Penny Flame's Expert Guide to Handjobs for Men & Women

Studio: Vivid
Cast: Penny Flame, Harmony, Justice Young, Anthony Rosano

Review by: Gram Ponante

Ms. Flame proves an excellent teacher in "Penny Flame's Expert Guide to Handjobs for Men & Women," which delivers the sexy without skimping on the science.

Appearing before a multi-ethnic and multigenerational classroom, Flame whips out the visual aids, both tasteful black-and-white drawings and flesh-and-blood subjects Harmony and Justice Young, to demonstrate that handjobs are more than masturbation plus distance.

Flame emphasizes lube, hand hygiene, and taking it slow (but firm) with guest Harmony, who allows Flame to squeeze her labia together for the hushed onlookers ("Don't go straight for the clit before it's warmed up," Flame tells you sternly). But tragedy strikes when Justice Young appears for the male component, because Flame only gets him hard - she doesn't allow a release. That, my friends, is not Justice.

And this is the only drawback to the movie. The 30-minute classroom portion is filmed and edited like an infomercial for softcore late-night cable, with all the applause sound effects, approving audience shots, cheesy voiceover, and canned music. The artifice threatens to overwhelm the naturally compelling Flame and make her seem like more of a prop, when in fact her teaching style - when she's allowed to do it - is helpful and personable.

The infomercial gives way to several annotated hardcore scenes, including one with Flame and Anthony Rosano, that fill out the DVD.

· Vivid (vivid.com)
· Buy "Penny Flame's Expert Guide to Hand Jobs" (gamelink.com)

Thankfully, Nina Hartley is here to offer her assistance, in the form of "Nina Hartley's Guide To Bondage Sex." With the help of bondage model and expert Claire Adams, Nina walks bondage beginners through all the basics of getting down and dirty while bound ... and throws in some super hot sex scenes by way of illustration.

Depending on your expectations, your enjoyment of the film may vary. For one thing, this is definitely some education with a side of porn and not the other way around: the film goes a full half hour without anyone getting naked, and the sex scenes themselves are heavily laced with instruction and tips.

Additionally, the film focuses on women tying up women and men tying up women, without a single bound man in sight. Yes, there are elements of bondage that are universal, and the film offers helpful insights for anyone looking to get bound and gagged. But if you're hoping for, say, some serious cock and ball torture action, this isn't the flick for you.

Nerds that we are, we still enjoyed learning the ins and outs of bondage sex—like what positions are best, how to tie a good knot, and all the fun little bondage gadgets. But we'd still recommend viewing this video when you're in a learning mood, not a fapping mood. You're bound to get something good out of watching the video, but it just might not be until after you've watched it, when you're putting Nina's lessons to good use.

• "Nina Hartley's Guide To Bondage Sex" (adameve.com)
• Order: "Nina Hartley's Guide To Bondage Sex" (Adult DVD Empire)

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· The Kink Report (socialkink.com)

Like many of you (er, right?), our introduction to the world of sex and female orgasms was a fumbling, awkward journey full of experimentation, missteps, and not nearly enough hitting the walls and working the middle. If only we had a gentle-voiced but authoritative mentor like this to take us gently by his oil-slicked hand into his dreamcatcher-festooned inner sanctum to show us step-by-step exactly how to bring the gal of our dreams to a convulsing full body orgasm, things might have turned out a lot different. (Of course, having an insanely hot model on our massage table to practice with might have helped a lot too.) Maybe it's not to late to learn everything all over again?

· Orgasm School (video @ redtube.com - thanks TB)

(By the way, if anyone knows where this clip comes from, please let us know in the comments. We really do like this guy's style. Not to mention his assistant's.)

Previously: Public Access Pussy Power!, Pussy Power: The Remix, Momo's Science Experiment: Japanese Squirting Fun, Vortex Vibrations: Vacuuming Your Way To A Better Orgasm, Happy Belated Cosmic Orgasm Day!, How To: Find The G-Spot (In Spanish!), Sex Blog Roundup: Hitting The Spot, Liquid Love: The G-Spot Explosion

For the first few moments of this clip we thought we were having flashbacks to that one summer when we tried to learn Portuguese using these video tapes we bought through the mail. The sad thing is ... we still have no idea what this chick is saying. Fortunately, her lecture comes with hands (and mouth) on demonstrations so that anyone having trouble grasping the concepts will have no problem understanding the key points of the lesson. It's that kind of multi-disciplinary approach that separates the great teachers from those who merely blow their students and then end up in Playboy.

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· Morgana (Shufuni)

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Those of you who can't even be bothered to press 2 when calling customer service hotlines might have been a little flummoxed by those bi-lingual G-spot instructions we pointed you to earlier this week. But don't fret—we assure you that the location is real, and there are plenty of other folks out there determined to help you find it. Take the ladies of Liquid Love, an instructional DVD that's sort of like a cross between Red Shoe Diaries, "Squirtwoman 2", and an episode of Unsolved Mysteries, only with much cooler "re-enactments." Judging by the (surprisingly graphic) trailers, these women are very in touch with their bodies and have used their knowledge to unlock the secrets of Dr. Gr fenberg's wet and wild wonderland—specifically female ejaculation and lots of it. The soothing new age music and polite voices are reason enough to watch, but it should be even more valuable to all the doubters out there who are still convinced that squirting is some elaborate magic trick. David Copperfield ain't got nothing on these chicks.

· Liquid Love: The G-Spot Explosion (glamourtelevision.com, via Indie Nudes)

Previously: How To: Find The G-Spot (In Spanish!), Jada Fire Really Is Squirtwoman, Flesh Flicks: Squirt Power, Porn Valley Dispatch: Again With The Squirting, DVD Review: "Squirt Hunter 3", Fleshbot Poll: To Squirt or Not To Squirt?, Susie Bright's G-Spot Fraud Detection Squad, DVD Review: "Nina Hartley's Guide to Female Ejaculation", The Squirting Dialogues

This post is for all you non-believers out there who still aren't convinced that the G-spot does in fact exist. It's true that trying to find it may sometimes feel like trying to read an epic novel in a foreign language, but what if you tried to look for it in a foreign language? The fantastically-named blog Inner El Pendejo Trenol gico has an exhaustive study—with diagrams!—explaining just where and how to focus your search and what to do once you get there. The only problem, of course, is that it's written in Spanish so you may find yourself a little tounge-tied before all is said and done. (Which wouldn't be such a bad thing when you think about it.) However, if you still can't figure it out, the accompanying video—a mashup of several sexual instructional clips—is in English and is about as close you'll get to actual GPS navigation (G-spot Positioning System?) to el Punto G. Let your expedition begin!

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· G-spot (metacafe.com)
· "Video sobre como encontrar y estimular el Punto G en la mujer" (innerpendejo.net)

Previously: Flesh Flicks: Cunnilingus For Dummies, How to Deep Throat

Sure, lots of people watch pornstars smother themselves in female nether regions and then do their best to imitate them in real life—but frankly, we know that some you just don't get it. It's not your fault that you chose to get sex education from gonzo porn films (ok, maybe it's a little bit your fault). But help is on the way! Before your next trip downtown, watch this video as many times as needed to figure out where all the lady parts are and where you're supposed to do with them when you find them. Most girls won't have the patience to wait while you consult the manual, so you have to do your homework. (The video even flips upside down, for those who are easily disoriented in bed.) Yes, it can be intimidating, but short of hiring a personal tutor it's the only way you'll learn. Once you get the hang of it, your future dates will be very appreciative.

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· Sex Anatomy - Clit or Clitoris (Shufuni.com, now with embedding - via highonsex.blogspot.com)

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