IndieFest: "Sexina, Popstar PI"
By Jennique Mason
She has the boobs and brains of a queen, shes every mans dream ..." When have truer words been spoken? As sung by Monkees heartthrob Davy Jones in the film's theme, Sexina: Popstar, P.I. is the long-awaited answer to critically renowned films like Austin Powers and Legally Blonde.
Directed by Erik P. Sharkey, this East Coast production -- complete with villain Adam West (TV's Batman) -- goes inside the pop music machine, literally! On the surface, Sexina may appear to be your average pop star singing sensation, but undercover shes hot on the trail of a kidnapped scientist manufacturing cyborg boy bands. That sort of crime stopping clearly speaks for itself, but what I wanna know is, where did co-star Allyn Rachel come from? I want her to be in my movie. She may get overshadowed by Sexina (played by Lauren D'Avella), but Rachel's lezzie publicist was sensational. As for the rest of the movie -- chock full o' elements like high school girls with brigades of vibrators, Paula Abdul fans, some unicorns, and oblique Britney references ("Kevin Tenderloin," I did what again?) -- Sexina is like totally crunk. I know that I wont soon forget the film's message (delivered in song!) that having a vagina rules. Indeed.
Sexina: Popstar, PI screens at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival, Feb 14 and Feb 16, 9:30 p.m., Roxie Film Center.












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