My body is so important to me . . . my face, my arms, my legs, my hands, my eyes, everything. I use everything I have. Monica Bellucci Your body is very important to your fans too, Monica. Here’s Ms. Bellucci, using everything she has on that body—but especially those legendary legs—in a recent photo. … Continue reading Monica Monday
Category: movies
Giallogy: Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll
A rare Spanish entry in the giallo genre, Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll (1973) begins with a drifter ex-con finding work at the remote mountain estate of three very different, yet equally eccentric sisters. Then the dead bodies start piling up around town. Beautiful, blue-eyed village women are being murdered, their eyeballs carved out … Continue reading Giallogy: Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll
Michelle Monday
The mesmerizing Michelle Pfeiffer, photographed* at the premiere for Sinbad: Legend Of The Seven Seas at the Beekman Theatre June 17, 2003 in New York City. Michelle’s hair and makeup during this period of her career were, in a word, stunning. I mean, come on. *Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images
A Beautiful Purple Diamond
Wherein we celebrate sexy Susie Diamond’s pulchritudinous purple miniskirt. I happen to love purple. It’s regal, eye catching, and has a certain elegance that few colors can match. It seems the costume designer in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) agrees with me, as Lisa Jensen dressed Michelle Pfeiffer as Susie Diamond in purple throughout many … Continue reading A Beautiful Purple Diamond
Lost and Found: Blue Jeans
As a glimpse into the freewheeling approach to sexual politics in 1970s Italy, Mario Imperioli’s Blue Jeans (1975) is eye opening, and not just because of stunningly sexy star Gloria Guida. The erotic-dramedy captures a moment in time, when the post-sixties sexual revolution collided head on—and groin first—with institutionally ingrained misogyny and old fashioned Italian … Continue reading Lost and Found: Blue Jeans
Monica Monday
Well, the work week just got off to an above average start. Grazie, Monica. Monica Bellucci, photographed by Eileen Von Unwerth, 1996.
Lost and Found: Slashdance
Based on the rad poster and VHS art for Slashdance (1989), you’d expect a deliciously raunchy slasher, right? The poster promises underboob that the movie never delivers! Dammit! Well, you’d be sorely disappointed. I was. The actual movie itself is an amateurish snooze, with barely any slashing or actual dancing. Sure, we spend most of … Continue reading Lost and Found: Slashdance






