andyblake's Movie Reviews directed by Robert McCallum (4)
Release date: 5/29/2000
Reviewed on: 10/23/2004
Studio: Caballero
Starring: Paul Thomas, Mike Horner, Georgina Spelvin, Eric Edwards, Michael Morrison, Desiree Cousteau, Lisa De Leeuw, Veronica Hart, Annette Haven, Jesie St. James, Tara Aire, Jon Martin, Victoria Slick, Arcadia Lake, R. Bolla, Frank Hollowell, Brooke West, Jacqueline Brooks, Lily Rodgers
Directed by: Robert McCallum
Review brief: Most of what I wrote about "The Ecstasy Girls" also applies to this film. This is a 1982 Harold Lime production, directed by Robert McCallum. With Veronica Hart and Annette Haven, there's more star power in this flick, but the final product is not quite as good as the wonderful "Ecstasy Girls." The plot is "Ecstasy Girls" in reverse. Here, Georgina Spelvin is the publisher of a soft-core porn mag called "Panther," featuring centerfolds of smart college girls. Some morality guardians form a committee called Morality over Madness (MOM), and try to put Panther out of business. Spelvin has to round up her centerfold graduates to go out and seduce the committee members, retain evidence of the hanky-panky, and ultimately blackmail the members into ceasing their assault on Panther magazine.
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Release date: 4/24/2000
Reviewed on: 3/7/2003
Studio: Caballero
Starring: Mai Lin, Jamie Gillis, Ron Jeremy, Don Fernando, Eric Edwards, Samantha Fox, Michael Morrison, Lisa De Leeuw, Veronica Hart, Jon Martin, Arcadia Lake, R. Bolla, Frank Hollowell, Herschel Savage, Pat Manning, Nicole Black, Brooke West, Lee Carroll
Directed by: Robert McCallum
Review brief: Here is a Harold Lime/Robert McCallum classic from 1982 that is still famous over 20 years later. It won six adult film critic awards, including best picture. Because it was filmed near the end of the "golden age," there aren't quite as many exterior shots as there would have been in movies a few years older. The plot involves a madam named Amanda (Veronica Hart) who, as a favor to her former pimp and lover (Jamie Gillis), sets up an S & M session for a local politician. The girls that she sends for this session (Lisa de Leeuw and Samantha Fox) are later found dead. R. Bolla plays the straight-arrow homicide detective trying to solve the case, without much help from Amanda. To make matters worse, there's a corrupt vice squad cop (Ron Jeremy) who is constantly getting in the way. By today's standards, this is couples' fare, with relatively short sex scenes, and loads of plot. It's so good-hearted, it could almost be on the Family Channel. Veronica Hart gets to over-act and ham it up ridiculously. It's a good movie, but a poor DVD.
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Release date: 8/26/2000
Reviewed on: 3/7/2003
Studio: NuTech
Starring: Angel, John Leslie, Annette Haven, Harry Reems, Janie Robbins, R. Bolla, Herschel Savage, Colleen Brennan, Janey Robbins, Larry Charm, Heinz Gegler, Edmund Simmons, Melanie Scott [II] (1980s)
Directed by: Robert McCallum
Review brief: This 1984 release from Cal Vista is a couple of years too recent to be considered "Golden Age," but is definitely a classic. Produced by Sam Norvell and directed by Robert McCallum, it features 70s porn superstar Annette Haven, along with John Leslie, Harry Reems, R. Bolla, and Hershel Savage. It also features "Angel" who was breifly the rage during the mid-1980s. She does a scene with Leslie and another with R. Bolla. My favorite performer is the under-celebrated Janey Robbins. She had a great body and was a very enthusiastic sex performer. Robbins also has a cute Minnesota accent (like the female sheriff in "Fargo"). Here, she does two scenes, one with R. Bolla and one with Hershel Savage (a purported incest scene). Strangely, it appears that this movie was intended to have a sequel, but I've never seen it, and I don't think it was ever made. Nu-tech has done an acceptable job on the DVD transfer; it looks much better than the tape I had. Nu-tech also features Dolby surround sound, but I couldn't detect any improvement in the sound.
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Release date: 6/27/2000
Reviewed on: 1/15/2002
Studio: Caballero
Starring: Paul Thomas, Jamie Gillis, Georgina Spelvin, Don Fernando, John Leslie, Desiree Cousteau, Nancy Suiter, Robert Bullock, Turk Lyon, Stacy Evans, Frank Hollowell, Laurien Dominique, R.J. Reynolds, Richard Norris, Jaquita Johnson, Con Covert, Randy Roetman, Jerry Mills, Harold Lime, John F. Goff, Lesllie Bovee, Bonnie Werchan, Jean Clark, Gary Graver, Serena [II] (classic)
Directed by: Robert McCallum
Review brief: Here is a splendid little classic from 1979, produced by Harold Lime and directed by Robert McCallum. As is usual with "Golden Age" classics, the plot, acting, exterior shots and general production values are outstanding. This flick was shot on location in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe and San Francisco. They dont make them like this anymore. Jamie Gillis plays a washed up B-movie star who is down on his luck. He has been reduced to escorting starlets to movie premieres, a service for which his agent pays him a few bucks plus expenses. He still makes the rounds of Hollywood parties, however, and at one such event, his host, J.C. Church, observes him seducing Desiree Cousteau. It is a hypnotic scene; Cousteau was a beautiful girl with wonderful, natural breasts. Georgina Spelvin secretly observes them, while being secretly observed herself by J.C. Church telephones Gillis that night with an interesting proposition. J.C. is the brother of Edgar Church, a rich industrialist from whom J.C. stands to inherit money.
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