The Product:
She's the self-proclaimed Punk Rock Princess of Porn, a legitimate star in the alt-core genre of the adult industry. Where once smut only focused solely on the most plastic fantastic type of female and fantasy, this new carnal category offers body piercing, tattoos, glorified Goth and Burlesque aesthetic, and a far more aggressive sexual style as part of its dynamic. The result is a dirty, DIY kind of kinkiness, a clever combination of the post-modern youth movement with your standard slap and tickle. And in this realm, Joanna Angel is a dynamo. She's an entrepreneur, actress, all around filmmaker, and guiding light. Her Burning Angel label is one of the most profitable, and popular, outside the West Coast valley elite. Typical of her career trajectory, Ms. Angel wants to incorporate as much of the mainstream into the monkey business as she can, and visa versa. Hooking up with <...Read the entire review

Vegan Cooking for Animal Lovers is a no-budget, quick-take, straight-to-DVD cooking program targeted at hipster vegans. Kerry "the hardcore chef" Weber guides viewers through eleven quick and easy vegan recipes.

The recipes (along with principal ingredients or description) are Hail Seitan (a wheat gulten-based meat substitute); Tamil Tiger Rice (a Thai-style jasmine rice, coconut milk, and chick pea dish); Seitan Stokin' Off (a Beef Stroganoff, with meat substitute); Cool Hand Cookie Cheesecake (tofu, cookies & sugar); Eviction Notice Sloppy Joes (textured vegetable protein & ketchup); When Spud Gets Off Heroin This is the Potato Salad He Will Eat (potato, onion and vegan mayonnaise); Vegetable Medley of Hardcore Gaiety (a veggie salad); Free Noriega Wraps (nori paper and chick peas); Mushroom Mosh Pit-Tatoes (pot...Read the entire review

The Product:
As stated in the review of the original Punk Rock Holocaust, horror and hardcore seem like a perfect match. Each represents the outside edge of their respective mediums, and while many can argue that there are universal elements involved, it is clear that not everyone embraces these entertainment extremes. No, it takes a true type of enthusiast to enjoy the melding of these two totally intense concepts - and a better concern would be what such a merger would look and sound like? The answer, interestingly enough, is incredibly FUNNY! Yep, that's right. With Van's annual concert tour as a backdrop, and what has to be the highest body count in any movie EVER MADE, Doug Sakmann's lunatic love letter to bloodletting and mosh pitting is a big, brash power chord layered across the entire DIY mentality of the music, and the moviemaking, he's championing. It's no surprise t...Read the entire review

It wasn't that long ago that I thought 'Pilates' was pronounced 'plates' like the dishware. Now I not only know how to pronounce it, I've actually done it and liked it, thanks to Pilates for Indie Rockers. I typically work out at the gym with weights two or three times a week, but otherwise avoid physical exertion. I've tried conventional yoga DVDs and been bored by their new age or Stepford Wife tone. Pilates for Indie Rockers, however, grabbed my attention and held it with its D-I-Y riot-grrrl attitude.

Chaos, an athletically-built knockout sporting serious tattoos and two-tone bleach blonde and pink hair, leads the way through a challenging 35-minute workout that uses stretching, rolling, resistance, and controlled breathing to improve flexibility and tone. Chaos is accompanied by Page Turner. Page, a beauty with a lithe dancer's body and intricate back tattoo, perform...Read the entire review

Yoga For Indie Rockers:

Indie rockers do need yoga, lord knows. Though back in my day it was still called 'alternative rock,' I certainly could have used some stretches - considering the number of times I would improperly pick up my 4 x 10 bass cabinet and spring up the basement stairs on the way to another pathetic gig.

Certified yoga instructor Chaos is looking out for today's rocker kids, or anyone who'd like to get a full-body holistic workout that eases the mind as well, but doesn't buy into the whole nag champa incense-burning stereotype that yoga has developed over the centuries. Chaos is a heavily tattooed, bleach-blonde L.A. gal who brings along three of her pals to an empty rock club to lead you through a vigorous, kick-ass (her words) workout that aligns the mind, body and spirit. Practitioners can opt for one of three soundtracks, (backing up Chaos's spoken instructions) eith...Read the entire review

The Movie
With an almost Tootsie-like news-clip build-up, we're ready to embrace Bianca Beauchamp (model for Maxim, Bizarre, Playboy, Marquis, Skin Two) as the loveable fetish-personality and protagonist of this little video diary at Montréal's, Fetish Weekend. With a "Car Wash" rip-off for a theme song, the odyssey begins on an up-beat, if not passé note, but we're quickly thrust into Beauchamp's world of drinking, putting on make-up, drinking, getting her hair done, drinking, fitting in a skin-tight latex outfit, drinking, going to a fetish event, drinking, eating, drinking, etc. We're not saying that this girl is a drunk, but it seems this adventure has just as much to do with her quest for booze, as it is her desire to make an impact on the scene. Directed and edited by Martin Perrealult (who also appears on camera), the template should promote the model of mention while havin...Read the entire review

In 10 Words or Less
It's hard out here for a protestor

Reviewer's Bias*
Loves: Interesting indie films, experimental film
Likes: good non-actors
Dislikes: bad non-actors
Hates: People who take themselves too seriously

The Movie
Most everyone who leans to the left knows one: that guy or girl who was born a decade or two too late to be a full-fledged hippie, but who still desires to stick it to the man, and has the blog and/or awful fashion sense to prove it. But somewhere among the mumbling middle-class malcontents, between the guys who just want the marijuana laws relaxed and the people hoping to get laid or avoid working, there are genuine revolutionaries trying to affect change for the greater good.

The proble...Read the entire review

It's a hell of a tightrope filmmaker Curt Johnson walks in his scathing documentary "Your Mommy Kills Animals!" The subject is animal rights activism, and Johnson is so dedicated to showcasing the best and worst of both sides of the issue that the only people who walk away clean are the clear-headed moderates who pop up to provide a healthy dose of perspective.

Moderates, however, are in short supply in today's world. The mellowed activists of yesterday have been shoved aside for the radical terrorists of today. Of course, the term "terrorist" is certainly in question; the U.S. government lists animal rights groups as among the biggest domestic terrorist threats currently facing the nation, which seems like a stretch considering others who'd surely be more deserving of such a credit, until you take into account the activists' increasingly violent actions.

Consider: One activist group list...Read the entire review