Watch Chastity Online

Chastity (1969)Chastity (1969)iMDB Rating: 5.0
Date Released : 24 June 1969
Genre : Drama, Romance
Stars : Cher, Barbara London, Stephen Whittaker, Tom Nolan
Movie Quality : HDrip
Format : MKV
Size : 870 MB

Download Trailer Subtitle

Go on a cross country adventure with Cher in her first dramatic film, Chastity. Chastity ('Cher') is a lonely young girl who is hitchhiking across the country in hopes of finding someone to love her and make her forget her disturbed past. She does find love with a man whom she calls Andre ('Stephen Whittaker'). Chastity feels that the relationship is getting too serious so she decides to run. She goes to Mexico where she starts working at a whorehouse, there she befriends the strange lesbian owner (Barbara London). Chastity is looking for a mother figure in the woman, but the woman has different feelings for Chastity. She soon realizes that this is not the life for her and decides to return to Andre and try to start a new normal life. Things are good, but not for long as Chastity's dark disturbed past will never let her feel loved by anyone.

Watch Chastity Trailer :

Review :

A film that should make its way out of obscurity: Sonny Bono's last testament of the 1960s is a low-budget but respectable piece of filmmaking.

Sonny Bono, in his autobiography "And the Beat Goes On," maligned his own debut as a writer/producer of serious cinema. But "Chastity" does not deserve a bad reputation: on the contrary, the film is a well-thought out and entertaining exploration of a runaway (played engaging by Cher in her first film as a dramatic actress) trying to discover herself, and in the process, find out what life is all about.

While at times the film strives to be a little too philosophical (it is clear that Bono wanted to make a statement), the film is both visually and aurally creative. From the opening sequence in which a montage of Chastity's thoughts flash through a sketch of her profile and the subsequent telephoto shot of her running towards the camera (she wants to go somewhere - but ends up going nowhere!), to the scene in which she wanders through a Mexican brothel, "Chastity" always keeps the viewer interested in the film itself, and more importantly - caring about its young protagonist.

The film is low budget - and possibly due to casting constraints some of the actors seem rather stiff - but overall the low budget helps to give "Chastity" more of a realistic look. The movie was obviously not filmed on sets - but instead on real locations - and the camerawork at times even gives it a "cinema verite" feel.

Of course, Sonny Bono was primarily a song writer and producer, and his use of music (most of which he wrote) is creative. The title theme is a haunting, beautiful composition that must have been influenced by Ennio Morricone and the music he wrote for Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns. For those who may be familiar with the Atco soundtrack album, the music works very nicely in the context of the film.

In any case, "Chastity" is no masterpiece, but it is an entertaining (though downbeat) film that deserves to make its way onto a commercial video release. Bono deserves a lot of credit for writing, producing and scoring the film (and according to his autobiography he even edited a good portion of it). And as the soundtrack is out of print, it would give the viewer the opportunity to hear the Bono theme music and the classic opening tune "Band of Thieves."

Streaming Riot Online

Riot (1969)Riot (1969)iMDB Rating: 6.1
Date Released : 12 May 1969
Genre : Drama
Stars : Jim Brown, Gene Hackman, Mike Kellin, Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Movie Quality : HDrip
Format : MKV
Size : 700 MB

Download Trailer Subtitle

A riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Shot on location at Arizona State Prison.

Watch Riot Trailer :

Review :

" Don't wait for me. I'll be here for one hundred years "

Every prison throughout the world, whether state or Federal is an enclosed pressure cooker capped by an ever tightening lid of anger, hate and frustration. Within the walls are a collection of unruly, unpredictable, undisciplined gathering of misfits, murderers and anti-social types. For the most part they are watched and guarded so they do not escape their confinement which is the location for the film called " Riot. " Jim Brown stars as Cully Briston with Gene Hackman as Red Fraker. Although, Cully is to be released in a couple of months, 'Red' and his fellow inmates stage a small takeover in the infirmary which spills over to the detention ward. Having little to do with the initial incident, Cully nevertheless becomes part of the escalating situation when he helps his friends. Gerald O'Loughlin, plays one of the more contentious prison guards who has been throwing his weight around for years in the prison, suddenly feigns sickly and fragile in the face of death. Meanwhile, the Warden who has been vacationing, returns and orders the prisoners to cease and desist. As he prepares to send in his Riot-Squads, the prisoners plan on escaping with an Indian guide called Surefoot. (Ben Carruthers) The seconds tick away and the situation becomes hopelessly unmanageable. The Warden, the Guards and the prisoners all await the next turn of events. Strong character drama from Brown, Hackman and Mike Kellin give this feature a realistic aura and one sure to make high drama for the audience. Good Film and one of the best performances for Jim Brown. ****

La vacanza (1971)La vacanza (1971)iMDB Rating: 7.1
Date Released : 5 April 1972
Genre : Drama
Stars : Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, Leopoldo Trieste, Corin Redgrave. Medieval drama in which Redgrave plays an allegedly insane woman who is allowed to finally leave the madhouse to see if she is capable of functioning normally. Her parents pay no attention to her and eventually sell her to a creditor. En route she escapes and runs into a poacher. She explains her terrible situation via flashback. He feels sympathetic and so the two head off for many free-flowing ..." />
Movie Quality : HDrip
Format : MKV
Size : 700 MB

Download Trailer Subtitle

Medieval drama in which Redgrave plays an allegedly insane woman who is allowed to finally leave the madhouse to see if she is capable of functioning normally. Her parents pay no attention to her and eventually sell her to a creditor. En route she escapes and runs into a poacher. She explains her terrible situation via flashback. He feels sympathetic and so the two head off for many free-flowing adventures.

Watch La vacanza Trailer :

Review :

VACATION (Tinto Brass, 1971) **

Clearly not having learned my lesson recently with Tinto Brass' head-scratching THE HOWL (1970), I decided to try my luck again with another film of his from the same period and along the same lines (and which I acquired from the same source). For some reason, I was led to believe that this was going to be a medieval fable but that illusion was soon dispelled from the get-go with the appearance of a limo coming to pick up mental patient Vanessa Redgrave on her way to the titular 'event'. Forty years on, it is hard to fathom what the appeal of these free-wheeling, politically-orientated, socially-conscious and sexually-aware diatribes (of which there were several from all over Europe) ever was; in this case, one would hope that Franco Nero, Vanessa and Corin Redgrave at least enjoyed some good grass while making it because, the knowledge that they agreed to do it while in the full possession of their cognitive faculties, would certainly reflect unfavorably on their taste in choice of material! Having said that, VACATION is, if at all possible, even more impenetrable than THE HOWL...but the charismatic presence of the trio of actors somehow makes the entire ungodly mixture ever so slightly more palatable. Upon arriving home from the clinic, Redgrave (who reads the lines herself in broken Italian) meets up with her bizarre family – who is prone to making godawful animal noises at table and pelt the girl with everything that comes handy. Shown the door, she embarks on a road trip which sees her encounter bird-watching tramp Nero and bicycling English gentleman Corin (also mouthing his own dialogue, I did not instantly recognize him made up as he was with glasses and hat) who somehow presides over a rambling group of grotesque whores. In the midst of all this, Redgrave also takes to narrate to Nero and enact that elusive (and utterly pointless) medieval fable, gets jailed and interrogated by poor Leopoldo Trieste and, in perhaps the film's highpoint, witnesses at the climax sic the whores' 'orgasmic' striking while sitting at their weaving machines in a factory!! For what it is worth, the blind madam and Nero both get shot (by the elite gentry and the Police respectively), some nudity is on display (given Brass' involvement that was inevitable), Vanessa also gets to plaintively sing a couple of songs in Italian (with THE HOWL's Gigi Proietti lending his vocals to the closing track)...but who really cares? The print I watched was sourced from an old Italian VHS that sported overly soft visuals and a terminally hiss-laden soundtrack that made the film that much of a chore to sit through. Ultimately, the biggest mystery surrounding this film (more than any grandiose satirical-surreal concept) is how it managed to get named "Best Italian Film" at the Venice Film Festival (during an enigmatic 12-year period in which no official prizes were awarded by the Biennale).

Watch Three Crosses Not to Die Online

Three Crosses Not to Die (1968)Three Crosses Not to Die (1968)iMDB Rating: 6.1
Date Released : 23 November 1968
Genre : Western
Stars : Craig Hill, Giovanni Cianfriglia, Ida Galli, Pietro Tordi
Movie Quality : HDrip
Format : MKV
Size : 700 MB

Download Trailer Subtitle

Jerry, Reno and Paco are in prison, where they meet a young Mexican man who claims he has been convicted for a crime he hasn't committed. Mysteriously, the three men are released of prison and proceed to prove the Mexican man's innocence.

Watch Three Crosses Not to Die Trailer :

The Chairman (1969)The Chairman (1969)iMDB Rating: 5.6
Date Released : 1 July 1969
Genre : Action, Drama, Thriller
Stars : Gregory Peck, Anne Heywood, Arthur Hill, Alan Dobie. An American scientist is sent to Red China to steal the formula for a newly developed agricultural enzyme. What he is not told by his bosses is that a micro-sized bomb has been planted in his brain so that should the mission ever look likely to fail, he can be eliminated at the push of a button!" />
Movie Quality : BRrip
Format : MKV
Size : 700 MB

Download Trailer Subtitle

An American scientist is sent to Red China to steal the formula for a newly developed agricultural enzyme. What he is not told by his bosses is that a micro-sized bomb has been planted in his brain so that should the mission ever look likely to fail, he can be eliminated at the push of a button!

Watch The Chairman Trailer :

Review :

Forgiven

I am interested in Hollywood movies about China all the time. 55 Days in Beijing, Seven Years in Tibet, Red Corner... I happened to see the Chairman and bought it without any hesitation. But, it turned out to be a complete disappointment not because performance and scenery but true China. In fact, I hate Mao's dictatorship in Red China, however, apparently, American people didn't and could't know much about Red China in 1969. In this movie, the starting music made me believe it was about Japan, what's worse, the Japanese-style-music was all through the movie. And, in 1969, Americans could not find anyone who can speak Mandarine well. What they could find was some Hong Kong-accent guys whose Mandarine made me confused and giggle. When I saw the Chairman, I realized the worst part began. Mao Zedong became much shorter and less-arrogant. He spoke English! Others Mandarine. From the very beginning, I could not find any clues about China Mainland. Everything was falsed too bad. I wondered if you shot the movie without getting a Chinese as a history adviser.

Watch Pyar Hi Pyar Online

Pyar Hi Pyar (1969)Pyar Hi Pyar (1969)iMDB Rating: 7.0
Genre : Romance
Stars : Vyjayanthimala, Dharmendra, Pran, Helen. In order to win the heart of the beautiful Kavita, Vijay Pratap decides to masquerades as a wealthy industrialist and does succeed in winning Kavita's heart but Kavita has another charming admirer, Satish Raj, whose way-ward behavior cannot be understand by Kavita. But when he finds out about Kavita and Vijay's love he trys to create misunderstandings between the two, and does succeed in doing so..." />
Movie Quality : BRrip
Format : MKV
Size : 870 MB

Download Trailer Subtitle

In order to win the heart of the beautiful Kavita, Vijay Pratap decides to masquerades as a wealthy industrialist and does succeed in winning Kavita's heart but Kavita has another charming admirer, Satish Raj, whose way-ward behavior cannot be understand by Kavita. But when he finds out about Kavita and Vijay's love he trys to create misunderstandings between the two, and does succeed in doing so and the couple split. He also gets to know the truth about Vijay and will choose all out effort to expose him.

Watch Pyar Hi Pyar Trailer :

Streaming Tarzán en la gruta del oro (1969) Online

Tarzán en la gruta del oro (1969)Tarzán en la gruta del oro (1969)iMDB Rating: 5.3
Date Released : 12 June 1969
Genre : Adventure
Stars : Steve Hawkes, Kitty Swan, Krista Nell, Ugo Sasso. Zan (Tarzan in some subtitled versions) helps the Amazons defeat two gangsters who wished to take over a sacred gold treasure from the women's tribe. There are extensive views of the Central America jungle, and several tough battles between the young Amazons and the evil pirates." />
Movie Quality : BRrip
Format : MKV
Size : 700 MB

Download Trailer Subtitle

Zan (Tarzan in some subtitled versions) helps the Amazons defeat two gangsters who wished to take over a sacred gold treasure from the women's tribe. There are extensive views of the Central America jungle, and several tough battles between the young Amazons and the evil pirates.

Watch Tarzán en la gruta del oro Trailer :

Review :

European cult cinema cannot be better than this!

I watched this movie when I was a kid. I've been in love with it ever since, and today I find it even better for each time I view it.

This is a personal favorite, and I rate it higher than any other adventure movie I've seen. Steve Hawkes is the best and coolest Tarzan ever, Kitty Swan the best jungle queen, Marcello Giombini the best composer (how I wish I could come across the original soundtrack of this one) and Manuel Caño is my favorite Spanish director.

When I was a kid - I liked this one a whole lot more than other more classic Tarzan-movies, and my opinion today is the same (only stronger).

Whatever people might say about authorized or unauthorized Tarzans - Steve Hawkes will alway be the #1 Tarzan to me, and this one is without a doubt the very best of his two Tarzan-movies.

If anyone has the Spanish or Portuguese version and wants to sell it to me. Please drop me an e-mail (andreas@brus-online.com). I "only" have the Swedish, Greek and Norwegian prints.

Viimne reliikvia (1969)Viimne reliikvia (1969)iMDB Rating: 8.1
Date Released : 16 July 1971
Genre : Adventure, History, Romance
Stars : Aleksandr Goloborodko, Ingrid Andrina, Elza Radzina, Rolan Bykov. A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants going on. To secure its safety a monastery chases for a relics of a holy Brigitte. A nobleman promises to get it if he gets beautiful Agnes as a reward. But she fells in love with a handsome adventurer. The monastery has to act shrewd now and play double game. The movie is still the best ..." />
Movie Quality : HDrip
Format : MKV
Size : 700 MB

Download Trailer Subtitle

A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants going on. To secure its safety a monastery chases for a relics of a holy Brigitte. A nobleman promises to get it if he gets beautiful Agnes as a reward. But she fells in love with a handsome adventurer. The monastery has to act shrewd now and play double game. The movie is still the best achievement of the Estonian cinema. Based on a novel.

Watch Viimne reliikvia Trailer :

Review :

An OK movie

I really loved this movie when I was a kid, but now I don't see how I could think of it as nearly perfect at that time. Don't get me wrong, although I have to admit that it seems funny or goofy or unrelated to the novel at some parts I still think the movie is great. I like such historical movies; and movies of the era that "Viimne Reliikvia" is situated in especially. One of my favorite genres is adventure and fight-for-independence, so that's another reason why I like it(although fight-for-independence or something similar isn't listed in "Viimne Reliikvia" genres I think it should be; Gabriel and his men are definitely fighting for independence). For everybody else I suggest that you watch the movie, but of course what you think about it is your own concern.

Am I Trying (1969)Am I Trying (1969)iMDB Rating: 7.1
Date Released : 18 July 1974
Genre : Drama, Comedy, Romance
Stars : Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Sachiko Mitsumoto, Chishû Ryû." />
Movie Quality : BRrip
Format : MKV
Size : 700 MB

Download Trailer Subtitle

Watch Am I Trying Trailer :

Review :

A movie that is like a microcosm of Japanese psyche

Where character of Tora-san came out is an interesting topic. The huge success of this series of course owes a lot to the great talent of actor Kiyoshi Atsumi, and director and screen writer Yoji Yamada, but something about this story must hit close to home in the minds of Japanese audience.

Tora-san is as imperfect as a human can get. Yet, he has no ill intentions to anyone he meets which makes him endearing to the audience. Also the culture of down town Tokyo is very special. Although people may not be rich or refined in modern ways, they genuinely care and look after each other, while holding to their tradition.

Perfection is obvious in the story and cinematography presented by director Yoji Yamada. In some ways he shot some of the most beautiful scenes of his career in this series.

This movie was conceived due to two events which precedes its creation. First was another movie starring Kiyoshi Atsumi called Haikei tenno heika sama (Dear His Majesty) which he made stellar performance in, and idea of using Atsumi in a similar role was conceived. The other was the TV drama version of this story where in the end Tora dies from a poison snake bite. The ending of this series was hugely unpopular with the audience, and this movie series was born with non-tragic ending for Tora-san in each episode. Initially the series was to conclude after five episodes, but due to its popularity, it continued for 48 episodes (Yoji Yamada's plan was to shoot 50 episodes, but it ended by Atsumi's untimely death).

By watching this series, you will understand the underpinning of Japanese culture better than any class in sociology can give. The brisk exchange between the characters, quick tempered brawls, who cares attitude, self pity, abandonment, sense of obligation which are all unique to the Japanese society. Although Japan now wears a facade of modernization, in its roots is the feeling like those of the people in this movie. It embodies the modern representation of what the Japanese call "Naniwa Bushi".

The movie is all star cast including Takashi Shimura, Chishu Ryu, future stars of J-drama like Daisaku Akino, and Gin Maeda. Stellar performance by Cheko Baisho as Sakura, and Sachiko Mitsumoto adds to the story.

The seminal episode of Tora-san movie is a delight to watch both from the story, and its beauty.

Watch Once You Kiss a Stranger... Online

Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969)Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969)iMDB Rating: 5.7
Date Released : 12 November 1969
Genre : Thriller
Stars : Paul Burke, Carol Lynley, Martha Hyer, Peter Lind Hayes
Movie Quality : HDrip
Format : MKV
Size : 870 MB

Download Trailer Subtitle

Jerry, a Southern California golf pro is the target for Diana a disturbed young woman who desires the death of her shrink, who alone realizes her psychotic potential and seeks to have her committed. She suggests to Jerry that they "swap" murders - she'll kill his golf rival and he'll reciprocate by killing her psychiatrist. When she holds up her half of the bargain, she expects him to follow through with his end.

Watch Once You Kiss a Stranger... Trailer :

Review :

Strangers on the golf course

A pointless ,useless "remake":although he modified Highsmith's novel,-he told it so in the foreword he wrote for the novel-Hitchcock kept the essential and produced a classic thriller you can watch again and again,with lots of memorable scenes (the murder seen on the glasses,the keys,the merry-go-round which goes crazy,and more).Plus a first-class performance by Robert Walker.

"Once you kiss a stranger" keeps the last word,but there's no more train ,the action takes place in the world of golf;why not after all? But by doing so ,without any suspense ,with a dreadful cast (Carol Lynley as a woman-child is so weird we do not know if she seriously plays or she's having fun with a stupid part of a girl who wants to get rid of her shrink -if you kill my shrink,I will do away with the top golf champion,and you will be number one!-,the director produced one of the worst thrillers of all time.

It's to state the obvious to write that you'd better choose "strangers on the train" (1951).As for Lynley ,take "Bunny Lake is missing" instead.

Sara Akash (1969)Sara Akash (1969)iMDB Rating: 7.7
Date Released : 21 April 2000
Genre : Drama
Stars : Madhu Chakravarty, Nandita Thakur, Rakesh Pandey, Dina Pathak
Movie Quality : BRrip
Format : MKV
Size : 870 MB

Download Trailer Subtitle

Agra-based collegian Samar Thakur, lives in a joint family consisting of his dad, mom; brother Amar and his wife; as well as a married sister, Munni, who has been estranged from her husband. His parents force him to marry Prabha, who is a matriculate, much to his chagrin as this interferes with his future plans. The marriage does take place, and he soon finds that she is not only incompatible with him, but also not well versed in household chores - leading to arguments, abuse and neglect - that may result in the end of this marriage.

Watch Sara Akash Trailer :

Review :

Relationship that starts with love or hate, with time the opposite is more true!

An authentic view of a lower middle class Indian family set in the fifties. Its about a young immature man's (with political ambition) turmoil when forced into arranged marriage. The generation gap between young and old, the jealousies of women in the family, the difference between the domesticated and the rebellious are well depicted. On one side it's a satire on how unprepared young minds are forced into marriage, on the other side how two strangers locked into matrimony slowly discover each other. An obscure movie with a lot of class!

Fei yan jin dao (1969)Fei yan jin dao (1969)iMDB Rating: 6.9
Date Released : 19 July 1969
Genre : Action, Drama
Stars : Hua Yueh, Ping Chin, Ching Tang, Hsiung Chao." />
Movie Quality : HDrip
Format : MKV
Size : 870 MB

Download Trailer Subtitle

Watch Fei yan jin dao Trailer :

Review :

Hokey Old, Old School Swordfighter Film

Meng Hua Ho is known for some of the more outrageous Shaw films, Black Magic, The Flying Guillotine, Oily Maniac, Mighty Peking Man and a slew of extreme horror films. Here he doing a standard wuxia film.

The leader of a security firm in ancient China, Li Zhishan, returns home to his wife and young daughter after a year away on a job. During that time his wife has been fooling around with the leader of the rival security firm, the Vicious Long Brothers, who have more crime than security on their agenda. The leader finds himself ambushed by his rivals but he suddenly pulls out the amazing Golden Dragon Blade which shatters all other swords. The evil firm retreats but Li Zhishan's wife blinds him with poison and her lover returns with his cronies. Li loses the Golden Blade and is gravely wounded. He barely escapes with his daughter and a servant. On the run from the Long Brothers, Li is rescued by a kindly herbalist and his young grandson. Unfortunately the Long gang is relentless and only when the elderly herbalist reveals his incredible swordmanship are the group able to escape again. They hide in the mountains. Twenty years pass and Li's daughter has grown into an excellent twenty something sword fighter. So has the herbalist's son. All seems idyllic until the day the daughter want to go to town for the first time. Unfortunately Li grants permission and sure enough his ex-wife and the Long brothers are still up to no good there. And to make it complicated Li has told his daughter that her mother died. And so it goes.

I have never been a fan of director Meng Hua Ho's work. He is good at finding outrageous stories (examples stated earlier) but his directorial skill is haphazard at best. Lots of bad editing and clumsy set-ups. The music in this film is non-stop and just hokey. It turns acceptable scenes into bad scenes. There are some odd plot devices. When Li reveals his sword, the bad guys know it's name immediately but seem to not know that the sword will smash their weapons. Later when a newly made super blade is revealed for the first time, everyone seems to know it's name as well! The melodrama was bad enough that I contemplated stopping the film but the pacing is snappy enough that I watched all the way through. The fight scenes are pure stage and very unbelievable. Ten bad guys all swing their swords at the same spot and a good guy stops all ten blades at once with his sword and then flings all the bad guys aside, that sort of fighting. It's fun but crude compared to what was to come from the Shaw company in a few years. There is a scene with more miniature effects then I've ever seen in Shaw film.

This was the sort of old fashioned sword film that Bruce Lee blew away a few years later with his new style of martial art movie fighting. You might like it but I can't really recommend it.

Streaming Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969) Online

Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969)Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969)iMDB Rating: 7.2
Date Released : 2 June 2008
Genre : Drama
Stars : Kôji Tsuruta, Bunta Sugawara, Ryôhei Uchida, Noboru Andô. Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor." />
Movie Quality : BRrip
Format : MKV
Size : 700 MB

Download Trailer Subtitle

Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor.

Watch Japan Organized Crime Boss Trailer :

Review :

"Once a yakuza, always a yakuza"

This terribly underseen yakuza film by the great Japanese master of the genre may very well rank among the top gangster films of the 60's. It begins in Fukasaku's trademark style with the use of narration and stills explaining the rise to power of Osaka's Danno Family. The rest of the story revolves around gangland wars in Yokohama. All the stylistic hallmarks that would later appear in The Yakuza Papers are present here in all their gritty glory. The hyperkinetic action, the scheming and machinations of opposing families, the numerous gunfights that are never clean or glorified, the realistic approach to violence, themes of upholding one's honour and doing one's duty.

A more sympathetic light is cast on the old school yakuzas as opposed to the new emerging families and alliances who have no disregard for honour and loyalty, only securing their benefits and staying out of the public spotlight at whatever cost. The cast all turn in great performances, with Koji Tsuruta and the great Tomisaburo Wakayama really putting their all in it. Fans of Lone Wolf and Cub in particular will get a kick out of witnessing Wakayama play the mad dog leader of a small group of yakuza hooligans. Diametrically opposite to his restrained, laconic Ogami Itto from Misumi's classic chambara series. There's nothing much to add really. Another tour de force by the great director. Fans of his work will love it.

The Reckoning (1969)The Reckoning (1969)iMDB Rating: 7.2
Date Released : 13 August 1970
Genre : Drama
Stars : Nicol Williamson, Ann Bell, Lilita De Barros, Tom Kempinski. Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him - after 37 years - back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is confronted with his lost Irish roots. He finds out that his father died because of a fight with some anglo-saxon teddy boys. It becomes "a matter of honour" for him, to take his revenge without involving the ..." />
Movie Quality : BRrip
Format : MKV
Size : 700 MB

Download Trailer Subtitle

Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him - after 37 years - back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is confronted with his lost Irish roots. He finds out that his father died because of a fight with some anglo-saxon teddy boys. It becomes "a matter of honour" for him, to take his revenge without involving the British police.

Watch The Reckoning Trailer :

Review :

Nicol Williamson as a vigorous Irish businessman in a British company

"The Reckoning" is a character study. Nicol Williamson has plenty of acting chops to fill out the role, and that he does. He has good support from 3 different actresses whom he beds: his wife, his secretary and a receptionist that he meets in his home town of Liverpool.

Williamson plays a man with a powerful personality, a shrewd businessman, a scrapper, and a high sex drive. He gives free rein to his emotions. He can tear up at his father's death, turn violent at his father's killer, and become angry at his boss and the stiff British environment in which he works. He has plenty of energy and plenty of ambition. He is forthright when it suits him and reticent when that suits him.

But Williamson's Michael Marler is not a happy man or a settled man. As an Irishman in a British company and with a British wife, he is a bit of a fish out of water. His marriage is a roller-coaster.

It seems that the women in his life are also unsettled and searching for something too. Not so his mother and sister whom we meet when his father dies.

Much of his spirit comes out when he drives his car. He brooks no slowpokes or road obstacles. He drives like a madman, one might say.

In the end, what is this story about? The Irish-British frictions are brought out in depth as they are reflected in every facet of Marler's life. The story is about that and about a man trying to be a man in a world that seems altogether too civilized for what is inside a man and a woman. There needs be room for passion and plenty of it. Song and poetry too, which were his father's specialties.

Whether it's his driving, his encounters with women, his business dealings, his frictions with British snobbery, or his revenge. we have a man with strong passions attempting to live under civilized constraints. This is also what this picture is about.

See it if you enjoy, as I do, fine British actors, of whom Williamson stood in the top tier of his generation.

Van de Velde: Das Leben zu zweit - Sexualität in der Ehe (1969)Van de Velde: Das Leben zu zweit - Sexualität in der Ehe (1969)iMDB Rating: 3.4
Date Released : 1 August 1969
Genre : Romance
Stars : Karl-Heinz Bauer, Barbara Scott, Hans Hass Jr., Ingrid Back. The 2nd of 2 Franz Josef Gottlieb films supposedly based on the works of Dutch gynecologist Van de Velde. A precursor to the more popular Schoolgirl Report pseudo-documentaries the Gottlieb "Van de Velde" films tried to take a scientific approach to various sexual discoveries within relationships. Taking the documentary route would allow Gottlieb (and other director's of the time) to introduce ..." />
Movie Quality : BRrip
Format : MKV
Size : 870 MB

Download Trailer Subtitle

The 2nd of 2 Franz Josef Gottlieb films supposedly based on the works of Dutch gynecologist Van de Velde. A precursor to the more popular Schoolgirl Report pseudo-documentaries the Gottlieb "Van de Velde" films tried to take a scientific approach to various sexual discoveries within relationships. Taking the documentary route would allow Gottlieb (and other director's of the time) to introduce more graphic and risqué subject matter that was normally not shown in Germany during this time period.

Streaming Madame and Her Niece (1969) Online

Madame and Her Niece (1969)Madame and Her Niece (1969)iMDB Rating: 4.2
Date Released : 9 May 1969
Genre : Drama
Stars : Ruth-Maria Kubitschek, Edwige Fenech, Fred Williams, Rainer Penkert. Michelle De Winter lives the good life, wining and dining with only the richest men who are fortunate to cross her path. Her daughter Yvette, whom Michelle insists on introducing as her 'niece', is a fashion model. She is saving herself for the right man, despite the fact that she is part of the free love generation and lives with a group of promiscuous creative types. While Michelle is searching..." />
Movie Quality : HDrip
Format : MKV
Size : 870 MB

Download Trailer Subtitle

Michelle De Winter lives the good life, wining and dining with only the richest men who are fortunate to cross her path. Her daughter Yvette, whom Michelle insists on introducing as her 'niece', is a fashion model. She is saving herself for the right man, despite the fact that she is part of the free love generation and lives with a group of promiscuous creative types. While Michelle is searching for a new millionaire playboy, Yvette falls for the handsome Peter Von Hallstein. She asks the fatherly Dr. Fink to help her come up with a scheme to get Peter to propose to her.

Watch Madame and Her Niece Trailer :

Review :

Nickle and Dime novel

Based on the novel 'Yvette' by Guy de Maupassant, this early example of German Sexploitation is very tame by today's standards. In fact, it plays out exactly like one of those pocket books teenage girls swoon over: Yvette (Edwige Fenech with her stunning black hair and late Sixties Egyptian style make-up) is a successful, sexy fashion model, yet despite living in what seems to be a very sexually active hippie commune, she remains absolutely chaste until she's met the right man.

On the other hand, her mother Michelle De Winter (Ruth-Maria Kubitschek) is a gold digger praying on wealthy men in order to keep up her exuberantly rich life style. Michelle even goes as far as to pretend Yvette is her niece instead of her daughter, hence the title. Funnily enough, this charade doesn't quite hold up in the Italian version of the title, "Mia Nipote, La Vergine" since Nipote can mean both niece as well as granddaughter.

Fred Williams plays Peter von Hallstein, son of a prominent Bruce Wayne type millionaire playboy and like his father he enjoys getting massaged by the indoor pool and wearing tuxedo's. When Yvette falls for Peter like a ton of bricks, she asks the very hands on 'father figure' Dr. Fink (Karl Walter Diess) for advice instead of her mother, which of course leads to all sorts of misunderstandings and problems.

Along the way we get to see a lot of groovy and hip Sixties fashions being photographed, being flaunted in discotheques and being taken off at wild pool parties (compete with inflatable chairs and those silly silver orbs floating around). The reason why all these pool parties occur indoors is because the entire film is set in winter. Dr. Fink's not so cunning plans continuously backfire on Peter and almost end in disaster when Michelle begins to take a liking to the young man. Eventually the good doctor has to get an entire hospital to play along with one of his schemes in order to bring the young couple back together.

The version commented on here had quite a few scenes missing and only ran a brief 62 minutes. Therefore it is possible that the full version has some more depth to it. A more likely scenario however is that the longer version has a bit more nudity. Though the sight of young Edwige in a white see-through shirt at one of the rowdy parties would be enough for any red-blooded male.

7 out of 10

Prologue (1970)Prologue (1970)iMDB Rating: 5.4
Date Released : 29 January 1970
Genre : Drama
Stars : John Robbe, Elaine Malus, Gary Rader, Christopher Cordeaux
Movie Quality : HDrip
Format : MKV
Size : 700 MB

Download Trailer Subtitle

In the summer of 1968, Jesse, a law school dropout turned political activist, publishes and distributes an independent underground newspaper in Montreal. His girlfriend Karen is also an activist and works as a nightclub waitress. When Jesse is beaten up on the street for selling his papers, Karen becomes disillusioned with their beliefs and longs for peace. When David, a draft dodger from the United States, comes to live with them, Karen is intrigued by his passive, apolitical, drug-using philosophy. When the law proves useless in bringing to justice Jesse's attackers, he decides to travel to Chicago for the Democratic National Convention. Rather than join him, Karen travels north with David to a pacifist communal farm in the Canadian woods. Karen must come to terms with what she really wants as Jesse is witness to the bloody and violent confrontation between riot police and protesters at the convention.

Watch Prologue Trailer :