Femalien
by Cybil Richards
from SURRENDER CINEMA
There is a thinly, thinly, thinly veiled attempt at creating a plot and at acting in this fairly dirty blue movie. Kara (Venesa Talor) is sent to experience bodily pleasure by her alien species, which leads to numerous unconnected, plot-irrelevant encounters with all kinds of buxom babes and buff guys. The pool, the massage parlor, the avant-garde theater--these kooky humans seem to be going at it everywhere! Kara must believe that she's landed not on Earth, but the planet Silicone, but she never seems to kvetch about it. On the plus side the actors are attractive and keep their wooden deliveries at a minimum to allow full enjoyment of the wretched porno-quality soundtrack. Surprisingly, no mention of thanks to Lee Strasberg in the final credits. Plenty o' skin. --Keith Simanton
Virtual Encounters
by Cybil Richards
from SURRENDER CINEMA
Not to put too fine a point on it, but Virtual Encounters is basically a porno film without the penetration shots. It certainly shares the threadbare script and the threadbare costuming of its triple-X relations. The involving, complex plot consists of an all-business woman visiting a virtual reality service and watching young actors and actresses play a game that was never included on those old Atari Pong cartridges. Probably too many lesbian scenes to qualify as a couple's film but all scenes shot with quality and some eroticism. All disrobe-ees are attractive but look too vacuous and dim to properly work a cash register or count change, so they had to pick up work somewhere, which is why they are here. Look to be heartily annoyed by repetition of main businesswoman taking off her headset and pronouncing, "It was like I was right there in the room with them!" We noticed. --Keith Simanton
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