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Xanadu (1980)
Xanadu
Robert Greenwald actor: Olivia Newton-John / Gene Kelly …
other title: 仙樂都 / 仙乐都
Kira, a Greek muse incarnated on Earth to inspire people, helps Dan McGuire and an artist named Sonny Malone to meet. She inspires them to build a huge disco roller rink called Xanadu.
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Miami Connection (1987)
Miami Connection
Y.K. Kim / Richard Park Wu-sang actor: Y.K. Kim / Vincent Hirsch …
other title: American Streetfighter / Conexión Miami …
In a world where ninjas dream of being rock stars and rock stars dream of being ninjas, a martial arts rock band goes up against a band of motorcycle ninjas who have tightened their grip on Florida's narcotics trade.
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Black Lizard (1962)
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Umetsugu Inoue actor: Machiko Kyō / Minoru Ōki …
other title: Le Lézard Noir / 黒蜥蜴 …
The cunning detective Akeichi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief known as Black Lizard.
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Thank God It's Friday (1978)
Thank God It's Friday
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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Sister Act (1992)
Sister Act
★ 6.6 11 ratings
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.
Watched
April 24, 2026
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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Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
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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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California Schemin' (2026)
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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.
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Son of Dracula (1974)
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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.
Watched
April 13, 2026
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
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Beat Street (1984)
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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.
Watched
April 6, 2026
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
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Kazaam (1996)
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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.
Watched
March 23, 2026
"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
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The Commitments (1991)
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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.
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Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare (1987)
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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....
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Cannibal! The Musical (1996)
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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.
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The Blues Brothers (1980)
The Blues Brothers
★ 8.8 8 ratings
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.
Watched
March 1, 2026
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
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
★ 6.8 6 ratings
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.
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Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Little Shop of Horrors
★ 7.6 9 ratings
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.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
★ 8.1 8 ratings
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.