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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
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
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.
USA SciFi RonSilver Action Horror
Get Low (2010) Douban WikiData IMDb
Get Low
director: Aaron Schneider actor: Robert Duvall / Bill 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.
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.
Slaughter in San Francisco (1974) TMDB IMDb WikiData
黃面老虎
director: Lo Wei actor: Don Wong Tao / Chuck Norris
other title: Massacro a San Francisco / Yellow Faced Tiger (aka Slaughter In San Francisco)
A Chinese-American cop, skilled in martial arts, battles the most powerful criminal gang in San Francisco that is responsible for the death of his partner.
March 24, 2026 watched
Poor dialogue but good pacing & plenty of fights. But too much Chuck Norris body hair!

Watched in #MondayActionMovie watch party on Mastodon
ChuckNorris Action MartialArts LoWei HongKong
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.
AllyWalker FrancisCapra USA Comedy PaulMichaelGlaser
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.
Avanti! (1972) Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
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
Street Wars (2011) TMDB IMDb
Street Wars
director: Wayne Rose actor: Steven Seagal / Kyle Cassie
other title: True Justice - Guerriglia urbana / Street Wars - Krieg in den Straßen
When Officer Elijah Kane and his team of undercover cops discover a new lab drug flooding through the nightclubs of Seattle, they struggle to eliminate it from the streets immediately. As if dealing with a dozen dead ravers isn't enough, the cops begin to act as security guards for an obnoxious documentarian. They quickly become privy to the filmmaker's arrogance as he attempts to make a film regarding Seattle's underbelly.
March 22, 2026 watched
A two-part episode from the TV show True Justice (2011-2012) marketed as a straight-to-DVD movie in some countries.

I went into it expecting crap and I was not disappointed!

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon, whose denizens & jokes made it bearable!
StevenSeagal 2010s Action WatchParty MeghanOry
John Q (2002) Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB
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.
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.
Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Hard Ticket to Hawaii
director: Andy Sidaris actor: Ronn Moss / Dona Speir
other title: Agguato alle Hawaii / Hawaii Raiders
A Molokai-based civilian pilot and an undercover DEA agent intercept a delivery of diamonds intended for druglord Seth Romero. Seth, his henchmen, and other island undesirables launch a full-scale assault on the duo. If they're going to survive, they'll need the help of agent Rowdy Abilene and his partner/kickboxing expert Jade.
Jason and the Argonauts (1963) TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Jason and the Argonauts
director: Don Chaffey actor: Todd Armstrong / Nancy Kovack
other title: Gli Argonauti / Jason og det gyldne skind
Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.
Irma la Douce (1963) NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
Irma la Douce
director: Billy Wilder actor: Shirley MacLaine / Jack Lemmon
other title: Irma la dolce / Das Mädchen Irma la Douce
When a recently fired policeman falls in love with a French prostitute, he doesn't want her to be with other men, so he creates an alter-ego in order to become her only customer.
Animal Crackers (1930) TMDB IMDb
Animal Crackers
director: Victor Heerman actor: Groucho Marx / Harpo Marx
other title: Det tossede hus / Os Galhofeiros
The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.
Dreamscape (1984) IMDb NeoDB WikiData TMDB
Dreamscape
director: Joseph Ruben actor: Dennis Quaid / Max von Sydow
other title: Dreamscape: fuga nell'incubo / A Morte nos Sonhos
In order to diagnose the psychic traumas suffered by his patients, Dr. Paul Novotny gets young Alex Gardner to enter their dreams.