That been said, Jessica Marais looks pretty damn fine in the film and she shows a little more than she does on Packed To The Rafters. She has a bikini scene while she’s in the ocean with Daniel Amalm, then there are 3 brief sex scenes, where you don’t really see anything, but it’s better than nothing. It’s shot in a style very similar to that of Underbelly, so it’s hard to see much in motion. It comes as no surprise that the director of this film has directed a number of episodes in the 2nd series of Underbelly.

But of course, as with most Australian films, it’s bombing badly at the box office, but it has the backing of Disney, which should give the film some hope overseas, unlike most Australian films.

Then there’s Salvation, released on the same day, which is officially been seen by two people and a dog (and the two people walked out), with only $3000 at the box office. It was almost impossible to get to a session of the film. Funnily enough it’s still playing once a day during the week. Let’s just say that there’s no audience for Paul Cox films anymore. His previous film, Human Touch, didn’t do much better. In fact, it barely got a DVD release. I’m not holding out hope for this been widely available on DVD either.

Apparently Natasha Novak is naked in the film, but I cannot confirm this. But, there’s always nudity in a Paul Cox film…

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Don’t bother getting the Anchor Bay DVD release of the British mini-series, The Devil’s Whore. What an appalling decision to get what looks like the American version, where nearly all the nudity is either cut out, or heaven forbid, zoomed in. You know what, there’s still nudity, but so brief and pixelated, that it ain’t worth bothering with. An entire argument is cut short just because it has nudity, almost rendering the scene unintelligible.

It’s great that they kept in someone blowing their brains out, a beheading, an almost hanging and various other scenes of quite full on violence though.

Well, at least it wasn’t as bad as the recent showing of Fanny Hill on ABC which was butchered with a rusty carving knife, over 15 minutes shorter than the UK DVD version.

Another sloppy sourcing by an Australian distributor. Wouldn’t expect anything less considering past examples, with the latest release of In the Realm of the Senses being the most recent example of lazy sourcing.

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Still, there was the ‘furore’ over the girl-girl kissing scene on Home and Away that aired last Tuesday. Admist rumours that it was toned down after initial (and most obvious) backlash from family groups, the scene turned out to be one of the biggest fizzers of all time. In fact more was said in the quite lengthy lingering look that took place on the Friday before episode. It was much more touching and was a quite pleasant surprise as to how well that scene was handled. The kiss on the other hand was rushed and almost painful, suggesting that maybe there is some truth to the rumours. (See both scenes here)

It’s also good to see family groups commenting on how this kiss will corrupt the youth, most likely into homosexuals themselves. It’s also good to see that they had nothing to say over the lengthy girl-girl kiss that aired a month before on Home and Away. Or the pill-popping and drug dealing scenes. Or a bashing. Or a man threatening violence against teenagers, ending in a stabbing. Or a topless nude scene from behind. And it goes on and on and on…

Some family show…