Musical
Sister Act (1992) IMDb TMDB WikiData NeoDB Douban
Sister Act
6.5 (10 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
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.
California Schemin' (2026) TMDB IMDb
California Schemin'
director: James McAvoy actor: Séamus McLean Ross / Samuel Bottomley
In the late 1990s, Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd had their musical ambitions consistently ridiculed for having the 'wrong' accents, so they went for broke and reinvented themselves as Californian rappers. The duo re-recorded their own tracks with fake accents and turned up in London claiming to be an established duo on the Cali scene as well as childhood friends with Eminem. They quickly bagged themselves a record deal, a hefty sum in advances, and an appearance on MTV... until it all came crashing down.
Son of Dracula (1974) WikiData TMDB IMDb
Son of Dracula
director: Freddie Francis actor: Harry Nilsson / Ringo Starr
other title: Il figlio di Dracula / Young Dracula (the BLOOD-SUCKER with a BEAT!)
Due to be crowned King of the Netherworld by his mentor Merlin the Magician, Count Downe — son of Dracula — falls in love with beautiful mortal Amber and finds himself in conflict with Baron Frankenstein, who is vying for the same honourary title.
April 13, 2026 watched
Meandering mess with a few musical moments of interest. Ringo Starr in particular underwhelms as Merlin.

Watched in #MonsterMiru watch party on Mastodon after #Monsterdon
Comedy FreddieJones RingoStarr UK WatchParty
Beat Street (1984) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Beat Street
director: Stan Lathan actor: Guy Davis / Rae Dawn Chong
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
April 6, 2026 watched
Dance/musical movies not usually my thing, but I enjoyed this slice of 80s B Boy life from the Bronx.

Saw the start in the #SundayFunnies watch party on Mastodon, completed later.
Drama HipHop USA Musical RaeDawnChong
Kazaam (1996) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Kazaam
director: Paul Michael Glaser actor: Shaquille O'Neal / Francis Capra
other title: Kazaam - il gigante rap / Kazaam - Der Geist aus der Flasche
When Max fools a gang of local toughs, he finds himself in big trouble. Fleeing from the thugs, Max runs into an old warehouse and bumps into a boom box. By doing that, he manages to release Kazaam, a genie who has been held captive for thousands of years.
March 23, 2026 watched
"Shaq Raps!" Not as well known a phrase in the history of cinema as "Garbo Speaks!" but one far more horrifying to those who have seen this film!

Watched in the #MonsterMiru watch party after #Monsterdon on Mastodon.
AllyWalker FrancisCapra USA Comedy PaulMichaelGlaser
The Commitments (1991) TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Commitments
director: Alan Parker actor: Robert Arkins / Michael Aherne
other title: Os Commitments / Die Commitments
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare (1987) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare
director: John Fasano actor: Jon Mikl Thor / Jillian Peri
other title: Im Angesicht der Hölle / Al filo del infierno
At an old farmhouse, a family mysteriously dissapears at the hands of evil. Years later, hair metal band The Tritons comes to the farmhouse, whose barn now features a 24-track recording studio. Lead singer John Triton gets the band to perform their first night in the farmhouse after dinner, and weird little beasties suddenly appear, and strange things start to happen. Band members (and their tagalong girlfriends) begin to act strangely and vanish one by one. Soon, only John Triton remains, and he holds a secret. Finally, the evil shows itself and a battle between heaven and hell ensues....
Cannibal! The Musical (1996) TMDB WikiData IMDb
Cannibal! The Musical
director: Trey Parker actor: Trey Parker / Matt Stone
other title: Musical Caníbal / Cannibal: The Musical
Heading through Colorado Territory in search of gold and women, Alferd Packer and his group of bemused companions find themselves lost, starving and musically inspired by the obstacles they confront along the way, including a die-hard Confederate cyclops, a trio of surly trappers, a tribe of Japanese-speaking "Indians," and ultimately, each other.
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934) IMDb WikiData
Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho
director: Fred Waller actor: Cab Calloway / Sidney Easton
This jazz musical short has a comedy plot about marital infidelity. Bandleader Cab Calloway plays a ladies man who dates the wife (Fredi Washington) of a train porter who is frequently absent from home. Calloway and his Orchestra perform "Zaz-zuh-zaz" and "The Lady with the Fan" at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
Singin' in the Rain (1952) TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData NeoDB
Singin' in the Rain
8.4 (12 ratings) director: Gene Kelly / Stanley Donen actor: Gene Kelly / Donald O'Connor
other title: Cantando sotto la pioggia / Syng i sol og regn
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
The Blues Brothers (1980) TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb KevGa-NeoDB WikiData
The Blues Brothers
8.7 (6 ratings) director: John Landis actor: Dan Aykroyd / John Belushi
other title: The Blues Brothers - I fratelli Blues / Blues Brothers
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
March 1, 2026 watched
One of my all time faves!

Seen multiple times over the decades. This latest watch (28 February 2026) was of the extended version (2hrs 28mins), which I missed in the #SundayFunnies watch party on Mastodon.
Musical Comedon USA 1980s Soul
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) Douban TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
6.2 (5 ratings) director: Jacques Demy actor: Catherine Deneuve / Nino Castelnuovo
other title: Pigen med paraplyerne / Os Chapéus de Chuva de Cherburgo
This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening before Guy is to leave for a two-year tour of combat in Algeria, he and Geneviève make love. She becomes pregnant and must choose between waiting for Guy's return or accepting an offer of marriage from a wealthy diamond merchant.
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Douban NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb
Little Shop of Horrors
7.2 (5 ratings) director: Frank Oz actor: Rick Moranis / Ellen Greene
other title: La piccola bottega degli orrori / Gys i blomsterbutikken
Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's; a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker, Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day, Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) Douban NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
director: Howard Hawks actor: Jane Russell / Marilyn Monroe
other title: Gli uomini preferiscono le bionde / Gentlemen foretrækker blondiner
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.