A Smell of Honey a Swallow of Brine (1966) is a pre-exploitation masterpiece from Dave Friedman when he was teamed with Dan Soney. It is a roughie shot in his Cordova Street studio in B & W, and was the last B & W he shot. The choice was not because it is so much cheaper, but in this pre-couples porn period, they were after the stag film crowd, and gave them a familiar look. He wrote and shot the film because he wanted something else in the can staring Stacey Walker.

He was lunching with Dan Soney in Santa Monica when an attractive young girl came up asking for a handout to buy a hot dog. He discovered that she left Texas, dropping out of school, and arrived in Santa Monica penniless. He cast her in The Notorious Daughter of Fanny Hill, and was very taken with her looks. Fearing that she would become a big star and out of his reach, he decided to make this film.

Dave wanted to call it C. T, but was afraid that too many people wouldn't know that meant cock tease, which is a two word summary of the film. Newspapers rejected Maneater and some other title, so he settled on this one. He appeared twice in the film.

As the film opens, Walker is necking with a young man in a car, he gets carried away, and she screams rape, and has him tried and convicted, even though no rape ever occurred. We see her play the same game with several more guys, and even her lesbian girl friend, Linda Gearheart, until she tangles with the wrong man, and she gets her comeuppance. Both show breasts and buns, and there are brief hints of bush from Walker.

Walker married soon after, and disappeared from show business. This film also disappeared until Something Weird Video discovered a work print somewhere. It is not in very good shape, but then the genre was never supposed to look perfect. Through the dirt and chips and scratches though, you will notice great camera angles, sharp focus, and good framing. I was not surprised to learn that the DP was none other than László Kovács. This is a truly awful film, and is only of interest to those like me who are fascinated by the era and those who made these films. For me, the feature length commentary From Friedman alone is worth the DVD price, and there are two more films yet to come from the same DVD. This is a C-, barely, as a roughie.

Freddy vs Jason (2003):

Man, I dropped a bundle on this match. Kruger was a heavy favorite, but I bet on him to cover the spread, and the underdog Jason won a hard-fought contest - by a head, if you catch my drift.

Rumor has it that Kruger bet a bundle on Jason and took a dive. Isn't that just so typically evil? I should have suspected a problem when I saw Kruger talking to Pete Rose.

My money will be on Jason in the upcoming Rocky vs Jason, cuz Stallone is gettin' old.

I suppose that everything you need to know about this movie can be summed up in the Yahoo summary. Critics Grade: C. (Yahoo scores rarely go any lower) . Members score: A- (Yahoo scores rarely go any higher).

It is not the kind of movie which Newspaper critics love. A formulaic genre movie with no real attempt at crossover appeal, it is a shallow Hollywood trifle to the more intellectual reviewers. The British reviews were scathingly harsh, averaging less than one star out of four, according to The Guardian's summary. Audiences don't care about the same things. They go to movies like this to see teenagers get carved up in new and nasty ways by super-villains, and then to see buckets of blood flow when the baddies turn on one another. This puppy took in $82 million at the box office.

Some of the genre film websites really liked it, citing as reasons:

• the excitement of the final battle scene between the monsters
• buckets of blood and guts
• the comedy provided by Freddy's wisecracks and a stoner dude. ("Whoa, that goalie dude is pissed"). The stoner seemed to think he was in "Freddy vs Jason Mewes"

Nudity:

• Odessa Munroe. (1, 2, 3, 4) In a couple of these, I moved the images toward natural flesh tones instead of the blue day-for-night tint.

Red Shoe Diaries: Swimming Naked (First aired- April, 1997):

Well, now that Kristi Frank is semi-famous (she is on that hot new reality show The Apprentice - the one where they compete to suck up to Donald Trump), it's time to take a comprehensive look at her stark naked appearance on Red Shoe Diaries. According to the episode guide, this was aired in April of 1997.

• Thumbnails (1, 2)
• Kristi Frank (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)

Miscellaneous:

• In case the link in Other Crap gets killed, here are some nude pictures of Catherine Bosley, the news anchor who was fired when her nude pictures hit the internet. (1, 2, 3)

• Can you say rip-off? I went through the DVD for Out of Order - the underwater scene has been severely expurgated. Some frames have been cut. Some body parts have been cut off by the widescreen transfer. Some of the frames which have not been cut have been artificially darkened. Here are the frames you will miss with the DVD. (1, 2) In the first one, you will actually see Dickens grab Stoltz's schlong. In the second one, Stoltz's twig and berries make several appearances - in places that you'd expect them to be if he and Dickens were really goin' at it. Pretty hot stuff - but NOT on the DVD.  (Tuna did a brilliant job on the frames actually in the DVD - see Tuna's film archive.)

Mailbox:

• Scoop. In the image in Sunday's issue (1/11/04) of Kim Penn, there is a mirror in the lower left corner shot.  I believe that mirror is revealing more than was expected.  Any chance Johnny Web (or some one else) can re-cap this frame full screen?

  • Sure -  it's some guy's 'nads, and a little better look at Kim's behind. Here's Kim Penn redux.

Movies from Shiloh:

Shiloh sent in some more winners today:

• Charlotte Ross's great scene in NYPD Blue. This was voted as the #2 scene of the year, and must be the best nudity ever seen on network TV.

• Joanne Whalley's seldom-scene topless scene from British TV - in A Kind of Loving.

• Meg Ryan's full-frontal scene in In The Cut. The quality is better than the caps I had earlier. It is evident that Meg is stark naked. The DVD version of In The Cut is said to include additional hot footage.

• Judy Davis in On My Own

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We now return to our broadcast:

• An era has ended. Eastman Kodak Co. on Tuesday said it will stop selling traditional film cameras in the United States, Canada and Western Europe. In a related story, Nathan's announced it will stop selling hot dogs and get into digital imaging technology.
• Bush leads Dean in California, 51%-35%.
• NapkinNights.com clubbing in Sacramento.
• The Sun has additional pictures of Saddam's capture.
• FreakingNews.com - Photoshop Contest: "Madonna endorsing General Wesley Clark in the presidental campaign"
• Gallup Poll Analyses - Americans generally worried about immigration, oppose new Bush plan.
• Ted Nugent was injured on the set of his reality show when a chain saw cut through his leg. The chain saw appears to be unharmed, but will have to be sanitized.
• Breasts pressed against glass.
• Free Gallery: Planet Nude at the Riverboat Nudist Club. The Tampa Nudist Club Photo Shoot.
• The 100 Most Often Misspelled Words
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Venus. Horny geezers gone wild!
• Billionaires for Bush
• Google Fans Fill Web With Buzz Over IPO. "Some Fear Big Changes in Little Search Engine That Could." I agree. As a publiuc corporation with a profit motive and responsibility ot provide a return to shareholders, it will have to approach solutions with a different goal - not "what is best", but "what is most profitable".
• JoBlo says, "Neve getting naked!": Neve says her "first nude scene has just been shot for James Toback's WHEN WILL I BE LOVED."
• HBO's 'Sex and the City' and 'Six Feet Under' dominated the Directors Guild of America nominations unveiled Tuesday for the annual DGA Awards.
• Latino Review has a mini-preview of the Bourne Supremacy.
• Matt Damon interested in playing Logan in Logan's Run remake. Rumor holds that Bryan Singer wants to be the director. He would certainly be the right guy for the job, as would Damon. Unfortunately, all of this is speculation at this point.
• Today's report for capital letter lovers: DRUDGE REPORT 2004: "RAW RAGE AT BUSH DURING MOVEON.ORG AWARDS"
• Woman collects racist Americana. As I always point out, human artifacts consistently show that our race has always been deluded, racist, and horny, not necessarily in that order. If this subject interests you, you should rent Spike Lee's movie, "Bamboozled".
• A researcher from the University of Wisconsin at Madison has figured out a better way to slice cheese - just use a laser. "At any other university, people would have just laughed. But this is Wisconsin. It's cheese. And this is no laughing matter"
• You know the woman who found the condom in her soup? Seems like she always gets a condom in her soup, or something actionable. She sued Taco Bell in 1996 over coffee spilled in her lap. Oh, and then there were other suits. The Smoking Gun has the goods.
• Jon Stewart analyzes why the President grants amnesty to all the White House gardeners.
• The Butterfly Effect (2004) - Trailers & Clips. (Ashton Kutcher time-travel thingy)
• ABCNEWS.com : A Proposed Math Quiz for Presidential Candidates
• A larger version of the bouncing boobies .gif
• The demotivators calendars from Despair, Inc.. Highly recommended by the directors of 21 Grams and House of Sand and Fog.
• I you haven;t already, you should probably bookmark The Darwin Awards, which honor those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.
• Funderstanding Roller Coaster The challenge: to create a roller coaster that works. Teaches a bit about physics and engineering.
• Top Secret Recipes on the Web. How to duplicate the stuff you like from any chain.
• Adventures of the Boy Scout
• The real countdown begins: Lingerie Bowl 2004 : Commercial
• Normally liberal Holland has come down hard on a new enemy - white socks.
• Weekly World News: "A leading physicist claims to have figured out why the U.S. Postal Service loses a lot of mail and delivers most of the rest late -- post offices are 'architectural anomalies' that cause time warps.
• Naked Norwegian chick seeks Mr Right
• Letterman makes a surprise appearance on Howard Stern
• Anchor Bares All In Wet T-Shirt Contest, Gets Fired
• Here are the pictures that got news anchor Catherine Bosley fired. The girl stripped stark naked, photographed front and rear. She looks adorable, despite implants.
• Paris Hilton tops Mr. Blackwell's annual Worst-Dressed List. Blackwell says "from cyber disgrace to red carpet chills -- she's the vapid Venus of Beverly Hills!". Whatever, dude. You have to stop lunching with Gene Shalit.
• Mouseketeer update
• Bill Nighy and Martin Freeman are set to topline sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
• Extensive re-shooting in the Exorcist prequel. Paul Shrader is no longer on the project, and Renny Harlin has taken over as director. 90% of the film to be re-shot? Some of the principal actors could not or were not invited back for the re-shoot. Things look glum.
• Jessica Simpson headed to the big screen: "In 'Walk On' to be directed by Walter Hill ('48 Hours'), Simson will play the Texas high school sweetheart of baseball legend David Clyde, who saved the Texas Rangers from going bankrupt in 1973. "
• John Woo making a musical. I didn't make that up.
• God in trouble again - for telling man to play toreador in a lion cage. Buenos Aires police currently have God in custody and are questioning him.
• Tinfoil hat dudes - get ready for some new conspiracy theories. NASA's Mars probe means big bucks for - guess which American corporation.. Hints (1) drilling (2) two "l's"
• Oscar Screener Copy of "Something's Gotta Give" Found Online. This could get interesting because this time, the MPAA knows exactly whose copy it was - veteran actor Carmine Caridi.
• Another very cool tool for high-tech police sketch artistry
• An Irresponsible Use of Frogs - A short animated film by Philip Child
• 'REFLECTOPORN' HITS AUCTION SITE
• This is not exactly "reflecto", but it gives you the idea - Elmo Ebay Auction
• JoBlo.com now has a nice compact index page that lets you find info for all upcoming pictures at a glance.
• Bernardo Bertolucci's 'The Dreamers,' will mark the first time in more than six years that a studio belonging to the Motion Picture Assn. of America has distributed a film rated NC-17
• It's the Last Call for 'Frasier' after 11 seasons.
• moveon.org has announced the winner of their competition for the best anti-Bush spot at:Bush in 30 Seconds . (Whether you like or hate the President, you have to admit that is quite a good little 30 second spot - subtle, not strident, but emotionally powerful.)
• Actor-Writer Spalding Gray Reported Missing. Here's something I'll bet you didn't know about him: according to Maltin's film encyclopedia, the famed monologist once "had a major role in a hard-core sex film,The Farmer's Daughter. He was billed under his own name and given extensive dialogue, making identification positive, even though he later denied having appeared in the film."
• Kum & Go Convenience Stores ????
• Maddeningly difficult game of five-in-a-row

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MOVIE REVIEWS:

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• 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.
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• If there is no asterisk, I wrote it, but am too ashamed to admit it.

Sirens was made in 1994. Canya believe it? A whole decade? Not a thing left to say. Elle Macpherson, Portia de Rossi, Kate Fischer, Tara Fitzgerald and Pamela Rabe nekkid. Pic any one of the first three, add either of the last two and bingo, you would have yourself a winner. But all five?! The sine qua non of A-list exposure.

Since this movie has been capped very frequently and very well I chose to dwell on a few of the many scenes. That includes the posing scenes in which the artist's models move very little, but I still grabbed a bunch of frames and stuck them together because....well, because I wanted to. Mea culpa, in advance. I did cap the bejeebers out of the nighttime baptism scene, 'specially Elle, because there is just no such thing as too many pictures of that woman topless.

• Elle Macpherson (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
• Kate Fischer
• Portia de Rossi
• Tara Fitzgerald (1, 2)

NO MORE "FRASIER," NO MORE "FRIENDS"
Here's Where "Must-See TV" Ends - NBC announced that this will be the last season of "Frasier." They'd hoped to continue it, but Kelsey Grammer, the highest-paid man on TV, refused to take the big pay cut they demanded. NBC also denied a tabloid report that they'd agreed to pay the "Friends" cast $2 million each to film a reunion movie that would air next Thanksgiving.