Tuesday 28 April 2009

UK FHM - June 2009

First off, apologies for not posting recently. In truth, the recent issues of FHM haven't really been anything worth posting about. I wouldn't be surprised if it follows Maxim off the shelves.

Well, the May issue is just the usual fare and only worth looking at for Diora Baird and obviously she's on in it to plug the upcoming new Star Trek film. She's in a bikini and she's top heavy which is a slight break from the usual for FHM. Technically, the shoot has some class about it however. It worth a peek at any rate.

There is another shoot in this issue of Alex Breckenridge but she's someone have never heard of before and the shoot is pretty much instantly forgettable. The final other shoot is of Alina Puscau and we get 3 run-of-the-mill bikini shots here promoting her song.

Along with this issue is a supplement of FHM's 100 sexiest women of 2009. I have to say this is one of the worse top ten's in recent memory. Here is the 10 women whom FHM readers supposely have voted for:

10. Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire)
9. Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies)
8. Kristin Kreuk (Smallville)
7. Elisha Cuthbert (24 series 7)
6. Adriana Lima (Supermodel)
5. Keeley Hazell (Page 3 model)
4. Britney Spears (everyone knows who she is, right?)
3. Jessica Alba (Fantastic Four, Sin City)
2. Megan Fox (Transformers, last year's winner)
1. Cheryl Cole (Girls Aloud, pop group, singer?)

Britney Spears came in at fourth after one of her online fan groups skewed the result by voting for her, cue FHM to print a picture of her that is a few years old now. Freida Pinto and Anna Friel, I mean - come on people...?! Megan Fox has done little since Transformers other than removing her top, she does absolutely nothing for me. Jessica Alba has completely fallen off the radar since having her first child, perhaps everyone is reliving the good times by watching 'Into The Blue' and 'Sin City'. Cheryl Cole, a WAG - need I say more... and some would argue including myself that a couple of her bandmates are actually fitter than her. The only women deserving of being in that top 10 list is Adriana Lima and I go as far as to say she should have won it.

Cheers

Friday 30 January 2009

UK FHM - March 2009

Well, this issue of FHM for March did surface after all. I guess word of mouth is a dangerous thing. Maybe the trouble is on the horizon as far as printing FHM goes.

This month it's another wafer thin issue of FHM which features the girl band 'The Saturdays' on the cover (who...?). There is 5 girls in this group. The girls come across very bland and very unremarkable although the shoot looks to have been technically well done with some dynamic lighting. Girls Aloud, they are not however... and the whole fare is somewhat of a disappointment. The only other shoot in the mag is of Madeline Zima, who plays Mia Lewis in Californication. This shoot is better as far as the subject goes, we get the usual fare of bikini shoots and it's also outdoors. Fans of her should like this shoot.

Sadly that's about all that is worthly of note. A wafer thin issue devoid of any notable other content and two shoots for £3.90 is looking like a bad deal at the moment.