Films exploring taboo subjects have existed for nearly as long as the genre of film has existed. “La Coucher de la Mariee” is generally considered to be the first erotic film and premiered in 1896, the same year as “The Arrival of a Train at Ciotat,” which is generally considered to be the first movie.
Let’s get this out of the way, right off the bat: there will be mild spoilers here—but these spoilers have already been posted online and not by us. Got that? I mean, we all read the Internetz, so… Anyhow, Ridley Scott’s “The Counselor” opens in theaters this weekend. Written by venerable American author Cormac McCarthy,
Sometimes when you’re an actor, getting down and dirty is just part of the job description. Sometimes a sex scene is integral to the plot and sometimes it’s just a frisky bonus thrown to the audience. There are a lot of reasons why a sex scene happens in a movie and there are a lot