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The Lords Of Flatbush, a review by KinkyCyborg

The Lords Of Flatbush



Title:The Lords Of Flatbush
Year: 1974
Director: Stephen Verona, Martin Davidson
Rating: PG
Length: 84 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: Chinese, English, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Other

Stars:
Perry King
Sylvester Stallone
Henry Winkler (1945)
Paul Mace
Susan Blakely

Plot:
Before "Rocky" was a knock-out, before "the Fonz" was TV's "leader of the pack". two unknown actors named Sylvester Stallone and Henry Winkler starred in their first major screen roles. Soon they'd rule the box office and the airwaves, but before they were kings, they were THE LORDS OF FLATBUSH.

Clad in blue jeans, black leather jackets and bad attitudes, Stanley (Stallone), Butchey (Winkler), Chico (Perry King) and Wimpy (Paul Mace) are a 1950s Brooklyn "gang" of four cool, sexy rebels. Despite their tough appearance, these boys just want to have fun, but reality - a.k.a. adulthood - rears its ugly head when Stanley's steady informs him they have to get married, and bule collar Chico falls for a beautiful blonde (Susan Blakely) from the right side of the tracks. A high-octane cruise down memory lane. THE LORDS OF FLATBUSH is "immensely appealing, often hilarious, suprisingly touching and superbly acted." (The Hollywood Reporter)

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Production Notes
Closed Captioned


Don't light a match near their heads... you'll start a grease fire!! 

My wife decided to watch this with me as she always liked watching Happy Days with 'The Fonz'... Henry Winkler looked exactly like the TV character he would portray for many years but really had limited screen time in this film as it followed two parallel stories centered on Sylvester Stallone and Perry King.

It was dated but entertaining, much like an extended episode of Sha-Na-Na with all it's doo-wop music. My favorite line from this one... "Stanley... I'm pregnant. The rubber band didn't work."  I was laughing my ass off.

They don't get much more macho than these slick, rough and tumble 'Lords'. Hell there was so much testosterone exuding from this movie by the time it was over my wife was growing chest hair.

I'm so glad she doesn't read my reviews... 

KC

Rating:

(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on February 21st, 2011)

Blood of Dracula's Castle, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Blood of Dracula's Castle
Year: 1969
Director: Al Adamson
Rating: NR
Length: 84 Min.
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: N/A

Stars:
John Carradine
Paula Raymond
Alexander D'Arcy
Robert Dix
Gene O'Shane
Barbara Bishop

Plot:
A chilling, blood-curdling tale about a young couple that inherits an old castle but finds it already inhabited by a crusty butler, an obsessed killer and a couple of vampires, who kidnap and sacrifice young girls in order to live on and on....

Extras:
Scene Access

My Thoughts:
This movie is in the boxset Gorehouse Greats Collection that I bought a year or so ago. Granted I got the set very cheap... but the quality of this video is more then lacking. There was actually green, blue, red and white  vertical lines off and on through-out the entire movie! I sure hope that the other 11 movies in this set looks better then this one.

I got to say this movie didn't impress me all that much. First of all this is a vampire movie (plus some). And what do we get from the vampires? Sitting around the castle talking and drinking their blood from glasses. This movie looks to me like something that Mystery Science Theater 3000 would use for one of their shows. It would probably be more entertaining then the actual movie! Even with that said... there is some scenes here that peaked my interest... unfortunately when that was the case... they just couldn't keep up with it. Watching this movie from (as I said) the Gorehouse Greats Collection... I have to ask... where is the gore?  Hopefully the other movies in this set won't be so disappointing.



(From The Movies From Within My Lifetime on March 23rd, 2011)

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

13. SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE
Photo finish? A cuddy shot of Superman with a married woman (Lois!) destroys the MAN OF STEEL's wholesome image.

My Thoughts:
This is a good episode. Definitely entertaining. It is basically a story that had to be told the moment that Lois and Clark got together.... an obvious storyline.


14. MEET JOHN DOE
Dirty politics gets a new layer of slime when fugitive-from-the-future Tempus runs for president.

My Thoughts:
As always... the Tempus episodes are good. This is the first of a 2 part episode. Ends in a very good cliffhanger... especially the first time you see the episode.


15. LOIS AND CLARKS
One Tempus, one H.G. Wells, two Clark Kents. add them up and you have time-warp adventure aplenty.

My Thoughts:
A very good conclusion to the last episode. And good to see the character of H.G. Wells in it to come help Lois and Clark. I thought they did a good job bringing the alternate universe's Clark over... but it did almost feel... I don't know... just not quite right on how Clark's parents took the news and accepted him. You would think there should have been plenty of tension there... and that just didn't come through in the episode. But it didn't take away from the story too much.


16. AKA SUPERMAN
A pretty coed with the hots for Superman is sure she's discovered his secret identity - Jimmy Olsen!

My Thoughts:
This one is a pretty good episode... but somewhat standard. And a 97% match of Jimmy Olsen to Superman?... Come on... you got to be kidding me!



(From Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Marathon on August 6th, 2009)