Blame it on Rio (1984) is well known to Fun House Readers due to the full frontal from Michelle Johnson, early natural breast exposure from Demi Moore, and the raft of topless sun bathers at the beach. This is my third run at doing images. The VHS version left much to be desired, and I think I have gotten them right this time. Each time I watch this comedy I enjoy it a little less.

Michael Caine and daughter Demi Moore, best friend Joseph Bologna and daughter Michelle Johnson, and Caine's wife, Valerie Harper, are to spend a month at a rented villa in Rio. At the last minute, Harper announces that she is going somewhere else, alone. Bologna is in the middle of a contentious divorce. Bologna is a ladies man, Caine a straight arrow, but Caine ends up screwing Johnson on the beach their first night there. I think this is the point where I am unable to suspend disbelief. First, I can't imagine Caine as any hot 18 year old's heartthrob. Second, I just don't believe a straight arrow would get involved with the barely legal daughter of his best friend nearly under the noses of her father and his daughter. If you can sallow that one, the rest of the film will be easy to accept.

IMDb readers have this at 5.1 of 10. Michelle Johnson was nominated for a Razzie as worst new star. Th4e transfer on this DVD is top notch, which means great visuals of Rio, including a fantastically decorated villa. This is a C. IF you like comedy from the middle 80's, chances are you also like this one.

OTHER CRAP:

• There were mixed reviews for Broken Lizard's Club Dread (2004). I should point out that achieving 42% good reviews is quite positive for sophomoric comedies. This film is from the same group which did Super Troopers, and that movie received only 35% good reviews. There is a solid group of critics with no sense of humor who automatically pan every lowbrow comedy. There's Something About Mary, arguably the greatest comedy of the past 20 years, got only 57% good reviews from the so-called "cream of the crop" at Rotten Tomatoes.
• The World Penis Survey, 2004
• The 'Passion' Packs Them In - one man in Dallas buys 6000 seats with his life savings.
• USATODAY - The Oscars. Who will win? Who should win?
• Here's bad news. Oral Sex Shown to Be Linked to Mouth Cancer
• A FAMILY dug up the body of a dead relative then cut out and burnt his heart after claiming he was a VAMPIRE. Guess which country they live in?
• Here is the true story behind Disney's not-so-true film, Hidalgo
• You mathematicians in the crowd - what are the odds? Two people have died while watching that Mel Gibson Jesus movie - both of them in Wichita, Kansas.
• American Airlines suspends Haiti flights. Shit. There goes my vacation. I wonder if they'll let me switch my flight from Port-au-Prince to Nagorno-Karabakh.
• President Bush backs a new TV Series, hopes that one of the boys gets to make it with Ginger or Mary Anne this time. Actually, in what would be a highly unusual action for a president, George W. Bush is apparently giving the White House seal of approval to a television series about Homeland Security. This leads me to suspect it will not have steamy NYPD Blue action.
• Wired Magazine reports on Googlemania
• The historical relationship between bowling and philosophy
• You can't make up stuff better than this. U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown uses racist remarks to accuse the administration of racism! She called Secretary Roger Noriega a racist white man. He said he was Hispanic. She said "you all look alike to me"! Noriega, by the way, is only the Assistant Secretary of State, and was simply there to represent the policy of his bosses - the Secretary of State and the National Security Adviser, Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice.
• Now more than ever, we need Bill Hicks. The acerbic, raunchy, confrontational comedian died ten years ago today.
• MEL GIBSON TO STAR IN ‘LETHAL RABBI’, Denies Film is Anti-Semitic. Defending the film, Gibson said that he wrote the script only after extensive research into the world of Orthodox rabbis who were also rogue cops.
• Whoa. Here's good news. There's going to be a Deuce Bigelow 2. Didney wasn't happy about some screen elements - like the woman with a penis for a nose.
• Handicapping The Oscars from statistical predictors.
• Here's the trailer for Taking Lives. Crime thriller toplined by Angelina Jolie.
• Bosox centerfielder Johnny Damon took that Jesus movie a bit too seriously. (with pic)
• Rumsfeld Says Bin Laden Will Probably Be Captured Some Day. When pressed to be more specific, he looked at his calendar and said it will be a Monday, but he couldn't remember the exact date, "you know, the day before the election".
• PETA gets on the anti-Gibson bandwagon attacks Mel for his un-Christian treatment of animals. (He owns a beef cattle ranch)
• Gibson film stirs retail consumer passion. I knew it was getting out of hand when I ordered the Happy Meal at McDonald's, and they asked me if I wanted Jesus or Barabbas.
• Norwegian King is just one of the guys: "The average spectator walking around busy Miami Beach Marina this week, probably would not be able to make King Harald for royalty. He wears a faded red baseball cap from a past Antigua Race Week that says ''Sail fast; live slow.'' He laughs and jokes with American sailors in unaccented English." These people are probably the most beloved and down-to-earth monarchs in the world. Harald's father was famous for riding the public transportation. In modern times, Norway became an independent country in 1905, after centuries of Danish and Swedish hegemony, and has only had three kings. Harald's grandfather (Haakon, 1905-1957) ruled through two world wars and rallied the country from the UK during the German occupation. His father (Olav) was king from 1957-1991. I was living and working in Norway when he died. It was a "JFK experience". Like everyone else with an emotional link to the country, I can remember exactly where I was when I first heard about Olav's death.
• Rosie O'Donnell to marry partner in San Francisco. Let's just hope Rosie doesn't sing at her own wedding.
• Smith & Wesson's new chairman quits after reports he was armed robber. "I liked the product so much - I bought the company"
• You have to see this 1971 Doonesbury cartoon. I laughed out loud.
• Howard Stern says: "They Are So Afraid Of Me"
• Stupid Egg Tricks
• FURIOUS Michael Howard sacked a Tory MP early today after she told a joke about the Chinese cockle-picker tragedy.
• MTV goes right back to its bad sex habits: "Just a few weeks after promising to clean up its act during daytime hours because of Janet Jackson's Super Bowl bra-ha-ha, MTV is baring all again. Britney Spears' graphic sex romp 'Toxic" is back in heavy rotation at all hours.
• CRITTERS 4 Movie Review! featuring Angela Bassett's (or a body double's) ass.
• Dick and Jane make a comeback - 2.5 million reissued primers have been sold
• Chloe Sevigny has been tapped to co-star in HBO's drama pilot 'Big Love,' playing one of a polygamist's three wives. Additionally, the actress has been cast opposite Ben Kingsley and Annette Bening in the indie feature "Mrs. Harris," and in Lars von Trier's "Manderlay. It doesn't sound like her on-screen BJ in The Brown Bunny hurt her career at all.
• Shakespeare fails the new SAT.
• The Cyber-Museum of Scams and Frauds...
• Astoundingly, Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights got 22% positive reviews. Entertainment Weekly's Owen Glieberman said: "At this rate, I only hope we're spared Dirty Dancing 3: Bosnia Bop."
• The reviews are absolutely brutal for Twisted Based on the early reviews, we're talkin' Gigli level, despite Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, and director Philip Kaufman. What the hell happened to Kaufman? This guy used to make some good movies.
• Finally, here is some detail about the material that got Howard Stern in trouble. Specifically, it was a racist exchange between a caller and Rick Salomon. (He's the guy from the Paris Hilton tape).
• Earth almost put on impact alert: "Astronomers have revealed how they came within minutes of alerting the world to a potential asteroid strike last month. "
• Gallup Analysis: How Great is The Nader Factor

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MOVIE REVIEWS:

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 Junior or Brainscan, or somebody else besides me)
• If there is no asterisk, I wrote it, but am too ashamed to admit it.

Words from Scoop.

.avi's from Shiloh.

.wmv files made by Scoop from Shiloh's .avi's.

Advanced Lesbotronics

• One of the great lesbian scenes. Chloe Sevigny and Michelle Williams in "If these Walls Could Talk 2" (.avi version, .wmv version of the Williams nudity, .wmv version of the Sevigny nudity )

• Angelina Jolie as model Gia Carangi. (.avi version, .wmv version "fence scene", .wmv version "hallway scene" )

• Dame Elizabeth Berkley with Gina Gershon in Showgirls  (.avi version, .wmv version )

• Anne Heche and many other women in Girls in Prison ( .avi version, .wmv version )

Perhaps these tips will help if you have trouble with the codecs for these movies:

Shiloh says:

FYI when I hypercam vids to make the file size smaller I use DivX MPEG-4 Fast-Motion for the video compressor, then I use virtualdub to compress the audio. The properties for the vids says the video codec:  DivX Decoder Filter & audio codec:  Morgan Stream Switcher which I'm not familiar with. When I compress the audio with virtualdub I use MPEG Layer-3.  A friend of mine told me about compressing the audio about (6) mos. ago. Like I said previously, only been capping for a year & a half & I'm no expert. Hopefully this info will help members with the proper codecs for my vids.

 

When I cap big brother's I use hypercam mostly & sdp & asfrecorder if the set up allows me. I stopped using camtasia cause the file sizes were always too big, could never figure out the process, over my head lol, plus it cost too much to buy in my opinion.

A reader says:

You mentioned that some users were having trouble with the videos on your site. There is a tool designed to determine what codec is needed for a video. http://www.headbands.com/gspot/ Hope this is useful to you or your users.

Scoop says:

I made the .wmv versions of each video. The codecs for these: Windows Video V8, Windows Audio 9. The upside of these is that you know the codecs, and they'll play in the Windows Media Player. The downside is that they are slightly larger, and slightly lower quality.

Today we have 'caps from the South Korean movie "Sex is Zero". All the girls do topless scenes except the lead actress Ji-Won Ha. But just for fun, I've included her topless in scenes from another South Korean movie "Nightmare".

• Ji-won Ha from "Sex Is Zero". Tight tops, cleavage and some almost toplessness in links 3 and 4. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
• Ji-won Ha bonus toplessness from "Nightmare" (1, 2)

• So-Won Ham (1, 2)

• Jae-yeong Jin, great bikini 'caps in #1 and #2, plus toplessness and brief rear views in a love scene (links 3-6). (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

• Yi Shin (1, 2, 3)

• Si-Hu Yun (1, 2)

JUSTIN OUT OF MOTOWN SHOW
Justin Guarini's Available - Justin Timberlake has pulled out of co-hosting ABC's "Motown 45" special, but producers say it's not because of outrage from black viewers who think he let Janet Jackson take all the blame for their Super Bowl boob stunt. Justin says he has to work at filming his first movie role.