Overview:
It's always very refreshing when paysites open up and welcome new users that haven't yet dipped into their emergency savings and ponied up their dues, letting them browse the site with virtually no restrictions; fortunately for you guys, that is the case with Third Movies. You'll be able to surf until your heart's content (well, almost content) and the only major difference between being a paying member and a non-paying visitor is that visitors can't watch full scenes or DVDs, only the trailers. Still, just watching the trailers will give you such a great look inside the members' area that you'll definitely know what you're in for, should you consider signing up. Third Movies is run by 3rd Degree Adult Films, a highly reputable porn production entity that draws some of the industry's top performers and a gawking, gibbering throng of fans from all over the world. Why they've chosen to use the number three so heavily is unknown, but the company's name and reputation are certainly serving their website very well. Just from taking a quick glance at the tour page, newcomers to the 3rd Degree world will realize that they're witnessing something quite special. Tons of fucktastic pornstars are featured in 3rd Degree flicks and you'll find most of them here on Third Movies, including Lisa Ann, Joanna Angel, Eva Angelina, Jenna Haze, and Sasha Grey.

After logging in and hitting the real members' area, you'll notice that grungy, hi-tech page design that you saw in the free section has been carried over, making Third Movies look pretty shithot. The webmasters waste no time in pimping their High Definition movies and certainly seem to be quite proud of them. The main page presents you with a new bulletin feed that keeps you up-to-date with the goings-on at 3rd Degree HQ, a customer feedback poll, a pictorial list of the dozen most recently added scenes, a handful of new DVDs, the most downloaded scenes of the month, featured pornstars, the newest image galleries, six movie categories (anal, big boobs, toys, blowjob, teen, and MILF), and large, enticing links to Black Ice Pass, and ZTOD: Zero Tolerance on Demand - two websites that all Third Movies members can now access for no additional charge. Black Ice focuses on ebony princesses in hardcore scenes while ZTOD is the video-on-demand website of the notoriously nasty Zero Tolerance studio. Both are very welcome additions to the Third Movies membership package.

Finding content on Third Movies is a cinch and can be handled a few different ways: first there's the DVD index, which lists every title on the site (you can also check out the scene index which breaks up the DVDs into four or five parts); then there's a Pornstars roster that gives you details on every woman currently featured in a 3rd Degree movie. As my regular readers will no doubt already know, I loves me a good model index! Where else can you so quickly and effortlessly see the best and worst of any given site? Where else do you have the option of ignoring one of your old favorites because someone new just caught your eye? Nowhere, that's where. The Complete List of Pornstars is alphabetically arranged and gives you the models' name, image, and number of DVDs/scenes. I was very pleased to see my three favorite blonde "A" pornstars on the first page - Alexis Texas, Alicia Rhodes, and Adrianna Nicole - but even more pleased to see at least a dozen other sluts who all look smoking hot. Alyssa Reece stood out from the crowd, largely because of her small, natural tits, so I gave her pic a click and landed on her content page. Here, you'll see links to each one of the models' scenes, with information such as the DVD's title, duration, number of times downloaded, and whether or not each scene is available in HD. Once you've made a selection, just click the preview thumbnail and you're ready to roll.

Videos come to you in a plethora of formats and options, including a high-quality Flash stream that immediately starts playing when you open the page. The Flash looks very good and runs smoothly, but if you want to sample the total range of streaming video capabilities available on Third Movies, you've got 360p MP4, WMV, high and low resolution Flash, and an iPod/iPhone compatible format that's perfect for streaming on-the-go. Downloads come in six format/resolution options: MP4s in 1080p, 720p, and 360p, Xvid AVI, high-res WMV, and, once again, iPod/iPhone format. The obvious winner here is the 1080p MP4 video, which, for those of you unfamiliar with the latest techno-babble, hits a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. At that size, poorly shot videos generally fall to pieces and are exposed as low-rent drivel. Not so with these 3rd Degree scenes; they look absolutely fantastic at this HD resolution and you will not be at all disappointed when you're watching Jenna Haze's asshole pucker after some lucky bastard pulls his cock out for the popshot. This shit looks great!

On the very same page that delivers all this great video content, you'll find a few extra goodies. Other scenes from the same DVD title are linked down the bottom and you can find a list of related scenes and DVDs running down the right-hand side of the page, but the more immediate target is the Picture Gallery. The preview images shouldn't make it difficult to choose between having a quick look at the gallery or taking out the trash and, once inside, you'll find an average of 125 photos all laid out ready to be stared at. Clicking each image will cause it to open in a new navigational window at a resolution of 600x900 pixels. You won't be able to download the whole set in one hit (there's no zip option) but you can sit back and let your hands go to work elsewhere thanks to the available slideshow. The images look very nice but could stand to hit slightly higher resolutions in order to match the newer videos.

Overall, the action depicted on Third Movies is about as good as mainstream hardcore porn gets. You've got gorgeous women fucking big-dicked dudes in all kind of positions that show off the ladies' smoking hot bodies. There isn't a ton of niche content (S&M, latex, and the like) but that's really not what 3rd Degree is about anyway. You will, however, get tons of oral, vaginal, and anal sex in a variety of locations.

A membership to Third Movies will set you back $29.95 each month but if you're still a little unsure, why not try the trial membership option? For $3.95 you'll get full access for three days; long enough to convince anyone that Third Movies is a solid site full of fantastic fuck flicks. Before you rush off to do just that, why not stick around for the rest of the review. Who knows, I might even throw in some more alliteration and 25 cent words to make it seem vaguely intellectual.

Pros:
- Everything you'll see on Third Movies is produced and owned by 3rd Degree Adults Films and won't be found anywhere else.

- There are a ton of tasty pornstars provided for your prurient pleasure, including such luminaries as Bree Olsen, Amy Reid, Lanny Barby and Eva Angelina.

- The design and navigation on Third Movies is excellent.

- The largest HD videos available on Third Movies hit 1920x1080 resolution and look absolutely brilliant!

Cons:
- Updates could stand be to more frequent than one DVD per week.

- Photos should match the impressive resolutions and viewing options provided for video content. Should, but don't.

- $30 is nothing to sneeze at, especially not in these dire financial times. Take the full trial option to see if the site fits your fancy before dropping $30 on the site.

- While quite large, the Third Movies archive doesn't compare to that of more established DVD sites.

Conclusion:
From the first glimpse of the tour page to the deepest recesses of the video archive, Third Movies really delivers some blazing hot hardcore content in a convenient and well-constructed package. The website is easy to use and provides you with a great selection of browsing and searching options; the models are world class and seem to be doing some of their best work here; the newest video content looks simply amazing at a staggering 1920x1080 pixel resolution; and your membership also gives you access to two other DVD viewing/download sites. There's very little to dislike about Third Movies and not much that could be done to improve what is obviously a quality online porn vendor. As long as the update schedule picks up speed and the photo content gets a quality boost, 3rd Degree have a surefire winner on their hands.