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One Eight Seven (1997) TMDB IMDb WikiData
One Eight Seven
director: Kevin Reynolds actor: Samuel L. Jackson / John Heard …
other title: Codice omicidio 187 / 187 …
After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent bullies control the classrooms and the administration is afraid of lawsuits, slowly drives Garfield mad. He then moves to California to be a sub for a predominantly Native Hispanic/Latin-American high school in Los Angeles. He is tormented by members of a Native Hispanic/Latino-American tag crew named K.O.S. (Kappin’ off Suckaz).
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Bananas (1971) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Bananas
director: Woody Allen actor: Woody Allen / Louise Lasser …
other title: Il dittatore dello stato libero di Bananas / Mig og revolutionen
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
May 4, 2026 watched
Some hilarious moments, especially the trial.

#Watched in #SundayFunnies watch party on Mastodon.
1970s USA Comedy
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The Blade (1995) NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
刀
7.3 (6 ratings) director: Tsui Hark actor: Vincent Zhao Wenzhuo / Xiong Xinxin …
other title: The Blade - Das zerbrochene Schwert / 刀
A young man adopted by a renowned swordsmith, discovers that his real father was killed by a powerful bandit called Lung. Leaving to seek revenge, he runs foul of a group of vicious desert scum, losing his right arm in the process. After being nursed back to health, he eventually learns to compensate for his loss and returns to confront the man who murdered his father.
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Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Gone in Sixty Seconds
director: Dominic Sena actor: Nicolas Cage / Angelina Jolie …
other title: Fuori in 60 secondi / 60 sekunder …
Ex-car thief Randall Raines is forced out of retirement to save his brother Kip after a boost gone wrong. With the help of allies old and new, they race to meet the demands of notorious crime boss Raymond Calitri as the police are in hot pursuit.
May 2, 2026 watched
With this cast & budget, how did they make something so limp?

Watched in the 00s, rewatched in #FridayThrillerClub watch party on Mastodon.
Crime Thriller USA Heist 2000s
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Rough Night in Jericho (1967) IMDb WikiData
Rough Night in Jericho
director: Arnold Laven actor: Dean Martin / George Peppard …
other title: Due stelle nella polvere / A noite dos pistoleiros …
The only business in the Wild West town of Jericho that corrupt sheriff Alex Flood doesn't control behind the scenes is the stagecoach owned by tough-willed widow Molly Lang and her right-hand man, Hickman. Former marshal Dolan, recently hired by Lang and Hickman as a driver, wants to stay out of the mess, but when he sees Flood's henchman Yarbrough assault Lang, he steps up to fight the corruption.
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Shocking Dark (1989) IMDb WikiData
Terminator 2
director: Bruno Mattei actor: Christopher Ahrens / Haven Tyler …
other title: Terminator 2 - Shocking dark / Contaminator …
In a polluted future Venice researchers work to improve the situation. One day, unknown forces start killing them. A team of soldiers and a couple of civilians is sent to investigate. Soon, they encounter strange murderous creatures.
April 28, 2026 watched
Blatant Aliens ripoff Shocking Dark is shockingly awful. I'm shocked!!!

Made laughably bearable by watching it in the #MondayActionMovie watch party on Mastodon. Thanks, you guys!
Italy BrunoMattei 1980s SciFi Horror
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Hercules Returns (1993) IMDb WikiData
Hercules Returns
director: David Parker actor: David Argue / Michael Carman …
other title: O Retorno de Hércules
When Brad gets fired from his job, he goes to reopen an old cinema, he enlists his frends to help him show the last film the cinema aired before it closed... Only they don't know, the film is in Italian. With everyone sitting ready they begin to dub the movie... on the fly!
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Hercules in New York (1970) Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
Hercules in New York
director: Arthur Allan Seidelman actor: Arnold Stang / Arnold Schwarzenegger …
other title: Ercole a New York / Hercules i New York …
Hercules is sent from Mount Olympus to modern-day Manhattan, where he takes up professional wrestling before getting mixed up with a gang of mobsters.
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Devil Girl from Mars (1954) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Devil Girl from Mars
director: David MacDonald actor: Patricia Laffan / Hugh McDermott …
other title: La martienne diabolique / La diabla de Marte …
Eight people at a remote Scottish inn find themselves confronted by a woman from Mars, who has landed her flying saucer for repairs but intends to soon conquer the Earth and enslave its men for breeding purposes.
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Thank God It's Friday (1978) IMDb TMDB WikiData
Thank God It's Friday
director: Robert Klane actor: Jeff Goldblum / Raymond Vitte …
other title: Grazie a Dio è Venerdì / Graças a Deus É Sexta-Feira …
It's Friday and everyone is going to the hottest new disco in Los Angeles. The Commodores are scheduled to play if Floyd shows up with the instruments and Nicole dreams of becoming a disco star. Other characters are there to win the dance contest, or to put a little excitement into a fifth anniversary.
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Bulletproof Monk (2003) Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
Bulletproof Monk
director: Paul Hunter actor: Chow Yun-Fat / Seann William Scott …
other title: Il monaco / À Prova de Bala …
A mysterious and immortal Tibetan kung fu master, who has spent the last 60 years traveling around the world protecting the ancient Scroll of the Ultimate, mentors a selfish street kid in the ancient intricacies of kung fu.
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Sister Act (1992) IMDb TMDB WikiData Douban NeoDB
Sister Act
6.6 (11 ratings) director: Emile Ardolino actor: Caryn Elaine Johnson / Maggie Smith …
other title: Sister Act - Una svitata in abito da suora / Halløj i klostret …
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.
April 24, 2026 watched
Some light fun and nice songs

Thought I'd seen it years before but no, turns out this was my first watch. Watched in #Comedon watch party on Mastodon.
Comedy WhoopiGoldberg MaggieSmith 1990s Musical
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Let Him Go (2020) NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban TMDB
Let Him Go
director: Thomas Bezucha actor: Diane Lane / Kevin Costner …
other title: Uno di noi / Um de Nós …
Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a dangerous family living off the grid in the Dakotas.
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Kid Cannabis (2014) IMDb WikiData
Kid Cannabis
director: John Stockwell actor: Jonathan Daniel Brown / Kenny Wormald …
other title: Cannabis Kid
An eighteen year old high school drop out and his twenty-seven year old friend start trafficking marijuana across the border of Canada in order to make money and their lives are changed forever.
April 21, 2026 watched
Went into it with very low expectations but it grew from a Temu Seth Rogen stoner comedy into a halfway decent drama.

Watched in #MondayActionMovie watch party on Mastodon
WatchParty 2010s MondayActionMovie JohnStockwell
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Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) IMDb TMDB
Earth Girls Are Easy
director: Julien Temple actor: Geena Davis / Jeff Goldblum …
other title: Le ragazze della Terra sono facili / Zebo, der dritte aus der Sternenmitte …
In this musical comedy, Valerie is dealing with her philandering fiancé, Ted, when she finds that a trio of aliens have crashed their spaceship into her swimming pool. Once the furry beings are shaved at her girlfriend's salon, the women discover three handsome men underneath. After absorbing the native culture via television, the spacemen are ready to hit the dating scene in 1980s Los Angeles.
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Communion (1989) IMDb WikiData
Communion
director: Philippe Mora actor: Christopher Walken / Lindsay Crouse …
other title: Die Besucher
A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.
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Billy Elliot (2000) NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Billy Elliot
8.4 (7 ratings) director: Stephen Daldry actor: Jamie Bell / Gary Lewis …
other title: Billy Elliot - I Will Dance / Billy Elliot (Quiero bailar) …
County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.
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The Stolen Jools (1931) TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Stolen Jools
director: William C. McGann / Thomas Atkins … actor: Norma Shearer / Richard Barthelmess …
other title: I gioielli rubati / Juwelenraub in Hollywood …
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen…

Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.