I just sat down tonight to watch "Vinyl Dolls", and I'd be kidding myself if I didn't immediately think of the softcore atrocity "Sapphire Girls" while I was watching this.
The Vinyl Dolls are an all-girl rock band. They have a certain sound (lip-synched, of course) that sounds very reminiscent of 80's arena rock. While they do stumble through several songs in this film (and occasionally forget to look like they're playing their instruments), the music serves as the backdrop.
The story begins as the girls lose their lead singer/guitarist right before a string of big shows. Now they have to hold auditions! After everyone but the drummer leaves to get some lunch, in walks Finola. Oh yeah, Nola....a curvy yet mysterious woman with a nice voice and a decent guitar. The rest of the band are sold on her, but what they don't know about is her shady past, which comes back to haunt her in a big way.
Doyle, a guy she used to hang with (and supposedly committed armed robberies with) shows up at one of her shows and wants some drugs he left in the back of her car. Secondly, because of the robberies, Nola is wanted by the cops! A deputy sheriff who frequents the club the Dolls play at now has to play cop and ask a bunch of questions while also keeping his growing feelings for Nola in check. Furthermore, a talent scout from Comet Records has been peeking around the club, sampling the merchandise, and is waving a record contract in Nola's face!!! What are the Dolls to do?? Have lots of sex, of course.
I noticed I haven't talked about the sex yet. Keeping with the recent trend to make softcore sex scenes look as hardcore as possible, the sex in "Vinyl Dolls" was pretty good. In fact, I was impressed with the loud moaning going on--and it wasn't canned noise either. I liked the sex scenes quite a bit. Unfortunately, Beverly Lynne wasn't in enough of them, but the two she was in were fine with me.
The bottom line is this--If you can stand the 80's sounding rock songs and can stop laughing while Beverly Lynne tries her best to be the best bass player ever, this one just might be tapeworthy. The sex scenes may be enough to make the average Skinemax viewer hang around for a while.
Women: B (I'm really warming up to Beverly Lynne. I don't know what it is about her, but with each passing movie, I'm moving her higher on my list. Maybe it's the sheer number of movies she's been in the past few years--I'm not sure. Jezebelle Bond was decent, but the scene stealer was Tiffany Shepis as Nola, the mysterious new lead singer. I don't know where she came from, but I'd sure like to see more of her.)
Sex: B (Solid, very solid. I liked the moaning, and seeing Beverly out of her clothes. A couple of the scenes could've used some more "oomph" which is why I have to take some points off.)
Story: C+ (The struggling-to-get-noticed rock band loses their lead singer and gets a new one with a past. Lots of things happen in the meantime. New singer almost gets busted for armed robbery. Band gets contract. It sounds like an episode of "Behind The Music." It's a nice story, but it's the old "girl band" plot with a few wrinkles thrown in. I wasn't very impressed with the storyline, so off come the points.)
Overall: B- (The filmmakers made good use of Beverly Lynne, having her take her clothes off when it looked like the movie was spinning its wheels a bit. Tiffany Shepis almost stole the movie with her performance, and she looked like the only one who was really into the band scenes. I know they're not really playing or singing, but at least put on a decent show....I know Tiffany did! In short, the sex scenes carried "Vinyl Dolls" and that's why I graded it high, even though it came up short in the story department.)
The Vinyl Dolls are an all-girl rock band. They have a certain sound (lip-synched, of course) that sounds very reminiscent of 80's arena rock. While they do stumble through several songs in this film (and occasionally forget to look like they're playing their instruments), the music serves as the backdrop.
The story begins as the girls lose their lead singer/guitarist right before a string of big shows. Now they have to hold auditions! After everyone but the drummer leaves to get some lunch, in walks Finola. Oh yeah, Nola....a curvy yet mysterious woman with a nice voice and a decent guitar. The rest of the band are sold on her, but what they don't know about is her shady past, which comes back to haunt her in a big way.
Doyle, a guy she used to hang with (and supposedly committed armed robberies with) shows up at one of her shows and wants some drugs he left in the back of her car. Secondly, because of the robberies, Nola is wanted by the cops! A deputy sheriff who frequents the club the Dolls play at now has to play cop and ask a bunch of questions while also keeping his growing feelings for Nola in check. Furthermore, a talent scout from Comet Records has been peeking around the club, sampling the merchandise, and is waving a record contract in Nola's face!!! What are the Dolls to do?? Have lots of sex, of course.
I noticed I haven't talked about the sex yet. Keeping with the recent trend to make softcore sex scenes look as hardcore as possible, the sex in "Vinyl Dolls" was pretty good. In fact, I was impressed with the loud moaning going on--and it wasn't canned noise either. I liked the sex scenes quite a bit. Unfortunately, Beverly Lynne wasn't in enough of them, but the two she was in were fine with me.
The bottom line is this--If you can stand the 80's sounding rock songs and can stop laughing while Beverly Lynne tries her best to be the best bass player ever, this one just might be tapeworthy. The sex scenes may be enough to make the average Skinemax viewer hang around for a while.
Women: B (I'm really warming up to Beverly Lynne. I don't know what it is about her, but with each passing movie, I'm moving her higher on my list. Maybe it's the sheer number of movies she's been in the past few years--I'm not sure. Jezebelle Bond was decent, but the scene stealer was Tiffany Shepis as Nola, the mysterious new lead singer. I don't know where she came from, but I'd sure like to see more of her.)
Sex: B (Solid, very solid. I liked the moaning, and seeing Beverly out of her clothes. A couple of the scenes could've used some more "oomph" which is why I have to take some points off.)
Story: C+ (The struggling-to-get-noticed rock band loses their lead singer and gets a new one with a past. Lots of things happen in the meantime. New singer almost gets busted for armed robbery. Band gets contract. It sounds like an episode of "Behind The Music." It's a nice story, but it's the old "girl band" plot with a few wrinkles thrown in. I wasn't very impressed with the storyline, so off come the points.)
Overall: B- (The filmmakers made good use of Beverly Lynne, having her take her clothes off when it looked like the movie was spinning its wheels a bit. Tiffany Shepis almost stole the movie with her performance, and she looked like the only one who was really into the band scenes. I know they're not really playing or singing, but at least put on a decent show....I know Tiffany did! In short, the sex scenes carried "Vinyl Dolls" and that's why I graded it high, even though it came up short in the story department.)