Though it’s not one of their most critical films, Digital Playground has (finally) answered my numerous pleas…
Welcome to the world, Bridesmaids (2013) – it’s funny, it’s cute, and it looks they actually put some effort into more than just the film’s aesthetics. For the first time in a long time, a title from DP is actually good!!
(pictured: buy your copy of Bridesmaids and/or watch it now here)
Here’s the synopsis:
All is fair in love and weddings!
Best girlfriends come together to share a special moment; a wedding day! But before the bride [Alyssa Branch] can walk down the aisle, competing maids of honor Jesse Jane and Kayden Kross square off in a set of time honored traditions. A feisty fitting that features a horny back room fling , a wild bachelorette party where the male strippers aren’t safe from the overheated honeys and a bridal shower that ends with the girls in jail! Award winning director Robby D. showcases Digital Playground contract superstars Jesse Jane, Kayden Kross, and Stoya as the beautiful bridesmaids. With 7 steamy sex scenes that include naughty girls Brooklyn Lee, Vicki Chase and Alyssa Branch as the bride. Bridesmaids will excite you with fun, passion, and desire! (sic)
(who the hell writes DP’s box copy?? I ask because it’s clear that no one copyedits it…)
So Jesse and Kayden are trying to prove who’s Alyssa’s best BFF… To wit, there are some cute “competitive” sequences, a fun series of parties and events, and all sorts of mishaps that eventually lead up to a wedding – yay!!
Here’s the trailer: Continued…
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Tagged with Alyssa Branch, Bill Bailey, Bridesmaids, Bridesmaids (2013), Brooklyn Lee, Danny Mountain, Derrick Pierce, Digital Playground, Erik Everhard, Giovanni Francisco, James Deen, Jesse Jane, Johnny Sins, Kayden Kross, Reviews, Stoya, Vicki Chase.
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– June 17, 2013
I’m off this weekend to celebrate Father’s Day with my Dad. Though I’m very fortunate and get to see him often regardless, I’m super excited for this little trip we’re taking.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend honoring your dads and the dad-like figures that helped you out along the way!! xoxo
(pictured: my dad and I were recently at a Dodger game for Don Sutton bobblehead night!!)
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– June 15, 2013
Tanya Tate’s Brit School Brats (2013) takes place at London’s Filly Finishing School.
For reals.
I’m going to be uber-gauche right now and go ahead and admit it: English accents make everything seem more serious, more authentic, and more proper. Consequently, I now *know* there is such a place as Filly Finishing School… and it’s either a place for wankers or a school like no other, depending on who you ask.
I also know that, beneath all that accented propriety, the ladies of Filly Finishing School are very very naughty. (the accents make everything seem… unexpected… or maybe they just make everything that much better)
(pictured: Filly Finishing School for Brit School Brats!! buy your copy and/or watch it now here)
Consider: Continued…
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Tagged with Alyssa Divine, Brit School Brats, Brit School Brats (2013), Carla Mai, Faye Taylor, Filly Films, girl-girl, Jess West, Katie K, Paige Turnah, Review Haiku, Reviews, Samantha Bentley, Tanya Tate.
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– June 13, 2013
Frankie Valenti, formerly known as adult performer Johnny Hazzard, recently wrote a really great, insightful post for The Huffington Post entitled “Gay Porn: Why Did I Survive?” (6/9/13).
In it, Frankie discusses getting in, navigating, and ultimately moving on from work as a performer in gay adult content production. He also discusses the current state of the adult industry and offers some measured advice.
Here is an excerpt:
Does too much sex kill? Well, not directly, but the rash of deaths within the gay porn world seems to suggest otherwise. Some were health-related, while others were undisputedly self-inflicted. But sadly, they are gone. They were big players in the scene, and they were my friends. Being a recognizable face in this industry, many have asked me, “Johnny, how did they die?” or, “Johnny, what’s going on in that world of yours?” Then, most recently, writer and friend Brett Edward Stout asked me, “Johnny, how did you survive?” I was speechless. I had no answer.
How did I survive? We all faced the same challenges, so why am I still here when my friends are not? Even after taking days to think about it, I still can’t totally explain why I survived. Maybe it’s because my family supported me, or maybe it’s because I made good or lucky choices. (here)
Read the remainder of Johnny’s post right –> here. It’s really excellent stuff!!
Also, have a listen to the podcast Lydia Lee and I did with Johnny here - it’s also really good.
(pictured: Frankie Valenti, fka Johnny Hazzard)
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– June 11, 2013
show. no. MERCY!!!
I don’t know enough about comics and anime and any number of other things to accurately contextualize Wicked Pictures’ first cosplay adventure, but I do know this – Barrett Blade’s Show No Mercy is hot and dirrrrty.
Consider:
The evil Lord Zuru in his ever-longing quest to rule the galaxy attempts to control the 5 sex-crazed muses of Ciria. By doing so, Zuru’s plan to fuse their powers and create one master power creates an intergalactic hardcore frenzy – that’s guaranteed to satisfy the wildest of perversions, in this the ultimate Cosplay Adventure!
(pictured: no mercy shown!! buy your copy and/or watch Show No Mercy now –> here)
So, kind of like Gargamel needed six Smurfs to make a bar of gold, Lord Zuru needs all five muses - Serafina (Alexis Monroe), Angeni (Molly Bennett), Andromeda (Mischa Brooks), Sappho (Miss Eva Lovia), and Queen Valeska (Anikka Albrite) - to harness some ultimate form of power. Sweeeet. Continued…
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Tagged with Alektra Blue, Alexis Monroe, Annika Albrite, Barrett Blade, Barry Scott, cosplay, Eric Masterson, Marcus London, Michael Vegas, Mischa Brooks, Miss Eva Lovia, Molly Bennett, Review Haiku, Reviews, Wicked Pictures, Will Powers.
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– June 8, 2013
Erika Lust is pretty amazing…
In addition to having my second favorite first name, Erika is a filmmaker, a writer, and the founder of Lust Films in Barcelona. She is considered an “indie” and feminist porn icon worldwide.
Erika’s first featured film, Five Hot Stories for Her (2007), and her subsequent Life Love Lust (2010) both won Feminist Porn Awards for “Movie of the Year.” Further, her Barcelona Sex Project (2008), an experimental independent documentary, won “Best Erotic Documentary” at the E-Line Awards in Berlin. AND, in addition to all this film stuff, Erika is also the author of Good Porn – A Woman’s Guide and Love Me Like You Hate Me (among several other books).
It’s all very impressive.
(pictured: Erika Lust)
Recently, Erika partnered with New Sensations to distribute her film Cabaret Desire (2011) via their Erotic Stories Collection line… and I’m so glad they did!!
Cabaret Desire is set during a night of erotic readings occurring in a bohemian pleasure-poety brothel. Dancers, musicians, and some exotic elixirs help create a sensual atmosphere while people sit back and listen to intimate readings from a poet or artist.
The body of Cabaret Desire then consists of four sensual vignettes, each a stand alone story and each true to the film’s overarching vision of intimacy, love, passion, and sex. Consider… Continued…
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Tagged with Cabaret Desire, Cabaret Desire (2011), Didac Duran, Erika Lust, Lady Diamond, Liandra Dahl, Mario Mentrup, Matisse, New Sensations, New Sensations Erotic Stories Collection, Recommended Films, Reviews, Samia Duarte, Saskia Condal, Sofia Prada, Toni Fontana.
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– June 5, 2013
In today’s installment, authenticity, justice & morality, and a nice hefty dose of STFU (go Bertie!!) – it’s all Interesting News!!
I’ve been talking a lot about authenticity lately – same general conundrum, different day. And in an interesting twist of coincidental fate, Julie Maroh has also been talking a lot about authenticity lately…
Julie Maroh is the author of Blue Angel (2010), a French graphic novel that was adapted by director Abdellatif Kechiche into Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013). Blue is the Warmest Colour went on to win this year’s Palme d’Or (“Golden Palm”) at the Cannes Film Festival – this is a big deal. You see, everyone was shocked when a film that included a “a no-holds-barred twelve minute erotic sex scene between two women” (here) won the grand champion prize at what’s arguably the world’s biggest deal film festival.
And apparently, no one was more shocked than Julie, who had much to say about authenticity.
(pictured: this year’s Golden Palm)
Among many other topics, Julie has discussed the lack of lesbians present in a film about lesbians and thus, consequently, the lack of lesbians engaged in the film’s sex scene. To wit: Continued…
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Tagged with Abdellatif Kechiche, Bertie Brandes, Blue Angel (2010), Blue is the Warmest Colour (2013), interesting news, Julie Maroh.
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– June 4, 2013
Super exciting news – PVVOnline now has a store!!
Powered by award-winning retailers Adult DVD Empire, the PVV Store only contains content that has been vetted and reviewed on PVV.
This is so awesome – you get the ease of secure buying with multi-platform options (DVD, VOD, digital download, pay-by-minute, etc) …but without all the “noise” of a mega-porn-emporium. Plus, all PVV’s Recommended Films have been set aside in their own special area – a space that only contains hott & sexy, knock-your-socks-off content that’s sociologically significant in some way.*
So check out the PVV Store – you’ll be happy you did!!
And if there’s something you’d like to see reviewed on PVV and/or made available in the PVVOnline store, let me know – just ask Count, I’ll make it happen :)
Continued…
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Tagged with club PVV, PVV, PVV Store, Recommended Films, Reviews.
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– June 2, 2013
Oh my goodness, how did I let this film sit on my desk since March?!!
As some of you may know, Girlfriends Films has been exploring boy-girl content lately via a partnership with renowned director B. Skow. Consequently, I’ve been exploring my reactions to their collaborations via reviewing their efforts: Voilà - mega meh (review here) and Paint - closer, closer, so much closer to what could be greatness… (review here).
And now we have Truth Be Told (2013), a dark and taboo exploration that simply knocked my socks off!!
(pictured: truth be told, this box cover is HOTT – buy your copy and/or watch it now here)
I don’t want to reveal too much, so here’s the synopsis: Continued…
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Tagged with B. Skow, David Stanley, Diana Prince, Girlfriends Films, Jayden Jaymes, Jessie Rogers, Kurt Lockwood, Marie McCray, Reviews, SKOW for Girlfriends Films, Steven St. Croix, Tommy Pistol, Truth Be Told, Truth Be Told (2013), Zoey Holloway.
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– May 31, 2013
As some of you may know, the idea of authenticity – of realness and fakeness, what (allegedly) constitutes what, and everything in between – both compels and confounds me. I’ve written about this a lot on PVV. (for example: Girlfriends Films’ All Natural Glamour Solos here)
Social consciousness is an evolving as well as cyclic process – things change, but they also stay the same (read: history does occasionally repeat itself). Consequently, sometimes as a direct result of targeted efforts and other times with absolutely no real rhyme or reason, we end up with markers of authenticity that shift and slide over time…
…which is all totally fine!! It’s perfectly fine to shift through different markers of real and fake. *BUT* we need to own up to the fact that these markers are part of a wider social process. Far from objective, we need to acknowledge the subjective and variable bases for these markers. We need to understand that we all see things differently.
No kidding.
But two things happened toward the end of last week that made me realize that this is still (still!!) not so obvious: the video “REAL Lesbians React to Lesbian Porn!” and Lena Dunham’s reaction to Hustler’s parody of the HBO comedy-drama “Girls” - This Ain’t Girls XXX.
Let’s start with the REAL reactions video – it’s more direct… Continued…
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Tagged with "Girls", Alex Chance, All Natural Glamour Solos (2011), Davey Wavey, Girlfriends Films, HBO, Hustler, Lena Dunham, PVV, Richie Calhoun, theresa flynt, This Ain't Girls XXX.
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– May 28, 2013
I was not inspired by Smash Pictures’ Broken Hearts (2013).
I mean, yes – there is something compelling about thinking you’re in love, finding out the truth, and moving on to something better; however, in spite of its best efforts, Broken Hearts careens headlong into many porn cheese pitfalls, failing to deliver anything more than one big long eye roll at the end.
meh.
(pictured: for your DVD and/or VOD enjoyment, Broken Hearts can be found here)
Here is the exceptionally detailed, wordy, and under-punctuated synopsis:
Richie (CALHOUN) thinks he has finally found his one true love when he begins a whirlwind romance with a woman in San Francisco (REMY LE CROIX). Risking everything he decides to take a surprise trip to SF and profess his love to her only to discover she is married. Heartbroken and crushed he returns to Los Angeles to put his life back together. Michelle (MISCHA BROOKS), also recently heartbroken by a cheating boyfriend has given up men. Her best friends Amy and Kinzi (KENNEDY LEIGH) are truly worried about her. Amy ( ABBY CROSS) is married to a true romantic Logan and Kinzi is spoiled by her infatuated boyfriend Dan (DANE CROSS). Through a chance encounter on the beach and via the fact Michelle rents a room from Amy, Michelle and Richie soon start hanging out and spending time together. ASH HOLLYWOOD makes an appearance as a wild actress/musician who dates Richie’s friend Tommy (DANNY WYLDE), and stirs up a dinner party by sneaking off to the bathroom for a quickie. Will Mischa and Richie eventually decide to take the plunge back into the ocean of love again?
Ok, so we’re going for (porn) romance here… Without picking apart plot holes and jumps in continuity, let’s consider some of Broken Hearts‘ key elements. Continued…
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Tagged with Abby Cross, Ash Hollywood, Broken Hearts, Broken Hearts (2013), Dane Cross, Danny Wylde, Jim Powers, Kennedy Leigh, Logan Pierce, Mischa Brooks, Remy LaCroix, Reviews, Richie Calhoun, Romance porn, Smash Pictures.
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– May 27, 2013
As some of you may know, I just had a new study published – “When Law Moves Quicker Than Culture: Key Jurisprudential Regulations Shaping the US Adult Content Production Industry.”
You can find the article in The Scholar: St Mary’s Law Review on Race and Social Justice (2013, 15:2) …or you can just email me, and I’ll send you a copy. Here’s the press release about it, too.
Anyway, I’m very excited about this new research …and I’m very excited about all the wonderful comments and feedback I’ve received so far!!
Here’re some… Continued…
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Tagged with "When Law Moves Quicker Than Culture – Key Jurisprudential Regulations Shaping the US Adult Content Production Industry", Adult Video News (AVN), club PVV, Gram Ponante, PVV, The Scholar: St Mary’s Law Review on Race and Social Justice, YNOT.com.
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– May 24, 2013
What fun - I am going to be a guest on Pleasure Radio’s Derek D show this Thursday, May 23rd, from 7 – 9 pm PST.
If you are free and fancy, give it a listen right here –> http://pleasureradio.fm/
We are going to be talking about sex work and sociology, porn and all aspects of adult entertainment, and – of course – research!! It should be a fantastic time :)
I’m sure some tweeting will be happening during, so check out @pleasurefm, @
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– May 22, 2013
In the movies, when someone says something like “Your money is no good here!!,” they’re usually trying to be nice – giving you something and refusing to accept payment. Even in The Shining (1980).
But in real life, when someone tells you they won’t take your money… well, maybe they’re probably just being an asshole.
At least, maybe they’re probably just being an asshole if they’re a bank and you’re affiliated with the adult industry.
(pictured: porn performer Chanel Preston – also a person)
My righteous indignation exploded this past Friday with reports of Chanel Preston being refused banking services at City National Bank in Los Angeles, CA because of “compliance reasons.”
According to NBC News (here, May 17, 2013): Continued…
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Tagged with anti-adult entertainment rhetoric, Chanel Preston, City National Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Marc Greenberg, MRG Entertainment, PVV, sex worker discrimination.
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– May 20, 2013
Do you have girl fever?
Are big girls sexy?
FYI: your answer to both questions should be a resounding “Yes!!”
And you’re in luck – New Sensations is gonna help you out with that voluptuous heat via two fun new dalliances: Girl Fever and titles from their Big Girls Are Sexy series. Continued…
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Tagged with Abigail Mac, Alex Chance, Alex Taylor, Athena Pleasures, Big Girls are Sexy series, Bruce Venture, Dani Daniels, Danny Mountain, Eddie Powell, Elegant Angel, Felicia Clover, Girl Fever, Girl Fever (2013), girl-girl, Jordan Ash, Julie Cash, Kiera Winters, Lily Lovely, Manuel Ferrara, Mia Malkova, Michael Vegas, Mick Blue, Mr. Pete, New Sensations, Ramon Nomar, Remy 2, Remy 2 (2013), Remy LaCroix, Reviews, Riley Reid, Romi Rain, Savannah Parker, Siri, Sophia Jade, star showcase, Xander Corvus.
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– May 16, 2013
