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Just what you want on a Sunday: SFW sci-fi porn!

Yes, thanks to a wondrous confluence of past Supreme Court rulings on both parody and obscenity, the folks who made the award-winning pornographic spoof/homage to the first “X Files” movie know as (what else?) “The Sex Files,” we have the trailer for the “The Sex Files 2.” Yes, a little bit of black oil spewing  from mouths notwithstanding, this is completely safe for work — except that watching porn trailers at work, even “clean” ones, might not be such a great idea, as a general rule. Make sure it’s your official break time, in any case. Heck, if you’re working why are you even reading this?

Rob Bricken reckons, with its strong production values and (for porn) good performances, it might be more watchable than the actual movie. For me, Kevin Nealon kind of has the last word on the whole concept of reviewing porn, but Bricken may be right.

And, coming soon. It had to happen and, unlike the original, I have no problem mentioning, “The Human Sex-ipede.” Guaranteed to be vastly more palatable than the original.

A Chat With Producer and E-Commerce Pioneer Christopher Mallick of “Middle Men”

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He’s definitely not a household name, but if you’ve ever bought anything over the Internet, Christopher Mallick has had an impact on your household. If your purchases include an occasional picture of illicit sex or gratuitously naked people, that goes double.

Mallick is the producer and inspiration for the highly fictionalized new film, “Middle Men,” which covers the early days of Internet porn as seen through the eyes of businessman Jack Harris (Luke Wilson). Harris makes millions and gets in way over his head after meeting up with a couple of drug addled fools and geniuses (Giovanni Ribisi and Gabriel Macht), who, in the process of selling dirty pictures, have developed a way to safely and securely collect credit card numbers over the Internet so they can sell dirty pictures.

In real life, the one-time chief executive of Paycom pioneered the technology that makes buying anything from a DVD to a raincoat to a monthly membership in ButtBusters.com easy, safe, and more or less confidential. He is said to have many outrageous and hilarious behind-the-scenes tales that provided background for the fictional film.

“Middle Men” is actually just the start as Mallick appears to be very serious about the film industry. He’s got more projects coming along the way including films with writer/director George Gallo and a documentary about former porn people, “Exxxit: Life After Porn,” directed by Bryce Wagoner and written and produced by “Middle Men” co-writer Andy Weiss.

Christopher MallickI met Mallick during a recent press day at the L.A. Four Seasons. There was a last minute change in the planned location of the room, from the second floor to the first floor, where we were to talk. When I arrived, I found Mallick — who is apparently slightly camera shy (that little picture to the right is it as far as available online photos are concerned) — in a wheel chair, wearing a leg brace, and, I am told, the company of a bodyguard, who apparently was so good at his job I didn’t even notice he was there.

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While I’m trying to decide…

For various reasons I really don’t care to run any of the trailers currently making the blog circuit. Besides, the issue on my mind right now is, given a number of things I need to do and watch, whether or not I have time tonight to go to a vintage drive-in movie theater tonight some 30+ miles away from my house.

As I ponder, let’s enjoy these vintage intermission promos from mid-century drive-ins. After we get past the ads touting buttery popcorn (more like butter-soaked popcorn), coffee (always good thinking at the movies, if  you ask me), and, of course,  cigarettes (hey, they were outside anyway). Also check out the ads touting the new rating system and the evils of daylight savings! (I and Jason Zingale agree with drive-in owners on that.)

Who knew that 16 and 17 year-olds could watch X-rated movies between 1968 and 1970, at least in some areas. Must have been interesting.

A trailer to watch, or not watch: “Catfish”

Since this movie is one that people who’ve seen seem to not want to talk about, because of all of its apparently very surprising twists and turns, I’m at a bit of a loss at just what “Catfish” is. I gather that it’s a legitimate documentary and not a mock-doc (I guess). And that what starts out like a fairly lighthearted film about the director’s brother corresponding with an eight year-old painter, and developing an online flirtation with her grown-up older sister, turns into something darker — just what that is or how much darker,  I have no clue.

I also know that this one really blew peoples’ minds at Sundance and that trying to preserve that special fun of festival screenings when you can see a movie knowing next to nothing about it is a fool’s gig. I also understand that, as per Jay Fernandez, this trailer may be a bit misleading and that Katey Rich of Cinemablend suggests not watching it all, just seeing the movie, which she loves.

Well, here it is anyway. I’ve watched it. Maybe I’ll forget most of it by the time I’ve actually seen it.

By the way, this movie was picked up by Brett Ratner working with Relativity Media’s Rogue Pictures. I’m getting the idea that it might be the only outstanding movie he’s touched so far.

Another trailer: “Unstoppable”: If at first you don’t succeed…

In the wake of their blandly received remake, “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3” Tony Scott and Denzel Washington are hopping right back on the runaway train with “Unstoppable” with Chris Pine in tow for the youngsters. This time, however, the premise is apparently based on a real incident and as simple as, yes, a runaway train…filled with toxic chemicals…on a collision course with another train filled with schoolchildren…and nuns blessing a cross-state shipment of puppies and kittens. (Okay, I think they cut out that last part.)


Just another meditative arthouse flick from Mr. Scott. H/t /Film.

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