DEPARTMENTS 5 EDITOR'S PIECE
7 MALEBOX
10 NEWSFLICKS
20 NEW KID ON THE COCK
Hot gossip and porno party news! By Jordan Young
44 INTERVIEW/CENTERPIECE
Crowned "Best Top of 1996" — hung and sexy southern stud Matt
Bradshaw reveals the secret of his success in words and photos!
Photography by Hot House Entertainment
52 INTERVIEW
A treasure-trove of porn trivia from the man who discovered Jeff Stryker and many
others: Studio 2000's John Travis.
69 INTERVIEW
Gay porn's leading lady, Jeanna Fine, is much more than a pretty face! By Robert
Sumners
84 FLICKS FICTION
Vacation Spot. Two best friends compare their vacation sexploits in this sizzler
from Forum Studios.
98 VIDEOGUIDE
Order some pornos for the one that you love! (That includes yourself!) SPECIAL FEATURES
34 BEHIND-THE-SCENES OF "CHAINED DESIRES"
Director Jim Steel and crew indulge SKINFLICKS with a day on the set...and even
let us get in on some of the action!
46 1996 GAY EROTIC VIDEO AWARDS
And the winners were? SKINFLICKS' comprehensive coverage of gay porn's grandest
event! VIDEO REVIEWS
12 SHOWCASE VIDEO
One Hot Summer. Nine hot studs find lust (and more!) at a summer camp for college
writers. From Studio 2000. FLICKS REVIEWS
22 My Secret Collection
by Studio 2000
28 Island Guardian
by Titan Media
36 Guys Like Us by Hot House Entertainment
56 Rock & Roll Dreams
by All Worlds Video
60 Military Issue 3
by Forum Studios
70 A World of Men
by Chantelle-stevens-porn-star">Kristen-bjorn-porn-star">Chantelle-stevens-porn-star">Kristen Bjorn Video
74 Cruisin' 3
by Falcon Studios
79 QUICKFLICKS
Dr. Jerkoff & Mr. Hard (BIG Entertainment); Lucky Strokes (Fox Studios); Mardi
Gras Cowboy (All Worlds Video); Hung Jury (West Hollywood Video); In Training
(BIG Entertainment); Dynastud 3 (HIS Video Gold); Punk (Vivid Man Video); Black
in the Saddle (Catalina Video); All You Can Eat (All Worlds Video); Kalahari (Greenwood/Cooper
Homevideo); Jockstrapped (Jocks Studios) and Give It To Me Straight (Sex Video)
83 CD-ROM REVIEWS
Men of All Worlds Video (All Worlds Video); The Reformatory (Bacchus Releasing)
and Bad Boys' Bodies (Axel Kremer Software)
EDITOR'S PIECE
It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it. Being a reviewer, I mean. Don't
get me wrong. I love my job; it's just that a lot of people don't love me for
it!
It seems there are differing opinions on what a review magazine is all about.
Readers, I would imagine, expect to find unbiased and informed opinions about
a video so that they can decide whether or not to rent and/or buy it. That, and
of course, to look at all the pretty pictures!
Production companies, on the other hand, are looking for publicity. They get free
advertising, and in some cases, a full-page, full-color ad (worth about $15000-0)
for providing a video and slides (which is what a magazine wants in order to provide
its content). All in all, a pretty equitable arrangement. Video company gets free
publicity, magazine gets great content, and the reader gets hot pictures. Sounds
pretty good.
The problem, however, creeps in when the magazine has to assert its purpose —
that of being a review magazine. If we were simply a venue through which the companies
get publicity, we really wouldn't provide our stated objective. So, we write the
reviews. If they're positive ones, things are still okay. But, and it happens
occasionally, if the review is a negative one, the publicity the video gets is
no longer a positive one, and the companies get all bent out of shape, and we
get yelled at. Some companies even threaten to stop sending their videos and "cut
us off." Does this really happen? Of course it does! Is what we're doing
right? Of course, it is!
There is a microcosm in this industry in which we all try to support one another.
This is almost necessary due to the continuous onslaught our industry suffers
from ultra-conservative rightists trying to take away our right to enjoy adult
entertainment. There is also, however, a responsibilty a magazine has to its readers,
and that is to deliver unbiased and informed information. We cannot waver from
that, and if it means an occasional slamming of a video when it is rightfully
deserved, then that's the way it has to be.
It is never our intent to unjustly slander a company, or to lash out out at a
video just to be vindictive. It troubles us when studios believe this to be true.
There are, in fact, large studios who will remove reviewers from their lists just
because of a bad review. This is ridiculous! Studios need to understand that not
everything they produce is going to be golden. If they have the right to charge
upwards of $50 to $80 for a video, then we have the right to challenge when the
the quality is not up to reasonable standards. There are times when we just want
to scream "grow up!" at these people. We all have our assigned roles
in this industry, and an obligation to hold to them. We are all professionals
here!
We want SKINFLICKS to be a respected source of information and reviews. For that
to be true, we need to write what we believe in, no matter how it may upset the
videos' producers. We hope that you find SKINFLICKS to be fair and impartial.
We go through a pretty rigourous screening here to check ourselves out, and we
strongly feel we're doing the right thing.
We hope you enjoy this latest issue. We had fun putting it together! And we aren't
going to apologize for anything!
