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Communion (1989) IMDb WikiData
Communion
director: Philippe Mora actor: Christopher Walken / Lindsay Crouse …
other title: Die Besucher
A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.
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Interior Chinatown (2024) NeoDB TMDB Douban
Interior Chinatown Season 1 part of TV Series: Interior Chinatown
7.3 (7 ratings) director: Taika Waititi / Ben Sinclair … actor: Jimmy O. Yang / Ronny Chieng …
Willis Wu, a background character trapped in a police procedural, tries to find his way into the larger story–and along the way discovers secrets about the strange world he inhabits and his family’s buried history.
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The Stolen Jools (1931) TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Stolen Jools
director: William C. McGann / Thomas Atkins … actor: Norma Shearer / Richard Barthelmess …
other title: I gioielli rubati / Juwelenraub in Hollywood …
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen…

Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
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The Outfit (1973) IMDb WikiData
The Outfit
director: John Flynn actor: Robert Duvall / Karen Black …
other title: Organizzazione crimini / Revolte in der Unterwelt …
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
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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.
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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.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
director: Rouben Mamoulian actor: Fredric March / Miriam Hopkins …
other title: Il dottor Jekyll / Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde …
Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.
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Son of Dracula (1943) TMDB IMDb
Son of Dracula
director: Robert Siodmak actor: Lon Chaney Jr. / Robert Paige …
other title: Il figlio di Dracula / Draculas Sohn …
Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local officials are suspicious of the newcomer, who is interested in the "virile" soil of the new world.
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Top Dog (1995) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Top Dog
director: Aaron Norris actor: Chuck Norris / Michele Lamar Richards …
other title: Il cane e il poliziotto / Top Dog, el perro sargento …
With his cop companion shot and killed by terrorists, Reno The Dog pairs up with tough cop Jake in thwarting the criminal organization.
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Secondhand Lions (2003) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Secondhand Lions
director: Tim McCanlies actor: Michael Caine / Robert Duvall …
other title: Lições Para Toda Vida / Löwen aus zweiter Hand …
The comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives.
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Superbad (2007) TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb
Superbad
6.8 (8 ratings) director: Greg Mottola actor: Jonah Hill / Michael Cera …
other title: Su×bad: 3 menti sopra il pelo / Super Baldas …
Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.
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Red River (1948) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Red River
director: Howard Hawks actor: John Wayne / Montgomery Clift …
other title: Il fiume rosso / O Rio Vermelho …
Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.
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The Hitman (1991) IMDb WikiData
The Hitman
director: Aaron Norris actor: Chuck Norris / Alberta Watson …
other title: Omicidio incrociato / O Destruidor …
After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the burgeoning Seattle-area criminal underworld, but it is all done in order to take it down from within.
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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
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Kung Faux (2003) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kung Faux
actor: Harold Hunter
other title: Virgin Atlantic - helt oppe i skyerne
Old 1970s Martial arts films individually re-cut down to standard television half hour lengths, re-scored with hit music, re-dubbed with the comedic voice overs of hip hop personalities, and re-combined with comic book style graphics and video game theme pacing.
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The Monster That Challenged the World (1957) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Monster That Challenged the World
director: Arnold Laven actor: Tim Holt / Audrey Dalton …
other title: Il mostro che sfidò il mondo / O Monstro Que Desafiou o Mundo …
Giants Mollusks are released from the earth by an earthquake and start killing people.
April 6, 2026 watched
Has effects, characters and monsters not as terrible as the usual 1950s fare.

Watched in #Monsterdon watch party on Mastodon.
Monster SciFi WatchParty Monsterdon Snail
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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.