1990s
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Godzilla (1998) IMDb NeoDB TMDB KevGa-NeoDB KevGa-NeoDB WikiData Douban
Godzilla
director: Roland Emmerich actor: Matthew Broderick / Jean Reno …
French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.
Jan. 12, 2026 watched
Long, limp facsimile of a Godzilla movie ripping off also Jurassic Park, Aliens etc while including as much corporate promotion as possible. Broderick, in particular, underwhelms.

Godzilla 98 is the Woodstock '99 of monster movies.

Watched in #Monsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
1990s Action Godzilla HankAzaria JeanReno
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New World Disorder (1999) IMDb WikiData
New World Disorder
director: Richard Spence actor: Rutger Hauer / Tara Fitzgerald …
other title: File: programma mortale / New World Disorder - Das Killerprogramm …
A gang of four eyed crooks led by Kurt Bishop are ripping off top dollar computer chips from a list of factories. The night they hit Dynaphase Systems, two dirty employees are staying late using company resources to develop their own plans for a security microchip worth millions of dollars. Psychopathic Bishop raids the Dynaphase facility and downloads the mainframe before the employees have a chance to completely erase their work from it. When Bishop discovers the value of the stolen, but partially erased information, he sets out after the rest of the chip design, letting nothing stand in his way.
Jan. 13, 2026 watched
As perfunctory straight-to-video Luxembourg tax shelter projects go... surely some are better than this?

Muddled hacker-ish "thriller" leavened by Rutger's wardrobe of bow tie + leather jacket and Tara Fitzgerald's "American" accent. And an appearance by Michelle Gomez (Sue White from Green Wing).

Watched in #MondayActionMovie watch party on Mastodon
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1990s Action AndrewMcCarthy Cybercrime Hacking
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Fin de Siècle Spotify
The Divine Comedy
release date Aug. 31, 1998 publisher: Divine Comedy
Jan. 12, 2026 listened
'National Express' never fails to bring joy to my heart, but the whole concept album impresses, too.

But then what do you expect when a chamber pop songsmith like Neil Hannon sits in a flat in Clapham listening to Jacques Brel, playing pirate games on the Playstation & musing on the end of the 20th century? :)
1990s ChamberPop TheDivineComedy UK
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Life Spotify
The Cardigans
release date March 1, 1995 publisher: Universal / This Compilation
Jan. 12, 2026 listened
'Carnival' and 'Rise & Shine' are 2 of my favourite songs of the 90s, but my first time listening to the whole album.

Most of the rest of the album enjoyable without being special, although I did get a kick out of the easy-listening version of 'Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath'! :D
1990s EasyListening Lounge Pop Sweden
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Hot Shots! (1991) IMDb NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData
Hot Shots!
7.0 (7 ratings) director: Jim Abrahams actor: Charlie Sheen / Cary Elwes …
other title: Ases Pelos Ares / Hot Shots! - Die Mutter aller Filme …
The gang that created Airplane! and The Naked Gun sets its sights on Top Gun in this spoof. Topper Harley is a talented but unstable fighter pilot with an axe to grind: clearing the family name. His mission is to avenge his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers. He also gets involved in a relationship with Ramada Thompson, a woman with an unusually talented stomach. Hot Shots! makes fun of a variety of other films, from Dances with Wolves to The Fabulous Baker Boys.
Jan. 9, 2026 watched
Parody of films like 'Top Gun', from Jim Abrahams of 'Airplane' fame. Not quite the same standard but a lot of LOL moments.

Watched in #Comedon watch partyy on Mastodon
1990s CaryElwes CharlieSheen Comedon Comedy
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A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995) NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB
大话西游之仙履奇缘
8.7 (21 ratings) director: Jeffrey Lau actor: Stephen Chow / Athena Chu Yan …
other title: Sai yau gei: Sin leui kei yun / A Chinese Odyssey Part Two - Cinderella …
This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of monsters, seductive women and super-powered villains to save the dying Pak Jing-Jing.
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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
8.7 (17 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.
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Event Horizon (1997) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Event Horizon
5.6 (12 ratings) director: Paul W. S. Anderson actor: Laurence Fishburne / Sam Neill …
other title: Punto di non ritorno / O Enigma do Horizonte …
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.
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The Perfect Weapon (1991) IMDb WikiData
The Perfect Weapon
director: Mark DiSalle actor: Jeff Speakman / John Dye …
other title: Arma perfetta / Eine perfekte Waffe …
Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline. Years later, Jeff's mentor, Kim, is being threatened by one of the Korean mafia families. Jeff tries to help his old friend, but is too late to prevent Kim's death at the hands of an unknown hitman. Vowing revenge, Jeff takes on all of the families, using his martial arts skills to find the man who killed his friend.
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Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold (1995) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold
director: Fred Olen Ray actor: J.J. North / Ted Monte …
other title: L'attaque de la pin-up géante / Attack of the 60 foot Centerfold …
Among the finalists for "Centerfold Of The Year" are Angel and her spiteful rival Betty. However, no one is aware of Angel's involvement in a secret medical beauty enhancement program headed by Dr. Lindstrom. Desperate to win, Angel overdoses on Lindstrom's formula, with disastrous results. Soon she has grown to monstrous but shapely proportions, causing all sorts of complications, the most dangerous being Betty's jealousy of Angel's new-found attention. Betty discovers Angel's secret and takes the formula herself, causing her to grow into an equally gorgeous giant. As the girls battle it out on Hollywood Blvd., Dr. Lindstrom races to find an antidote.
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Miami Blues (1990) ReviewDB IMDb TMDB
Miami Blues
director: George Armitage actor: Alec Baldwin / Jennifer Jason Leigh …
other title: 迈阿密特别行动 / Balada de Miami …
After Junior is released from prison, he plans on starting a new life in Miami. But when he kills a man in the airport, he flees the scene and finds Susie, a mild-mannered prostitute searching for stability. The two opposites become romantically involved, and Junior steals a badge and gun from a veteran detective. Using the officer's identity, Junior embarks on a crime spree and convinces Susie that he is the perfect man.
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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) IMDb WikiData TMDB NeoDB Douban
Devil in a Blue Dress
director: Carl Franklin actor: Denzel Washington / Tom Sizemore …
other title: Il diavolo in blu / Djævel i blåt …
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.
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Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997) IMDb TMDB WikiData
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
director: John R. Leonetti actor: Robin Shou / Talisa Soto …
other title: Mortal Kombat - Distruzione totale / Combate Mortal 2: Aniquilação …
A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To succeed they must survive the most spectacular series of challenges any human, or god, has ever encountered as they battle an evil warlord bent on taking control of Earth.
Dec. 28, 2025 watched
They blew the whole budget on techno & cheesy CGI, leaving nothing for screenwriting.

Shot on location in "Wales, England" :D

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon
1990s Action BrianThompson Fantasy JamesRemar
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Freefall (1994) IMDb WikiData
Freefall
director: John Irvin actor: Eric Roberts / Jeff Fahey …
other title: Freefall - Spiel mit dem Feuer / Caída libre …
New York publisher Dex Dellum sends his fiancée and star photographer Katy Mazur to Swaziland to shoot the taita falcon. There she meets 'highman' (altitude stuntman) Grant Orion, who practices skydiving. After an initial clash, they become hot lovers, her first infidelity. She's drugged before he leaves unannounced. In London Grant saves her from armed killers and discloses to be an Interpol agent. Dex has an incompatible story but is killed. It's the start of a cascade of violence and charades.
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Hard Justice (1995) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Hard Justice
director: Greg Yaitanes actor: David Bradley / Charles Napier …
other title: Hard Attack - Tatort Knast / Conspiración de asesinos …
When A.T.F. agent Nick Adams goes undercover in a prison to unravel the mystery of a fellow agents death there. Warden Pike and his pet goons are involved in all kinds of corrupt activities; dope dealing and gun smuggling to name a few.
Dec. 24, 2025 to watch Trigger: https://cityonfire.com/hard-justice-1995-review-martial-arts-nu-image-david-bradley-john-woo-greg-yaitanes-hard-boiled-charles-napier-yuji-okumoto/
1990s Action CharlesNapier DavidBradley NuImage
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Bernard and the Genie (1991) NeoDB IMDb Douban
Bernard and the Genie
director: Paul Welland actor: Lenny Henry / John Gabriel …
other title: Bernie und der Weihnachtsgeist
Bernard Bottle, a mild mannered art buyer, is fired by his greedy boss, abandoned by his girlfriend and discovers a genie in an old bottle. The genie immediately embraces the modern world and helps Bernard on the side.
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Lady Battle Cop (1990) IMDb WikiData
女バトルコップ
director: Akihisa Okamoto actor: Azusa Nakamura / Kisuke Yamashita …
other title: Lady Battlecop / 女バトルコップ …
When a four-man terrorist group known as Team Phantom begins raising havoc in downtown Tokyo, the city is in desperate need of a hero. An unexpected champion appears in the form of Lady Battle Cop, a former female tennis champion who has been transformed into a seemingly unstoppable cyborg.
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Future Kick (1991) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Future Kick
director: Damian Klaus actor: Don Wilson / Meg Foster …
other title: Futurekick / Kickboxer 2025
In the far-flung future of 2025, where man is a victim of his own technology and corporations deal to a black market that trades in human body parts, a cyborg bounty hunter is hired by a wealthy woman to find out who murdered her husband.