Warning: This review is an adult film review that is highly explicit in nature. This review also contains visuals that are pornographic in nature and shouldn’t be viewed by anyone under the age of 18 (or 21 in your respective area) or by anyone who is not comfortable with seeing or reading about adult films.
While I do not often bring you adult film reviews, I was recently given the opportunity to review Courtney Trouble’s Seven Minutes in Heaven 2: Tender Hearted from Babeland and I jumped at the chance. I am not extremely knowledgeable when it comes to women porn directors, but I do appreciate the work that they do and have always felt very strongly about getting more women behind the scenes when it comes to porn, if not only for the extremely negative stigma that is attached to porn. When I found out that not only Courtney Trouble was an award-winning director, but had made a name for herself among the most prominent of feminist porn, I could not contain my excitement. I absolutely needed to get my hands on this DVD.
The set of Seven Minutes in Heaven 2 is a fun slumber party where reserved etiquette gets thrown out the window. During a game of spin the bottle, once someone spins and, as we learned from our early years, sees who they have to kiss, we not only see the kiss, but also get a great view of their obvious chemistry and lust taking over as they devour each other.
The film stars Puck Goodfellow, Chocolate Chip, Cyd Loverboy, Red, Soma Stardust, Akira Raine and James Darling. This cast is completely amateur and we are privy to seeing most of their porn debuts, with the exception of Puck Goodfellow and Chocolate Chip who have also starred in the first Seven Minutes in Heaven. The fact that this cast is predominantly amateur makes it even hotter for me. If there is one thing that is completely obvious throughout the entire time you are watching this, it’s that these people are real. They are people of diversity; they have the bodies of real people who aren’t striving or really even caring about fitting into mainstream society’s norm of slim, slender and meticulously flawless.
Everyone in the film picked who they wanted to appear in the film with and I think that made all the difference. In every scene you can tell there is real chemistry and everyone is really enjoying themselves. In particular, during the scene featuring Red, Cyd and James, there is a refreshing playfulness that will actually make you smile and laugh along with them as Cyd and Red crack jokes back and forth.
Most of the scenes are incredibly enjoyable, but one in particular I cannot get out of my head–and not in a good way. The scene featuring Akira and Puck disappointed me so much that I could barely make it through the scene’s entirety without wanting to press the fast-forward button. Akira, who I enjoyed in the first scene with Chocolate Chip, is just too much. Too much noise, really weird “O” face, just way, way too much for me to handle. I also found that every time Akira moaned way too loudly for just a little bit too long, my arousal state decreased. Every single time. That is not good when it comes to watching porn for an “end result,” we’ll say.
But that did not turn me off of Puck Goodfellow in the least. In fact, I am STILL reeling over the complete and utter sexiness that is Puck Goodfellow. He has an undeniable sex appeal that you can only truly understand from seeing him in action yourself. He is incredible when it comes to fucking, possessing a talent that will make you lock your eyes to his hips and never leave. It is amazing. His scene with Soma in the bathtub while Soma is handcuffed to the faucet was my absolute favorite scene in the entire film, hands down. I have watched and re-watched it several times now and I swear, he gets better with every view. You need to trust me on this one.
Another person I was undeniably attracted to was James Darling. He is just the cutest boy I have ever seen in my life and I couldn’t take my eyes off of him and I really wanted to see more of him. Since seeing Seven Minutes in Heaven 2, I have now vowed to see each and every single thing featuring both Puck Goodfellow and James Darling from this day forward. I cannot get enough.
Courtney Trouble shines a fabulous and positive spotlight on the people in her film. We see different gender identities, safer sex with the use of black latex gloves, dental dams and condoms, twosomes, threesomes, and even what is being said to be the first gender-fucking, all-hands-on, seven person gangbang as everyone plays a part in getting Red off.
It is abundantly obvious that Courtney Trouble is dedicated to spreading knowledge of safer sex, not just by having everyone in the film wear black latex gloves or use dental dams, but because she has an entire scene in the film of her talking on the phone asking if someone could bring by more latex gloves and how important safer sex was. And we do see the gloves being dropped off, but when the cast takes the gloves from Jiz Lee and then slams the door in her face, I thought it was a joke. Like they would laugh and then open the door and then Jiz Lee would come in and join the party. But no, she just leaves and I was left almost yelling at the screen, asking “Where are you going!?”
But even given the few slight problems I had with Seven Minutes in Heaven 2, I loved this film and it delivered everything I thought it would–and then some.
I have not seen the first Seven Minutes in Heaven so before receiving this, I was a Courtney Trouble virgin. With that said, overall, I could not be happier to add one of her films to my collection and I can certainly say that she has certainly created an enthusiast out of me.
Thanks to Babeland for giving me the opportunity to review Seven Minutes in Heaven 2: Tender Hearted. Check them out to see all the other adult DVDs they stock!
Warning: This review is an adult film review that is highly explicit in nature. This review also contains visuals that are pornographic in nature and shouldn’t be viewed by anyone under the age of 18 (or 21 in your respective locale) or by anyone who is not comfortable with seeing or reading about adult films.
Tristan Taormino is the first adult film director that I had an immense curiosity about. While I am a woman (and feminist) who openly enjoys porn, most of my porn-viewing experience has been limit to your run of the mill, cue bad 80′s music and watching people merely go through the motions without looking like they are really enjoying themselves. Of what I’ve read of Tristan Taormino, an openly feminist porn director herself, her films are nothing like what you get in the mail for free when you buy a sex toy from a sex toy megashop.
I was immediately intrigued by Taormino’s Rough Sex, since the name really says it all. Who doesn’t enjoy seeing some intense, rough fucking? I know I do and I’m generally more into the BDSM world when it comes to not only my personal bedroom preference, but also my viewing pleasure. Rough Sex is comprised of a phenomenal cast, including Adrianna Nicole, Satine Phoenix, Francesca Le and Sasha Grey, whom I think is undeniably gorgeous and who I really, really wanted to see perform.
What sets Rough Sex apart from most porn out there, is that Taormino interviewed each woman before showing their scene, asking them what their fantasies were, what they wanted to capture on film and even who they wanted in the scenes with them. To give your actors total control over what they wanted this film to be and how they want to appear in it, and even who they see themselves acting in the scenes with is absolutely amazing and increases the chemistry the actors have significantly. To see people really enjoying themselves and each other is something anyone can get off to.
In the first scene, we see Adrianna Nicole and Marco Banderas. After Adrianna Nicole’s interview, we see her getting into the shower, inserting a butt plug before stepping in, as if she knows what is going to happen and instead of what we see next giving us the impression that it is nonconsentual, we know that by her doing this it is really something that is set up and completely consentual. Banderas walks into the house and sneaks up on Nicole in the shower. The scene is full of blowjobs, hair pulling, even a Hitachi Magic Wand and while I didn’t necessarily enjoy Marco Banderas, who to me is just a little too modelesque and metrosexual for my liking and who I don’t necessarily see as the “intruder” type, especially considering his sex face is a little crazy and funny looking, the two did have great chemistry on film.
The second scene features Satine Phoenix, whose ultimate fantasy is to get fucked while stranded out in the desert after her car breaks down. She is joined by Derrick Pierce, an extremely muscle-bound, tattooed and beautiful man. This scene surprised me, because while it left little to the imagination and we knew they would end up in a much-heated fuck fest, I was surprised and extremely turned on for Pierce to really go for it, slapping, pinching and scratching and holding very little back. Throughout the scene we see Satine Phoenix have welts rise up and scratch marks are left on her skin, which I loved. Another thing that really made this scene work for me is the amount of dirty talk that came from Derrick Pierce. He is surely someone I would love to check out in other films, as long as they are control-based scenes that he obviously does remarkably well.
But guys aren’t the only ones in control in Rough Sex. The third scene is a femdom scene by Francesca Le and Christian. Christian, who is the powerful, corporate drone by day comes home to his neglected wife and while he’s yelling at someone on the phone, she changes into a sexy piece of black lingerie, thigh-highs and gloves. In this scene, Francesca Le is degrading Christian and is chock-full of verbal commends. There is spanking and paddling, foot worship and a whole lot of spitting.
Scene four features Marie Luv and Julius Ceazher. The scene revolves around Marie Luv getting caught cheating on her boyfriend and he makes her pay via verbal degredation, slapping, a blowjob and very raw, intense passion and fucking. This is one of the best scenes of the entire film, just because of the amount of verbal attacks and solid chemistry.
The last scene is saved for Sasha Grey and Danny Wylde. This is a switch scene; at first Danny Wylde is seen with the upper-hand, choking Sasha Grey after playing pool and talking about rough sex. Sasha Grey divulges that one of her hard limits is breast slapping, but after they quickly get into the fucking, Danny Wylde slaps her breasts (after a rimjob given by Sasha Grey, which is incredibly, incredibly hot!) and that’s when the switch happens. Immediately noticing his mistake, Sasha Grey takes control, making him pay for his mistake. Several times in the scene we see the two smiling at each other, which shows the amount of chemistry between these two actors and really sells them as a couple who are enjoying themselves and who are enjoying the power being placed over them by each other.
Rough Sex is something for everyone and anyone who has ever had the intense need to be dominated or to dominate over a partner. It’s exciting, passionate, surprising, rewarding and incredibly hot. It’s porn you can actually get off to, instead of just ending up laughing at or wondering how someone got where and why are they all of a sudden fucking. This was my first look into the work of Tristan Taormino and I can’t wait to see more.
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Warning: This review is an adult film review that is highly explicit in nature. This review also contains visuals that are pornographic in nature and shouldn’t be viewed by anyone under the age of 18 (or 21 in your respective locale) or by anyone who is not comfortable with seeing or reading about adult films.
The ability to create adult films that are not only targeted towards women and couples, but are also widely accepted with open arms is quite an accomplishment in the adult film industry. Adult films typically cater to the stereotypical male persona due to society’s fondness of scrutinizing and shaming women who like to watch pornography. Given this fact, when I find an adult film that you can tell was truly made with women’s interests in mind, it immediately has a very special place in my collection!
Fallen is a fantastic, obviously woman and couple-targeted adult film that will excite, intrigue, and pull its audience in for a classic tale of a fallen angel. The angel, played by AVN winner for Best Actress, Jessica Drake, was once a guardian angel for humanity, although after one fate-writing momentary lapse, she tries to avoid an eternity of punishment and works to earn the forgiveness of those she has harmed. The angel careens through a series of obstacles, triumphs, and a smorgasbord of unforgettable sex.
Fallen delivers in every which way possible, from caring and compassionate love-making between two people in the midst of falling for each other, to public sex, girl-on-girl, an orgy, anal, and double penetration. Whatever you’re in the mood for, Fallen has a scene that will excite and tantalize you. However, Fallen is not merely an adult film chock-full of meaningless, stereotypical, and oftentimes confusing sexual encounters; it dares to tell a story with a genuine plot and almost-believable characters.
More than anything, Fallen shows the true, unmistakable potential of director Brad Armstrong, who should be spending more time focusing on indie dramas or something with not a little, but a lot more meat to it; no pun intended. The direction of this film is at times beautiful, dramatic, and even poetic; the fact that he is working within the adult film industry speaks volumes of the fact that either there is a lofty paycheck to be achieved at the end of the tunnel or he just truly has no idea what kind of potential he is in possession of.
The film is shot beautifully and progresses well, given the variety of scenes incorporated and would be a film that I would watch again and again, if only the main character was played by someone with a bit more substance. Fallen is a film that attempts to defy the film/adult film borders, at least most of the way in, but Jessica Drake is in dire need of freshening up on sexy monosyllabic words to utter during her scenes. In each of the sex scenes in this film she reaches for the exact same word usage that we have already heard from her in the scene before. To say the least, this redundancy can very well start to annoy you, if you’re paying attention to the dialogue, that is.
But as beautiful as the film is shot and shown to us throughout the beginning and middle of this film, the ending falls flat on its face, grasps for air, and dies before us. The ending scenes are perhaps the worst buildup I have ever seen in any movie, including B horror flicks, and leaves you staring at your television after the film has ended, wondering what just happened. Luckily, two of the sex scenes in this film are just that good to save the fact that they stopped trying and after reaching 177 minutes, had to end the story any way they could.
What is definitely worth mentioning about Fallen is the fact that it is epically packaged. Upon first opening the package in which it arrived in, I was wondering why a DVD had to be packaged in a box that is much larger than your standard DVD size. Fallen is presented in a tri-fold, soft cardboard package that is completely covered with scenes from the movie, as well as Jessica Drake, front and center. To say the least, the packaging is beautiful and very impressive!
[rating:3.5/5]
Warning: This review is an adult film review that is highly explicit in nature. This review also contains visuals that are pornographic in nature and shouldn’t be viewed by anyone under the age of 18 (or 21 in your respective locale) or by anyone who is not comfortable with seeing or reading about adult films.
It’s time to get your joysticks out! Man’s Ruin is an adult DVD that plays like a video game with multi-players and multi-levels. Starring alt porn star Melodie Gore who plays a superhero on a mission filled with sexual obstacles of fetishism, bondage, medical play, all-girl threesomes, submission and domination.
The DVD is packaged impressively, to say the least, containing a temporary tattoo of the DVD’s logo and two DVDs, one of the film and another of extras. What I found ironic is that an extra on the second disc is of an anti-porn propaganda documentary from the 60′s that paints pornography to be dangerous and vile. Winkytiki, alt pin-up photographer and Man’s Ruin’s creator, is surely a man on a mission to destroy the social stigma that is still preserved in the United States by many people who still believe that pornography is obscene.
Although Man’s Ruin may put a few people off by its description, this film is done artistically and embraces kink on all of its levels. While I can appreciate the way, as well as the reason why this film was made, I found myself utterly confused while watching it. The whole video game meets porn concept is interesting and made me very eager to see the film, the main character plays several personas, some even introduced for no reason such as a cartoon-like squid. There are various different scenes in this film, also some bordering on being introduced for no reason just like it’s personas, such as Japanese Manga and a scene involving an insane Nazi scientist.
While Man’s Ruin is interesting in theory and by the description, greatly interested me in seeing the film, it was too confusing for me to follow. I would love to see a film like Man’s Ruin that was executed correctly, but Man’s Ruin should have went through a few more drafts before releasing it.
[rating:3/5]
