Long Hard Nights, the latest serving from director Henri Pachard (his past treats include Babylon Pink and Devil In Miss Jones II) is the first from his new shot-on-video series from Essex. The film's main dish is ultra-sexy Taija Rae, who plays nurse Nora, an expert at an abstract, but very efficient, form of treatment called "hip therapy." Pachard has seasoned the meal with such delectable spices as a kinky lesbo sequence and a champagne bottle that takes part in a unique double penetration. All of the sex scenes are wonderful, with crisp editing and fine video quality.

Alas, poor Pachard was just a bit too generous in one ingredient: a ménage-a-trois oral sex scene is just a bit too long. This is Long Hard Nights' only sour point in an otherwise gourmet affair. Now, if only we could get Taija Rae to get involved with the AVN employee health plan.