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The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2013) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box
director: Jonathan Newman actor: Aneurin Barnard / Michael Sheen …
other title: The adventurer - Il mistero dello scrigno di Mida / O Aventureiro: A Maldição da Caixa de Midas …
Seventeen-year-old Mariah Mundi's life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a trail of clues to the darkly majestic Prince Regent Hotel, Mariah discovers a hidden realm of child-stealing monsters, deadly secrets and a long-lost artefact that grants limitless wealth — but also devastating supernatural power. With the fate of his world, and his family at stake, Mariah will risk everything to unravel the Curse of the Midas Box.
July 21, 2026 watched
A rather limp affair, a mash-up of every orphan tale ever made with some "light plagiarism" of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Fortunately, made bearable by the folks in the #MondayActionMovie watch party on Mastodon.
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Waterworld (1995)
Waterworld
6.2 (6 ratings) director: Kevin Reynolds actor: Kevin Costner / Dennis Hopper …
In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'—which is tattooed on Enola's back.
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Solarbabies (1986) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Solarbabies
director: Alan Johnson actor: Richard Jordan / Jami Gertz …
other title: I guerrieri del sole / Solarfighters …
In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller skates and is quite good. It has given them a unity that transcends the attempts to bring them to heel by the government. Finding an orb of special power, they find it has unusual effects on them. They escape from the orphanage (on skates) and try to cross the wasteland looking for a place they can live free as the storm-troopers search for them and the orb.
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Sleeper (1973) IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
Sleeper
director: 伍迪·艾伦 actor: 伍迪·艾伦 / 黛安·基顿 …
other title: 傻瓜大闹科学城 / Il dormiglione …
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
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MouseHunt (1997)
MouseHunt
director: Gore Verbinski actor: Nathan Lane / Lee Evans …
other title: Un topolino sotto sfratto / Mus i eget hus …
Down-on-their luck brothers, Lars and Ernie Smuntz, aren't happy with the crumbling old mansion they inherit... until they discover the estate is worth millions. Before they can cash in, they have to rid the house of its single, stubborn occupant—a tiny and tenacious mouse.
July 20, 2026 watched
Fun farce, Nathan Lane & Lee Evans great together as brothers who inherit a house but have to deal with a mischievous mouse.

Watched in the late 90s, rewatched in #SundayFunnies watch party on Mastodon
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Jaws 3-D (1983)
Jaws 3-D
director: Joe Alves actor: Dennis Quaid / Bess Armstrong …
other title: Lo squalo 3 / Dødens gab 3 …
A giant thirty-five-foot shark becomes trapped in a SeaWorld theme park and it's up to the sons of police chief Brody to rescue everyone.
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Gamera vs. Viras (1968) WikiData IMDb TMDB
ガメラ対宇宙怪獣バイラス
director: Noriaki Yuasa actor: Kōjirō Hongō / Tôru Takatsuka …
other title: Il mostro invincibile / Gamera gegen Viras - Frankensteins Weltraummonster greift an …
As alien invaders plot to conquer the Earth, two Boy Scouts steal a mini-submarine and discover Gamera in their midst. Transported to the alien's spaceship, the Scouts are menaced by the evil inhabitants, including Viras, a squid-like monster that grows to colossal size to battle Gamera.
July 14, 2026 watched
My 1st Gamera. Had good moments but unfortunately too much recycled footage & annoying moppets for my liking.

Watched in the #MondayActionMovie watch party on Mastodon.
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Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf (1985) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
director: Philippe Mora actor: Jimmy Nail / Christopher Lee …
other title: Howling II - L'ululato / Das Tier II …
When a young journalist dies in violent circumstances, her brother soon learns, by way of the mysterious Stefan Crosscoe, that his sister has succumbed to the werewolf curse.
July 14, 2026 watched
Not as good as the original, with bland leads unredeemed by Christopher Lee or Sybil Danning's boobs (the true stars of the film judging by how many times they were reshown during the end credits).

Watched in the #MonsterMiru watch party on Mastodon after Monsterdon.
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Wolfen (1981) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Wolfen
5.6 (5 ratings) director: Michael Wadleigh actor: Albert Finney / Diane Venora …
other title: Wolfen - La belva immortale / Cidade em Pânico …
A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.
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Swift Sword (1980) IMDb TMDB Douban
情俠追風劍
director: Ho Meng-Hua actor: Wong Yu / Nau Nau …
other title: 情俠追風劍
Starring a menagerie of established Shaw Brothers' talent like kung-fu comedienne, Wang Yu, female kung-fu fighter Hui Ying-hung (the lady Michelle Yeoh tries to emulate) and perennial bad guy Lo Lieh, it's a movie about cross people and crossed swords where our heroes discover that gold is not as precious as friendship.
July 12, 2026 watched
I've dealt with some confusing plots in kung fu films, but way too often in this I found myself thinking "who the hell are these people and what the hell is going on???"

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon
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Jaws 2 (1978)
Jaws 2
4.2 (5 ratings) director: Jeannot Szwarc actor: Roy Scheider / Lorraine Gary …
other title: Lo squalo 2 / Dødens gab 2 …
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
July 11, 2026 watched
Reminds me of the old Russian joke. Two old friends bump into each other in December. One asks: "How was your year?" The other replies. "So-so. Worse than last year, but better than the next!"

This entry in the Jaws franchise was definitely not as good as the 1st one, but will better than the ones to come! :D

Rewatched (for the first time in decades) in "Jaws July" in the #FridayThrillerClub watch party on Mastodon.
FridayThrillerClub 1970s Horror Sequel Jaws
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The Sheep Detectives (2026)
The Sheep Detectives
7.0 (65 ratings) director: Kyle Balda actor: Hugh Jackman / Emma Thompson …
other title: Pecore sotto copertura / Glennkill: Ein Schafskrimi …
George is a shepherd who reads detective novels to his beloved sheep every night, assuming they can't possibly understand. But when a mysterious incident disrupts life on the farm, the sheep realize they must become the detectives. As they follow the clues and investigate human suspects, they prove that even sheep can be brilliant crime-solvers.
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Close Range (2015) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Close Range
director: Isaac Florentine actor: Scott Adkins / Nick Chinlund …
other title: Close Range - Vi ucciderà tutti / Perigo Extremo …
A rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a relentless fight with a corrupt sheriff, his obedient deputies, and a dangerous drug cartel in order to protect his sister and her young daughter.
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Team America: World Police (2004)
Team America: World Police
5.2 (6 ratings) director: Trey Parker actor: Trey Parker / Matt Stone …
other title: Team America: Polícia Mundial / Team America : Police du monde …
When North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il orchestrates a global terrorist plot, it's up to the heavily armed, highly specialized Team America unit to stop his dastardly scheme. The group, which has recruited troubled Broadway actor Gary Johnston, not only has to face off against Jong-il, but they must also contend with the Film Actors Guild, a cadre of Hollywood liberals at odds with Team America's 'policing the world' tactics.
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The Chinese Mack (1974) IMDb TMDB
絕招
director: Ta-Chuan Hsu actor: Michael Chan / Lee Fung-Lan …
other title: 絕招
Real-life Triad leader and Hong Kong action star Chan Wai-Man headlines The Chinese Mack, a fight-filled martial arts slug-fest from the golden year of 1974! In the scenic countryside, an expert kung fu student is taught the deadly art of the “death blows.” With his schooling finished, he heads to the big city to earn his fortune. But when he’s seduced by the sins of the flesh, he’ll have to battle his way out of the darkness.
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Independence Day (1996)
Independence Day
6.9 (18 ratings) director: Roland Emmerich actor: Will Smith / Bill Pullman …
other title: Dia da Independência / Dia de la independencia
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.
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Jaws (1975)
Jaws
8.0 (46 ratings) director: Steven Spielberg actor: Roy Scheider / Robert Shaw …
other title: Lo squalo / Dødens gab …
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled hunter embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again.