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The Lost Boys, a review by Tom

The Lost Boys (1987/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (Germany) Director: Joel Schumacher Writing: Janice Fischer (Story By), James Jeremias (Story By), Janice Fischer (Screenwriter), James Jeremias (Screenwriter), Jeffrey Boam (Screenwriter) Length: 93 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.50 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

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Stars:
Jason Patric as Michael
Corey Haim as Sam
Dianne Wiest as Lucy
Barnard Hughes as Grandpa
Ed Herrmann as Max

Plot:
After moving to a new town, two brothers are convinced that the area is frequented by vampires.

Awards:
Won:

Saturn (1987)		Best Horror Film
Young Artist Awards (1988)		Best Young Actor in a Horror Motion Picture (Corey Feldman)
Young Artist Awards (1988)		Teenage Favorite Horror/Drama Motion Picture

Nominated:

Saturn (1987)		Best Costumes (Susan Becker)
Saturn (1987)		Best Makeup (Greg Cannom, Ve Neill, Steve LaPorte)
Saturn (1987)		Best Supporting Actor (Barnard Hughes)
Saturn (1987)		Best Younger Actor (Corey Haim)
Young Artist Awards (1988)		Best Young Male Superstar in Motion Pictures (Corey Haim)

Extras:

• Production Notes
• Scene Access
• Trailers

Even though it has a very 80s feel to it, it otherwise has aged very well. Especially the effects and vampire makeup). It is a very good vampire movie. I was surprised to see Bill from Bill & Ted as a vampire here.

Rating:

(From Tom's Horror Marathon 2012 on October 7th, 2012)

K-20: Legend of the Mask, a review by Tom

K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008/Japan) IMDb | Wikipedia Sunfilm Entertainment, Tiberius Film (Germany) Director: Sata Shimako Writing: Sata Shimako (Writer) Length: 137 min. Video: Widescreen 2.35 Audio: German: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, Japanese: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Subtitles: English, German

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Stars:
Takeshi Kaneshiro
Takako Matsu
Toru Nakamura
Jun Kunimura
Reiko Takashima

Plot:
Its 1949 and World War II never happened. Nikola Tesla has just won a Nobel Prize rather than dying in obscurity and the Japanese Empire is an undying aristocracy where the rich sip tea out of bone china, while the poor die in the gutters. K-20, the Fiend with Twenty Faces, steals from the rich and gives to himself. But now, on the eve of the marriage between society princess, Yoko Hashiba, and chief of police, Kogoro Akechi, the fiend frames simple circus acrobat Hekichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) for his crimes and the poor sap is arrested and sentenced to death. But he escapes at the last minute and assumes the guise of K-20 in order to clear his good name.

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Interviews
• Scene Access
• Trailers
• Wendecover

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on October 30th, 2010)

Smallville Marathon #2, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: Lana tries to get into the "Tri Psi Sorority" at the Met U and gets accepted. But "Tri Psi" isn't like any other sorority anywhere and Clark and Chloe become concerned about their friend.

My Opinion: Great episode! I didn't really notice it before, but this episode was packed with cultural references, especially towards Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It begins with Chloe baptizing the head of the sorority as "Buffy Sanders". James Marsters (Spike in Buffy and Angel) declares in his role as Professor Fine that "there's no such thing as vampires". Then the "Daily Planet"'s editor (Carrie Fisher) calls her "Buffy the Vampire". And when Chloe starts as a reporter in the basement of the "Daily Planet", she declares that she will only go "up, up and away".

Synopsis: Chloe investigates in a murder and Lois helps her with it. The trail leads to Senator Jennings who happens to be an old friend of Jonathan's. He claims that someone tries to frame him and not without good reason. Lex has just entered the race for the Senator's seat.

My Opinion: If the previous episode was a homage to Buffy, this one was definitively a homage to The Dukes of Hazzard. But I have to say that time has been more merciful to John Schneider (Bo Duke in TDoH) than to Tom Wopat (Luke Duke in TDoH).
I really liked this episode, too. Not only because of the references, but also because that entire scene in the night club. I don't know what I would have done in Clark's place.

Synopsis: Clark cuts his finger on a fragment of silver Kryptonite. From now on he's being paranoid that people could reveal his secret and that all people around him will betray him. He attacks his parents, Lex and finally Lana and only Professor Fine seems to be able to stop him.

My Opinion: I like Marsters. He makes an excellent villain. I saw him here on Smallville for the first time. I knew he was Spike in Buffy but at this point I had no real interest in the show. But his acting here convinced me to give it a try.
His plot gave him the perfect foundation to gain Clark's trust. Well done. I also liked it how Clark mixed up real events and imagination during his exposure.

Synopsis: Martha gets struck by something and Clark finds her unconscious on the driveway. Then she develops a weird bruise and Clark fears that his biological father has come to collect. In his fear that he might lose his mother he turns to Professor Fine who actually can help. But he can't stop the infection, just ease the pain. In order to prevent Martha's death Clark has to destroy the "Fortress of Solitude".

My Opinion: Fine played him perfectly. And if one wouldn't knew who Zod really is, who wouldn't believed Fine? We mustn't forget that Clark destroyed his own spaceship because there was a message that said he was sent here to rule this planet. Too bad that Fine's story has ended so soon (for now).
Funny thing is I just found out that the voice of Jor-El belongs to Terence Stamp. Ok, that I knew before now but the name didn't ring any bells until IMDb told me that he was General Zod in Superman II:



But everytime I hear the name "Zod" I cannot help it but to think of Mallrats:



(From Smallville Marathon #2 on June 8th, 2008)