The orgasm is so explosive it rockets both careers to the next level instanteously.ġ998 54, legendarily butchered in the editing room, attempts to chart the bisexual opportunist antics of Ryan Phillipe in his twink god years.Ģ009 Taking Woodstock opens in theaters with Emile Hirsch in his naked hippie mode and an early screen appearance by Jonathan Groff's crazy seductive bedroom eyes.Body Heat: 9 out of 10: Many successful movies lose their ability to shock over the years. Atlantic City will go on to five Oscar nominations including Best Pictureġ981 Kathleen Turner and William Hurt do filthy things to each other in the window smashingly erotic Body Heat brand new in theaters on this day.ġ987 Dennis Quaid fingers Ellen Barkin in The Big Easy new in theaters. The Golden Lion that year will prove to be a tie (!) with Atlantic City, starring Susan Sarandon and her lemons, and Gloria splitting the top prize. time to rub lemons all over our bare bodies.ġ980 The 37th annual Venice Film Festival kicks off. On this day (August 28th) in showbiz-related history, things get sweaty and hot hot hot. Beyond Fonda's perpetually baked surfer girl I don't personally remember much about it except for that Rashomon inspired scene in the mall, and Pam Grier and Robert Forster being a fine match in the two central roles. On the couch is Bridget Fonda giving what is easily one of her top two performances (the other one is in a little seen 80s movie called Scandal). We should probably see this particular Quentin Tarantino flick again.
in Hollywood for a minute? He's got a new trailer out and that would like a little attention, too. Is De Niro coughing to distract you from Once Upon a Time. So what should you queue up for AUGUST 2019 ?(★ means we recommend catching them.) Please do let us know if you're dying to discuss any of the films and maybe we'll write about one or two of 'em You rarely tell us but we'll try if you do. It's our way of previewing new titles streaming each month. Risking the ghosts of both Lana Turner (figuratively) and Barbara Stanwyck (literally) for your debut and coming out the other side without remotely suffering from the comparisons is an all time flex.Īs is our practice we've selected a handful of titles and frozen the films at utterly random moments without cheating (whatever comes up comes up!). She was the only one of them to emerge fully formed right out of the gate a movie star merely waiting at the bar for her filmography to arrive. But the year's most exciting debut, hands down, belonged to Kathleen Turner. Others gave no clear sign of a superstar to come, just the site of an unknown actor with the ink not yet dry on their SAG card. Some of those debuts were quite promising. We thought that a nice subversive way to end our 1981 retrospective party would be to focus on the year's most memorable beginning.Ī lot of very famous actors began their big screen careers in 1981 including (but not limited to) Ben Affleck, Kim Basinger, Kevin Costner, Tom Cruise, Jeff Daniels, Holly Hunter, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bill Nighy, Alfred Molina, Kenneth Branagh, Demi Moore, Sean Penn, and Meg Ryan.