High Times
Your hands are looking at you funny. Gods and Devils are dancing at the periphery of your vision. The colours don't sound right and you're not sure if you'll ever be sure of anything again.
You're not in Kansas anymore, but you might, perhaps, have partaken of a pick-me-up from Alice's sweet stash of psychoactive cinema. Dive into the depths of delerium. Soar angelic on the immaculate high. Try to keep it together.
Now THAT'S a good cup of coffee.
Quadrophenia (1979)
7.3/10
Director: Franc Roddam
Starring: Phil Daniels, Mark Wingett, Philip Davis, Sting , Leslie Ash, Toyah Wilcox, Mich...
Phil Daniels is a pill-popping, scooter-riding Mod coming to terms with growing up, who heads off with his mates for a headline-grabbing clash in Brig... Read more
The Night of the White Pants (2006)
6/10
Director: Amy Talkington
Starring: Nick Stahl, Tom Wilkinson, Selma Blair, Frances Fisher
Max Hagan (Tom Wilkinson) has hit hard times. His soon-to-be ex has kicked him out of the house and he's completely penniless. An unlikely ally turn... Read more
Rush (1991)
6.7/10
Director: Lili Fini Zanuck
Starring: Sam Elliott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jason Patric, Max Perlich
A gritty adaptation of Kim Wozencraft's novel about a young woman recruited to be an undercover narc in 1970s Texas, joining a man who's already too s... Read more
Inherent Vice (Blu-ray) (2014)
6.7/10
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston, Reese Witherspoo...
Joaquin Phoenix is woozily perfect as stoned LA beach bum and private investigator Doc Sportello, lured by his ex into a missing person enquiry thats... Read more
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
7.5/10
Director: Otto Preminger
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak
Frank Sinatra is unforgettable as Frankie Machine, a jazz drummer and "golden-armed" poker dealer trying to break his heroin addiction, in this ground... Read more
Last Life in the Universe (2003)
7.6/10
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Starring: Sinitta Boonyasak, Asano Tadanobu, Laila Boonyasak, Yutaka Matsushige, Riki Take...
A macabre, dead-pan comedy/drama chronicling the unlikely and all-too-brief romance that develops between two disparate loners. Kenji is a fastidious... Read more
Yellow Submarine (1968)
7.4/10
Director: George Dunning
Starring: The Beatles, Blue Meanies
Join the greatest band of all time for this mind-blowing voyage into the unearthly paradise of Pepperland and save it from the Blue Meanies, with humo... Read more
Rockers (1977)
7.7/10
Director: Theodoros Bafaloukos
Starring: Leroy Wallace, Richard Hall, Monica Craig
A funky drama/comedy about a Rastafarian drummer's efforts to earn money and crack the music establishment in 1970s Kingston. Superior reggae score fe... Read more
Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
6/10
Director: Tom Avildsen
Starring: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong
Cheech and Chong are in trouble in downtown Las Vegas as they play womanizers who run afoul of the Mob and Arab Sheiks (also played by C & C) who don'... Read more
Saving Grace (1999)
6.9/10
Director: Nigel Cole
Starring: Brenda Blethyn, Craig Ferguson, Martin Clunes, Tcheky Karyo
On discovering she is left penniless after her husband's death, Grace turns for comfort to the one thing she loves - her greenhouse. But even Grace's... Read more