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"The Best Man", from Johnny Web

As usual, the major stars don's show anything. In this case, even the three strippers only showed their butts in thongs! This is a cute enough movie, but it is way out of the mainstream of black filmmaking. Most of the movies I see from black writers and directors, whether good or bad, are vital and energetic films about real recognizable people dealing with life. This one isn't. It's a contrived romantic comedy with implausible situations, what-ifs, and larger than life characters - one friend grows up to be a major novelist, his high school buddy a pro football star. In other words, it's a white movie with an all-black cast. The leads could just as easily have been played by Rupert Everett and Madonna, wirth only minimal changes in the dialogue.

On the other hand, it was refreshing to see black people portrayed as achievement-oriented summa cum laude graduates, and it was even more refreshing to see none of them dealing drugs or shooting each other in the usual hollywood cliche fashion.

Taye Diggs plays a writer returning to his old crowd to attend a friend's wedding. His next novel is to be a thinly-disguised roman-a-clef about their days growing up together. Complications ensue when the friends get a preview copy of the book, and see themselves, and even discover some things they were not aware of, like the fact that Taye once slept with the bride, even though the groom thinks she's never been with anyone else, and Taye is the Best Man. Oh, oh! If you think it sounds more like an episode of "I Love Lucy", I agree with you.

Having thus somewhat dumped on it, I'll add that it really isn't a bad flick at all. It was an easy watch with some charming actors and a good sound track, although I hated the predictable five-hankie finale.

Nia Long, not nude, but looking mighty sexy in this lingerie Regina Hall, shows her buns as the featured stripper Lady Madonna and Liris Crosse. I don't think these two are actresses, but rather real strippers. Pretty impressive leg lift.

"Carlito's Way", from Tuna

I've talked about this before, so only a couple quick points" I was surprised that this 1993 Brian de Palma movie didn't get any support as best dramatic movie of the 1990's. I was impressed with it. Penelope Ann Miller is cute, and looks good with her clothing off, but it sure didn't seem like realistic stripping to me. I guess Frodo will have something to say on the issue, so I'll have to defer to his superior knowledge in this area.

Penelope Ann (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10) the obligatory backgrounbd stripper

"Random Hearts", from Tuna

Just a repeat of the links I screwed up yesterday!

Models backstage (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6)

"Tieta do Agreste", from Tuna

Haven't seen this one, (Have to brush up my Portuguese. It got some decent reviews) but Sonia Braga was 46 and still going strong. You will find nudity in the following collages; 1,2,4,6,7,9,11,16.

(#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16)

Scans and caps from PicHound

Audrey Quock, unrevealing topless in the "making of the swimsuit issue" TV special Audrey Quock, more of the above Elsa Benitez, side view topless in the "making of the swimsuit issue" TV special Elsa Benitez, topless, but the arm-crossing trick, in the "making of the swimsuit issue" TV special Elsa Benitez, topless, but more of the dreaded arm-crossing trick, in the "making of the swimsuit issue" TV special Elsa Benitez, topless, but even more arm-crossing Estella Warren, the motorcycle pic which shows most of her buns Estella Warren, in a bikini Michelle Behennah, topless, but now she's caught the arm-crossing disease Veronica Verekova, oh, no, now the arm-crossing disease can be called a plague Veronica Verekova, in a bikini Stacey Elder, clear see-through