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Hollywood Sex Scene of the Day: Randy Spelling and Diora Baird in “Hot Tamales”

Nicole Ankowski — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:58:00 GMT

Not having seen the movie, I’m not sure what exactly “hot tamales” refers to. Though it could definitely be actress Diora Baird’s stupendous lady-humps. I’m not sure that appearing as a nice set of breasts in The Wedding Crashers constitutes a break-out role, but she had her moment with a Wilson brother. After that came 2006’s Hot Tamales, opposite Tori’s brother, Randy Spelling.

This roll-in-the-hay scene features the best line I’ve ever heard, if (a) one of you happens to be wearing camouflage underwear and if (b) the other one of you happens to be veteran…

Bet you can find some more hot tamales in Nerve’s Hollywood Sex Scene Database.

Hollywood Sex Scene of the Day, 5.16.08: The Pillow Book

Nicole Ankowski — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:40:00 GMT

Sometimes you just need a little equal-opportunity full-frontal nudity, arty sex, and French-tinged voiceovers. You’ll get all that and more in this sexy clip from 1996’s The Pillow Book, starring the gorgeous Vivian Wu. Anyone in the mood for a roll in the...paper?

Happy Friday, everyone:

Hebrew Hammers: The Top 12 Tough Jews in Cinema

Nicole Ankowski — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:28:00 GMT

“If any of us get laid tonight, it’s because of Eric Bana in Munich.”

So says Seth Rogen’s full-time slacker Ben Stone at the start of 2007’s Knocked Up, heralding a recent shift in the pop culture persona of the Chosen People from neurotic schlimazels of the Woody Allen variety to bad-ass playas like Bana. But, although the concept of “Jewish action star” is a relatively new phenomenon, film history is filled with tales of Hebrew heroes (and heavies), from ancient Egypt to modern Israel.

And thus, in tribute to the upcoming June 6th release of Adam Sandler’s meshuga Israeli commando/hair-stylist comedy You Don’t Mess With the Zohan, Screengrab is proud to present The Top 12 Tough Jews in Cinema!” — Andrew Osborne

Check out all the Hebrew Hammers, right here.

Hollywood Sex Scene of the Day, 5.13.08:

Nicole Ankowski — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:05:00 GMT

Here is the inimitable sex scene featured on some posters for 1992’s Damage. The ever-lovely Juliette Binoche and the ever-gangly Jeremy Irons completely commit to making this on-screen copulation look as wild and writhing and boundary-less as good sex can be.

That, or they look like two pale nude stick-bugs goin’ at it near the bathroom door…

Either way, I know you want to take a peak:

Wanna see the top five sex scenes that could incite a revolution? All this and more in Nerve’s Hollywood Sex Scene Database…

Hollywood Sex Scene of the Day: Mother’s Day Edition

Nicole Ankowski — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:11:00 GMT

Who’s the hottest mama of them all? It’s gotta be Angelina Jolie, baby. I know I just featured her recently, but in honor of Mother’s Day, I thought it’d be nice to see where it all began. Her being a mom, I mean. There really is chemistry between her and Brad. Lots and lots of chemistry…

Here’s a nice, long clip from Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Mediocre movie; steamy sex scene.

Check out more hot mamas, both literally and figuratively, in Nerve’s Hollywood Sex Scene Database.

Screengrab Q&A: Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith, Directors of “Son of Rambow”

Nicole Ankowski — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:08:00 GMT

Nerve editor Peter Smith got to sit down with directors Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith. The duo made a name for themselves helming music videos for Blur, Pulp and R.E.M….not to mention a little film called The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Their latest, Son of Rambow, “follows schoolboy Will (newcomer Bill Milner, an instantly endearing tangle of scrawny limbs), raised by his mother in a conservative religious sect, the Plymouth Brethren. His upbringing has kept him away from all media, so when his troublemaking classmate Lee Carter shows him a bootleg copy of Sylvester Stallone's First Blood, his world is forever changed, and he and Lee Carter set off to make their own First Blood sequel — Son of Rambow."

The guys talk rehearsal, Rambo, and storytelling rapture, right here.

Hollywood Sex Scene of the Day, 5.2.08:

Nicole Ankowski — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:38:00 GMT

Don’t worry, she’s just resting before kicking ass...

Hm, what do you think of blond Angelina Jolie: scary, sad, or sexy?

Or, all of the above?

Screengrab Predicts the Top 5 Box-Office Bombs of 2008

Nicole Ankowski — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:28:00 GMT

Sex and the City? Say it ain’t so! Today Screengrab is predicting the “Top 5 box-office disappointments and/or outright disastrous flops of Summer 2008.” The Hulk, I’ll grant you. But I think there are enough SATC freaks, as well as Wachowski brothers (er, siblings?) fans to make the last two summertime success stories.

Check out all five right here, and make your own predictions! Whoever scores the most correct answers wins an imaginary fantasy date with Mike Myers or Sarah Jessica Parker…

Fresh from the Tribeca Film Festival...Screengrab’s Reviews

Nicole Ankowski — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:07:00 GMT

Screw the big-budget blockbusters, you say? (Don't listen to them, Iron Man!) Well then, check out the latest indie films, and which ones you should Netflix/stand in line for, should they ever hit the wide-release screens. Screengrab reports from Tribeca with the latest and greatest:

Baghead, which “opens with a fairly vicious parody of a half-assed “mumblecore’-style independent film that looks as if the print had been delivered to the projection room in a cinnamon roll box with the icing still stuck to the insides.” (Mmm, cinnamon rolls…)

From Within, “a good, nasty little horror picture about a mysterious rash of apparent suicides in a small town setting.”

Bill Plympton’s latest animated offering, Idiots & Angels.

Playing, “Brazilian filmmaker Eduardo Coutinho's documentary that sounds like a dumb stunt but plays as a fascinating study in the nature of acting and storytelling.”

Theater of War, of which the “prime attraction is supposed to be the chance to see the Public Theater production coming together and to see a glimpse of the ‘process’ of its star, Meryl Streep.”

My Winnipeg, in which director Guy Maddin, “eager to get at the roots of his unresolved childhood issues, decides to move back in with Mom and use some of the film budget to hire actors and a dog to ‘play’ his siblings and his ‘long, long, long-dead Chihuahua.’”

Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind, “a thrilling, one-of-a-kind picture, [that] by all rights ought to be the election-year movie of 2008. What's frustrating about it is simply the possibility that it may not be widely seen.”

The Zen of Bobby V, which “stars Bobby Valentine, a former player and manager in major league baseball” as well as “professional baseball's meaning to the Japanese fans and the evolution of the game in that country, where it's in danger of having already evolved as far as it's going to.”

Elite Squad, “the latest post-City of God potboiler that depicts Rio de Janeiro as being just like Miami Vice except with fewer washed-up rock stars.”
Sita Sings the Blues, a film that is “funny and eye-popping and never bogs down. It might also double as a great introduction for kids to the Eastern canon, assuming you don't mind your kids asking you to explain the joke about the mile-high club.”
Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans, filmed five years before Hurricane Katrina, is ”partly a history of Treme and partly a tribute to its enduring charm and the people who lived there, and on both those levels, it's a fine piece of work. But it's most memorable as a requiem, one made all the more affecting because the filmmakers shot most of it without having any way of knowing that they were recording a community that was on the verge of being hammered out of existence.”

The Auteur, which covers one week in the life of “the most artistically creative filmmaker working in hardcore pornography.”

Lioness, an “eye-opening documentary [which] deals with one of the least-covered aspects of the Iraq war: the role of American women in combat.”

Trucker, “a throwback, the kind of low-budget, low-impact drama about grubby, ordinary people that used to be as plentiful at film festivals as fleas on a sheepdog in summertime.”

David Mamet’s latest, Redbelt.

…and many, many more! Find ’em all at The Screengrab. Absolutely no waiting in line, whatsoever.

Hollywood Sex Scene of the Day, 4.30.08: Ally Sheedy in High Art

Nicole Ankowski — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:04:00 GMT

Remember when Ally Sheedy was best known for her heavy bangs in The Breakfast Club? She disappeared for years, but came back with a hot, highbrow bang in High Art…

Here she is, giving a little loving lesson to Radha Mitchell’s Syd.

Need more lessons? You’ll find them in Nerve’s Hollywood Sex Scene Database. Did we miss anything good?

Ben & Jerry’s Free Cone Day

Nicole Ankowski — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:46:00 GMT

It’s Ben & Jerry’s annual Free Cone Day! Yes, that’s right, it’s exactly as it sounds…you go to Ben & Jerry’s, you get a free ice cream cone. I’ve never gone, because (foolishly!) I thought the lines would take forever. But now half the Nerve staff has returned, happily doing some post-cone finger-licking, and explaining that the lines aren’t that long because, dammit, the B&J staff are efficient.

Color me jealous. The only thing I can do is spread the word (you have until 8 p.m. tonight!) and share this little Indian flick with a nice ice cream sex scene…

New on Nerve, 4.24.08: Revenge of the Nerds — The Ten Sexiest Guy Geeks in Cinema

Nicole Ankowski — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:59:00 GMT

Last week, Screengrab celebrated the 10 Sexiest Girl Geeks in Cinema...and now, in tribute to the return of that dreamy Professor Henry Jones, Jr. (in the hotly anticipated Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), the Screengrabbers present their equal-opportunity list of ten hot nerdy guys.

As with the previous list, most of these so-called nerds, geeks, dorks and maxi-zoom dweebies are played by actors who, in real life, are pretty easy on the eyes. But their characters, at least, are misfits and loners, undervalued diamonds in the rough just waiting to be discovered by some lucky, sharp-eyed lady (or gentleman).

Why lucky? Because as Robert Carradine’s Louis Skolnick says in Revenge of the Nerds (and as we at The Screengrab know oh so well): “Jocks only think about sports, nerds only think about sex.”

Watch ‘em in action, in Part 1 and Part 2.

Hollywood Sex Scene of the Day, 4/24/08: Ricci and Timberlake in Black Snake Moan

Nicole Ankowski — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:47:00 GMT

Whom would you be more psyched to have a sex scene with: Christina Ricci or Justin Timberlake? I know, tough call…

You can always just watch them both:

Let Spring inspire you: search for more steamy goodness in Nerve’s Hollywood Sex Scene Database.

Hollywood Sex Scene of the Day, 4.18.08: Sex and Lucia

Nicole Ankowski — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:32:00 GMT

Do you need a little inspiration, for how best to enjoy these newly warm days and nights? I highly recommend this blind-folded game from Sex and Lucia…

This scene from Sex and Lucia shows sex as fun and playful and light and animalistic and tender, all at once. A good reminder of how we should use all our senses. And our tongues!

It’s all part of Nerve’s Hollywood Sex Scene Database. Go ahead, explore, and find your own inspiration…

Hollywood Sex Scene(s) of the Day, 4.15.08: "Gia" Turns Ten

Nicole Ankowski — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:26:00 GMT

Angelina Jolie, topless, cavorting behind a wire fence? And Juliet from Lost…stripping! What the hell is going on?

We’re celebrating the tenth anniversary of Gia, baby. The 1998 made-for-TV movie, in which a then relatively unknown Jolie caught everyone’s attention in her turn as the world’s first supermodel, Gia Marie Carangi. Pulitzer prize-winner (who knew!) Michael Cristofer wrote and directed the flick, years before he helmed Die Hard: With a Vengeance. And Bright Lights Big City author Jay McInerney is credited as a screenwriter.

What does all this mean? Naked, giggling, hot chicks. Yours to enjoy.
(The clips are so hot they just can't wait to start playing; the "pause" "button" is on the lower right...can you find it? I mean, if you can't handle two at a time...)

Find more such fabulousness in Nerve’s Hollywood Sex Scene Database.

Hollywood Sex Scene of the Day, 4.11.08: 40 Days and 40 Nights

Nicole Ankowski — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:05:00 GMT

Wow. Josh Hartnett is such. A. Good. Actor.

What do you think? Would his performance fool you, ladies? For more funny-sexy, sexy-sexy (and scary-sexy), check out the Nerve Hollywood Sex Scene Database!

Hollywood Sex Scene of the Day, 4.8.08: Kate Winslet in Hamlet

Nicole Ankowski — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:23:00 GMT

Need we say more than these two sweet, luscious words: “Kate Winslet”? Nay, I think not. Verily, she is hot in any incarnation, including Kenneth Branagh’s Shakespearean remakes. As Hamlet said, ”I lov'd Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum.” Or, in other words, check out the video after the jump…

And for our entire library of such steamy scenes, check out Nerve’s Hollywood Sex Scene Database.

New on Nerve, 4.7.08: Screengrab Reviews “The Ruins”

Nicole Ankowski — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:26:00 GMT

Screengrab’s fearless Scott Von Doviak reviews The Ruins today. Don’t you love a good review of a really bad film? Here’s a sneak peak:
“It is more or less at this point that the movie goes off the rails. It's one thing to read about talking, man-eating vines and manage to take them seriously; it's quite another to watch it play out on the screen in all its CGI crapulence.”

My question: why is poor Jena Malone involved? Hope it earned you a down payment on that condo, baby. Read the entire review here.

From Heath Ledger to Marilyn Monroe: Screengrab’s Top 10 Uncompleted Movies

Nicole Ankowski — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:32:00 GMT

The sad death of Heath Ledger caused speculation that the film he had been shooting, Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, might be in jeopardy. This isn't the first time that the loss of a principle cast member has threatened to shut down a movie. Witness the battle Doug Trumbull had to fight to keep Brainstorm from being written off when Natalie Wood died. Of course, there are various movies that had not been finished for one reason or another, some through accidents and others to a simple lack of interest. What follows is a list of 10 of the more promising or at least potentially interesting films that were not released in their intended form for one reason or another. — Faisal A. Qureshi

Check out what could have been, in Part 1 and Part 2.

We Puke in Our Mouths: Nicholas Cage to Play Hired Assassin with Heart of Gold, Hot Taiwanese Girlfriend

Nicole Ankowski — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:27:00 GMT

What new Nicholas Cage movie’s trailer features the following deep-voiced taglines?

When it comes to killing, make it quick, make it clean, and never make it personal.

When you deal in the business of death, saving a life may be the most deadly job of all.

BANGKOK DANGEROUS!

It is impossible to type out that title in anything other than all-caps.

Learn more about BANGKOK DANGEROUS over at Screengrab, as well as check out the trailers for The Life Before Her Eyes (originally titled In Bloom), Eddie Murphy’s Meet Dave, and The X-Files 2.

(Oh, Nicolas, how we miss your Moonstruck days...)

Hollywood Sex Scene of the Day: Mixing Business with Pleasure

Nicole Ankowski — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:46:00 GMT

There’s nothing like mixing business and pleasure, as these two in Water Drops on Burning Rocks discover. This lil’ sex scene actually made it into Nerve’s and IFC’s 50 Greatest Sex Scenes in Cinema. Of course, we couldn’t stop at just fifty…check out our Hollywood Sex Scene Database. Tons of sex scenes. Tons of fun. So NSFW.

Screengrab’s Ten Best Murderous Duos in Movies

Nicole Ankowski — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:25:00 GMT

Screengrab brings us a list of their fave Ten Best Murderous Duos in Movies. You wouldn’t want to meet any of these dudes (or ladies!) in a dark alley; check ‘em out, in Part 1 and Part 2.

Though personally, I found John Travolta’s painted-on hair at the Oscars slightly more terrifying…

[images courtesy flippin’ Oscar.com]

Screengrab’s Apocalypse Now and Then: Ten Great End-of-the-World Movie Scenarios

Nicole Ankowski — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:12:00 GMT

Phil Nugent over at Screengrab writes: “Neil Marshall's new sci-fi action thriller Doomsday, starring the very hard-to-mind-looking-at Rhona Mitra, opens [today]. It is but the latest in a long and hallowed tradition of using the controlled, expensive technology of motion pictures to imagine how things will look as our planet, spinning out of control with its resources depleted, chews through its last nerve and prepares to breathe its last. We don't know for sure how the world will really end of course, but one thing's for sure; if the last person who's there to see it has seen the right movies, he's certain to spend his last minutes experiencing a powerful sensation of deja vu.”

They may not mention global warming, or the fact that Nicole Richie is now a mom, but check out the “Ten Great End-of-the-World Movie Scenarios,” conveniently packaged in Part 1 and Part 2.

New on Nerve, 3.14.08: The Top Five Trio Scenes

Nicole Ankowski — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:09:00 GMT

Ooh, la, la…direct from the Nerve Video Blog and Nerve’s Hollywood Sex Scene Database, we have the “Top Five Trio Scenes” in all of filmic history. Can you guess which films made the cut? (Guessing “Threesome” doesn’t count…too obvious!)

Here’s a clue for Number Two:
Occasionally, from time to time, I feel like I might be okay; an okay looking guy. I even think it aloud to myself sometimes; "Oliver, you might be... okay." I mean, I occasionally lift weights, sometimes girls call me "cute." And then I see a movie starring Christian Bale, and I realize that I look like pond scum. I mean, Jesus, look at this guy. He looks like a motherf*cking action figure. I can't compete with that.

So NSFW: watch all five, right here.