the whole shebang

scene title:  sugar mommy performers:  franny, sarah cute site:  old young lesbian love  ◅  21sextreme (gamma) production credits:  none listed trailer l: franny, r: sarah cute boy, this was just an interminable slog. i was fine with the last oldyounglesbianlove scene. i mean i didn't love it or give it a high score, but i didn't actively despise it. this one i did. comparing the two screengrabs for each scene gives an indication as to why: katana and bibi pink were shot in muted tones with plenty of rich dark colors, while franny and sarah cute are shot in blown-out light with tacky, jaundiced coloring. the central performances were fine, but hardly distinctive enough to overcome the sickly visuals; sarah cute's voiceover intro (her english is quite good, among the best continental european performers' i've heard) was entirely pro forma, and i found the food play at the beginning revolting. (yeah, that's an entirely personal bugbear, and if ...

scene title:  love is in the air performers:  ivy rein, sarah cute site:  viv thomas (metart) production credits:  sandra shine (dir.), frank mirror (ed.) trailer l: ivy rein, r: sarah cute there's little to say about sandra shine's third entry of the month, and second featuring russian newbie ivy rein. her hungarian partner here, sarah cute, seems to have more credits, but is also relatively new, so it was interesting to see ivy taking the, ahem, reins in their encounter; the last time i saw her, with elin flame, she was more passive. the photography remains exquisite, with a warmth and subtlety that functions as something of a rebuke to the more static and chillier vibe of the fox/veller team that is shine's primary competition at viv thomas. a yardwork montage over sentimental guitar plucks leads to perhaps the fakest bonking of heads i've ever seen when they both reach for the recycling; ivy kisses sarah's forehead to make it better, which ...