Director: Stoya, Date: 2015
On the web: Official Site
Cast: Stoya (29yo), James Deen (29yo), Mickey Mod (36yo), Michael Vegas, Wolf Hudson (31yo), Vex Ashley, Steve Holmes (54yo), and Zak Sabbath (39yo)
Source: 1920×1080 MP4s downloaded from TrenchcoatX subscription site
Pleasure ♀, Passion ♀, Balance ✓+
Review
Around the World in 80 Ways is an on-going series of vignettes that Stoya has been shooting as she travels the world for work. What is particularly distinctive about them is that they are entirely shot on a handheld camcorder, by Stoya and her partners. This gives the scenes an extremely "real-life" feel, since what she is doing, really, is just filming herself having sex with her friends. Oftentimes, the camera is just set on a dresser or a table; sometimes it is held by Stoya or her partner, in which case they often make good use of whatever mirrors happen to be available.
The feeling, overall, then, is just of people having some harmless, if sexy, fun. As you might guess, though, this is a mixed bag. Many of the scenes are an absolute joy to watch. We'll particularly recommend the second scene, with Stoya and Mickey Mod, and the seventh scene, with those two and Wolf Hudson. The the sixth scene is especially interesting, as it involves Stoya and Mickey Mod playing off-set with Vex Ashley while they are shooting for Four Chambered Heart.
Highly recommended.
Scene 1: Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 1 (Stoya and James Deen, ♀♂)
Time: 59:41
Female Orgasm: Yes, Cumshot: Mouth
Features: Deepthroat, Footjob, Multiple Male Orgasms, Rough Sex
Pleasure ♀, Passion ♀
Stoya and James are wandering around Tokyo, with him filming her and talking with her. They end up in a "locotel", which can be rented for a couple hours or overnight or whatever, and she makes herself up while he continues filming her as she talks to him about the history of locotels. It's actually a very interesting story. Locotels started as places for men to have sex with hookers, but then becames places for lovers to go together.
Stoya and James are really cute together, and seem to have a lot of fun, which is somewhat sad, given what has happened since. She is really cute, and very natural, in her bloomers and very little makeup, so her freckles show. Stoya ends up dressed a bit like Little Bo Peep, as James describes her. They then have sex on the bed.
The sex is playful and natural, and reasonably varied. But it is an extremely long scene, in part because the sex is almost unedited. The sex does not start until about 18 minutes into the scene, but that still leaves 41 minutes. And the sex is shot from a stationary camera. That gives it an almost amateur feel, but it doesn't give the scene a lot of visual interest. In the end, then, we thought the scene was just too long, even given its other virtues, though we are glad we saw it. It is not like anything we've seen before. Or since, with the exception of some of the other scenes in this series.
Scene 2: Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 2 (Stoya and Mickey Mod, ♀♂)
Time: 19:54
Female Orgasm: Multiple, Cumshot: Mouth
Features: Cunnilingus Orgasm, Penis Masturbation
Pleasure ♀, Passion ♀
Mickey Mod and Stoya walk around the Red Light District in Amsterdam, and she spends a bit of time in one of the windows. They then go to a hotel room to have sex.
The sex is completely natural and spontaneous, and there really is great chemistry between them. These are two friends having fun together, and they really are having a lot of fun. It's seriously cute how she keeps covering her mouth so she won't make too much noise. The way they hug at the end had us cooing.
The entire scene is shot from a single camera that at first is placed on a table in the hotel room. Stoya then holds it as Mickey eats her pussy, giving us a POV shot from her perspective, and then he holds it when she is sucking him, so we have a POV from his. It is the first time we have ever seen "balanced" point-of-view shots, and the very idea is to be applauded.
Because of how the scene is shot, though, the camera is not always well placed. There is a great shot, however, that Stoya gets when he is fingering her, in the mirror. The edits can be a bit abrupt, too, but, as we said with the first scene in this series, it is meant to seem very amateurish—and not in a bad way.
Scene 3: Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 3 (Stoya and Michael Vegas, ♀♂)
Time: 33:04
Female Orgasm: Multiple, Cumshot: Ass
Features: Rough Sex
Pleasure ♀, Passion ♀, Balance ✓
Stoya and Michael Vegas have sex in a hotel room overlooking New York. They start out in a shower, in front of a huge window. They then move to the bed.
As with the previous scenes, the sex is very natural, and they seem to be having a lot of fun. She is again very cute, trying to keep herself from being too loud, and giggling in a very un-self-conscious way. Everyone should have this much fun when they are having sex. But it is a very long scene, especially since there is no introductory sequence at all. So the sex lasts the full 33 minutes. There is plenty of variation in the sex, but there is not a lot of visual variation, since it is, as usual, shot with a single camera. It would have been a better scene, we think, had it been edited a bit more. But it is still very good.
Though there is just a single camera, though, this scene is shot very differently from the first two: Someone besides Stoya and Michael is operating the camera. There does not seem to be a lot of room in the shower, though, so all the shots are from very close, and that continues when they get to the bed. Unsurprisingly, then, the focus tends very much to be on her: We do not really see his face at all when she is sucking him. And when they are fucking, the camera just moves between their genitals and her face. But the advantage is that we do see a lot of her face, and it is really quite wonderful how expressive she is, and how she looks at him.
Scene 4: Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 4 (Stoya and Wolf Hudson, ♀♂)
Time: 19:03
Female Orgasm: Multiple, Cumshot: Pussy
Features: Analingus
Pleasure ♀, Passion ♀, Balance ♀
Stoya and Wolf Hudson walk around Paris, especially Pigalle, the red light district. They then find a "Parisian love hotel" with soap in the shower, a bonus since they just got off the plane. They lie on the bed and giggle about the mirror on the ceiling, then have sex.
The sex is once again very natural, and wonderfully playful. It is obvious how much they like each other, and how much fun they are having.
This scene is shot like the first two. The camera is at first quite far from them, and then is set on the bed next to them, the pink sheet taking up a good deal of the bottom of the screen. They then point it straight up at the mirror, so we see them from above. And so forth. So there is actually quite a lot of variation in how this scene is shot, compared to the others. Stoya makes very creative use of the options available to her, and it's actually quite amusing when the camera goes out of focus as it sits on the bed, or when she is unable to hold it still because she is having an orgasm.
Scene 5: Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 5 (Stoya, Mickey Mod, and Vex Ashley, ♀♀♂)
Time: 24:12
Female Orgasm: Yes
Features: Cunnilingus Orgasm
Pleasure ♀, Passion ♀
This video was part of a collaborative effort with A Four Chambered Heart. Vex Ashley is one of the people who run that site.
The video begins with the three of them on a bed together, taking a break from filming Vex's video "The Eye", which is on A Four Chambered Heart. Vex is talking to someone else, off camera, about the preparations for what they are about to shoot, and the three of them start having sex. It's very fun, playful, relaxed sex, with lots of laughter and silliness. In a way, it doesn't really have a start, or an ending, since it is just a fragment of what they all do together that day. It's quite unlike anything we've seen before.
As with many of the videos in this series, it is shot from a still camera several feet away from the bed. There is a fair bit of editing, but it does not feel at all choppy.
Scene 6: Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 6 (Stoya and Steve Holmes, ♀♂)
Time: 20:12
Female Orgasm: Multiple, Cumshot: Mouth
Features: Anal, Analingus
Pleasure ♀, Passion ✓, Balance ✓
Stoya has sex with Steve Holmes in a hotel room in Paris.
There is a lot less "lead-in" to this scene than there is to the other scenes, and we missed that. We had much less of a sense for what the relationship between the two of them might be like.
The sex feels fairly fun, and it is varied. He fingers her asshole while fucking her from behind, and that seems to get her interested in anal sex. She puts four fingers into her pussy while stuffing her ass with his cock and seems quite to enjoy it. And she licks his anus while sucking him. She has a few orgasms, and he cums onto her tongue.
Some of this scene is shot from a still camera, as most of these are. Some of it is shot by Stoya, either in a mirror or from some other angle, so the camera is looking at both of them. But much of the scene is shot by him, and it is very much "POV". As we've said before, we don't really like those sorts of shots. Stoya does shoot from her "POV" on a couple occasions, too, and that was more interesting, as one sees it much less often.
Scene 7: Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 7 (Stoya, Mickey Mod, and Wolf Hudson, ♀♂♂)
Time: 20:09
Cumshot: Mouth
Features: Deepthroat, Double Penetration
Pleasure ♀, Passion ♀
The three of them have sex in hotel room in Barcelona.
As usual with the videos in this series, this one is shot from a still camera that has been set down somewhere appropriate. Also as usual, Stoya is incredibly cute, and it is completely obvious how much fun she is having. At one point, when she is between thenm sucking their cocks, she just smiles as if she can't believe how much candy she has. "It's like Christmas, I don't even know what to do", she says when they go inside the room. Eventually, she suggests the guys fuck her pussy at the same time. It is entirely her idea.
In the end, it's a fun, sexy scene, and we really enjoyed it. It is so natural, and she seems so happy to have had a new experience with them, that you can't help but feel happy as well.
We will say, though, that we were a bit disappointed that there was no sort of sexual contact between the men. Both of them have worked in queer porn, so it presented a great opportunity to do something different. To be sure, it would have been really, really daring to present male sexual interaction in the context of a threesome as being every bit as normal as female sexual interaction is already made to be. But the independence of TrenchcoatX frees it from the confines of "major studio porn" and makes it possible to shatter boundaries. That was the whole point, right?
Scene 8: Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 8 (Stoya and Mickey Mod, ♀♂)
Time: 20:20
Cumshot: Mouth
Features: Blowjob
Stoya did her own stunts, apparently, at a shoot earlier in the day, so she isn't much in the mood for certain kinds of sex. Basically, she doesn't want to take her panties off, she says. But since she's determined to shoot this scene, she suggests they snuggle, and then she'll give Mickey a blowjob. Which they do, and she does. It is amazing he manages to last as long as he does. But, to be honest, it isn't great for the video. We're sure it feels wonderful, but it isn't necessarily interesting to watch Stoya do more or less the same thing for ten minutes. Even she seems to get tired (probably in the jaw) and needs to switch it up some. But that just means we get several minutes of a different same thing (a handjob).
The best thing about the scene is the connection between them, which is very convincing. Even Stoya's gagging when she takes him too deep seems natural, and what she wants to be doing. But, as we've said before, and more or less just said again, what feels good is not necessarily what it's good to watch.
The photography, as is usual in this series, is minimal. The camera is mostly just stationary, perhaps on a dresser. But, as is also usual in this series, that makes it all feel very realistic.
Scene 9: Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 9 (Stoya and Wolf Hudson, ♀♂)
Time: 20:49
Female Orgasm: Multiple, Cumshot: Ass
Features: Anal, Analingus, Cunnilingus Orgasm, Deepthroat
They have been at some sort of convention in Mexico City and are now back in their hotel, cuddling on the bed. They start making out, and she takes off her jacket, leaving her in twenties-style lingerie, as she puts it. She lies on him as they kiss and touch, then turns over and goes down on him. The highlight is her suggestion that he should fuck her ass, which comes after he's been licking her anus for a bit, which she's really been getting into. They discuss what position they should use: with her on her stomach. It's a special occasion, she says, and something he says he's been dreaming about for a long time. So it's apparently a first for them together, and she clearly enjoys it, too. Eventually, she asks him, "Before my butt gets tired, do you want to cum?" It turns out he does.
The realism of the scene, and the connection between them—the way they talk to each other—is what makes it work. And what a treat to see anal sex treated this way: as something special, and something they both enjoy and want. There is also something very funny that happens in the middle of the scene, but we won't give it away.
The photography, as usual, is minimal. But for once something like POV actually works, when he takes the camera—though he doesn't manage to hold it terribly steady. We wonder why.
Scene 10: Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 10 (Stoya and Zak Sabbath, ♀♂)
Time: 24:25 (Sex: 20:30)
Female Orgasm: Multiple, Cumshot: Internal
Features: Spanking
Pleasure ♀, Passion ♀
They are in Athens, and Stoya tells an interesting story about the myth of 'prostitute sandals', which involves sandals with messages or 'obscene' pictures on the bottom of their shoes—which she has made for herself. It turns out they had sex before that sequence was shot, in a hotel room overlooking some ruins.
They start out kissing while standing, and then he goes down on her as she sits in a chair by the window. (She mentioned earlier that he had shown her how to set exposure. Otherwise, this would have been very dark.) He gets her very close to cumming and, as often, she covers her mouth as her arousal builds. She has at least one orgasm, maybe two, then seems to have another as he strokes her clit lightly. There's intense eye contact between them.
The rest of the scene is a bit more conventional. She sucks him for a while, but it is not visually interesting with the camera so distant, and he is not at all expressive. (What's the deal with that? Is it supposed to be manly not to reveal pleasure? Even when Stoya is sucking your cock?!) She runs off quickly to get a condom, which is a nicely realistic touch, and they fuck standing, in a few different positions. He actually cums in the condom, which is a true porn rarity.
The spanking is mostly the usual ass slapping while they are fucking, but he spanks her quite hard a few times when she stands up after sucking him.
As usual, the scene is shot from a single handheld camera, which in this case is stationary the entire time. It makes the whole scene feel very voyeuristic, which is of course the point.
Scene 11: Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 11 (Stoya and Zak Sabbath, ♀♂)
Time: 21:49 (Sex: 20:00)
They are at the ruins of the Haludovo Palace Hotel, on the island of Krk, Croatia, which just happens to have been built by Bob Guccione, founder of Penthouse. Stoya tells the whole story without a dick in her mouth—apparently it's easier to talk that way—then says, "How about some porno!" And so there we are, back with them at the Haludovo Palace Hotel, which is nowadays in ruins.
The first twelve minutes or so of the scene are filmed by Zak, largely POV, as Stoya sucks his cock, though he does shift the location of the camera occasionally. It's frankly not that interesting, in large part because the angles are poor and there is little variation. After that, we see them from twenty feet away or so as they make out, then fuck standing, with Stoya naked and him almost fully clothed. They are so far away that there is basically no sound.
The idea here was great, but the execution was not.
Videos
Heterosexual
Dana Vespoli (43yo) and Christian XXX (41yo): Graphic Depictions: Scene 3
Balance ✓
Time: 16:31, Date: 2015
Features: Anal, Ass to Mouth
See the Graphic Depictions review for more information.
Stoya (29yo) and James Deen (29yo): Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 1
Pleasure ♀, Passion ♀
Time: 59:41, Date: 2015
Features: Deepthroat, Footjob, Multiple Male Orgasms, Rough Sex
See the Around the World in 80 Ways review for more information.
Stoya (29yo) and James Deen (29yo): Intermission
Balance ♀
Time: 19:39, Date: 2015
Features: Anal, Analingus
See the Graphic Depictions review for more information.
Stoya (29yo) and Michael Vegas: Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 3
Pleasure ♀, Passion ♀, Balance ✓
Time: 33:04, Date: 2015
Features: Rough Sex
See the Around the World in 80 Ways review for more information.
Stoya (29yo) and Mickey Mod (36yo): Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 2
Pleasure ♀, Passion ♀
Time: 19:54, Date: 2015
Features: Cunnilingus Orgasm, Penis Masturbation
See the Around the World in 80 Ways review for more information.
Stoya (29yo) and Mickey Mod (36yo): Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 8
Time: 20:20, Date: 2015
Features: Blowjob
See the Around the World in 80 Ways review for more information.
Stoya (29yo) and Steve Holmes (54yo): Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 6
Pleasure ♀, Passion ✓, Balance ✓
Time: 20:12, Date: 2015
Features: Anal, Analingus
See the Around the World in 80 Ways review for more information.
Stoya (29yo) and Wolf Hudson (31yo): Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 4
Pleasure ♀, Passion ♀, Balance ♀
Time: 19:03, Date: 2015
Features: Analingus
See the Around the World in 80 Ways review for more information.
Stoya (29yo) and Wolf Hudson (31yo): Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 9
Time: 20:49, Date: 2015
Features: Anal, Analingus, Cunnilingus Orgasm, Deepthroat
See the Around the World in 80 Ways review for more information.
Stoya (29yo) and Zak Sabbath (39yo): Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 10
Pleasure ♀, Passion ♀
Time: 24:25, Date: 2015
Features: Spanking
See the Around the World in 80 Ways review for more information.
Stoya (29yo) and Zak Sabbath (39yo): Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 11
Time: 21:49, Date: 2015
See the Around the World in 80 Ways review for more information.
Lesbian
Jiz Lee (35yo) and Lily LaBeau (24yo): Graphic Depictions: Scene 1
Pleasure ♀, Balance ♀
Time: 13:45, Date: 2015
Features: Female Ejaculation, Mutual Masturbation
See the Graphic Depictions review for more information.
Threesomes and Moresomes
Ana Foxxx (27yo), Ramon Nomar (41yo), and Toni Ribas (40yo): Graphic Depictions: Scene 5
Balance ✓
Time: 20:53, Date: 2015
See the Graphic Depictions review for more information.
Stoya (29yo), James Deen (29yo), and Seth Gamble: Graphic Depictions: Scene 2
Pleasure ♀, Balance ♀
Time: 11:08, Date: 2015
Features: Cunnilingus Orgasm, Rough Sex
See the Graphic Depictions review for more information.
Stoya (29yo), Mickey Mod (36yo), and Vex Ashley: Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 5
Pleasure ♀, Passion ♀
Time: 24:12, Date: 2015
Features: Cunnilingus Orgasm
See the Around the World in 80 Ways review for more information.
Stoya (29yo), Mickey Mod (36yo), and Wolf Hudson (31yo): Around the World in 80 Ways: Scene 7
Pleasure ♀, Passion ♀
Time: 20:09, Date: 2015
Features: Deepthroat, Double Penetration
See the Around the World in 80 Ways review for more information.
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