American Pie came out in 1999, spawned six sequels (and offshoots) and reinvigorated the teen sex comedy that was so prevalent in the 80’s with films like Porky’s, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, & Risky Business, just to name a few.
Category: Reviews
The Image (1975) – Review
When it comes to bondage and erotica in film, French director Just Jaeckin’s adaptation of author Anne Cécile Desclost’s The Story of O pretty much set the bar by which all movies with this subject matter would be measured, while over in America, director Radley Metzger took note of this, seeing what Jaeckin had done…
Shivers (1975) – Review
When it comes to the movies, sex and horror go together like peanut butter and jelly. In the case of most horror movies, having sex is like painting a target on your forehead for some axe-wielding maniac to come and kill you, but in the Canadian film Shivers, the very act itself can lead to…
The Story of O (1975) – Review
The Story of O is a film that explores one of the darker corners of sexuality, where love, obsession, submission and control become increasingly difficult to separate. Based on a notorious French novel, Just Jaeckin’s 1975 adaptation approaches its material less like conventional pornography and more like an attempt to turn erotic decadence into high…
Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968) – Review
Tarzan and the Jungle Boy was the last of the Sy Weintraub Tarzan movies, and after this installment, Weintraub moved the Lord of the Jungle off the big screen and onto television with Ron Ely starring as Tarzan. In this final chapter, Tarzan returns to Africa, but in reality, its filming locations were all in…