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Monday, March 1, 2010 - 12:53pm By Simon SheppardAnd the hunky little naked golden dude with the oh-so-phallic sword goes to…. First Tom Hanks, then Heath Ledger's nomination, Sean Penn's win, and now Colin Firth is nominated for A Single Man. Apparently the Oscar folks simply love straight...
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Friday, January 1, 2010 - 1:52am By Dr Martha LeeWhen it comes to movies, it may be that sex doesn't sell. A recent study concluded that nudity and explicit sex scenes don't translate to success for major motion pictures. The study "Sex Doesn't Sell -- nor Impress! Content, Box Office,...
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 11:03am By Chris HallActor David Prowse, 74, became famous for wielding his long, red, pulsing shaft onscreen in one of the most iconic movie roles ever—Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy. (To be precise, Prowse played the physical role of Vader, while...
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Monday, October 5, 2009 - 2:38pm By Lauren WissotIn Begging Naked Karen Gehres documents her friend Elise, a painter and sculptor and former Times Square stripper, as she succumbs to mental illness and homelessness. What struck me most about this little gem of a film was that it isn't just another...
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 8:45am By Matthew LawrenceUniversal Pictures recently began plans to start making a film about Barbie, reports Variety. The Mattel doll is one of the world's most recognizable brands, so it only seems logical for the toy company to branch into movies, particularly in...
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Monday, September 21, 2009 - 1:20pm By Lauren WissotI met Amsterdam-based director Jennifer Lyon Bell in person this past February at a Sunday brunch at Monkey Town, a performance space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn where we were both screening our CineKink Film Festival award winners. Her Matinée...
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 5:36pm By Tim McElreavyPeople Magazine reports that Michael Douglas is confirmed to play the late Las Vegas showman Liberace in Steven Soderbergh's biographical film. In the role, Douglas will sing, dance, and wear lots of fur and sequins. Soderbergh told a French...
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Monday, September 7, 2009 - 4:50pm By Chris HallSponsored Content Most of the works showcased in the Good Vibrations Erotic Film Festival are trying to look at the future of eroticism. Alt and queer porn directors like Courtney Trouble are resolutely dedicated to exploring new ground in sexuality...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 12:00pm By Chris HallAs we reported a few days ago, actress Heidi Pratt loves the thirty orgasms her boy Spencer supposedly gives her every day. For Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl, though, that's way too much—especially if you have to fake them all. Heigl...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 2:45pm By Liz Langley"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts." No shit, Sherlock. And this is the only time I'll ever get to use that snotty phrase in a...
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Monday, August 10, 2009 - 4:58pm By Lauren WissotAs a freelancer who writes almost exclusively for online film publications I often find myself wearing more than one mismatched hat. Sometimes I'm a critic picking apart larger than life images, and sometimes I'm a reporter picking the brain of a...
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Monday, July 13, 2009 - 4:38pm By Lauren WissotWhat thrilled me most about the documentary Unraveling Michelle, which follows the ups, downs and in-betweens of MTF transsexual Michelle Ann Farrell as she transitions into her new life as a physically female being, has nothing to do with gender...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 1:53pm By Mark KliemEach year, Frameline creates an opening trailer for their annual San Francisco LGBT Film Festival that is shown at the beginning of each screening. This year's trailer began with a close-up of a Super 8 projector being threaded and stacks of old...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 6:13pm By Lauren WissotRecently I interviewed director Maria Beatty for the upcoming issue of Filmmaker magazine. Best known for the lesbian BDSM movies she's been creating for the past decade and a half, Beatty and I discussed the challenge that awaits every growing and...
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Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 3:29pm By Tim McElreavyMichael Ryan, founder of the Swiss porn company NetDevil Productions, has admitted that he has made at least four pornographic films aboard the commuter train between Zurich and his hometown of Winterthur. The filming is not done with the permission...
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