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Nun Joke of the Day
Two nuns in the tub, taking a bath.
First nun: "Where's the soap?"
Second nun: "Yes. Yes, it does, doesn't it?"
e-mail your nun jokes to webmaster@nunsploitation.net
(Also check out Danni's Naked Joke of the Day)
Nunsploitation News
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
You could win a free DVD player when you buy Nunsploitation movies!
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Well, if you ever needed an excuse to buy nunsploitation movies, this is it! Our sponsor, HK Flix, will enter you in a drawing for an awesome region-free DVD Player.
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Sunday, August 23, 2009
Tenebrous Kate reviews Abbess of Castro
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Tenebrous Kate is back! This time around, she reviews a much-underrated film in the nunsploitation genre Abbess of Castro starring the lovely Barbara Bouchet (Casino Royale, Agent for H.A.R.M.).
Based on the novel L'Abbesse de Castro by Stendahl, this 1973 film was directed by Armando Crispino (The Etruscan Rises Again) and shot on location at the actual Abbey of Montaldo di Castro!
A hauntingly romantic and atmospheric film with lavish costumes and period drama, Abbess of Castro is a beautiful film and a highlight of the nunsploitation genre. Be sure to check out Kate's review!
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Friday, August 21, 2009
Ken Russell's The Devils screens in Los Angeles
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Ken Russell's The Devils is scheduled to screen Wednesday, August 26 at L.A.'s Egyptian Theatre.
The film is considered the granddaddy of nunsploitation having sparked a tidal wave of imitators that brought about a Golden Age of nunsploitation films in the 1970s. Highly controversial, The Devils is a must-see for any fan of the genre. If you live in the Los Angeles area, Nunsploitation.Net strongly encourages you to attend.
You can read our review and watch the Devils trailer to get a sneak peek at what lies ahead. Trust us. You don't want to miss this opportunity to see a classic nunsploitation film on the big screen.
Also playing is Lucio Fulci's Beatrice Cenci (1969).
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Monday, July 6, 2009
Beyonce wants in on Sister Act
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Beyonce was reportedly impressed by the stage version of Sister Act at the London Palladium and is now trying to persuade Disney into backing a new movie for her to star in. Yes, a movie based on the musical based on the movie.
Beyonce would play the role of sexy lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier who was originally portrayed by Whoopi Goldberg in the movies and is currently played by Patina Miller in the stage version. The U.K.'s Daily Mail even speculates that the role of the Mother Superior would go to Doubt's Meryl Streep!
While she awaits Disney's okay, Beyonce is mulling the idea of remaking the Sister Act hit "Take Me to Heaven".
With a sexy new star, could the new Sister Act take a more nunsploitation-friendly spin on the original? We can only hope!
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Sexy nun ice cream ad too risqué for the U.K.
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An ice cream ad featuring a nun and a priest about to kiss has been deemed too sexy for UK audiences. The Advertising Standards Authority banned the ad after receiving just 10 complaints.
The ad for Antonio Federici Italiano Gellato ice cream features a nun and a priest closing in for a kiss. In the sexiest version of the ad, the priest is bare-chested. According to Federici, "the ad was intended as a light-hearted, tongue in cheek portrayal celebrating forbidden Italian temptations."
You can view the ads in our full article.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Virgin Territory reviewed
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Also known in some countries as Decameron Pie, Virgin Territory is Dino De Laurentis' hip, new reimagining of Giovanni Boccaccio's Il Decameron. The new movie features a hot, young cast including Hayden Christensen (Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith) and Mischa Barton (The O.C.).
One of Boccacio's stories that makes in the movie is our favorite, "Massetto and the Nuns". Christensen's character pretends to be deaf and dumb so he can land a job as the convent gardner and bed all the nuns. It's hotter than you can imagine!
Check out our DVD review, download some pictures, and watch the trailer!
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Saturday, June 27, 2009
It's Parker's turn to be a nun on 'Leverage'
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If you're a fan of TNT's newest hit show Leverage, then you may have enjoyed the episode "The Stork Job" late last year in which Gina Bellman's character Sophie landed a role as a nun and appeared in full nun garb.
If you missed it don't fret! Nunsploitation fans will be treated again as the show returns July 15. This time, it's Parker's (Beth Riesgraf) turn to dress as a nun and she's wearing a garter similar to Ursula Andress in Africa Express!
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Love Letters of a Nun released
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Will you answer 'The Calling'?
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Edinbugh International Film Festival is screening Jan Dunn's new film The Calling about a young woman who enters the convent, against the urgings of her friends and family.
Festival director Hannah McGill has highlighted The Calling star, Emily Beecham, as one of the festival's 'Trailblazers'.
Beecham recently described her role as the initiate Joanna to The Scotsman: "She receives pressure from her family, her best friend and her boyfriend, as none of them want her to leave, but she's very determined and knows that she wants to do it for all the right reasons — unlike some of the others. We discover all is not what it seems."
Sounds like a nunsploitation hallmark to us! The Calling screens June 21. |
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Abi Titmuss cast as a nun
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In a case of delightfully tongue-in-cheek casting, Abi Titmuss has been cast as a nun, Sister Violet, in an upcoming episode of Hotel Babylon.
In its fourth season, Hotel Babylon is a popular British TV drama that showcases the sexy side of the high-class hotel business. Titmuss is slated to debut as Sister Violet in the first episode of the fourth season airing June 19.
Abi Titmuss was catapaulted into fame when a sex tape featuring her and celebrity boyfriend John Leslie was made public. The former nurse went on to glamor modeling and landed a job as a host for the British pornographic channel, Television X. Most recently, she appeared as a pole dancing instructor in the stage play "The Naked Truth".
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Sunday, June 7, 2009
Celebrity nun musings: Heather Graham &mdash a bad nun
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Heather Graham, whom you may know from her role as Felicity Shagwell in Austin Powers, told the Daily Mail that she often wonders what her life would have been like if she had become a nun.
"I've often wondered how that would have worked out," Graham told reporters. "I'd have made a terrible nun. I'm a good Catholic girl in the way that Madonna is. In the sense that I'm not that good at all."
You know Heather, if you ever want to try out being a bad nun, we have a few movie roles in mind for you....
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Celebrity nun musings: Lady Gaga &mdash the nuns would be proud!
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Scantily clad songstress Lady Gaga insists that the nuns who instructed her at New York's Convent of the Sacred Heart Catholic school would be proud of her.
"I haven't had any feedback from the nuns. But it's interesting because I think everyone assumes that because I went to such a religious school perhaps they don't appreciate what I'm doing now. But it is quite the opposite," she told reporters. "I got a really solid education, in particular how to analyse art, how to make art. So if anything, my teachers are sort of nodding their heads and saying, 'She did a good job of using her artistic abilities to really create a new kind of pop.' "
We can't vouch for the nuns, Lady Gaga, but take assurance in this — we approve of your outfits! Especially that one you're wearing on the cover of Rolling Stone!
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
TCM scores White Sister
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Turner Classic Movies has enlisted the talents of Lawrence University student Garth Neustadter to compose a new score for the 1923 nunsploitation classic The White Sister.
Neustadter was originally tapped to compose a piano score, but he went the extra mile and created a score for a full orchestra. "I thought the film really needed taht dramatic effect and all the different colors that can be brought out by an orchestra," Neustadter told Fox News.
Look for The White Sister and it's new musical accompaniment on TCM's Silent Nights.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Sister Hermione?
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Nineteen-year-old actress Emma Watson, best known for playing Hermione Granger of Harry Potter fame, has recently posed for an artsy, sometimes sexy, photoshoot for French publication Crash.
Of primary interest to nunsploitation fans is the image (pictured left) in which she appears dressed as a ghostly faux nun, her face painted white and her hair bound in a wimple. Could there be a nunsploitation film in Watson's future? We can only hope!
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
Bad Lieutenant special edition DVD
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Lions Gate has announced a new special edition DVD for Bad Lieutenant. Special features include commentary by director Abel Ferrara and director of photography Ken Kelsch and a retrospecitive documentary with interviews with the cast and crew.
In the movie, Harvey Keitel portrays a corrupt cop who investigates the brutal rape of a nun. The DVD is scheduled to be released July 28 and is available for preorder now from HK Flix and Video Universe!
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Sexy nuns descend from the heavens
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No, it's not a dream, not a joke and not an imaginary story.
Traffic slowed to a halt in London as nuns in stockings and stillettos descended from the sky. A nunsploitation fan's dream come true, it was actually a publicity stunt promoting the London preview of the Sister Act musical.
These nuns weren't angels (not literally, at least), they were hired performers rappelling from the face of London's Palladium.
Read our full article with lots of pictures!
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Saturday, May 23, 2009
Fiancée of Dracula slated for August
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Salvation Films has announced an August 25 North American release date for their DVD treatment of Jean Rollin's Fiancée of Dracula.
Dracula is safely banished. His bride is incarcerated in a convent and watched over by an order of nuns. But Dracula remains in telepathic contact with his bride and her presence slowly drives the nuns insane!
Check out our reviews by Tenebrous Kate and Bob Ignizio! We also have a trailer for you to preview.
Fiancée of Dracula is available for pre-order now from HK Flix! Salvation has scheduled a July 20 release date for the U.K.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Dark Chapel 2 has arrived!
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Finally! The folks at JapanAnime have gotten out of their slump and have rewarded our patience with the second and final installment of one of the greatest hentai nunsploitation anime shows ever made Dark Chapel!
Based on the Japanese PC game by Blackpagetry, Dark Chapel is the story of Sister Rosalia, a devout nun who is blackmailed by a criminal rapist from her past. Disguised as a priest, the diabolical Father Edward threatens to kill an entire village unless Sister Rosalia becomes his sex slave!
Again and again, Father Edward subjects Sister Rosalia to one sexual humiliation after another. In submitting to him, she saves the village. Will Sister Rosalia ever be able to break free of this twisted dark chapel of lust?
Dark Chapel, volume 2 is available now from AnimeNation!
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Friday, April 24, 2009
Arn: The Knight Templar, Sins of the Sisters reviewed
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We've been on a reviewing crusade! We've got two new reviews of nunsploitation movies dealing with the crusades.
First up is our review of the multimillion dollar Swedish film Arn: The Knight Templar. While not exclusively a nunsploitation movie, it has more than its fair share of worthy scenes.
Next, we review the hentai anime Sins of the Sisters. An ambitious crusader is betrayed by the pope and sold into slavery. He vows revenge and is reincarnated as a transsexual Japanese school girl (we are not making this up!) Despite the strong sexual themes, the movie was surprisingly tame.
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Viridiana screens in New York and Spain
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Luis Buñuel's controversial nunsploitation shocker Viridiana screens today through April 30 at New York City's Film Forum
In addition, the film will be honored today at Malaga Festival of Spanish Film. The celebration includes a reunion of the surviving cast including Silvia Piñal and Juan Luis Buñuel, the son of the director who had the honor of smuggling the reels out of Spain when Franco ordered them to be burned!
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Jack Cardiff, famed cinematographer of Black Narcissus, dies
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Jack Cardiff the cinematographer of Powel & Pressburger's 1947 nunsploitation masterpiece Black Narcissus died at his home in Cabridgeshire, England, at age 94.
Cardiff was famed for his skill as a director of photography. Martin Scorcese said that Cardiff could "paint with a camera". His work on Black Narcissus was no exception, earning him an Academy Award for best color cinematography.
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Sunday, April 19, 2009
Nuns of St. Archangel on DVD Tuesday!
Arn: The Knight Templar screens at Newport Beach
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The Newport Beach Film Festival is offering a screening of the big-budget Swedish film Arn: The Knight Templar.
Based on Jan Guillou's best-selling novels, The Crusades Triology, the movie is about Arn Magnusson who is forced apart from his true love, Cecilia. Arn must endure a twenty year sentence as a Knight Templar defending Jerusalem from the Muslims while Cecilia is imprisoned in a convent under the strict supervision of a cruel Mother Superior.
We have a trailer for you to check out and we'll have a review and screen caps up soon!
Tickets are available for the Newport Beach screening.
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Pasolini's Decameron reviewed
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We've got another review ready for your consumption! This time around, we visit Pier Paolo Pasolini's film adaptation of Giovanni Boccaccio's Il Decameron in his movie of the same name.
In Il Decameron, Pasolini adapts nine short stories to film, including our favorite, "Massetto and the Nuns". Pasolini's Decameron movie was so hugely successful, it spawned a host of imitators and, along with Ken Russell's The Devils, it helped fuel a Golden Age of nunsploitation films. Truly a landmark film of the genre, Decameron is certainly worthy of our review.
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