Other Crap:

• Cute video for Owner of a Lonely Heart
• The Aviator continues to top the DVD rental charts.
• Cruise versus Pitt: Tale of 2 publicists. Good article about the pragmatic side of the movie game.
• "If you hated the last two Batman movies," Bale says, "then you probably should check this one out."
• Texas woman's ashes vanish from mausoleum, replaced by Pringles can. This story came close to having the Headline of the Day - "Goodbye, Mrs. Chips"
• Just to show that there is a web site dedicated to pretty much every subject under the sun, here are photos and drawings of Celebrities Playing Table Tennis. My favorite: Fidel Castro playing table tennis with his shirt off. Honorable mention: Jimmy Durante.
• MTV.com - On Air - Clips from the 2005 MTV Movie Awards
• Style.com: Pitt and Jolie pretend to be a 50s couple.
• I know you don't want to read about Jacko - but what if his trial were to be covered by Triumph the Insult Dog?
• The dual award for "No shit, Sherlock" and "Headline of the day" goes to WNBC: "Swimmers Discover Stinky Brown Water Off N.J. Beaches"
• A new trailer for The Bad News Bears
• The new James Bond: Dom DeLuise?. The story is actually about some other guy. The Dr Doom dude.
• Jon Stewart interviews Matt Lauer, who threatens a string of profanity.
• The Daily Show's Samantha Bee's tale of a plucky retail underdog, Wal-Mart, vs. a union.
• Jon Stewart looks at the controversial 49ers P.R. tape 
• The Daily Show: "Fortunately, the massive GM layoffs were delivered with the proper tone of corporate doublespeak."
• PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard. Submitter wrote: "Be careful on this site, it is very addicting and makes you wonder how many screwed up people there really are in the world!"
• Do-it-yourselfers --- Build the Apu 300 - would you like a squishie?
• Jammin Johns - toilet seats that look like your favorite musical instruments. The Pee-ano, for example. You can actually buy these.
• Thousands of free Old Time Radio shows. They have about 300 episodes each of Jack Benny and Amos 'n Andy, for example, and more than 200 of Sherlock Holmes.
• I didn't know you could do this! Choose a city, a radio station, and a time of day - and find out which song was playing.
• Will Apple and Intel merge?
• It turns out Revenge of the Nerds was right -- Nerds make better lovers! Well, they probably are really grateful.
• "The Vatican's Mission of Destroying Islam was Delegated to the U.S. Which Carried Out 9/11 on Assignment by the World Council of Churches" Yes, why didn't I see that before? It's ... obvious!
• The classic commercials of Tom Carvel
• "Car doesn't stop, leading to teen death. Don't worry it isn't real, but sure is sweet"
• Why do you think they call them "action" figures? I've heard people refer to sex toys. Is this what they mean? (Note: naughty pics which will definitely get you fired. Which you deserve if you're supposed to be working now.)
• AstroPic: Titan's Cryovolcano
• Weekly World News: FAT TEEN FIGHTS OFF GATOR WHO TRIED TO STEAL HER FOOD
• Conan welcomes one of his favorite guests, Preparation H Raymond
• Seven clips from The Perfect Man
  • In "The Perfect Man," teenager Holly Hamilton (Hilary Duff) is tired of moving every time her single mom Jean (Heather Locklear) has another personal meltdown involving yet another second-rate guy. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice, Holly conceives the perfect plan for the perfect man...an imaginary secret admirer who will romance Jean and boost her shaky self-esteem. When the virtual relationship takes off, Holly finds herself having to produce the suitor, borrowing her friend's charming and handsome Uncle Ben (Chris Noth) as the face behind the e-mails, notes and gifts. Holly must resort to increasingly desperate measures to keep the ruse alive and protect her mom's newfound happiness ... almost missing the real perfect man when he does come along.
• George Romero's Land of the Dead : Exclusive Hardcore Trailer
• The trailer for Cronicas.
  • "Cronicas" follows a Miami reporter (John Leguizamo) who travels to a small Ecuadorian village to cover a series of brutal murders and get the biggest story of his career, tracking a possible serial killer dubbed the Monster of Babahoyo.
• The trailer for The 40-Year-Old Virgin
• Producers dropped plans for Paris Hilton to join German Big Brother after she demanded $2.7 million for a single appearance.
• The 25 Most Depressing Songs of all time.
• Vindication for the East. Pistons only lose by 15.
• Chicago Declares July 12th 'Roger Ebert Day'
• Today in Uncle Scoopy's Guest House: full-frontal nudity from Sissy Spacek in Prime Cut
• Borowitz: BUSH CONSIDERS CLOSING GUANTANAMO ON WEDNESDAYS ... President's Proposal Falls Short of Gitmo Opponents' Demands

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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.

Carried Away (1996) belongs in a small group of films that should have been very well known, but somehow went to video with a whimper after a token theatrical release. I was unable to discover why. Now that it is available on DVD, it may gain the audience it so deserves.

Joseph is a 47 year old teacher in a two room schoolhouse, crippled by a farming accident in his teen years, who still lives at home with his dying mother, and "fucks" fellow schoolteacher and widow Rosealee in the dark two to three times per week. He is uncredentialed, and the school will be closed after the current year. He feels, not without good reason, that life has somehow passed him by, and is not hot to marry Rosealee, as everyone expects him to, because she represents more of the same. Then 17 year old Catherine walks into his classroom. She is sexually precocious, drop dead gorgeous, and after deciding he is about as good as it gets in this hick town, has no trouble at all seducing him. Joseph, for the first time in his life, allows himself to be carried away. It begins to get messy when Catherine concocts some fantasy that Joseph will marry her, and then people start finding out. It is at this point that the film could have gone way over the top, but didn't.

Joseph was played by Dennis Hopper, in what I feel is the strongest performance of his career. Rosealle was played impeccably by Amy Irving, who was also executive director, and co-developer of the project with her husband, director Bruno Barreto. The Lolita Catherine was nailed by Amy Locane, who does the sultry siren and insecure little girl perfectly. Hal Holbrook simply is the country doctor and everybody's shrink, and Gary Busey rounds out the cast as the retired Major, father of Catherine, who has moved to the country to try and get his wife dried out.

You might call it a romance about Joseph and Rosealee, and how his affair with Catherine revitalized a dying relationship, but there are many other subtexts going on as well.

We have three B performances from both Amys. Berardinelli awarded 3.5 stars, and Ebert three. IMDb readers have it at 6.4, but a 1.5 male/female differential puts it in chick flick territory. The high female scores were across all age groups. A few juvenile comments at IMDb complain about Hopper showing his pecker, but I can assure you the scene was anything but gratuitous. The DVD includes a commentary with Irving and Barreto. Both feel it is a beautiful film, and their favorite of the films they have made. I agree. This is a very strong C+.

 

• Thumbnails (1, 2, 3, 4)
• Amy Locane ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
• Amy Irving ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

All caps and comments by Oz

Foolproof

No nudity by Kristin Booth in Foolproof, just a bit of nice cleavage.


The Arrangement

The nudity comes from Faye Dunaway (1, 2, 3) in The Arrangement. Not a lot is visible and it is obvious Kirk Douglas is much more modest, as shown by the string around his waist. There's also some distant rear nudity of Deborah Kerr, but it's almost certainly a body double.

 

Wonderland

A bit more modesty by Kate Bosworth in Wonderland. At the start of the scene she is obviously wearing a crotch patch and, later in the
scene, this mysteriously changes into some blue knickers. There's also some cleavage by the new wonder actress Paris Hilton. In Australia she would be known as the town bike.


 

Against the Wall

Some nice pokies and side nudity by Anne Heche


 

The Other Side of Love

Some unnamed topless women in The Other Side of Love as they are inducted into prison. Cheryl Ladd is supposed to be topless but she's a bit shy in front of the camera.


 

Her Name is Carla

Topless views of Julianne Nicholson and Mina Badie (1, 2) in the indie film


 

The Sin Eater

Some side nudity by Shannyn Sossamon


 

Indian Summer

Kimberly Williams is down to her underwear

 

The Quiet American

It's the same again for Do This Hai Yen (1, 2 )


 

Women vs Men

Plenty of topless nudity by some unnamed strippers (1, 2)  in Women vs Men, with pokies by Glenne Headly (1, 2, 3).


 

The Emperors's Club

Emily Dara Doubilet is a school girl about to go take her top off  before she is interrupted


 

Before the Night

Some topless views of Ally Sheedy ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) in Before the Night, although I'm sure some of them are by a body double. A bit of leg is also shown by an unnamed woman.


 

The Foreigner

Some rear views of a naked Victoria Smirnova (1, 2) ,  and there's a nice looking Anna-Louise Plowman.


 

Escape from L.A.

No nudity but some lovely views of A J Langer


 

Hard to Kill

Some side nudity of Julia Stormson and Bonnie Burroughs (1, 2 )

Nobody's Baby

Some full frontal nudity by Robyn Adamson and some topless views of  Anna Gunn (1, 2)


 

Wayne's World 2

No nudity in Wayne's World 2 just sexy caps of Kim Basinger (1, 2, 3, 4), Tia Carrere (1, 2, 3), Heather Locklear and Drew Barrymore.


 

Racing with the Moon

Some brief breast exposure by Elizabeth McGovern (1, 2, 3). Carol Kane shows a bit of leg.


 

Moving Targets

No nudity but Libby Hudson removes her top.


 

Swimming Upstream

Elizabeth Harnois (1, 2) is down to her underwear


 

No Love for Johnnie

No nudity in the 1960 film,  but an unnamed stripper is down to pasties.


 

Frankie and Johnny are Married

Some brief pokies by Lisa Cross

WHAT MAKES A MAN SEXY TO WOMEN
What If It's An XXXL T-Shirt? - Cargo magazine polled 866 women on what makes a man look sexy.  The #1 choice was a T-shirt and jeans, although 17 percent say a suit and tie turn them on.  Underneath, 48 percent like a man to wear  boxer-briefs, 46 percent prefer boxers, and only 2 percent like a guy who goes commando.  Women also prefer clean-shaven faces, not too much cologne, and a chest that's hairy but not too hairy.  The biggest turnoffs: a combover, untrimmed nose hair, odd facial hair, lots of back hair, thong swimsuits, short socks, sandals and leather pants.
*  Especially when worn all together.
*  Damn!  No wonder I keep striking out!
*  A combover is a real turn-off, especially if the man is combing over his nose hair.
*  Some women like a man in a wooly sweater, until they realize it's not asweater, it's back hair.

DICTIONARY ADMITS NEW WORDS
Commando Of The English Tongue - The new edition of the Collins English Dictionary inducted a number of new terms from pop culture.  There's "supersize;" Joey Tribbiani's "going commando," for going without underpants; "wi-fi;" "back, sack and crack," beauty salon slang for a man's wax job; "drink dialing," or calling someone you're interested in romantically while drunk; "property porn," or TV shows about luxurious homes; "retrosexual," for a man who refuses to spend a lot of time and money on his appearance; and "heteroflexible," which
means someone who's usually heterosexual, but not always.
*  As in "The heteroflexible loves property porn."
*  When a heterosexual is finished being heteroflexible, he goes back to being a retrosexual.
*  You can tell when he's heteroflexible because he gets a back, sack and crack, goes commando and drink-dials another man.

 

OUTRAGEOUS ROCK STAR DEMANDS
Housework Of The Holy - Robert Plant told the Sun newpaper that he's never  gone in for rock star "diva demands," but he does insist on one thing.  He said, "It's not very rock 'n' roll, but I like to look my best going on stage.  I find ironing helps get me in the mood before I perform.  I always have an ironing board in my room before going on stage."  Later, he told BCC's Radio Two,  "I've heard Keith Richards and Mick Jagger won't go on stage unless they've had a shepherd's pie.  I don't go in for all that nonsense."
*  He might get a spot of it on his shirt and have to order a dry cleaning machine.
*  All Mick and Keith demand is a shepherd's pie...with all the little brown bits picked out.
*  Mick and Keith also have irons in their dressing rooms, but they use them on their faces.
*  Russell Crowe also demands an iron in his dressing room, but just to throw at people.

A court in Karlsruhe, Germany, rejected a request by 12 nudists to bicycle naked along the Rhine River, ruling that nude cycling violates public decency and would be "highly inconvenient"
* Particularly for the poor guy who rented them the bicycles
* It does give a new meaning to the phrase, "Moon River."

 

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