Queen Kelly (DVD)
This film, which traces one woman`s passage from sheltered convent to brothel, has one of the most notorious production histories in all of cinema. Gloria Swanson stars as Kitty Kelly, a young woman who lives quietly in a convent and has her life disrupted when she attracts the attention of a prince; when curtsying to his majesty, her underwear falls down to her ankles! The amused royal kidnaps the girl, but the Queen disrupts the planned interlude, and angrily beats Kelly. Ashamed and upset, Kelly wishes to kill herself. She changes her mind upon receiving a note from her aunt who, unknown to Kitty, runs a whorehouse in East Africa. Kelly sails to Daar-es-Salaam to meet her relative. And that is just the start of a series of surreal adventures including her aunt`s death, a marriage to an old and decrepit man, and the Prince`s reentrance into her life.NR"
Director: Erich Von Stroheim
ACTORS: Gloria Swanson, Walter Byron, Tully Marshall
Cobra (DVD)
A street-tough detective`s no-nonsense approach to law enforcement is tested to the utmost when he single-handedly tackles a marauding band of psycho-bikers who strike randomly. Movie tagline: If crime is the disease, Cobra`s the cure. R"
Director: George P. Cosmatos
ACTORS: Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson
Hip Hop 4 Life (DVD)
A young rapper`s dream to become the best by winning a local contest is interrupted by the everyday life experiences of his ghetto environment. While he tries his best to enhance his rhyming skills, his homeboys and his girlfriend begin to feel a little neglected. He, however is in no mood to set aside his goal of beating the best to become the best in hip hop.PG-13"
Black Belt Theatre Double Feature - Red Wolf/ Awaken Punch (DVD)
Two action packed Hong Kong martial arts films in one package! RED WOLF (1995): Director Yuen Woo-Ping`s (WING CHUN, fight choreography for THE MATRIX and CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON) nautical action film plays like DIE HARD on a cruise ship as Christy Chung gets in a series of brutal fights with ruthless terrorists miles from shore. AWAKEN PUNCH (1973): Fists fly in this rare, early Yuen Woo-Ping classic which is also known as VILLAGE ON FIRE. Chan Sing is a young villager who must eliminate gangsters from his ancestral homeland using his ultimate weapen---the Awaken Punch!NR"
Director: Yuen Woo-ping
ACTORS: Wing Chow, Christy Chung, Kenny Ho, Elaine Lui, Chan Sing
The Naked Kiss (DVD)
In director Fuller`s pure pulp classic, Kelly, a former prostitute, hoping to escape her brutalizing big-city life by moving to a small town, discovers even more depravity in her new, supposedly sanitized environment. When she discovers a shocking murder scene, the townspeople are quick to make accusations based on her past.NR"
Director: Samuel Fuller
ACTORS: Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Virginia Grey, Betty Bronson, Michael Dante
