Scandal - Passion and Romance (1997) is a very soft soft-core that IMDB has not as yet discovered. Based on the fact that Amazon is taking orders on other Passion and Romance titles, I would guess it to be a made for cable, and part of a series, except that an Irish company co-produced. The inconsequential plot involves a governors race in Georgia. The incumbent expects an easy victory. His daughter (Gabriella Hall) announces her engagement to a press photographer. Then in comes a couple of scam artists. He seduces the governors daughter, and bilks her out of a huge cash donation, supposedly for charity. His wife, Kira Lee, is even busier. She seduces and photographs the fiancee, then blackmails him, seduces someone with a bad French accent in the beginning of the film just to steal his wallet, gets a hooker (Tracie May) to seduce the Governor so she can tape and blackmail him, and uses the single worst fake accent I have ever heard, It is about half Cockney and have Faux Southern.

All three women show breasts and buns in numerous sex scenes, some fairly steamy, and Kira shows pubic hair near the end. The plot barely provides a bridge between sex scenes, and the acting was -pretty much absent. There was a lot of exposure, although no genitalia. I will give it a C-.

The new issue of Celebrity Sleuth is out. Here is a small sampling of this month's theme, "Beauty Queens Bared"

• Kathie Lee Gifford (Maryland Junior Miss, 1971), severe pokiosity

• Kathie Lee Gifford, upskirt

• Oprah Winfrey (Miss Black Tennessee, 1972), public downblouse

• Oprah, downblouse in "Beloved" 

• Jayne Kennedy (Miss Ohio, 1970), her famous home video, verified by Sleuth in an interview with Jayne's ex, who is also on the tape.

• Rhonda Shear (Miss Louisiana, 1978), two posed shots (1, 2)
• Dian Parkinson, (Miss USA 1965), Posed shots from before her Playboy layout. What a shame she waited so long to get naked. One of the most beautiful women on the planet, but waited until she was granny age, and still looked spectacular. (1, 2)
• Halle Berry (Miss USA, 1993), public see-through
• Roberta Close, (Queen of Carnival, 1982). OOPS! Roberta turned out to have been born a Roberto.
• Nicola Willoughby, (Miss UK, 1999)
• Helen Lindes (Miss Spain,2000)
• Marcela Walerstein (runner up Miss Venezuela)
• Alex Taylor (Miss New Hampshire, 1991). Former Pet, no dancing. Briefly in the spotlight when Tiger Woods hit on her.
• Janet Langhart (Miss Chicago, late 60's)
• Denny Mendez (was Miss Italy 1996, resigned in a racist controversy)
• Vic Silvstedt. Ever wonder why the former PMOY doesn't show her buns, even though she's eternally naked? This will explain.

MUST READING: a former member of the MPAA ratings board violates his confidentiality agreement in order to expose the system to the public. Ever wonder how they could be so dumb? Read the inside story.

Rose McGowan, Jo Dee Mussina, and Heather Parkhurst at the "Driven" premiere. (No nudity)

Estella Warren at the "Driven" premiere. (extreme cleavage)

I did Quills. Here's two movie clips this time. The sound wasn't meaningful, so I purged it in the interest of bandwidth. (The second clip actually had no sound). This time it is Kate Winslet. In number 1, she's  putting her blouse on, knowing that a young priest (Joaquin Phoenix) is secretly watching her. In number 2, she is dead, but Phoenix examines her naked body in a dream. (If you guys have suggestions for worthwhile .mpg's, send them to me)

Encyclopedia Volume W, part 4,  is not complete, but it has the two new .mpgs and four Winslet collages from Quills

Let me begin by saying this, I loved "Swingers"...probably because I lived it. Before the posers and trend sheep jumped on the Swing bandwagon, one of my best friends and I were real life versions of Trent and Mikey. We listened to the music, drank the drinks, wore the clothes and most importantly we had the attitude. Being a movie fan as well, I was ecstatic to hear of Doug Liman's next directorial effort "Go". But.....

Honestly at first I was very disappointed, I believe I used the phrase "Pulp Fiction, hold the pulp". The Tarentino-esque interwoven stories were not quite sewn together with the greatest craftsmanship. Some elements played out well, others just sorta righted themselves for the sake of ending the segment. I expected the same 20-something, gen-X slacker attitude and witty banter, but ended up with what I consider to be a discount version. I thought only Disney movies were allowed to have this many happy endings. The Drug dealer with the heart of gold, the gang of kids headin' to Vegas, shootin' up a strip club, burning hotels, stealin' cars, and then driving home the next day and everything's OK, etc. Well it did take place at Christmas time...and it is a time for miracles, peace, love and forgiveness blah blah blah.

After seeing it again a year or so later, I enjoy it much more now then I did originally. My criticism is still the same, however. But I suppose I've grown out of my "Swinging" days and am now able to look at this movie for what it is, instead of how I hoped it would be.

As a whole, I think the movie hovers around B- on the Tuna/Scoopy scale. However there are many individual parts that really shine. William Fichtner for example is terrific as the weird cop. (I think he's been studying at the Walken/Roberts Acting School). Breckin Meyer was also great in his small role as the very white guy claiming to be part black. And while Desmond Askew's character 'Simon' gets off way too easy in the end, I couldn't help but root for the guy.

Is it a great movie? No. But I'll admit it was much better the second time around, perhaps it will grow on me.

The Nudity.....

As always, my 'caps are pretty much crap, but I don't recall seeing any of this stuff in the Fun House before so here it goes...

"Becky" and Rebecca" were played by Katharine Towne and Marisa Morell respectively. These two ladies do a 3-way with "Simon" before the room goes up in flames. Marisa's nudity is very clear, Katharine's on the other hand is not.

In the sex scene, Katharine is thrown off the bed and into bad lighting. But by adjusting the color levels, I was able to rescue some nipple exposure and a better look at her posterior. The only other obstacle...is it her or a body double?

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Fair warning, the Jumbo Sized images are huge! 365k and 450k. The others are much more download friendly for those with modems (about 50k).