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The final installment of the Stacy Valentine trilogy (preceded by Eternal Lust and Dark Desires) promises an interesting climax to the story of Samantha Armstrong and her transformation from a housewife to a professional. This promise is kept, although Stacy doesn't get as much space as in the previous films. That’s a shame, but then again, you don't see blackmail like in the film this very often. The acting of the Cal-Vista and Metro stars is a guarantee of quality. :) James Avalon, who directed his own script, also produced the film. We can only thank Stacy for saying goodbye in such style after her fantastic career of four years. Everything that came after that was just edits...

The constantly frustrated housewife Sam Armstrong continues her fight for her husband's attention (first there was Eternal Lust, to be then countered by The Garden of Transgression). She confides in her diary and this time it’s not easy even in her secret "job." She wants to keep her freedom while making an impression in private. Can she do it? ;) Or Stacy Valentine in her classic role of a woman of two faces. The traditionally high standard of James Avalon's films is once again slightly exceeded. James also contributed to the script and editing.

A charming story as if from a successful soap opera, meaning that if you take out the XXX scenes it could be aired on regular TV and no one would be bored by it. ;) The subtitles of Dark Desires and The Garden of Transgression reveal how the plot is going to develop. This was likely the first collaboration between Stacy and James Avalon, which later developed very nicely. James also contributed to the script and editing.

This is without exaggeration an excellent time-consuming documentary about the star Stacy Valentine, whom the camera followed for over two years. Stacy works, is in a tumultuous relationship with her colleague Julien, and is focused on her career. With her proud parents (who have no issues with their daughter's profession), she goes to the 1998 Adult Video News Awards gala, which unfortunately doesn't go well, but she does get what she’s owed at the next Hot D'Or Awards. She thanks Jenna for the inspiration... Stacy talks openly about the reasons for her career choice, her failed marriage, and her plans for the future. She disproves the idea that it's ideal when two people from the industry date. It's only in private that they discover they have first-date jitters, and when they meet again at work afterward, Julien is jealous of Stacy... Stacy is very cheerful, but things aren’t easy after several plastic surgeries when she has low self-esteem and the subsequent recovery. She talks about how people like her sacrifice themselves for the desire for an unrealistically perfect appearance. However, she is rewarded with the recognition of the Monroe Touch. Yet she doesn't have many friends, much less childhood friends, because they can't share Stacy’s life with her. We accompany Stacy during the filming of White Angel and here and there we see scenes from films like A Little Piece of My Heart, Forever Night, and Sex Commandos. She sometimes wears the costume from My Horny Valentine. We also learn about a funny incident that happened during the filming of Beauty Captured and say goodbye as Stacy is working on The Devil in Miss Jones 6. She and Julien broke up, and even though he said he wouldn't date his colleagues anymore, he didn't keep that promise. Wrong... Stacy is slowly getting ready to go into retirement from the adult industry and work on her new career as a director for Penthouse. The highlight of her career is the third installment of her Red Vibe Diaries series. Her fans are grateful for that because there is only one extraordinary Ordinary Girl (by the way, that is also the title of the very aptly-chosen opening song by Naked Blue). :)

This was perfectly fine in its day. To this day, I still like to remind myself of the local variations of Val Kilmer's antagonists, because Batman Forever is simply cast unusually well in terms of the supporting roles. Tommy Lee Jones is excellent, Jim Carrey and Riddler are one and the same soul... and of course, the sexy Dr. Chase Meridian, played by the ethereal Nicole Kidman. Unfortunately, it goes downhill a bit with Chris O'Donnell, but Sugar and Spice are there, and so is good old Alfred Pennyworth.

A Batman movie? Only this one. That’s because a celebration of fascist aesthetics, cut with art deco perfection, is a union of love. This is refined filmmaking with an admiration for the perfection of sculpture. This is the story of Catwoman and The Penguin. In the early 1990s, Hollywood was refreshed by a very interesting wave that drew inspiration from the 1930s, and as kindly as the remakes were with their return to the roots of Universal's classic monsters, Burton's team understood where to get the true delights. If they needed something comic for the decadent world of New Expressionism, they chose the Ice Queen, inspired by 1940s clowns such as Betty Grable. They clearly defined the beginning of bad taste and the end of goodness. I love Michelle Pfeiffer for her ambivalent Selina and Danny De Vito for the bird-like Oswald. Michael Keaton definitely entertained here more than he did in the first film. If you have a soft spot for Batman Returns, feel free to pick up the 2 DVD release.

It's much more complicated than that. You can't fully appreciate this series without at least a minimal knowledge of the original gothic soap opera, which aired two films (House of Dark Shadows and Night of Dark Shadows) between 1966 and 1971. The original series is still a nostalgic hit, and this revival is really just an homage to it.

A beautiful FX cable series that was meant to be a gift for Nip/Tuck fans. Unfortunately, after a perfect first season, there was a writers' strike, so the second season only got 7 episodes and an ending. However, I'll never forget the respect Courteney Cox easily earned on all fronts. Don was also adorable with all his visions, especially when his imaginary dead lover gave birth to a kitten. What else is there? Surprising twists, and the excellent casting of supporting roles, including Grant Shaw, so I'm putting it on my waiting list and mourning.

At the very end of the reign of King Caspian X, the second adventure of Eustace Clarence Scrubb in Narnia takes place. His cousins, the Pevensies, who had become kings and queens of Narnia in the past, had grown up, and now it was time to pass the scepter on. His classmate Jill Pole became Eustace's right-hand woman, and not quite voluntarily. Both of them together completed the Caspian Trilogy and definitely did not put their predecessors to shame. And just as Lucy couldn't let go of Mr. Tumnus, Eustace and Jill ended up liking Puddleglum this time - the aquatic creature, through which we have been allowed to understand the foundations of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave."

The youth of Prince Caspian and then the adventures of King Caspian together form the beginning of the Caspian Trilogy and a turning point in the interspersion of the main characters of The Chronicles of Narnia. All four Pevensies, the kings and queens of the Golden Age - Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy - helped Caspian with his coronation. Only Edmund and Lucy, and now also their cousin Eustace Clarence Scrubb, took part in his adventure on the ship the Dawn Treader. I'm currently anticipating the same material being translated into a new film; however, in the past, it has proved thought-provoking to disregard the original vision of Caspian as a blond boy and make him older and give him the face of Telmar. The basic framework of the journey to find the seven lords of Narnia suggests an ideal basis for the continuation of the new film series...