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The Killer Elite (1975) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Killer Elite
director: Sam Peckinpah actor: James Caan / Robert Duvall …
other title: Killer Elite / Assassinos de Elite …
Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the CIA, and while on a case for them one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee. His assignment, to protect someone, goes down in flames. He is nearly crippled, but with braces is able to again become mobile. For revenge as much as anything else, Mike goes after his ex-friend.
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Buddy Buddy (1981) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Buddy Buddy
director: Billy Wilder actor: Jack Lemmon / Walter Matthau …
other title: Amigos, Amigos, Negócios a Parte / Victor la gaffe …
During a high-profile Mafia testimony case in Riverside County, a hired killer checks into a hotel room near the courthouse, while his depressed neighbor contemplates suicide over marital problems.
March 30, 2026 watched
Despite reuniting the classic comedy team of Billy Wilder, Jack Lemmon & Walther Matthau, this US remake of a French hitman farce is a swing and a miss.

Watched in #SundayFunnies watch party on Mastodon.
BillyWilder PaulaPrentiss 1980s USA Comedy
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Avanti! (1972)
Avanti!
director: Billy Wilder actor: Jack Lemmon / Juliet Mills …
other title: Che cosa è successo tra mio padre e tua madre? / Avanti - kom ind! …
A successful businessman travels to Italy to arrange for the return of his tycoon father's body, only to learn that dear old dad died with his longtime mistress.
March 23, 2026 watched
Romcom spiced up with a little middle-aged nudity but still pretty mild and rather long.

Watched in #SundayFunnies watch party on Mastodon.
JulietMills BillyWilder USA Comedy JackLemmon
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One, Two, Three (1961)
One, Two, Three
8.2 (13 ratings) director: Billy Wilder actor: James Cagney / Horst Buchholz …
other title: Uno, due, tre! / Cupido Não Tem Bandeira …
C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.
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Get Low (2010)
Get Low
director: Aaron Schneider actor: Robert Duvall / William James Murray …
other title: Get Low - A Lenda de Felix Bush / Am Ende des Weges …
A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.
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John Q (2002)
John Q
5.6 (5 ratings) director: Nick Cassavetes actor: Denzel Washington / James Woods …
other title: John Q. / John Q. - Verzweifelte Wut …
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
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Prom Night (1980) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Prom Night
director: Paul Lynch actor: Leslie Nielsen / David Gardner …
other title: Non entrate in quella casa / Blodig midnat …
At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years prior.
Feb. 24, 2026 watched
A slasher that takes a long time to get to the slashing. And not enough disco dancing!

Watched in the #MondayActionMovie watch party on Mastodon
USA Canada JamieLeeCurtis 1980s Slasher
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Almost Famous (2000)
Almost Famous
7.9 (7 ratings) director: Cameron Crowe actor: Billy Crudup / Frances McDormand …
other title: Quasi famosi / Quase Famosos …
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.
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The Hustler Spotify
Willie Colón
release date 1968-01-01 publisher: © 1968 Craft Recordings, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. / ℗ 1968 Craft Recordings, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Feb. 23, 2026 listened
Willie Colón's second collaboration with Héctor Lavoe results in a driving combination of boogaloo, salsa & bolero.
1960s USA Salsa WillieColon Fania
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Texas Rangers (2001) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Texas Rangers
director: Steve Miner actor: James Van Der Beek / Rachael Leigh Cook …
other title: Texas Rangers : La Revanche des justiciers
Ten years after the Civil War has ended, the Governor of Texas asks Leander McNelly to form a company of Rangers to help uphold the law along the Mexican border. With a few veterans of the war, most of the recruits are young men who have little or no experience with guns or policing crime.
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4D Man (1959) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
4D Man
director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. actor: Robert Lansing / Lee Meriwether …
other title: Delitto in quarta dimensione / Demônio Enfurecido …
Two brothers, scientists Scott and Tony Nelson, develop an amplifier which enables a person to enter a 4th dimensional state, allowing him to pass through any object. Scott experiments on himself and discovers that each time he passes through something he ages rapidly. He begins killing people, sucking out their life energies and regaining his youth as a result.