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The Arena (1974) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Arena
director: Steve Carver actor: Pam Grier / Margaret Markov
other title: La rivolta delle gladiatrici / La Révolte des gladiatrices
Female gladiators fight to the death. Inspired by the story of Spartacus, follow the adventures of a bevy of slave girls who, upon finding themselves thrust into the gladiator ring, mount a vicious rebellion to fight their way to freedom.
An Eye for an Eye (1981) IMDb WikiData TMDB
An Eye for an Eye
director: Steve Carver actor: Chuck Norris / Christopher Lee
other title: Triade chiama canale 6 / Olho por Olho
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
April 5, 2026 watched
As an action fan, I've seen some real dreck. But this was actually a pretty well made thriller.

Sure it has its fair share of tropes, the fights aren't the most impressive I've seen, and I saw the twist coming a mile off, but it was coherent and well-paced and kept me engaged. After having just seen Norris in Slaughter in San Francisco and Lee in Starship Invasions, An Eye for An Eye was a relief!

(NB brief but delightful hamming from Stuart Pankin.)

Missed watching it in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon, caught up with it later.
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The Natural (1984) IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban WikiData
The Natural
director: Barry Levinson actor: Robert Redford / Robert Duvall
other title: Il migliore / Den bedste
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.
Free and Easy (1930) WikiData IMDb
Free and Easy
director: Edward Sedgwick actor: Buster Keaton / Anita Page
other title: Le Metteur en scène / Easy Go
Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywood. The Chamber of Commerce also provides Elvira with an agent, Gopher City's own Elmer J. Butz. Elmer likes Elvira and the shy Elvira likes him, but Mrs. Plunkett, a formidable woman, has little use for hapless Elmer. On the train west, they meet movie star Larry Mitchell, who takes a shine to Elvira and helps her meet MGM directors once they get to Tinsel Town. Elmer, meanwhile, wants to help Elvira with her career and he also wants to be her man. Movie stardom does come to the Gopher City entourage, but to whom is a surprise. And who will win the lovely Elvira's hand?
April 3, 2026 watched
Another early talkie where they were still throwing in everything & the kitchen sink. Just let Buster bust!

Watched in #Comedon watch party on Mastodon.
1930s BusterKeaton USA Comedon Comedy
Tammy and the T-Rex (1994) IMDb NeoDB TMDB WikiData
Tammy and the T-Rex
director: Stewart Raffill actor: Denise Richards / Paul Walker
other title: Tammy e il T-Rex / Teenage T-Rex: Der Menschen-Dinosaurier
An evil scientist implants the brain of a murdered high school student into an animatronic Tyrannosaurus, who later wreaks vengeance on the bullies who killed him, and is reunited with his sweetheart.
Critters 4 (1992) IMDb WikiData
Critters 4
director: Rupert Harvey actor: Don Keith Opper / Paul Whitthorne
other title: Critters - Seres do Espaço 4 / Critters 4 - Das große Fressen geht weiter
A super strain of genetically engineered mutants are designed to take over the universe, hungry to conquer the galaxy, with an appetite for mankind.
March 30, 2026 watched
Decent first act followed by... meh. Critters films need more critters!

Watched in #Monsterdon watch party on Mastodon
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Silent Rage (1982) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Silent Rage
director: Michael Miller actor: Chuck Norris / Ron Silver
other title: Terrore in città / Raiva Silenciosa
A mentally ill man in a small Texas town goes on a killing rampage and is fatally wounded by police. When doctors use an experimental serum to bring him back to life, the killer develops superhuman strength and the town sheriff must pursue him.
March 29, 2026 watched
A sub-Carpenteresque scifi-horror, not great but Chuck does manage to emote and is fully manscaped. Not enough martial arts.

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon.
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PLAY ME Bandcamp
Kim Gordon
release date March 13, 2026
Kim Gordon's third album, 'PLAY ME,' is distilled and immediate, expanding Gordon’s sonic palette to include more melodic beats and the motorik drive of krautrock. “We wanted the songs to be short,” Gordon says. “We wanted to do it really fast. It’s more focused, and maybe more confident."



The follow-up to 2024’s Justin Raisen-produced, two-time Grammy-nominated 'The Collective' processes, in her inimitable way, the collateral damage of the billionaire class: the demolition of democracy, technocratic end-times fascism, the A.I.-fueled chill-vibes flattening of culture - where dark humor voices the absurdity of modern life.



Despite its frequent outward gaze, 'PLAY ME' is an interior record, one in which a heightened emotionality pulses through physical jams, rejecting definitive statements in favor of an inquisitiveness that keeps Gordon searching, ever in process.



“A lifelong radical still at the peak of her powers.” - New Yorker “A poet of modern life, offering abstract, spoken vocals that speak to both the banality and volatility of our world.” - New York Times
March 28, 2026 listened Not sure yet quite how I feel about this album, will need to listen a few more times. Definitely some good tracks.
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Soup to Nuts (1930) WikiData TMDB IMDb
Soup to Nuts
director: Benjamin Stoloff actor: Ted Healy / Moe Howard
other title: Die Drei von der Feuerwache / Sopa para los locos
Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions; the creditors send a young manager who falls for Schmidt's niece Louise, but she'll have none of him. Schmidt's friends Ted, Queenie, and some goofy firemen try to help out; things come to a slapstick head when Louise needs rescuing from a fire.
Lonesome Dove (1989) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Lonesome Dove
actor: Robert Duvall / Tommy Lee Jones
other title: Weg in die Wildnis / Paloma solitaria
A pair of longtime friends and former Texas Rangers crave one last adventure before hanging-up their spurs. After stealing over a thousand head of cattle from rustlers south of the border, they recruit an unlikely crew of hands to drive the herd 3,000 miles north to the grasslands of Montana.
Oblivion (1994) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Oblivion
director: Sam Irvin actor: Richard Joseph Paul / Jackie Swanson
other title: Alien Desperados / El olvido
On another planet which resembles the Old West, a die-hard pacifist is forced to re-examine his ways after an evil alien bandit and his gang murder his estranged sheriff father, take over his home town, and threaten his friends.
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.
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The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
director: Gordon Hessler actor: John Phillip Law / Caroline Munro
other title: Il viaggio fantastico di Sinbad / Sinbads gyldne rejse
Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile, Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the interlocking golden map, and they mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of the map.
Land of the Free (1998) IMDb WikiData
Land of the Free
director: Jerry Jameson actor: Jeff Speakman / William Shatner
other title: Land of the Free - Tödliche Ideale / Universal Fighter
A politician's campaign manager (Speakman) discovers that the candidate (Shatner) is a front for a military organization plotting a political overthrow of the government. In trying to expose the candidate's right-wing activities, he puts himself and his family in danger of being killed.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData Melon Log
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
7.5 (13 ratings) director: Garth Jennings actor: Martin Freeman / Yasiin Bey
other title: Guida galattica per autostoppisti / Håndbog for vakse Galakseblaffere
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
BASEketball (1998) NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
BASEketball
director: David Zucker actor: Trey Parker / Matt Stone
other title: Sem Trapaça Não Tem Graça / Die Sportskanonen
Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop and Remer, invent a new game combining basketball with the rules of baseball. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. When a rival owner wants to institute major rule changes, Coop and Remer's team is the only one standing in the way.
Glass (2019) Douban TMDB IMDb NeoDB WikiData
Glass
7.6 (9 ratings) director: M. Night Shyamalan actor: James McAvoy / Bruce Willis
other title: Glass (Cristal)
In a series of escalating encounters, former security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. Meanwhile, the shadowy presence of Elijah Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.