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Trouble in Mind (1985) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Trouble in Mind
director: Alan Rudolph actor: Kris Kristofferson / Keith Carradine …
other title: Stati di alterazione progressiva / Vidas em Conflito …
The lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the hypnotic Rain City.
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) WikiData NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban Skybridge
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
director: Jake Kasdan actor: John C. Reilly / Jenna Fischer …
other title: Walk Hard - La storia di Dewey Cox / A Vida é Dura …
Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox follows a long and winding road to music stardom. Dewey perseveres through changing musical styles, an addiction to nearly every drug known and bouts of uncontrollable rage.
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Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934) IMDb WikiData TMDB
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.
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Die Hard (1988) NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban Skybridge
Die Hard
8.4 (23 ratings) director: John McTiernan actor: Bruce Willis / Alan Rickman …
other title: Trappola di cristallo / Assalto ao Arranha-Céus …
NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.
Dec. 27, 2025 watched
One of my all time faves! An action movie with just the right sprinkling of vulnerability, character and humour.

1st watched in the cinema, in Leicester Square.
Last rewatched: in #FridayThrillerClub watch party on Mastodon.
USA JohnMcTiernan Action BruceWillis 1980s
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The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
The Long Kiss Goodnight
director: Renny Harlin actor: Geena Davis / Samuel L. Jackson …
other title: Spy / A Profissional …
Samantha Caine is a small-town schoolteacher and mom with no memory of her life before washing up on a beach eight years ago. After a car accident and a violent home invasion trigger flashes of her past, she discovers she used to be a deadly CIA assassin. Teaming up with a wisecracking private investigator, Samantha must return to her old ways to take down the people who tried to erase her.
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Tomb Invader (2018) WikiData IMDb
Tomb Invader
director: James Thomas actor: Gina Vitori / Tammy Klein …
other title: Invasores de tumbas
Archaeologist Alabama Channing sets off to uncover the ancient tomb of Quin Shi Haung, which promises riches and answers to family mysteries.
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Alligator 2: The Mutation (1991) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Alligator 2: The Mutation
director: Jon Hess actor: Joseph Bologna / Dee Wallace …
other title: Alligator 2 - Die Mutation / Alligator 2 - The Mutation …
A giant mutated alligator runs riot in a small town after the sewer system washes it into a lake.
Nov. 17, 2025 watched
Sequel quite dull & slow in comparison to the first film

Watched in #MonsterMiru #WatchParty after #Monsterdon on Mastodon
USA RichardLynch Monster Alligator 1990s
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Top Secret! (1984) NeoDB TMDB IMDb Douban Skybridge WikiData
Top Secret!
7.6 (7 ratings) director: Jim Abrahams / Jerry Zucker … actor: Val Kilmer / Lucy Gutteridge …
other title: Ultra Secreto / Top Secret ! …
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.
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The Octagon (1980) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
The Octagon
director: Eric Karson actor: Chuck Norris / Karen Carlson …
other title: Mænd uden nåde / A Fortaleza Secreta …
Scott James, a veteran martial arts expert, is recruited as the protector of the wealthy and beautiful Justine after she becomes the target of a ninja clan. When Scott finds out that his ruthless arch-nemesis, McCarn , is involved with the stealthy and dangerous criminals, he is eager to settle old scores. Soon Scott is facing off against McCarn and the entire ninja horde in an effort to take them all down.
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Bad Santa (2003) IMDb WikiData Skybridge TMDB
Bad Santa
director: Terry Zwigoff actor: Billy Bob Thornton / Tony Cox …
other title: Babbo bastardo / Bad Santa - O Anti-Pai Natal
You'd better watch out - Santa Claus Willie T. Soke is coming to town, and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Wille's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective, a sexy bartender, and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.
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The Producers (1968) TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb
The Producers
director: Mel Brooks actor: Zero Mostel / Gene Wilder …
other title: Per favore, non toccate le vecchiette! / Forår for Hitler …
Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming wealthy old biddies to invest in a production many times over the actual cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.
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Singin' in the Rain (1952) Douban IMDb NeoDB 兜伴 Skybridge WikiData TMDB
Singin' in the Rain
8.4 (14 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.
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Thief (1981) TMDB IMDb WikiData Skybridge
Thief
8.5 (6 ratings) director: Michael Mann actor: James Caan / Tuesday Weld …
other title: Strade violente / Voldens gade …
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.