Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii (1972)

  Pink Floyd performs live at an ancient amphitheater in Italy without any audience. Between the songs, we witness Pink Floyd backstage sharing secrets of their music or just having fun while the camera travels through the psychedelic Italian scenery of Pompeii....
  Adrian Maben, mostly known for his documentaries, directs probably one of the best live performances ever recorded. Pink Floyd performs and the camera wanders among them idly, documenting their faces and their movements while they trip out. An homage to any stoner, any person that daydreams all day, any one that enjoys a psychedelic trip, this film is not only an undoubted truth of Floyd's excellence but also an outstanding trip to the viewer's soul, a cleansing of some sort. Calm grooves and bombing musical outbursts guide you through the outer realm of your mind and let you play there along the beaches of the lonely island that is your existence in out universe...
Must watch this : shut the drapes, get some incense burning, prepare some Jasmine tea, lay down the floor and have this playing. Close your eyes from time to time to help you trip better. After the film, lay still on the floor, eyes shut, this prayer playing and try to find the meaning of your existence. Stop when you think you are going too insane!
Echoes Part I 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069090/ 

You know this is gonna be good...

...

Sing, dogge

 

Friday Foster (1975)

  Friday Foster, a beautiful photographer, witnesses two murders : that of the richest African American and that of her friend. Soon, she finds herself targeted for assassination and teams up with detective Colt Hawkins to uncover one of the biggest political scams...
  Arthur Marks, known TV and exploitation director, brings us another Blaxploitation masterpiece filled with dark and darker twists in the plot. All the Blaxploitation necessities are here to represent ; swinging mood, pimped cars and more pimped clubs, strong women and dangerous men raised up in the hood, gunfights, awesome soundtrack and degradation of the white race! It just doesn't get any better than that but if you are too politically correct, step aside!
  Pam Grier could not be absent from that film, especially not when she has interpreted so many Blaxploitation roles so convincingly! Friday Foster (previously a comic character) is one smart lady that had to be broken out of her soft woman cocoon and take the law in her hands. Legendary Yaphet Kotto stands proudly by her side, bringing a whole new vibe to the film (and not just the pro-feminist vibe of other Grier films) as he portrays his version of hard-mother-fucker-ness!
Must watch this : with a whole bucket of K.F.C and plenty of Southern Comfort on the rocks. Get a lady friend (or your best friends) to watch it with you and after the film chill out with good funky music like that soul-y motherfucker !
Trailer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073019/

Hey gurl, we downstairs aight?

Mothafucka can't you see I am takin' a shower? Damn!

Tell the truth, nigga! Did you steal my dank kush?

The Acid Eaters (1968)

  A group of normal office workers spend their weekends doing the exact opposite of normal ; they have formed a biker gang and they go around killing people, getting drunk, having sex and getting high. Their main target in life is to find the notorious L.S.D pyramid, a 50-foot pyramid made of L.S.D blocks. Little do they know that is also the gateway to hell...
  I know that by reading the plot summary you said "What the fuck?". Don't worry, this is what you would be saying if you were watching the film too. Byron Mabe, known for his weird sexploitation films like that, directs this and he certainly went too far with it! Everything you need is here ; drugs, sex, violence, bikes, more sex and drugs, unexplainable vignettes and the occasional racism to complete the vibe!
  As usual with cash-in films like that, acting is not a big plus. But, as always, it is such a big minus that it becomes such an appealing attribute of the film. If the actors were hired by their skill to make out and look good while at it, then my hat goes off to them! Get your groove on, get your buzz on and get ready to laugh as you watch this!
Must watch this : definitely high or at least a bit drunk! Roll a joint (or two), get a glass of your poison of choice, call up your friends (preferably girls) and get swinging !
Starting sequence
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061329/

So, are you new around here?

Kimosabe approves!

Pyramid of Major Tripping Balls!

Ali G Indahouse (2002)

  Ali G, wannabe gangster from Surrey, and his crew, Da West Staines Massiv, do nothing but bring chaos and anarchy in their little town. All that is about to change when they learn that the local leisure centre is about. To save the center and keep it real, Ali G goes into politics...
  Based on the TV show Da Ali G Show, directed by Mark Mylod and conceived by Sacha Baron Cohen, this film is definitely off the hook. Handling the right dosages of irony, sarcasm and black humor, Ali G manages to rise up to a cult icon of his times and provide some high quality satire. Everything was studied so good (the accents, the slang, the clothing, the ghetto mentality etc) that it makes me think that these people take their satire seriously!
  Sacha Baron Cohen plays Ali G, the loser, no-lifer, wannabe-black gangster whose only occupation is to teach the "Keep It Real" course in the leisure center. What he does, he does so good that at times he becomes the individual that he wants to make fun of! Of course, Martin Freeman could not not be mentioned as Ali's second turned-out-gay hand! Keep it real!
Must watch this : with the dudes, pizza and beer! Before the film do some serious ghetto preparations with dat gangsta tune and after the film go out and dis police on the streets!
Trailer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284837/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Bilbo Baggins representing the hood!

Sssssh! The nation is sleeping...

We gotta do this before fashion police comes

Cherry, Harry & Raquel! (1970)

  Harry, small town sheriff and marijuana smuggler, lives with his girlfriend Cherry while having sex on the side with Raquel and doing deeds with Enrique for Mr. Franklin, a local politician. When a certain "Apache" starts claiming his share on the marijuana market, war breaks out and everyone is left either dead or having sex...
  Russ Meyer in yet another raunchy classic exploitation film! Personalities, characters and profits crash and collide with each other under the influence of the scorching desert sun and the haze of money and weed! Everything you expect from Meyer is there ; fierce violence, buxotic women living for nothing except for seduction, strong men and their vain motives, fast cars and lots of desert dust! Oh yeah, I feel alive just by thinking of it!
  Charles Napier is the corrupt police officer and politician's helping hand, Linda Ashton is his nurse girlfriend and Larissa Ely is lady-of-the-lake Raquel. Bert Santos, John Milo, Frank Bolger and legendary Uschi Digard complete the rest of the cast in their own delinquent way. Cheesy acting, funny at some times but straight edge at other times, this is must watch for any man and woman!
Must watch this : with a good joint, a mojito and a lady that you want to get in bed with.Set the mood with that saucy bastard and some psychedelic dancing. If the combination doesn't help you I really don't know what can!
Something close to a trailer 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064160/ 

I haven't had sex since 1987, so don't get me no shit, all right?

My lucky day or what?

Shit, and it's Jack Herer!

20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)

  The first spaceship sent to Venus crash-lands off the coast Sicily while carrying a very peculiar specimen of what seems to be alien form of life, entrapped in a green hard goo. A lizard-like creature soon escapes out of the goo and starts roaming free on Earth, maximizing in size with the help of the oxygen and spreading chaos wherever it stands...
  A more than interesting piece of old-school Sci-Fi from the forgotten 50's, this film was directed by Nathan Juran. More important, though, is the fact that this film employs the amazing skills of Ray Harryhausen in the art of stop-motion animation. It may not be computer-aided, HD animation but it certainly gets its thing done, leaving you scared shitless of the monster (as I imagine people were back then)!
  The main protagonist here is none other than the monster itself but still William Hopper, military and fearless stud, and Joan Taylor, old-school Sci-fi scream queen, still a bit of its glory. The two actors fall in love while fighting the monster (wow I did not see that coming) but my best feelings go tot the monster. It just wants to break stuff and chill out and these motherfuckers don't let it be. I mean, it traveled 20 million miles for it...
Must watch this : on a laid-back Sunday, right after the barbeque, with a cool beer in your hand and your girl sleeping on your laps. Feel totally relaxed and Zen while being careful not to scare her with the monster...
Trailer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050084/

Mmmmm, how much cash can I make out of that shit?!

Who's a pretty monster? You are, you are!

Hey guys, wanna play fetch?

Erik the Conqueror (1961) a.k.a Gli Invasori

  A Viking invasion in Britain in the 9th century does not go too well. Two boys, brothers, are brutally separated and raised apart, one by the Vikings and the other by the British. 20 years later, during the war for the control of England, the two brothers meet again as rivals in a sudden twist of faith...
  Mario Bava in his old-school sword-and-sandal style once again. And once again the result is pretty good. Combining his love for the gothic and heroic sagas, Bava blesses this film with amazing colors, settings and costumes, the later of which may not be too precise chronologically but who cares! The action flows violently, the arrows pierce the sky, it's time for the barbarians to take over!
  As the film circles around the two brothers, Giorgio Ardisson and Cameron Mitchell become the center of the attention. We get some high class acting right here especially from Mitchell who appears fierce and brutal in every way. Andrea Checchi is the man htat becomes their arch enemy and a slimy motherfucker indeed! And since this film is Italian, it wouldn't count without Alice Kessler and Ellen Kessler, sisters in reality and in film, who each get their piece of that Viking pie!
Must watch this : on a lazy summer morning with a freddo cappuccino and fruits for breakfast. The sea scenes will make you want to swim so, after the film, go to the nearest beach and go nuts!
Trailer 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055022/ 

Damn! This is cold!

Voting procedures in Viking tradition

Shit, man! Where did you get that tattoo? It's so rad!

 

The Velvet Vampire (1971)

  Married but promiscuous Lee and his beautiful wife meet a mysterious vixen in an art show and they are invited to her house in the desert. Careless and free, they just want to have fun but they are soon to find the dark secrets that this desert house holds for them...
  Stephanie Rothman, one of the few women that thrived in the genre of low-budget drive-in flicks, directs this interesting piece of erotic horror. Drenched in the era's hippie free-mindedness and endowed with a cool, saucy soundtrack, this movie may appear like any other of its kind but has a different vibe to it. The desert settings make a nice change for a horror film and the erotic triangle that emerges really set the film off!
  Michael Blodgett is the blonde guy in the middle, Sherry Miles being his dimwitted but gorgeous wife and Celeste Yarnall being the mature temptress that spices things up. All three work out well for such a film and it is really amazing that they all have that stoned-out, I-have-done-way-more-acid-than-I-should-have look in their eyes!
Must watch this : on a lazy, hot summer night with the company of two open-minded lady friends and a hefty amount of cool cocktails (you stick to Black Russians). You never know where it might get!
Trailer 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067929/ 

Drivin'

You gonna jump in or what?

Eh, I think you bite way to hard...Stop!

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

  Detective Sherlock Holmes and his (more than) assistant find themselves after a vicious nobleman with a killing intent and an affection for black magic. Soon they will discover that greater forces are in power and in order to save England they will need to do more than they bargained for...
  Guy Ritchie, you sneaky bastard, you have done it again! Combining the British character and essence of this classic novel hero with his own unique directing skills, Guy Ritchie presents us with an excellent depiction of Holmes. Exaggerating at some times, overdoing it at some other times but still the result is totally worth the trouble.
  Robert Downey Jr. as the world famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, may have been the best choice. Downey's overflowing ego and intellect brings a whole new swag for Holmes' legend. In combination with Jude Law, the steady but daring friend and colleague that hold Holmes in one piece. Praise-worthy performance by the entire cast and to the people that worked with settings and costumes. One of the few American films that are not too American!
Must watch this : after a crazy night of partying, fighting and drinking. Get a Bloody Mary (or hair of the dog that bit you), enjoy the film and then proceed to do some gymnastics with that rebellious bastard playing!
Trailer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988045/

Fuck, I'm high!

You know, Watson, if you get married I will kill myself !

I told you!

Yojimbo (1961)

  A wandering ronin arrives in a small town that has plunged into ruination after two opposite gangs have settled there. The ronin finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war and has to pick sides. Eventually he chooses the right side, his own...
  Critically acclaimed Akira Kurosawa directs this classic Jidaigeki (a.k.a period drama) and God damn if this isn't good! Considered by many the point of reference (alongside other films of the genre) for many outstanding spaghetti westerns, this film pays respect to the forgotten ways of master-less samurais and their times. Amazing settings and costumes,incredible atmosphere (it's like time-travel) and a story as heavy as the hero's balls!
  Any Japanese film that respects itself has a cast that respects itself too. Thankfully, that's the deal with this film too! Toshirô Mifune plays an incredible macho ronin with a glance as scary as a samurai demon and rage as fierce as the Japanese wind. By his side, an amazing,  highly acclaimed cast from which Tatsuya Nakadai stands out, as the arch enemy and only worth opponent of the hero.
Must watch this : on a windy autumn night, with the wind howling wildly out your window. Dim the lights, have some incense burning, get a cup of Japanese herbal tea and a bigger cup of sake. Let the liquids drown you slowly in the film's mood while you seek to find your inner vicious man inside you!
Trailer 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055630/ 

Damn, you big!

Gotcha!

That's right, ladies. Panties be dropping down slowly!

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

  Alex, a delinquent young man in a dystopian Britain, likes to take drugs and commit random violent crimes every night with his gang. When he is finally imprisoned, he becomes the guinea pig of a new rehabilitation treatment that more or less has him brainwashed...
  Stanley Kubrick needs no special introduction, especially not when he has directed such film. Artsy in its essence, visually heavy and violent in its mood and even heavier in the processing of its story, this film combines the era's psychedelic/chaotic mood with conspiracy theories and fear for the future. Certainly not a film for immature viewers.
  Malcolm McDowell does an excellent job portraying the character of Alex in every sense. There are times that you can actually witness the satisfaction of crime and the devilish fire in the eyes of the actor, something that truly surprised me! The movie revolves around this character so no actual place is left for other actors to unwind. Even so, you get the sense that no actor was in the cast by luck...
Must watch this : with the friends with whom you talk about all the serious shit that you can't talk with anyone else (afterlife, politics, conspiracies, para-psychology etc). Get some sweet alcohol, cigarettes and a dark room and let the movie take you in its uncomfortable trip.
Trailer 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/ 

Signs of adolescent criminality

Muff-diving in troubled waters...

Fuck the police!

 

Friday the 13th (1980)

  Young girl Annie is hired to work at Camp Crystal Lake. She and the rest of the camp counselors make the needed preparations for the camp's reopening. Little do they know that someone is lurking in the woods to get his revenge...
  Sean S. Cunningham directs this notable classic 80's slasher piece. Friday the 13th alongside with Nightmare on Elm street set out to become two of the most high-grossing horror franchises, uplifting the slasher genre to higher grounds. Uniquely atmospheric and quietly ominous, this movie is sure to give you the chills.
  Though not something exceptional, acting in this film is slightly better than the rest of its kin. Adrienne King proves to be a rather good and cute scream queen while Betsy Palmer is psychotically scary even in her small appearance.Robbi Morgan  and young Kevin Bacon fill up the rest of the seats!
Must watch this : on a hot summer night, on the balcony, with cool iced tea and your girl. Be the man of the situation and hug her as she gets scared but try to hide your own fears as well. Then, go to the woods and try to have the most scared-scary sex of your lives!
Trailer 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080761/ 

Nice outfit, bro. No homo!

"Just some Jehova's witnesses..."

I hope she didn't have an axe-i-dent

A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

  A group of teenagers in a small American town start having very vivid nightmares. They discover that all of them dream of the same man, a slim figure with a burned face and blades on his fingers. When the dreams start getting too real, the truth must come out...
  Wes Craven was already a known reference in his genre when directed this classic film. Exploiting the scary realm of dreams, this film builds up a fantastic atmosphere with thrilling action and lots of blood all along the way. The horror essence of this film lies beautifully on making you think what if it happened to you and it is probably why it was so successful!
  Young Johnny Depp in his big early steps along with Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss and some other people. The acting is somewhat disappointing (for my taste), especially when you get a story like that to acto on. Classic American acting with no sharp edges or waves, just what you paid for ! But don't let that draw you off this film. It is worth the time anyway!
Must watch this : with the entire year from your high school as part of reunion. When everyone remembers how making out feels like, you will get your chance to kill everyone you didn't like back then. Hue hue hue hue!
Trailer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087800/

Who der?

I need a manicure so badly!

Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Hammered