Castings 44: Sandra Russo Review

Reviewed by The Krell  on  11/25/2006

Private Castings X 44 – Sandra Russo, Only for You
Year: 2003
Distributor: Private
Director: Pierre Woodman
Minutes: 100

Credited Actresses: Aneta Keys, Kelly White (as Carmen Joy), Coreena, Katalin (as Katalyn Simon), Kelly Adams (as Yanka), Myriam, Sandra Russo, Stella Virgin

Credited Actor: Pierre Woodman

I have personally found the Private Castings series to be rather “hit or miss” (perhaps with a stronger emphasis on the latter) but when I saw that Aneta Keys had finally done on-screen anal, I couldn’t resist picking this one up. In case you are not familiar with her, Aneta is a beautiful, young, exotic looking brunette from the Czech Republic with slightly longer than shoulder length hair (at least here), a gorgeous face and a body to die for. Even a nose-piercing (it’s small and unobtrusive) doesn’t detract from this chick’s fantastic looks and on Aneta it might even be considered tasteful or at least help accentuate her exotic aura. Aneta has been a rather hot internet-model over the past few years, but thus far in her early porn career, her appearances in feature flicks have consisted mostly of veggie and masturbation scenes. Actually, as it turns out, hers is the only original sex scene in this title. All the others have been clipped from various earlier Private releases, so I will not go into great detail about these or rattle off the actors names, nor will I go into any detail of the interviews or casting sessions done with the girls. Since most of these are rather formulaic, conducted in foreign language and subtitled, I was on the fast forward button for most of these segments.

Scene 1 – Coreena (aka Cory Baby) – Clip form “Private Gold #48”
The cute Euro brunette starts out with a nice BJ, moves to some vag spooning, takes a cock up her sexy butt in the “head down-ass up” position, and then winds things up with 2 facials as a second guy enters into the scene a bit later. I like Cory a lot and I thought this was a pretty decent showing and a nice scene to open up with.

Scene 2 – Stella Virgin – Clip from “Desert Camp Sex Exchange”
Next we have Hungarian honeys Stella Virgin and blonde Christel Star as they take on 2 Euro dudes on a beach. Sexy BJs are followed by some straight vag as Stella rides her guy RC while Christel is on her side getting banged from behind. Both couples are going at it on separate tables set up on the beach, but then there is a quick cut and we see Stella getting DPd in standard doggy. I’m not one to complain, as the sight of Stella being stuffed silly is pretty damn good, though it’s not long before the couples pair up again just in time for each girl to take a decent open-mouthed facial. Enjoyable.

Scene 3a – Kelly Adams (as Yanka) – Clip from “Temptations of Clarisse”
Brunette Kelly Adams takes on two guys in a scene that includes anal and a dual pop shot across her tits. I suppose this scene could have been hotter sex-wise, but Kelly looks great and her long legs, highlighted by some sexy stockings, provide some nice eye-candy.

Scene 3b – Kelly Adams (as Yanka) – Clip from “Triple X Files 11”
Here we have another scene with Kelly, but most of the real fun centers around brunette Wanda who is dressed up to resemble Cleopatra. After a brief massage from Kelly, Franco Roccaforte takes her place, and then takes his turn in both her holes until he blows his load into her face. This is a rather short sequence (editing?) but during this action, we see some shots of Kelly diddling herself off on a side table. Unfortunately, that’s the extent of her presence here and that combined with the lighting (or lack thereof) took things down a notch.

Scene 4 – Katalyn Simon – Clip from “Triple X 21”
This is really more of a photo shoot than a sex scene (there are always a few of these in each of these “Castings” titles) so unless you’re a real fan of the performer, it may not be as interesting or as hot as it would be if the gal was in a regular full-blown vignette. However, Katalyn is a cutie and gets into some nice positions, primarily consisting of anal and DP, and ends things up for her stroking posing partners by taking three consecutive facials. Not a bad sight to see, but these photo shoots don’t do a whole lot for me, particularly when I’m watching a sex vid and expect to see more free-flowing action.

Scene 5 – Sandra Russo – Clip from “Italian Flair”
Ultra-hot blonde Sandra Russo (See her in “The Academy” and you’ll know what I mean) is up next along with equally hot and Euro-legend Nikki Anderson in a 3-girl-on-5-guy segment from “Italian Flair”. Eva Falk rounds out this fine trio of feminine flesh, but Sandra and Nikki are the ones to really watch as both of these blonde babes give up their backdoors for some multi-positional anal and DP romping. The segment ends with dual open-mouthed facials for Sandra and Nikki while Eva, after receiving a furious fucking herself, takes Nacho Vidal’s blast on her pretty kisser. This is a great scene, even with some slo-mo elements thrown into the works, and may be one of the best group-gropes I’ve ever seen. Definitely top-of-the-line smut.

Scene 6a – Myriam – Clip from “Triple X 20”
Here we have another photo shoot segment, so as a result, the talents of lovely dark-haired Myriam are underutilized. Myriam is another exotic looking woman who is billed as Hungarian (though I have also read that she hails from India, so who knows). In any case, she looks quite cute in her pigtails and gets into some nice outdoor anal and DP poses here with her two guys. Two self-stroked facials to her pretty posing mug wind this one up.

Scene 6b – Myriam – Clip from “Pirate #46”
Oh no, another photo shoot! This time in a bedroom, but much of the same. Anal and DP posing followed by one guy jerking off into her face and the other onto her pussy. Overall not a very good use of Myriam here in #44.

Scene 7 – Kelly White (aka Carmen Joy) - from “Bitches 1”
I had seen this scene before so that removed a bit of spontaneity for me but here we have cute blonde Kelly who is joined by brunettes Betty, Sandra Iron (she of the huge dragon tattoo on her back) and cutie pie Asian Shan. James Brossman, Bob Terminator and Joachim provide the beef to these ladies in various couplings to start things rolling, but the highlight is when Sandra, Kelly and Betty line up on their hands and knees as Joachim porks each of them nice and neatly up the ass. Asian had started the scene out with Joachim, but she is now somewhat removed from the action, as are James and Bob who are now sitting on the sidelines jerking off. After each girl is thoroughly butt-banged, Joachim stands over them, as they have now moved to the floor, and rains a decent load down onto all 3 of their faces. James and Bob join in making for an even stickier facial situation for the pretty trio. This is another one of my favorite group scenes, even if it’s a bit contrived.

Scene 8 – Aneta Keys
OK. This is what I am considering to be the main event. Lovely Aneta does her interview-thing with Pierre. Apparently this was done in two parts, as she seems to have now returned two months later after not agreeing to do any guy-girl scenes originally.

Aneta looks the total fox as, after quite a bit of talk, she eventually strips down, takes a quick toilet break and returns … but wait … oh noooo! … this is going to end up being one of those “I’m Pierre and I’m going to teach you all about anal sex and how to enjoy it” scenes. Big-time disappointment here to say the least. This means a single, stationary camera is going to be capturing this footage, and worse than that, the boorish (and may I say it, somewhat repulsive-looking) Woodman is going to be the cocksman-du-jeur for this lovely girl.

If anyone has seen “Castings #29” and the mess he made (IMHO) in a similar situation with Adrienne Shand’s first on screen anal, then you’ll understand what I mean. In any case, because of the set-up here, the camera work just didn’t do the job and couldn’t do the scene any justice, despite what turned out to be some pretty hot-looking action. Aneta surprised me with her tremendous energy and seemed to totally enjoy herself. They move through oral, and some frenetic 69 and vaginal sex as they head towards Aneta’s anal-devirginization.

At least the initial anal penetration was reasonably well captured as Pierre had the good sense to move Aneta into a good position (doggie with her sexy ass towards the camera, thank you) and soon he is butt-banging this babe like nobody’s business. They cover most of the usual positions, up and over doggie, lying on her tummy doggy, CGA and RCA before they finally wind it up. There is no visible cum shot, but I’m not sure if that was the lack of good camera angle, if it was an internal pop, or if Pierre just conked out. Overall, some disappointment, though as the scene progressed it seemed to improve (maybe this was only because after I saw the set-up, I anticipated complete disaster not just partial disaster).

Pierre, you’re a great director. Please stay behind the camera!

Scene 9 - Natasha
Natasha, a slightly above average looking girl from Russia is next, though the interview is cut-off after only a few moments. I guess she’ll end up being in “Castings 45”.

Summary - Overall, this is a pretty decent smut flick since there are plenty of the “trademark exquisite-looking women” doing all the kinds of things that Private has become known for capturing in their films. However, for all intents and purposes, this is really a compilation (other than Aneta’s scene) and you should bear this in mind if you are considering a purchase. There is no new footage involving Sandra Russo, though she is the “Cover Girl”, and she appears in only one “shared scene”. Also, Aneta (unfortunately) ends up getting boned by Pierre with the old stationary single camera set-up missing much of the best action. So, what might have been “great” ends up being just “very good”.

DVD Extras – Extras consist of the usual fare from Private and are good if unremarkable. These include bios of the girls credited in the cast (comprehensive and well done in this instance), an interview with Pierre Woodman, production notes, trailers for 6 other Private movies and company website information.