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Remember the Titans (2000) TMDB IMDb
Remember the Titans
director: Boaz Yakin actor: Denzel Washington / Will Patton
other title: Il sapore della vittoria - Uniti si vince / Duelo de Titãs
After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and replaced by Herman Boone – tough, opinionated and as different from the beloved Yoast as he could be. The two men learn to overcome their differences and turn a group of hostile young men into champions.
That Fiery Girl (1968) NeoDB IMDb Douban
红辣椒
director: Yan Jun actor: Cheng Pei-Pei / Chan Leung
other title: 红辣椒
The bandits of Hulu Valley murder the chief of Mei Clan while searching for a treasure map. In retaliation, the clan’s leading swordsman Feng-chun (Chan Leung) infiltrates the bandit’s fortress hideout in anticipation of a surprise attack by a larger force and unexpectedly finds himself romantically involved with the bandit leader’s feisty daughter (Cheng Pei-Pei).
Hopscotch (1980) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Hopscotch
director: Ronald Neame actor: Walter Matthau / Glenda Jackson
other title: Due sotto il divano / Den vilde flugt
When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) Douban NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
director: Howard Hawks actor: Jane Russell / Marilyn Monroe
other title: Gli uomini preferiscono le bionde / Gentlemen foretrækker blondiner
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
director: George Roy Hill actor: Paul Newman / Robert Redford
other title: Butch Cassidy / Butch Cassidy e Sundance Kid
As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in hopes of evading the law.
War of the Ninja Monsters: Jaron vs Goura (2024) NeoDB TMDB IMDb
忍獣大戦記 蛇龍対號羅
director: Shinpei Hayashiya actor: Mizuho Yoshida / Keiki Hayashiya
other title: 忍獣大戦記 蛇龍対號羅
Two men, tired from work, visit the town of Chichibu to enjoy their favorite hobby - exploring caves. But little do they know, the town has been secretly protected by the descendants of the righteous Shinobi ninja since the Sengoku period. The two unlucky friends accidentally break a spell that awakens two colossal beasts, Jaron and Goura. The area’s rival clans manipulate them into a fierce battle, bringing chaos to the area. But a righteous female ninja steps up, wanting to stop the destruction and restore the seal. Can she defeat the evil ninjas that stand in her way before Chichibu is completely destroyed by two kaiju?
Sept. 22, 2025 watched
Not a lot of war, ninjas or monsters. A lot of tone shifts & grating comedy music.

Watched in the #Monsterdon afterparty #WatchParty on miru.miyaku.media and Mastodon
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The Angry Red Planet (1959) IMDb NeoDB WikiData TMDB
The Angry Red Planet
director: Ib Melchior actor: Gerald Mohr / Naura Hayden
other title: Marte Distruggerà la Terra! / Den vrede planet
The first manned flight to Mars returns after having been out of communications since it had arrived on Mars. What would it reveal?
Sept. 22, 2025 watched
A movie that, like a great artist, steals from others (The Blob, Godzilla, Forbidden Planet etc). But great art, it ain't.

Watched in #Monsterdon #WatchParty on Mastodon
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Spaceballs (1987) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Spaceballs
5.8 (6 ratings) director: Mel Brooks actor: Mel Brooks / John Candy
other title: Balle spaziali / Spaceballs - Rumnødderne
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
director: Mike Judge actor: Mike Judge / Bruce Willis
other title: Beavis e Butt-Head alla conquista dell'America / Beavis e Butt-head na América
Slacker duo Beavis and Butt-Head wake to discover their TV has been stolen. Their search for a new one takes them on a clueless adventure across America, during which they manage to accidentally become America's most wanted.
Black Sunday (1977) NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Black Sunday
director: John Frankenheimer actor: Robert Shaw / Bruce Dern
other title: Sort søndag / Schwarzer Sonntag
An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a Black September PLO plot to commit a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl.
Jeremiah Johnson (1972) TMDB
Jeremiah Johnson
director: Sydney Pollack actor: Robert Redford / Will Geer
other title: Corvo Rosso non avrai il mio scalpo / Manden der ikke kunne dø
A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.
Polyester (1981) TMDB
Polyester
director: John Waters actor: Divine / Tab Hunter
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow.
The Raven (1963) TMDB IMDb
The Raven
director: Roger Corman actor: Vincent Price / Peter Lorre
other title: I maghi del terrore / Ravnen
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.
Aug. 4, 2025 watched
Roger Corman takes an Edgar Allen Poe horror poem with three classic horror actors... and turns it into a comedy?

Neither scary nor (intentionally) funny. Looks impressive at times, though.

Watched as party of #Monsterdon #WatchParty on Mastodon.
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Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) WikiData IMDb TMDB
ゴジラ・モスラ・キングギドラ大怪獣総進撃
director: Shusuke Kaneko actor: Chiharu Niiyama / Ryudo Uzaki
other title: Godzilla, Mothra e King Ghidorah - Assalto di mostri giganti / Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack
Godzilla has become a distant memory for Japan when the destruction of a US submarine raises alarms for Admiral Tachibana. His estranged daughter Yuri investigates the legend of the guardian monsters, who must rise to protect Japan against the vengeful spirits within Godzilla that seek to destroy both the nation and its people for the suffering they inflicted in the Pacific conflict.
Aug. 11, 2025 watched
Great final battle... and then another final battle... and then another... and another... and another!

Seen in #Monsterdon #WatchParty
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The Man from Planet X (1951) TMDB IMDb
The Man from Planet X
director: Edgar G. Ulmer actor: Robert Clarke / Margaret Field
other title: L'uomo dal pianeta X / Der Mann von Planet X
While watching for a planet that may collide with earth, scientists stationed in Scotland are approached by a visitor from outer space.
Startup.com (2001) NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Startup.com
director: Chris Hegedus / Jehane Noujaim actor: Kaleil Isaza Tuzman / Tom Herman
other title: Startup.com - Vom Aufstieg und Ende eines amerikanischen Traums
Friends since high school, 20-somethings Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman have an idea: a Web site for people to conduct business with municipal governments. This documentary tracks the rise and fall of govWorks.com from May of 1999 to December of 2000, and the trials the business brings to the relationship of these best friends. Kaleil raises the money, Tom's the technical chief. A third partner wants a buy out; girlfriends come and go; Tom's daughter needs attention. And always the need for cash and for improving the site. Venture capital comes in by the millions. Kaleil is on C-SPAN, CNN, and magazine covers. Will the business or the friendship crash first?
Sept. 10, 2025 watched
Fascinating fly-on-the-wall doc showing two best friends starting a web business during the dotcom boom and bust, and what that does to their relationship.

Seen in #VCRparty #WatchParty
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Risky Business (1983) TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Risky Business
director: Paul Brickman actor: Tom Cruise / Rebecca De Mornay
other title: Risky Business - Fuori i vecchi... i figli ballano / Fræk business
Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.
Big Trouble in Little China (1986) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Big Trouble in Little China
director: John Carpenter actor: Kurt Russell / Kim Cattrall
other title: Grosso guaio a Chinatown / Hvem springer kineserne for?
Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancée is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.
Aug. 17, 2025 watched
John Carpenter's ode to Hong Kong kung fu movies. With Kurt Russell playing perfectly the "white-saviour-is-really-just-a-braggart-who-gets-saved-by-the-Chinese-hero-over-and-over-again" in that string of great Carpenter/Russell collaborations of the 80s. A thoroughly enjoyable blend of action, comedy and fantasy.

Rewatched as part of #KungFuSat #WatchParty on Mastodon.
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