of 18, who has been obsessed with the suicide of her older sister in Europe since her death 6 years earlier, and decides to retrace her sisters steps, find out what really happened to her, and maybe put it behind her. Her sister (played by Cameron Diaz in flashback sequences that are nearly half of the film), was a 60's Berkeley radical, and hero to her younger sister. Diaz left for Europe with her boyfriend, and postcards home seemed positive, until the suicide.

Jordana Brewster, as the younger sister, ends up with Diaz boyfriend, slowly finds out the entire story of her sister's life and death in Europe, and falls in love with the boyfriend. She shows breasts in sex scenes with him. For those who, like me, don't know much about Brewster, the IMDB biography in this case is very good, and rather interesting.

" Raven-haired beauty Jordana Brewster was born in Panama City, Panama on April 26, 1980. She was raised in London, England up until the age of six. At this time her family decided to move back to native Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Here they would stay for the next 4 years. Jordana learned to speak fluent Portuguese during her 4 year stay in Rio de Janeiro. At the age of ten Jordana's family decided to move again, only this time they would relocate to Manhattan. It was here where Jordana studied at Sacred Heart, an all-girl Catholic school before moving on to the New York Professional Children's School. It was in her teens that Jordana began to make a name for herself by appearing in two of daytime television's longest-running soap operas, "All My Children" and "As the World Turns," where Brewster played the role of Nikki Munson for three years. Jordana would also go on to costar in the NBC mini-series "The 60s." The year 1998 marked Jordana's big-screen debut as Delilah Profitt in teen-driven film, The Faculty . However, it would be her role as Mia Toretto in the blockbuster hit "Fast and The Furious, The (2001)" that would lead Jordana to reach Hollywood stardom. Despite her success Jordana continued to attend Yale University, in the class of 2003."

IMDB readers have this at 5.1 of 10. Ebert was unimpressed at 1 1/2 stars. Berardinelli was more impressed at 2 1/2 stars, mentioning a very good performance from Jordana Brewster. Rotten Tomatoes scores were dismal, with a 23% overall, and 13% from the top critics. I agree that the film doesn't quite work, but was captivated by Brewster, and suspect that we will see a lot of her based on her looks, charisma, and acting ability. This is a high D+. There is nothing really wrong with it, it just never quite involves us in the story.

Movies:

The results of the balloting are in. The top nude scenes of last year have been chosen. Thanks for all the votes

• Here are the pictorial results, with samples from the top 12.
• Here are the numerical results, if you care about such things.
• Here are the 2001 results.
• Here are the 2000 results.
• Here are the 1999 results.

Auto Focus - for the last time until the retail DVD arrives. These are from the screener DVD.

• Mario Bello - the first four are very similar. I wasn't sure which was the best frame to show that it really was Bello (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
• Amber Griebel
• Kitana Baker (this is a new ID)
• KC Quann (this is sort of a new ID. I know KC is one of those two women, but I don't know which one, and I don't know the name of the other one)
• Teri Geary
• The Porcelean Twins
• Alex Meneses
• unidentified (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Other crap:

• The Boobonic Plague - mysterious new disease turns large-breasted women into Twiggys. Presented by the Citadel of Learning, otherwise known as Weekly World News.
• Porn Star Ginger Lynn claims she had sex with Eminem for 17 consecutive hours
• D.C. coffeehouse serves "Trent Lotte": "separate but equal parts of coffee and milk", served in separate containers
• when you travel about the great land, don't forget to stop at the big three: Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Dan Blocker memorial. Learn key facts like this: Dan Blocker was the largest baby ever born in Bowie County
• Cameron Diaz won't go in public because of her zits
• Kyla Cole is Martina Jacova
• American firms who specialise in disposing of dog shit are preparing for their annual convention. And what an event it will be. The GODS must be crazy. (Goobers Opposing Dog Shit)

   

   

   

   

"The Bush Jernals"

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.

Here's the breakdown:
Links 1 and 2...bare bum
Links 3,4,5 and 7...topless.

Romy Schneider

Sandrine Bonnaire

Sophie Marceau

Valérie Kaprisky
(1 2)

Schneider, baring her bum in "Les Innocents aux mains sales" (1975)

Bonnaire, topless in a scene from "Le Meilleur de la vie" (1985)

Marceau, topless in "Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours" (1989)

Kaprisky, topless and baring a bit of bum in "La Femme publique" (1984)