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10 Movies Remembered Primarily for a Sex Scene

By Christopher Campbell posted 1 year ago

Due to the unsurprising popularity of our “10 Movies Sold on a Sex Scene” list a few weeks back, I’ve decided to unleash a sequel. However, catering to both Spoutblog’s traffic and the interests of ever-abundant sex-attracted internetters is only half my reason for this follow-up list. I was mainly motivated by the outcome of the release of Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona, a film that also initially inspired the first list. While Vicky was partly sold on the promise of a threesome between Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, it is now fortunately being celebrated, and it will likely be remembered, primarily for Cruz’s performance. Not for the threesome or for the lesbian kiss.

Other movies sold on a sex scene, though, are not typically so blessed with accolades. And even some that are recognized with high praise at time of release are often later forgotten as anything but fodder for MrSkin and other followers of onscreen sex and nudity. Obviously this means that most of my selections for the previous list may also qualify here, yet I’ve chosen to ignore some certainly fitting titles, including The Brown Bunny and 9 1/2 Weeks, so as not to repeat myself.

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Sharon Stone banned in China

By Karina Longworth posted 1 year ago

Strange confluence in my RSS reader today. First, the above video pops up on Google’s Top 100 most watched clips feed. It compares and contrasts unadulterated clips from Basic Instinct with the versions altered for TV. Then, this story from the Hollywood Reporter: Sharon Stone, apparently trying to defend her “good friend” the Dalai Lama, told a reporter at Cannes that she thought the massive earthquake that has decimated China and killed 65,000 people is karmic retribution for China’s policies against Tibet. The relevant quote:

“I’m not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans, because I don’t think anyone should be unkind to anyone else,” Stone said in a brief red carpet interview with Cable Entertainment News of Hong Kong. “And then all this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and then I thought, is that karma? When you’re not nice that the bad things happen to you?”

Now the head of one of China’s biggest theater chains says he’s not going to book Stone’s films. Which we’re sure would be a devastating loss for the people of China––first the earthquake, now this!––except we can’t remember the last film Sharon Stone appeared in. Maybe that’s just karmic retribution of a different sort.

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