No Ordinary Heist (2026)

No Ordinary Heist (2026)

starring Eddie Marsan, Éanna Hardwicke

directed by Colin McIvor

99 minutes

Richard Murray (Eddie Marsan) and Barry McKenna (Éanna Hardwicke) employees of the Bank of Northern Ireland are given little choice after Richard's wife and Barry's mother are kidnapped by thugs who demand that they rob the bank for them. Murray, the manager of the bank, and McKenna, who works in the vault, come from very different backgrounds and do not get along.

Three Keenings (2024)

Three Keenings (2024)

starring Seamus O'Hara

directed by Oliver McGoldrick

10 minutes

A professional mourner cares for his father in between gigs.

Thoughts

I saw this short as part of the 2026 Capital Irish Film Festival at the AFI Silver Theater. It was given the Norman Houston Award at the festival for being the best new short film from Northern Ireland from the past two years.

This was pretty good considering how short it was. It made me laugh and while it didn't make me cry it also had a serious side. 

The Outer Limits (1963) 1.12

The Borderland

starring Philip Abbott, Gladys Cooper, Nina Foch, Barry Jones, Gene Raymond, Peter Mark Richman, Alfred Ryder

directed by Leslie Stevens

Dwight Hartley (Barry Jones), desperate to make contact with his son who was killed in a car accident, hires a couple psychics Mrs. Palmer (Gladys Cooper) and Mr. Price (Alfred Ryder). Their attempts to make contact with Hartley's son are shown to be fraudulent by scientist  Lincoln Russell (Philip Abbott). Hartley, still desperate to make contact with his son, bankrolls the experiments of Russell and his partners Ian Fraser (Peter Mark Richman) and Eva Fraser (Nina Foch).

Alcoa Theater 3.04

Operation Spark

starring David Wayne, John Larch, John Hoyt

directed by Walter Grauman

A plot to kill Adolf Hitler, in the midst of the Second World War, led by German Army Major General von Tresckow (David Wayne) goes according to plan up to a point. Major von Tresckow manages to convince Field Marshall von Kluge (John Hoyt) to look the other way but other things interfere with their plan. Colonel Brandt (John Larch), who is loyal to Hitler discovers something is up before the plotters are able to succeed.

Doctor Who (1963) 8.05.02

The Daemons - Part Two

The Doctor and Professor Horner are caught in the outpouring of cold air from within the chamber that the professor opened up. The professor dies. The Doctor survives but goes into a coma. Jo gets the Doctor transported away from the site of the dig, Devil's Hump, and back to the village of Devil's End. He eventually recovers.

Jo gets in touch with Captain Yates and Sergeant Benton. They make their way to Devil's End the next morning in the Brigadier's helicopter. They see (from the air) what look like enormous hoofprints. They rendezvous with Jo who fills them in on what's been happening.

Sergeant Benton goes to have a look around town. He finds Olive Hawthorne tied up in the church. He unties her but then the deacon, who works for the Master, comes looking for them. Benton and the deacon get into a fight. Benton loses the fight after stepping on an evil spot in the basement of the church where the Master conducted a ceremony the night before.

Bleach 40 / 2.20

The Shinigami whom Ganju Met

Ichigo and Kenpachi both fall to the ground, seriously injured and unable to continue fighting. Yachiru Kusajishi, Kenpachi's lieutenant, picks him up and carries him away, after thanking Ichigo for fighting with her boss. Yachiru and Kenpachi reminisce while he lies on the ground unable to move, for the most part.

 

Ichigo lies where he fell until Yoruichi arrives. Yoruichi promises to take care of Ichigo and then starts to glow as he starts to transform.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1.15

The Big Switch

starring George Mathews, Beverly Michaels

directed by Don Weis

Sam Dunleavy (George Mathews) makes plans to kill Goldie (Beverly Michaels), his ex-girlfriend. He's sore at her for starting to date another guy while he was out of town, trying to avoid the police. Sam is being watched by the police but he gets some help from Barney, an old friend who owns a nightclub. Barney agrees to be Sam's alibi while he sneaks out of the club and kills Goldie.