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  • 31 October 2005

Vinyl Dolls Review

By Christopher Null

Weak

All girl rock band on the brink of success faces trouble when the lead guitarist splits... but their savior appears in the form of Nola (Tiffany Shepis), a brash gal who can play a mean guitar. She's hired on the spot -- and they decide to let her sing, too!Unfortunately, Nola's got a past to contend with -- namely a drug-dealing ex-boyfriend with massive acne scarring and a warrant for her arrest. Will the band make it? Will Nola's new boyfriend (conveniently also a lawman) bust her ass? Or will he, you know, do something else to it? This is, after all, a Playboy production.

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The Sex Substitute 2 Review

By Christopher Null

OK

I've grown accustomed to all cheesy skin flicks being unbearably bad, but believe it or not The Sex Substitute 2 is often funny and remarkably watchable. Sure, it's cheese -- the movie is about a professional housesitter (Scott Duke) who gets into trouble when his current gig (a bankrupt bed & breakfast) is mistaken for the sex clinic/resort down the road. Housesitter pretends he's the doctor and when he's not "treating" the guests, he's trying to get it on with the owner's hottie sister (Ander Page).It's actually a pretty intelligent plot for a Skinemax pic. I can't say I was on the edge of my seat wondering what would happen next (or namely, who would sleep with whom), but I was amused enough by Duke's Michael Keaton-esque facial expressions and genial good sportsmanship about the film to enjoy it much more than most films of its ilk.

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