Room at the Top

e1, 2012, 1080hd

Jenna Coleman film clip (collage below)

Maxime Peake film clip (collages below)

The Band

2009, 1080hd

Johnny's comments:

The Band is a 2008 'rock n' roll porno' which follows the band Gutter Filth as they go about their business. Lead by Jimmie (Jimstar), a self-proclaimed rock god more into himself than the band who after a gig promptly quits the band and starts a solo career leaving the band and their manager Jennifer (Anthea Eaton) in the lurch just as they are on the cusp of making it. Jimmie is so full of himself that he finds a groupie and fucks her while his girlfriend Candy (Amy Cater), herself in an all-girl band going nowhere, comes home to find him with the groupie. Candy struggles with no band and no boyfriend but summons up the courage to audition to be the guitarist for Gutter Filth and manages to get the gig. Meanwhile, a groupie (Brianna Heart) works her way through the band, playing spectator to drummer Dee's (Butch Midway) kink, having sex with bassist G.B. (Rupert Owen) and then setting her sights on Candy, all the while taking souvenirs. The band become more popular and Jennifer takes a shine to Candy but there's always something stopping them from getting together. A twist of fate sees Gutter Filth top the charts while Jimmie goes on a downward spiral after being found with shit on his chest. The band have a party to celebrate where the band members get what they deserve while Candy and Jennifer finally get together.

Fairly straight-forward movie, not really much in the plot department and not really a full blown porn movie despite a lot of real sex scenes, but the movie melds plot and sex pretty seamlessly, much better than the average porn movie. Most of the actors are first and only timers. The sex scenes are shot differently from most porn with a definite focus on a feminine perspective and less focus on female anatomy while there's quite a lot of male masturbation and a bit of fetish thrown in. It's all done in a positive way and no one is shamed for their preference although one scene is very dicey. I found the movie fairly watchable, much more so than other real sex movies (I'm looking at you, 9 Songs) but honestly, there's probably too much sex and not enough plot for the movie to have real impact. But it's an admirable attempt at a normal movie with real sex.

Unsurprisingly, The Band has never been released in Australia, even a R-rated friendly version touted in the commentary, because Australia has an absolutely terrible classification system in regards to sex, hell I doubt the movie would even get an X rating as fetish and violence, even consensual violence is completely banned. Bah, I won't go on. Anyway, I got the movie from the unrated release in America, which tells you everything about how tight regulations are in America and in Australia. Got it a few years ago but totally forget about, so it's finally watched and capped. Doubt there will be a HD version but you never know.

Amy Cater film clip (collages below)

Brianna Heart film clip (samples below)

Sarah McKeown film clip (sample below)

Tiffany Stevens film clip (sample below)