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Volunteers (1985) IMDb WikiData
Volunteers
director: Nicholas Meyer actor: Tom Hanks / John Candy
other title: Un ponte di guai / Broen, der kvajede sig
After his rich father refuses to pay his debt, compulsive gambler Lawrence Bourne III joins the Peace Corps to evade angry creditors. In Thailand, he is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with the help of American-As-Apple-Pie WSU Grad Tom Tuttle and the beautiful and down-to earth Beth Wexler. What they don't realize is that the bridge is coveted by the U.S. Army, a local Communist force, and a powerful drug lord. Together with the help of At Toon, the only English speaking native, they must fight off the three opposing forces and find out what is right for the villagers, as well as themselves.
Jingle All the Way (1996) TMDB IMDb
Jingle All the Way
director: Brian Levant actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger / Sinbad
other title: Una promessa è una promessa / Mission: Julegave
Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.
Riot (1996) TMDB WikiData IMDb
Riot
director: Joseph Merhi actor: Gary Daniels / Sugar Ray Leonard
other title: Nacht des Terrors / Night of Terror
An heiress is kidnapped during the chaos of a riot on Christmas Eve.
The Vampire Doll (1970) TMDB IMDb WikiData
幽霊屋敷の恐怖 血を吸う人形
director: Michio Yamamoto actor: Kayo Matsuo / Akira Nakao
other title: A Noite do Vampiro / Legacy of Dracula
A young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to the creepy mansion, but their search becomes perilous when they uncover a gruesome family history.
Dec. 8, 2025 watched
Spookier than what preceded it (Attack of the Puppet People) in #Monsterdon.

Watched on #MonsterMiru #WatchParty after #Monsterdon on Mastodon
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Gremlins (1984) NeoDB TMDB KevGa-NeoDB WikiData IMDb Douban
Gremlins
7.7 (10 ratings) director: Joe Dante actor: Zach Galligan / Phoebe Cates
other title: Gremlins - O Pequeno Monstro / Gremlins - Kleine Monster
After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.
Recoil (1998) IMDb WikiData
Recoil
director: Art Camacho actor: Gary Daniels / Gregory McKinney
other title: Recoil - Tödliche Vergeltung / À chacun sa vengeance
Detective Ray Morgan accidentally kills the son of a mob boss. The mob boss orders to have Morgan killed unknowing that the assassin killed Morgan's wife and kids. Now Morgan's out for revenge..and he'll do it his own way
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban WikiData
Kubo and the Two Strings
7.8 (6 ratings) director: Travis Knight actor: Art Parkinson / Charlize Theron
other title: Kubo e la spada magica / Kubo - Den Modige Samurai
Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father and his mystical weaponry, as well as discover his own magical powers.
Black Cobra (2012) IMDb TMDB
When the Cobra Strikes
director: Scott Donovan / Lilly Melgar actor: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa / Jeff Wolfe
other title: Black Cobra - Schwarze Diamanten / When the Cobra Strikes
One man travels across country, smuggling illegal black diamonds to sell in order to pay for his father's pardon in South Africa. When he arrives to the United States to finalize what appeared to be a simple transaction he is soon double-crossed and becomes caught up in a contraband forcing him to overcome an opponent far more lethal and deadlier than he has ever met.
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Showdown in Little Tokyo
director: Mark L. Lester actor: Dolph Lundgren / Brandon Lee
other title: Resa dei conti a Little Tokyo / Fúria no Bairro Japonês
An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up against Yoshida, a vicious yakuza drug dealer with ties to Kenner's past.
White Tiger (1996) TMDB IMDb WikiData
White Tiger
director: Richard Martin actor: Gary Daniels / Kelly Benson
other title: Operazione Tigre / Tigre blanco
When D.E.A. agent Mike Ryan undertakes the huge task of avenging the brutal murder of the partner John Grogan, he find he must fight both sides; the murderer and his double crossing police buddies. Now with the unexpected help of the lovely Jade, he must confront the new generation Chinese underworld want-to-be kingpin and fight like and out-of-place "White Tiger"
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
8.1 (7 ratings) director: Robert Zemeckis actor: Bob Hoskins / Christopher Lloyd
other title: Chi ha incastrato Roger Rabbit / Hvem Snørede Roger Rabbit?
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.
The Yank (1960) IMDb
The Yank
actor: James Drury
Matthew Dorn (James Drury) wandered through the wrecked Southern states, trying to use his medical skills as a means of penance for the carnage he committed as a Union officer during the Civil War.
Dec. 4, 2025 watched Pilot for a spinoff of The Rebel, starring James Drury as civil war veteran doctor in the post-war south.

Watched in the WestWed watch party on Mastodon
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The Asphyx (1972) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
The Asphyx
director: Peter Newbrook actor: Robert Powell / Robert Stephens
other title: Asphyx / Experiments
Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question... what is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects?
American Yakuza (1993) IMDb WikiData
American Yakuza
director: Frank A. Cappello actor: Viggo Mortensen / Ryo Ishibashi
When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia lead by Dino Campanela and Nick rescues and saves the life of Shuji Sawamoto, who is the representative of Yakuza interests in America. Shuji hires Nick to work for Yakuza and becomes his godfather in the family after his oath to join Yakuza. However, Nick is a lonely FBI undercover agent assigned to penetrate the criminal organization. When the FBI discovers that Campanela is organizing a massive attack to destroy the Yakuza, Nick's boss Littman calls off the operation to leave the dirty work to the Italian Mafia. But the connection of Nick with Shuji and his goddaughter Yuko forces him to help his Japanese family.
Nov. 30, 2025 watched
Saw it originally in the cinema in the UK in 1994, thought then it was a superior low-budget action flick with a superior star, then unknown Viggo Mortensen. A lot of action but also character, too. I even got the cinema to give me the promotional cardboard cutout once its run was over.

I'll try not to wait another three decades before seeing it again!
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