A New Leaf (1971)

A New Leaf (1971)

starring Walter Matthau, Elaine May

written and directed by Elaine May

Henry (Walter Matthau) has gone broke. Desperate for money he casts about for rich woman to marry. He winds up with Henrietta Lowell (Elaine May). He is attracted to her money and the fact that she looks like the perfect wife for him. She accepts his marriage proposal and they get married just in time for him to pay off all his debts. He plans to murder her but at the last minute he has a change of heart.

Thoughts

I think I caught the tail end of this movie once on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon in 1980s. I'm pretty sure that this was the first time I have watched it from beginning to end.

The Twilight Zone 1.18

The Last Flight

starring Kenneth Haigh, Alexander Scourby, Simon Scott

written by Richard Matheson

directed by William F. Claxton

Lieutenant William Terrance Decker (Kenneth Haigh) of the Royal Flying Corps passes through a cloud and finds himself transported from 1917 to 1959. He doesn't understand what happened, nor do the US Air Force officers who question him, Major Wilson (Simon Scott) and Brigadier General Harper (Alexander Scourby).

Decker doesn't admit it at first (in front of the general) but later he tells Major Wilson that he's a coward. Just before he arrived in 1959 in abandoned a comrade when they faced overwhelming odds in an aerial fight. Based on some information that Decker gets from Wilson about Mackaye, the comrade he abandoned in 1917, Decker decides that he must go back.

The Makani: Cooking for the Maiko House 1.07

Illness

Kiyo and Sumire stay in Kyoto during the New Year's holiday. Everyone else goes home. Slowly they return to the house. Kiyo makes some traditional New Year's dishes for the resident's of the house, Sumire comes down with a cold. Kiyo goes to extra lengths to make her best friend homemade udon noodle soup with the freshest ingredients. 

Thoughts

I assume that the New Year celebrated in this episode is the Lunar New Year.

This is another good episode. I know I haven't watched this show faithfully every week, which is probably the most that one could expect from me, but I am enjoying it.

Star Trek: The Next Generation 5.17

The Outcast

The crew of the Enterprise assists the J'Naii in locating a shuttlecraft that seems to have vanished. Commander Riker works closely with Soren a J'Naii scientist. The J'Naii are an androgynous, humanoid race. Soren has lots of questions for Riker about human sexuality, while they are working on locating the missing shuttlecraft. They discover that it is trapped within a null space. Together, in one of the Enterprise's shuttlecraft, Riker and Soren chart what can be perceived of the dimensions of the null space.

Stand by Me (1986)

Stand by Me (1986)

starring Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland

directed by Rob Reiner

89 minutes

Four friends (all twelve years of age) go on a trip together to see if they can find the body of one of their classmates. Gordie (Wil Wheaton), Chris (River Phoenix), Teddy (Corey Feldman), and Vern (Jerry O'Connell) take off on a Friday afternoon and follow the railroad tracks from their hometown of Castle Rock, OR to the river where the body is supposed to be. It takes them a little over 24 hours to get there. They have a number of minor adventures along the way.

Steven Universe 1.47

Shirt Club

Stevn draws an image to advertise the fact that his father is giving guitar lassons. Buck, Mayor Dewey's son, gets a hold of the image and talks Steven into making t-shirts with the image on them. Steven thinks it's a great idea until after they distribute them. Everyone loves the t-shirts but they aren't interested in getting guitar lessons from his dad. Steven 

Thoughts

Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl are in this episode but they don't play an important role in it.

This was an okay episode but it didn't really do a lot for me.

Adventure Time 5.22

The Party's Over, Isla de Senorita

Ice King sneaks into Princess Bubblegum's bedroom. He tries kidnapping her but she wakes up and calls for her banana guards. Ice King gets the message, she doesn't appreciate him and leaves. He goes home but then he decides to leave there too. He gets in a row boat and takes off, gets caught in a storm, and washes up on the shore of a deserted island.

He hears a voice singing and discovers that the the island is a woman. She tells him about her boyfriend, Party God. Ice King confronts Party God, away from the island, and kind of helps her to break up with Party God. He then returns to see Princess Bubblegum and tells her that it is over between them.