Thursday, January 15, 2026

The Outer Limits (1963) 1.10

Nightmare

starting James Shigeta, Ed Nelson, Martin Sheen
directed by John Erman

Six human soldiers are captured by aliens while on their way toward Ebon, an enemy planet that is at war with Earth. They are not the first humans to he captured during the war between Earth and Ebon. They are interrogated. Each man responds differently to interrogation. Some of the men captured before them try to encourage the six men to cooperate with the Ebonites.

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Star Trek (1966) 1.25

Devil in the Dark

The Enterprise visits the Janus VI mining colony, a vital source for Pergium. A number of miners are dead, killed by a creature first encountered after the mining operation expanded down into a new level.

Vanderberg, the chief engineer at the mining colony, wants the creature killed. The creature strikes again while Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are investigating. It knocks out a key component of the mining operation’s life support system. 

Spock speculates that the creature might be a silicon based life form. McCoy laughs at Spock’s idea but Spock and Kirk later see the creature and confirm that it is indeed a silicon based life form.

Bleach 34 / 2.14

Tragedy of Dawn

Ichigo and Renji are too injured to continue fighting. Both of them collapse, unconscious. Ganju and Hanataro hear someone coming. They grab Ichigo and find a place to hide. Hanataro starts to work on healing Ichigo.

Kira and a few other men find Renji. They get him to a bed. Kira is about to get some medical help when Captain Byakuya Kuchiki, Renji's boss, shows up and says that he wants Renji locked up for failing to defeat the enemy.

Fifth Division Lieutenant Momo Hinamori is stunned by Captain Kuchiki's coolness. Captain Tōshirō Hitsugaya shows up and warns her to beware of Captain Gin Ichimaru. Hitsugaya isn't sure what he's up to but he seems to suspect something.

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

starring Arden Cho, May Hong, Ji-young Yoo
directed by Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang

96 minutes

Rumi (Adren Cho), Mira (May Hong), and Zoey (Ji-young Yoo) collectively known as HUNTR/X, a KPop sensation and demon hunters are thrown for a loop when Gwi-Ma, the king of the demons, sends the Saja Boys to challenge them. Rumi hides a secret from her teammates that threatens to break up HUNTR/X. Jinu, leader of the Saja Boys, learns of Rumi's secret but uses it first to get close to her and the two meet a few times away from their respective teammates. Both try to lure the other over to their side. The showdown between the two groups occurs at the Annual International Idol competition.

Four Star Playhouse 1.05

Welcome Home

starring Dick Powell
directed by Robert Florey

Eddie White (Dick Powell) returns to his hometown for the first time in 15 years. He's wanted for murder. The police are looking for him but he's got a head start. No one recognizes him, at first, except for Chuck Stern, whose father owns the hotel where Eddie gets a room. Chuck follows Eddie around. He wants to be just like him.

The police surround the hotel. Chuck runs inside. He wants to help Eddie shoot his way out of there. Eddie decides he would rather ruin Chuck's impression of him rather than get him killed.

Monday, January 12, 2026

Doctor Who (2005) 1.03

The Unquiet Dead

The Doctor and Rose land in Cardiff in 1869, although the Doctor thinks at first that they have landed in Naples in 1860. There are ghost like creatures possessing dead human bodies. Charles Dickens is in town. The Doctor and Rose meet Dickens and the ghosts.

The Doctor tries to help the ghosts. They are victims of the Time War, or so they say. They also claim to just want to attain physical form again. The rift that connects their world to the Earth is found in the morgue of that belongs to an undertaker's business. Gwyneth, the undertaker's assistant turns out to be the key to letting them through the rift and also to destroying the rift. 

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1.12

Santa Claus and the 10th Ave. Kid

starring Barry Fitzgerald, Virginia Gregg

Five-time convict Harold Sears (Barry Fitzgerald) is given a job (while on parole) as a department store Santa Claus. He doesn't really care for the job but he does it. Clementine Webster (Virginia Gregg), his parole officer, does her best to encourage him to he honest and avoid things that will get him sent back to prison. One of the kids who comes to see him, the 10th Ave Kid, isn't buying Sears act. Sears sees that the kid is headed for trouble and tries to do him a favor but in doing so Sears almost gets himself locked up again.