Doctor Who (1963) 13.03.02

Pyramids of Mars - Part Two

The Servant of Sutekh kills Namin and then assumes the form of Marcus Scarman. The Doctor, Sarah Jane, and Laurence Scarman hide. Marcus Scarman starts to gives orders to the mummies. They set some devices up and create a force field around the area. Scarman goes to the hunting lodge where the Doctor and the others left Dr. Warlock. The mummies kill him.

The Doctor gets injured and knocked unconscious while investigating the sarcophagus through which the Marcus Scarman arrived. Sarah Jane and Laurence drag the Doctor, who is still unconscious, into a priest hole. Marcus returns with the mummies. He senses a human presence. He is feeling along the wall where the priest hole is located when a hunter (who is trapped within the barrier) shoots at him from outside.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1.33

The Belfry

starring Jack Mullaney, Patricia Hitchcock

written by Robert C. Dennis

directed by Herschel Daugherty

Clint Ringle (Jack Mullaney) has his heart set on marrying school teacher Ellie Marsh (Patricia Hitchcock). He kills her fiancé when he finds out she won't call off their wedding plans. Clint runs off and goes into hiding while the people of the small town search for him.

Clint hides in the Belfry above the school room where Ellie teaches. He manages to stay hidden despite a couple moments when it looks like one of the boys in Ellie's class is going to climb up to the Belfry. His plan finally comes apart when one of the men unexpectedly decides to ring the bell. Clint isn't prepared and is killed when he gets hit in the forehead by the bell.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.26

The Jem'Hadar

Sisko takes Jake on a field trip into the Delta Quadrant. He reluctantly allows Quark and Nog to join them. They land on a planet that is uninhabited and devoid of any large life forms. Sisko and Quark are taken prisoner during the first night they spend on the planet. Jake and Nog are away from the campsite at the time.

Sisko and Quark are thrown into a containment field with another humanoid who was captured at the same time as them. Her name is Eris. She tells them that they have been captured by the Jem'Hadar, the fiercest warriors of the Dominion. Benjamin and Quark try to find a way out of the containment field. Eris has telekinetic powers but she was shackled with a collar that prevents her from using these abilities.

Tales of the Unexpected 2.05

Poison

starring Andrew Ray, Anthony Steel, Saeed Jaffrey

written by Robin Chapman

directed by Graham Evans

Harry (Andrew Ray) is reading in bed when he discovers that there's a krait, a poisonous snake, under the covers. He remains motionless until Timber (Anthony Steel), his housemate, comes home. Timber calls a doctor (Saeed Jaffrey). The doctor does what he can to first protect Harry by administering and antivenom serum and then by trying to get the snake off of Harry's stomach.

Finally Harry's had enough. He slowly pulls the covers back but the krait is gone. Timber drives the doctor home. While they are gone Harry decides to have a drink. He reaches for a glass. The snake is behind the glass but Harry doesn't see it until it is too late 

The Invaders 2.05

The Enemy

A UFO crash lands in rural Utah. Gale Frazer, a former US Army nurse who served in Vietnam, finds the only surviving alien and seeing that he is injured she does what she can to help him. She knows that he's an alien but she doesn't care.

David Vincent shows up looking for the remains of the UFO but there are none because the alien destroyed it. David tries to tell Gale about the danger that the aliens pose to Earth but she doesn't believe him. It isn't until she sees him kill Deputy Vern Hammond (who had come to warn Gale about a big storm rolling into the area) that Gale starts to see the alien for who he really is.

The Drop (2014)

The Drop (2014)

starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini

written by Dennis Lehane

directed by Michael R. Roskam

106 minutes

Bob Saginowksi (Tom Hardy) works for Marv Stipler (James Gandolfini) who runs a bar named Cousin Marv's in Brooklyn. Marv used to own the bar but years ago he had to sell the place. The current owners are Chechen mobsters. They use the bar as one of many drop spots.

Bob finds a young puppy in someone's trash can one night while he is walking home. The owner of the trash can Nadia Dunn (Noomi Rapace) comes out to see what's going on. She doesn't want the dog but she helps Bob (who knows nothing about caring for dogs) with the dog that he names Rocco.

Brain Smasher... A Love Story (1993)

Brain Smasher... A Love Story (1993)

starring Andrew Dice Clay, Teri Hatcher, Yuji Okumoto

written and directed by Albert Pyun

Fashion model Samantha Crain (Teri Hatcher) is chased by Wu (Yuji Okumoto) and several other Shaolin Monks who want the flower that her sister Cammy sent her. Samantha hires Ed "Brain Smasher" Molloy (Andrew Dice Clay) to protect her as she runs around Portland, OR trying to evade Wu and the other monks and reunite with her sister.

Thoughts

I wish this movie was comically bad but unfortunately it is not. It just bland. Most of the movie takes place over the course of one night. Many of the fight scenes move so fast and were shot is such low lighting that i had time following the action.