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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban TMDB
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
director: Eugène Lourié actor: Paul Hubschmid / Paula Raymond
other title: Il risveglio del dinosauro / Panik in New York
The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City.
Jason and the Argonauts (1963) TMDB Douban IMDb
Jason and the Argonauts
director: Don Chaffey actor: Todd Armstrong / Nancy Kovack
other title: Gli Argonauti / Jason og det gyldne skind
Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.
Irma la Douce (1963) NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
Irma la Douce
director: Billy Wilder actor: Shirley MacLaine / Jack Lemmon
other title: Irma la dolce / Das Mädchen Irma la Douce
When a recently fired policeman falls in love with a French prostitute, he doesn't want her to be with other men, so he creates an alter-ego in order to become her only customer.
Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1978) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
招半式闖江湖
director: Chen Chi-Hwa actor: Jackie Chan / James Tien Chun
other title: Karate Bomber / Le Protecteur
A young daydreamer assumes the identity of a dead martial arts hero and quickly finds himself caught up in a plot by several clans to steal famous martial arts artifacts being transported by an escort company.
A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (1995) NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
西遊記第壹佰零壹回之月光寶盒
8.6 (18 ratings) director: Jeffrey Lau actor: Stephen Chow / Karen Mok
other title: Chinese Odyssey (Part I), A / A Chinese Odyssey Part One - Pandora's Box
When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.
March 14, 2026 watched
Trigger: Chat with student

Fantasy action comedy with Stephen Chow, inspired by the Journey to the West / the Monkey King.

The English translation in the Plex subtitles is rather poor
https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/movie/a-chinese-odyssey-part-one-pandoras-box
1990s Action AthenaChu ChineseMythology Comedy
Animal Crackers (1930) TMDB IMDb
Animal Crackers
director: Victor Heerman actor: Groucho Marx / Harpo Marx
other title: Det tossede hus / Os Galhofeiros
The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.
March 13, 2026 watched
Lots of quickfire gags & farce, with a few songs here & there. Some classic lines!

Watched in the #Comedon watch party on Mastodon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Animal_Crackers_(1930).webm
1930s Comedon Comedy MarxBrothers USA
Turkey Shoot (1982) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
Turkey Shoot
director: Brian Trenchard-Smith actor: Steve Railsback / Olivia Hussey
other title: Fangejagten / Insel der Verdammten
In the near future, after an unspecified holocaust, survivors are herded into prison camps. There, they are hunted for sport by the leaders of the camp. Paul, one of the newest prisoners, is determined not to go down as quietly as the others.
Throne of Blood (1957) Douban IMDb TMDB NeoDB WikiData
蜘蛛巣城
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Isuzu Yamada
other title: Il trono di sangue / Blodets trone
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
FantastiCozzi (2016) TMDB IMDb WikiData
FantastiCozzi
director: Felipe M. Guerra actor: Luigi Cozzi / Caroline Munro
A feature-length documentary about the life and career of Italian director Luigi Cozzi and his obsession with Science Fiction and Fantasy.
March 11, 2026 watched
Documentary on Luigi Cozzi, director of #Monsterdon #Fantasy #SciFi #BMovies like Starcrash, Hercules etc

Interesting but would have been more so if they had others (e.g. Argento, actors & producers etc) also speaking about him & his films, not just him.

Full movie:
https://flixhouse.com/video/5793/fantasticozzi
2010s Cinema Documentary Fantasy Horror
The Adventures of Hercules (1985) IMDb WikiData
The Adventures of Hercules
director: Luigi Cozzi actor: Lou Ferrigno / Milly Carlucci
other title: Le avventure dell'incredibile Ercole / Die neuen Abenteuer des Herkules
Hercules searches for the Seven Thunderbolts of Zeus, which have been stolen by renegade gods.
One, Two, Three (1961) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
One, Two, Three
8.2 (10 ratings) director: Billy Wilder actor: James Cagney / Horst Buchholz
other title: Uno, due, tre! / Cupido Não Tem Bandeira
C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead (2015) WikiData IMDb
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
director: Wes Orshoski actor: Dave Vanian / Captain Sensible
other title: The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead
From Lemmy filmmaker Wes Orshoski comes the story of the long-ignored pioneers of punk: The Damned, the first U.K. punks on wax and the first to cross the Atlantic. This authorized film includes appearances from Chrissie Hynde, Mick Jones (The Clash), Lemmy and members of Pink Floyd, Black Flag, GNR, the Sex Pistols, Blondie, Buzzcocks, and more. Shot around the globe over three years, the film charts the band's complex history and infighting, as it celebrated its 35th anniversary and found its estranged former members striking out on their own anniversary tour, while still others battle cancer.
Peking Opera Blues (1986) NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
刀馬旦
8.0 (5 ratings) director: Tsui Hark actor: Brigitte Lin / Sally Yeh
other title: Peking Action Blues / Peking opera blues
In 1913 Beijing, three fierce women—disguised rebel Tsao Wan, jewel-seeking Sheung Hung, and opera heiress Pat Neil—embark on a daring quest filled with intrigue and betrayal, challenging societal norms amidst political turmoil and the vibrant world of Peking Opera.
March 8, 2026 watched
Action-comedy-thriller set in the aftermath of the downfall of the Qing Empire.

Great fun (although it gets a bit heavy in the last quarter).

https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/movie/peking-opera-blues
1980s Action ActionComedy BrigitteLin CherieChung
The Killer Elite (1975) TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Killer Elite
director: Sam Peckinpah actor: James Caan / Robert Duvall
other title: Killer Elite / Assassinos de Elite
Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the CIA, and while on a case for them one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee. His assignment, to protect someone, goes down in flames. He is nearly crippled, but with braces is able to again become mobile. For revenge as much as anything else, Mike goes after his ex-friend.
Lake Placid (1999) IMDb TMDB
Lake Placid
director: Steve Miner actor: Bill Pullman / Bridget Fonda
other title: Lake Placid - Il terrore corre sul lago / Pânico no Lago
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
Come Drink with Me (1966) NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban
大醉俠
7.1 (7 ratings) director: 胡金铨 actor: 郑佩佩 / 岳华
other title: Le implacabili lame di rondine d'oro / O Grande Mestre Beberrão
Golden Swallow is a fighter-for-hire who has been contracted by the local government to retrieve the governor's kidnapped son. Holding him is a group of rebels who are demanding that their leader be released from prison in return for the captured son. After a brief encounter with the gang at a local restaurant, Golden Swallow is joined by an inebriated wanderer Drunken Cat who aids her in her mission.
March 4, 2026 watched
Beautifully-shot wuxia. Just a couple of layers of intrigue, instead of the dozens that some wuxia/kung fu films pile on, keeping things focused and building to more and more fights.

https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/movie/come-drink-with-me
1960s Action ChangHunglit ChengPeipei HongKong
M (1931) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
8.0 (6 ratings) director: Fritz Lang actor: Peter Lorre / Ellen Widmann
other title: M - Il mostro di Düsseldorf / Matou
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
The Amsterdam Kill (1977) WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Amsterdam Kill
director: Robert Clouse actor: Robert Mitchum / Richard Egan
other title: Poliziotto privato: un mestiere difficile / Der Tiger aus Taipeh
Former DEA Agent Quinlan, removed from the force some years earlier for stealing confiscated drug money, is hired by Chung Wei, a leader in the Amsterdam drug cartel, who wants out of the business. Quinlan's job is to use Chung's information to tip DEA agents to drug busts, thereby destroying the cartel. But when the first two "tips" go awry, resulting in murdered DEA officers, the feds must decide whether to trust Quinlan further...
Hercules (1983) IMDb WikiData
Hercules
director: Luigi Cozzi actor: Lou Ferrigno / Sybil Danning
other title: Herkules / Hercule
Hercules, a semi-divine being, squares off against King Minos, who is attempting to use science to gain power and take over the world. With the help of a benevolent sorceress, Circe, Hercules tries to save his beloved Cassiopeia from being sacrificed by Minos, and struggles against laser-breathing creatures and an evil sorceress.