I just posted a little tidbit about Antonio Banderas doing nude scenes as he turns 50 years old, so I thought I’d post a few stills from "The Code" (said movie in which he strips down).

Also known as "Thick as Thieves," "The Code" bypassed theaters and went straight to DVD yesterday. The story follows a veteran thief, Keith Ripley (Morgan Freeman), who recruits a younger crook, Gabriel Martin (Antonio Banderas), to help him pull one final job so he can repay his debt to the Russian mob. But what Ripley doesn’t know is that the younger crook is actually a Miami cop working with the NYPD to bring him to justice.

Gabriel gets involved in a romance with Ripley’s goddaughter, Alexandra (Radha Mitchell). When they get around to pulling the final job, a Russian mobster kidnaps the goddaughter and demands two Faberge eggs stolen in return.

Directed by Mimi Leder (a veteran filmmaker whose credits go back to "China Beach" and "Hill Street Blues"), "The Code" is rated R for sexuality, language and some nudity. With Freeman and Banderas, it sounds like a lovely game of cat-and-mouse shenanigans. Buy it on DVD or Blu-ray.

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Movie stud Antonio Banderas has been known for showing some skin in his movie roles – well, at least taking his shirt off! But as he gets closer to 50, he’s a little leery of getting naked on screen.

Sure, he does it for his love scenes with Radha Mitchell in the upcoming crime drama The Code, but he wasn’t exactly comfortable with it.

He told the New York Post: "It’s always uneasy when you get into bed with a woman on screen. It’s difficult because you have 50 people around, and there are some people who are sensitive to that." 

He said he wanted to be as respectful to Mitchell as possible. "At the same time, I’m nearly 50 years old, and even I start getting more wary of those scenes. Everything changes as you get older - your mind, your body, the way you view the world."

Well, he still looks darn good to me, but I think it would be really weird getting naked onscreen with someone who’s not your real-life partner. All part of the acting process, I guess.

Image: Antonio Banderas as master thief Gabriel in "The Code," courtesy of First Look Studios, photo by Eric Liebowitz; Source: WENN

I love Bruce Willis, but I’m not sure I like seeing him with hair! He’s such a sexy bald guy, and in the "Surrogates" trailer below, there are a few scenes where he’s sporting this goofy 80’s ‘do. At any rate, the movie looks both fun and terrifying (and I like THIS version of him in the photo…).

The story takes place sometime in the future, in a world where humans live in isolation and interact with each other only through surrogate robots (yikes – we’d better ditch the texting and Twitter soon, lest we end up this way). But when surrogates start getting killed, Willis, who plays a cop, has to leave his home for the first time in years to track down the murderer.

The Touchstone/Walt Disney picture hits theaters Sept. 25, 2009, and also stars Rosamund Pike, James Francis Ginty, Boris Kodjoe and Ving Rhames. What do you think of the trailer?

Photo: Stephen Vaughan "©Touchstone Pictures. All Rights Reserved."

If you’re thinking that "Surrogates" must be about surrogate moms, maybe a funny, Amy Poehler-type movie, guess again.

It’s a sci-fi action flick starring Bruce Willis and Radha Mitchell as FBI agents investigating the murder of a college student. The catch: it’s linked to a man creating high-tech surrogates — unflawed robotic versions of people. Just think of the possibilities! Fit, handsome, remotely-controlled machines that assume your life roles, allowing you to stay comfortably in the safety of your own home. 

Hmmm, doesn’t sound that wonderful to me (the concept, that is; the movie sounds ok). I recently watched an episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" with this premise. I guess it’s been done to death, but maybe Willis can breathe new life into it. The Touchstone picture hits theaters Sept. 25, 2009. Also stars Rosamund Pike, James Francis Ginty, Boris Kodjoe and Ving Rhames.