The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

starring Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak

written by Walter Newman, Lewis Meltzer

directed by Otto Preminger

119 minutes

Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) returns to Chicago after kicking a drug habit. He moves back in with his wife Zosh Machine (Eleanor Parker) who is confined to a wheelchair. Lots of people are happy to see him back, including a couple crime bosses who hope that he will return to dealing cards in illegal card games.

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

starring James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara

written by Wendell Mayes

directed by Otto Preminger

161 minutes

US Army Lieutenant Frederick Manion (Ben Gazzara) is put on trial for murdering a man who raped Laura Manion (Lee Remick), his wife. Local attorney Paul Biegler (James Stewart) is hired to defend Lt. Manion. Biegler investigates the case. He argues, based on testimony provided by an Army psychiatrist, that Manion is innocent because the situation drove him temporarily insane.

King Creole (1958)

King Creole (1958)

starring Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau

written by Michael V. Gazzo, Herbert Baker

directed by Michael Curtiz

116 minutes

Danny Fisher (Elvis Presley) lives and works in the French Quarter of New Orleans bussing tables. He transitions from bus boy to musician after the owner of the King Creole, a nightclub other than the one where he works, finds out he's a talented performer.

Young Man with a Horn (1950)

Young Man with a Horn (1950)

starring Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day

written by Carl Foreman, Edmund H. North

directed by Michael Curtiz

112 minutes

Rick Martin (Kirk Douglas) rises from a poor background to become a jazz musician. He teaches himself to play the piano and then learns the trumpet from Art Hazzard. Once he gets old enough and good enough he joins a band where he meets singer Jo Jordan (Doris Day).

The Outer Limits (1963) 1.25

The Mutant

starring Larry Pennell, Warren Oates, Walter Burke

written by Allen Balter, Robert Mintz

directed by Alan Crosland, Jr.

Dr. Evan Marshall arrives on Annex One, a planet where the sun never sets. The atmosphere is breathable. Marshall joins an expeditionary team that has been there for a couple years and was led by the recently deceased Philip Griffith. Marshall is there to check on them, see how they are doing.

Noir City DC 2026 - Week 1

Noir City DC 2026

Week 1

The theme of this year's edition of Noir City DC was Face the Music! Eleven films about musicians in noir films were shown during the first week. I made it to eight of them and watched a ninth one on Tubi. The two I skipped were both films that I watched in the past few years. The first six screenings I saw were introduced by Eddie Muller. 

Thursday

• Hangover Square (1945)
• Blues in the Night (1941)

Friday

• The Man I Love (1946)
• Gilda (1946)

Saturday

• Nora Prentiss (1947)
• The Crimson Canary (1945)

Sunday

• Nocturne (1946)

Monday

• Black Angel (1946)

Tuesday

• All Night Long (1962)

My favorites from the first week were Gilda (1946), Nora Prentiss (1947), and All Night Long (1962). The two movies I skipped were To Have and Have Not (1943) and A Man Called Adam (1966) because I had seen both of them in the past few years and I wasn't dying to see them again.

For more about movies I've seen at prior editions of Noir City DC click on the NCS tag below or see the following posts

• Noir City DC 2025
• Noir City DC 2024
• Noir City DC 2023
• Noir City DC 2022
  

Party Down 2.03

Nick DiCinto's Orgy Night

The Party Down team caters a recently divorced man's orgy night. None of the guests realize that's what is supposed to be going on. Roman offers to help get people in the mood. Ron does nothing but act sad because he just got dumped. Kyle gets rejected by one of the women Nick hired to stand around topless. Lydia is interested in Nick but gets nowhere with him.

Thoughts

This was an okay episode. The topless women were a little distracting. I laughed a few times. Not my favorite episode but not bad.

10/14/26 - 22:10

The Twilight Zone (1959) 1.29

Nightmare of a Child

starring Janice Rule, Shepperd Strudwick, Terry Burnham

written by Rod Serling

directed by Alvin Ganzer

Schoolteacher Helen Foley (Janice Rule) finds a little girl (Terry Burnham) sitting on the steps outside her apartment. She invites the little girl in for some hot cocoa. The girl, whose nickname is Markie, knows things about Helen. Markie runs off, out the back door to the apartment when someone else comes the door, a man named Peter Selden (Shepperd Strudwick).

Mr. Selden knows Helen but she doesn't remember him. He knew her mother. He killed her mother. He's there to finish the job he started years ago when he murdered Helen's mother.

All Night Long (1962)

All Night Long (1962)

starring Patrick McGoohan, Keith Mitchell, Betsy Blair, Paul Harris

written by Paul Jarrico, Nel King

directed by Basil Dearden

91 minutes

Drummer Johnny Cousin (Patrick McGoohan) wants to break away from band leader and pianist Aurelius Rex (Paul Harris). He wants Rex's wife Delia to sing for his band. Cousin knows that Rex doesn't want her to work anymore. Johnny, at a party celebrating Aurelius and Delia's first wedding anniversary, manipulates Rex, Delia, and Rex's road manager Cass (Keith Mitchell) to make it look like Cass is irresponsible and having an affair with Delia.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.24

The Collaborator

Vedek Bareil visits Deep Space Nine in the days leading up to the election of the new Kai. Information surfaces that he might have been the one responsible for helping the Cardassians to locate and destroy a camp of Bajoran resistance fighters during the war. Kira, who loves Bareil, is tasked with finding out the truth.

Vedek Winn also visits the station. She seems to accept that Bareil will be elected Kai but she also does things to irk Kira. 

Kira gets some help from Chief O'Brien, Odo, and Quark in accessing old records to see what she can learn about what happened on board the space station years before. The trail of information points to the fact that the records she seeks were destroyed by Vedek Bareil. She believes at first that this means that he was the one who helped the Cardassians. She passes what she had learned on to Vedek Winn.

Tales from the Crypt 2.06

The Thing from the Grave

starring Miguel Ferrer, Teri Hatcher, Kyle Secor

written and directed by Fred Dekker

Photographer Devlin Cates (Kyle Secor) earns the ire of Mitch Bruckner (Miguel Ferrer) after he shows an interest in and then starts an affair with Stacy (Teri Hatcher), Mitch's girlfriend. Mitch kills Devlin but the photographer mysteriously comes back to life and comes after Mitch.

Thoughts

This is not a very good episode. It looks like it was made on a very tight budget based on the way it was shot. The characters are paper thin. It felt like all three of the leads were just reading their lines. I'm not sure how this episode could be made better but as is it does not work for me.

Black Angel (1946)

Black Angel (1946)

starring Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre

written by Roy Chanslor

directed by Roy William Neill

81 minutes

Catherine Bennett (June Vincent) turns to composer and pianist Martin Blair (Dan Duryea) for help after her husband is tried and convicted of murdering his ex-wife. Their investigation leads them to nightclub owner Marko (Peter Lorre). They put together an act and and get jobs singing and playing the piano in Marko's nightclub in the hopes of figuring out how Marko killed Martin's wife. Things don't go exactly as planned.

Nocturne (1946)

Nocturne (1946)

starring George Raft, Lynn Bari

written by Jonathan Latimer

directed by Edwin L. Marin

87 minutes

Los Angeles Police Detective Joe Warne (George Raft) suspects that composer Keith Vincent's death was not a suicides as everyone else and the evidence seems to suggest. His investigation leads him to actress Frances Ransom (Lynn Bari) who has an alibi that doesn't hold up when he goes to verify it. He gets fired from the LAPD after he keeps investigating and steps on the toes of people who have pull with city's government.

The Crimson Canary (1945)

The Crimson Canary (1945)

starring Noah Beery Jr., Lois Collier, John Litel

written by Henry Blankfort, Peggy Phillips

directed by John Hoffman

64 minutes

A five man jazz band make a run for it after one of them finds a singer dead in the locker room of the nightclub where they were performing. The police come after them and eventually catch up to them.

Nora Prentiss (1947)

Nora Prentiss (1947)

starring Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith

written by N. Richard Nash

directed by Vincent Sherman

111 minutes

San Franciscan Dr. Richard Talbot (Kent Smith) falls in love with nightclub singer Nora Prentiss (Ann Sheridan), a woman he meets by chance. He calls on Miss Prentiss while his wife is out of town. Nora thinks that Richard is a bit stiff but enjoys his attention. Their relationship deepens over time.

Nora tries to end things once she begins to understand that he isn't going to tell his wife about her. Richard insists that he will but then circumstances conspire to prevent him from doing so just when he is ready to tell his wife that he wants a divorce.

Gilda (1946)

Gilda (1946)

starring Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready

written by Marion Parsonnet, Jo Eisinger

directed by Charles Vidor

110 minutes

Ballin Mundson (George Macready) hires degenerate gambler Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) to help him run his illegal casino on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Johnny's world gets rocked after Mundson returns from a trip with his new wife, Gilda (Rita Hayworth). Gilda's presence and her actions make life difficult for Johnny who on more than one occasion hides her bad behavior from Mundson.

The Man I Love (1946)

The Man I Love (1946)

starring Ida Lupino, Robert Alda

written by Catherine Turney, Jo Pagano

directed by Raoul Walsh

96 minutes

Singer Petey Brown (Ida Lupino) moves from New York City to Los Angeles to visit her siblings (Sally, Joe, Virginia). Petey finds all sorts of turmoil upon her arrival, Most of which is related to her siblings. Sally's husband Roy, a veteran of the Second World War, is in an institution because he is having trouble adjusting to life after the war. The O'Connors, his siblings' neighbors, are having marital problems. Nightclub owner Nicky Toresca (Robert Alda) keeps pressing her for companionship. Petey falls for jazz musician San Thomas who still hasn't gotten over his ex-wife and is now serving in the merchant marines.

Blues in the Night (1946)

Blues in the Night (1946)

starring Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf

written by Robert Rossen

directed by Anatole Litvak

88 minutes

Jazz pianist Jigger Pine (Richard Whorf) and his band travel around, improving their music. They add musicians and singer Ginger "Character" Powell (Priscilla Lane) to their group during their travels. They finally settle down in a New Jersey joint, The Jungle, run by Del Davis. Trumpeter Leo Powell, Character's husband, strikes up a more than friendly relationship with Kay Grant (Betty Field), Del's ex-girlfriend. Leo remains more than friendly with Kay until he learns that Character is pregnant with their child.

Hangover Square (1945)

Hangover Square (1945)

starring Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell, George Sanders

written by Barré Lyndon

directed by John Brahm

78 minutes

Composer George Bone (Laird Cregar) murders a man (in London in 1903) and then sets the man's shop on fire. All of this happens while George's brain is fogged. The fog recedes eventually and George finds evidence that leads him to believe that he might be the murderer. He talks to a Scotland Yard Doctor, Allan Middleton (George Sanders), who conducts some tests but is unable to conclude whether George is the murderer or not.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1.31

The Gentleman from America

starring Biff McGuire, Ralph Clanton, John Irving

written by Francis Cockrell

directed by Robert Stevens

Sir Stephen Hurstwood (Ralph Clanton) makes a bet with Howard Latimer (Biff McGuire) that he won't be able to spend one full night in Hurstwood Manor. Latimer, the gentleman from America, takes the bet believing that there's no way he  won't win. Sir Stephen and his friend Derek (John Irving), have the homefield advantage and believe that Howard's confidence is misplaced. 

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.23

Crossover

Major Kira and Doctor Bashir are on their way back through the wormhole in a runabout when something goes wrong. They are picked up by some Klingons who seem ready to kill them until they recognize Kira. They take Kira and Bashir back to the space station, which is not where it was when they left. There they learn that things are quite different aboard the station because they have crossed over to another universe, the Mirror Universe.

Kira almost immediately meets her counterpart, Intendant Kira Nerys. Garak, MU Kira's second in command, encourages her to kill both of the new arrivals. MU Kira decides otherwise. She works for the Alliance, which was originally formed by the Klingons and the Cardassians. The Bejorans have since joined the Alliance.

Tales of the Unexpected 2.03

Galloping Foxley

starring John Mills, Anthony Steel

written by Robin Chapman

directed by Claude Whatham

William Perkins (John Mills) runs into a man (Anthony Steel) on his commute into work who reminds him of someone that terrorized him during his boarding school days. Perkins recalls, on the train ride into the office, how cruel Bruce 'Galloping' Foxley was to him. Perkins decides to speak up and say something. He tells everyone in the train compartment about Foxley's cruelty. The episode ends with Perkins discovering that the man isn't Foxley.

Fumo Chitai 1.05

aka The Waste Land

Episode 5

President Daimon convinces Iki not to resign from Kinki Trading. Iki rises through the ranks at Kinki and becomes the director of Corporate Administration. Kinki's rivalry with Tokyo Trading flares up once again in 1967 as the possibility of war emerges between Israel and the Arab countries that surround it.

Iki gives his daughter Naoko a hard time for dating the daughter of his business rival, Samejima. Iki thinks he sees Koide on the street but he is unable to confirm that it was indeed Koike. Iki's fast rise within Kinki and the advice he gives to Daimon makes him some enemies including Satoi, his former boss.

A Man on the Inside 2.03

Family Weekend

Charles checks up on Mona's alibi but needs some help from his daughter Emily and her son Jace to get the job done. Julie is officially brought in to investigate the burning of the painting. She winds up having to spend a lot of time with Brad Vinick who has all kind of ideas about what should replace the torched painting.

Thoughts

This was a lot of fun. I laughed several times. I'm still thinking that Mona might be the culprit.

Party Down 2.02

Precious Lights Pre-School Auction

Henry refuses to let the team put out a tip jar. Ron shows up in a pit stained shirt. Casey's mobile phone keeps ringing during the auction. Kyle is up for a role in a movie that Roman thinks is all wrong for him.

Thoughts

It's been a few years since I started to watch this show and last watched the previous season. I think it was on Hulu at that time. Now it is on Netflix.

Leonard (J.K. Simmons) and Diandra Stiltskin (Joey Lauren Adams) return for a second appearance. They were first seen in 1.06 Taylor Stiltskin Sweet Sixteen.

This is a good one. There might be better episodes out there but I really enjoyed this one.

Teen Titans 5.13

Things Change

Beast Boys sees a girl whom he thinks is Terra. He tracks her down. She tries to convince him that she isn't the person he thinks she is. He continues to show up in her life but she never wavers. He gets attacked by a robot that looks just like Slade.

The other Titans spend their time tracking down a creature that they never catch. Robin is convinced that it is trying to destroy everything. It never speaks. The episode ends with Beast Boy responding to a call for help from Robin. Beast Boy tells him that he's on his way.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

starring Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd

written by Peter Seaman, Jeffery Price

directed by Robert Zemeckis

104 minutes

Private investigator Eddie Valiant finds himself helping Roger Rabbit, despite his animosity for cartoon characters, after Roger becomes the prime suspect in the murder of Marvin Acme, who was last seen alive playing paddy cake with Roger's wife, lounge singer Jessica Rabbit.

Batman: Caped Crusader 2.07

Her Dark Reflection

Eddie Nygma murders flower store owner and former Gotham City Policeman Phil Forrest. Rose, Phil's mousy daughter, adopts a new glamorous identity. She works her way into Eddie's life. They commit crimes together. Eddie loves the time he spends with Rose until she takes him to the flower shop, reveals her true identity, and gets her revenge.

Thoughts

Batman is part of this episode but it is really Rose's story. Montoya, Flass, Barbara Gordon, Commissioner Gordon, and Alfred appeared in this episode. I enjoyed this episode but it isn't my favorite. It wasn't hard to figure out where it was going to end.

The Invaders 2.04

Valley of the Shadow

Joe Manners, an alien, kills Doctor Sam Larousse after he and his wife, Doctor Maria McKinley, stop to help Manners who was driving recklessly and crashed his car just outside of Carterville, WY. David Vincent comes to town believing that Manners might be an alien. He tries to get Sheriff Gordon Clements to see if Manners has a heartbeat. Clements thinks Vincent is a crackpot but Will Hale, the publisher of the Carterville's newspaper, offers to help David Vincent.

US Air Force Captain Taft comes to town. He was summoned by Vincent but the Captain Taft who arrives is not the ones that Vincent called. The real Captain Taft was killed by two aliens, one of whom took his place. Vincent convinces Dr. McKinley to come and check out Vincent's claim. Manners escapes from the police station. He is shot by the police in the town square and disintegrates in front of a large group of townspeople. 

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 2.22

The Wire

Garak suffers from something that is giving him debilitating headaches. Doctor Bashir's knowledge of Cardassian physiology hinders his ability to treat Garak, who insists that he doesn't need Bashir's help. Bashir rushes Garak to the infirmary after he collapses due to the pain in his head.

Bashir determines that there is a device in his head that is probably the source of the trouble. He later learns from Garak that the device is supposed to help Garak deal with pain, not cause it. The device is failing. Garak tells Bashir that he would rather die than be saved. He tells Bashir a few stories about himself, that hint at his reason for being on the space station.

The Twilights Zone (1959) 1.28

A Nice Place to Visit

starring Larry Blyden, Sebastian Cabot

written by Charles Beaumont

directed by John Brahm

Henry "Rocky" Valentine (Larry Blyden), killed by the police while trying to leave the scene of the crime (a bank heist) wakes up to find himself in a world where everything seems to go his way. Mr. Pip (Sebastian Cabot) is his guide in this new world. Rocky loves it at first but given time he starts to wonder if he really is in heaven.

Thoughts

It wasn't hard to see where the story was going. I like it but I think I would have enjoyed it more if it had been a little more subtle and nuanced that it was.

Bleach 54 / 3.13

An Accomplished Oath! Get back Rukia!

Everyone who isn't at the site of the execution suddenly realizes that it is about to begin. They all start heading there. Rukia is raised up into position after getting Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto to promise to allow Ichigo and the others to return to their world once she is dead. Rukia calmly accepts her fate but at the last minute Ichigo shows up and stops the blade that was going to kill her.

He cuts her free and then throws her to Renji who takes off running with her. Several of the lieutenants take off after Renji and Rukia but Ichigo steps in the way and starts fighting with them. They don't prove to be much of a challenge for him despite their numbers. The episode ends with Byakuya stepping in and crossing sword with Ichigo.

Tales from the Crypt 2.05

Three's a Crowd

starring Gavan O'Herlihy, Ruth de Sosa, Paul Lieber

written by Kim Ketelsen, Annie Willette, David Burton Morris

directed by David Burton Morris

Richard (Gavan O'Herlihy) is suspicious of his wife's relationship with their rich friend Alan (Paul Lieber). They travel with Alan on their wedding anniversary to his remote cabin. Richard's paranoia grows until he can't take it anymore and has to do something about it.

Thoughts

This is not a very good episode. It felt like it was supposed to be a character study but the characters weren't very interesting. The twist ending wasn't too surprising and didn't feel like it revealed much of anything to me.

A Man on the Inside 2.02

Major Disclosure

Charles tells Mona that he's a private investigator. He takes her to see Julie, who is not pleased with his decision to tell Mona about his reason for being at Wheeler. Charles is convinced that Mona is not the guilty party because she was with him during the party when the painting was burned. Then he remembers that she ran off at one point.

Charles meets Vanessa, Julie's mother. Julie and Vanessa have a strange relationship. Julie spent time in prison. Julie only wants her relationship with her mother to be a professional one. By the end of the end of the episode she has softened her stance on this issue.

Charles breaks into the office of Professor Elizabeth Muki, who is part of the art department at Wheeler. He sees Mona naked before that because she is the model for one of one of Betsy's classes. He also sees a number of nude painting of Mona in Betsy's office.

Charles comes up with a new approach to the case and a new suspect.

Batman: Caped Crusader 2.06

Sudden Fear

Doctor Harleen Quinzell has been hiding from the police in Renee Montoya's apartment. She's been cooped up for months. She needs to get out. She does just that one night after Renee passes out from exhaustion. She reads the case files that Renee brought home with her. The victims, all students at Gotham University, seemed to die from fear. Harleen decides to dress up and visit the morgue to look at the bodies.

Harley Quinn is interrupted before she can get a good look at the bodies, first by a masked man and then by another masked man. The second one is Batman. The first masked man escapes. Batman captures Harley, knocks her out and takes her to his lair. They talk about the case. The likely suspect is Professor Burton, a doctor of chemistry.

The Outer Limits (1963) 1.24

Moonstone

starring Ruth Roman, Alex Nicol, Tim O'Connor

written by William Bast, Lou Morheim, Joseph Stefano

directed by Robert Florey

An expeditionary mission stationed on the Moon finds a large, perfectly round rock buried under some debris. They try to cut it open but their lasers can't make a dent in it. They soon find out that it is a spaceship of sorts that is inhabited by five refugees from the planet Grippia.

Star Trek (1966) 2.13

Obsession

The crew of the Enterprise encounters a creature on the planet Argus X that Kirk encountered 11 years earlier. The creature, which resembles a cloud of smoke, attacked the crew of the USS Farragut, killing 200 crew persons including Captain Garrovick. Kirk has been haunted by the experience ever since.

The Enterprise is due to meetup with the USS Yorktown but Kirk insists on delaying the meeting until the smoke creature has been stopped. The Enterprise pursues the smoke creature when it leaves Argus X. They chase it until it turns and attacks the Enterprise. Phasers and photon topedos prove to be ineffective against the creature.

It gets into the Enterprise and almost kills Ensign Garrovick, the son of Kirk's former commanding officer. Once the creature has left the Enterprise they follow it across the galaxy. On the planet Tycho IV, Kirk and Garrovick set a trap for the creature.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) 1.30

Never Again

starring Phyllis Thaxter, Louise Allbritton, Warren Stevens

written by Gwen Bagni, Irwin Gielgud

directed by Robert Stevens

Karen (Phyllis Thaxter) wakes up in a hospital bed. One of her hands is bandaged. She doesn't recall how she got there. Her head hurts. She struggles to remember what she can. She remembers that she had a drinking problem that she was trying to quit. She had been sober for four weeks. Jeff (Warren Stevens), her boyfriend, insisted on taking her to a party mostly populated by his coworkers.

There was lots of drinking at the party. Karen tried to endure but people kept pushing drinks on her. She wound up throwing a drink in the face of Renee (Louise Allbritton), the hostess, who was flirting with Jeff. Karen ran off. Jeff ran after her. They talked and she decided to return to the party with him. She thought it couldn't get any worse than it already was, but it did.

Tales of the Unexpected 2.02

Skin

starring Derek Jacobi

directed by Herbert Wise

Tattoo artist Drioli (Derek Jacobi), in 1913, commissions the painter Soutine to paint a portrait of Josie, Drioli's wife, on his back and then tattoo over the painting. Decades later, in 1946, after Soutine has become famous, Drioli discovers that the tattoo might make him rich.

Thoughts

This episode could stand to be restored. There are quite a few moments where the video was kind of fuzzy or hazy.

Bleach (2018)

Bleach (2018)

starring Sota Fukushi, Hana Sugisaka

directed by Shinsuke Sato

108 minutes

This was basically an abbreviated version of the first arc / season of Bleach. It took 20 episodes of the anime to tell this story. There were a number of stories from the first season of the anime that were not included in this movie.

On the whole I wasn't thrilled by this movie. I liked most of the characters but fast tracking the plot did not help. Some characters were different, at least in appearance, but the ones that stood out like a sore thumb were Renji and Byakuya, They should have looked considerably more impressive than they did. They should have been godlike and they weren't.

Star Trek: The Next Generation 1.11

The Big Goodbye

Stressed out over an upcoming meeting with the a very picky alien race, the Jaradans, Captain Picard takes some time off and spends it on the Holodeck. It takes his mind off his work but things get a bit messy in the environment into which he steps: San Francisco, CA in 1941. He assumes the identity of Private Investigator Dixon Hill and gets hired by Jessica Bradley, who believes someone is planning to kill her.

A Man on the Inside 2.01

Orientation

Charles, still working for Julie, takes a job investigating the theft of a laptop from Jack Berenger the president of  Wheeler College. The school is on the verge of receiving a huge donation from mega-rich alum Brad Vinick and Berenger doesn't want anything to screw it up. 

Charles is set up as a visiting professor of engineering, his actual area of expertise, and quickly meets several of his colleagues. Berenger throws a reception for Vinick where Charles meets the mega-rich alum and some more of his new colleagues.

Pacific View manager Didi hires Julie to perform some background checks. Julie suspects that Didi is up to something.

The episode ends with the disappearance of the portrait of Vinick that the school was planning to display prominently. The portrait is found minutes later, on fire in a trashcan, outside the building where the reception was being held.

Teen Titans 5.12

Titans Together

Beast Boy leads Herald, Pantha, Jericho, and Mas in an assault on the Brotherhood of Evil's headquarters. Most of the other heroes, including Robin, are already on ice. Beast Boy's new team keeps the fight going until Cyborg, Starfire, Raven, and a few other heroes show up and help them to finish it once and for all.

The episode ends with the Teen Titans returning to Titans Tower for the first time since the beginning of the season. They bring with them all the other heroes. They aren't there for long before they head into the city to deal with Doctor Light who is once again up to no good. 

Repo Man (1984)

Repo Man (1984)

starring Emilio Estevex

written and directed by Alex Cox

92 minutes

Otto (Emilio Estevez) loses his job working as a supermarket but before long he becomes a repo man. He repossesses cars and gets mixed up with Leila, a girl who herself is mixed up with a cult or super secret organization.

Thoughts

This was my first time watching this movie. I can see how this might be a cult favorite. I watched it on a DVD that I borrowed from the library. It might be worth seeing again on the big screen.

Batman: Caped Crusader 2.05

The Spectral Hand

Jim Corrigan volunteers for a medical experiment in return for a reduced sentence. Barbara Gordon and Renee Montoya travel to Blackgate to witness the medical experiment. Bruce Wayne is also present. Wayne, Gordon, Montoya, and several other witnesses watch as something goes wrong and Corrigan dies on the operating table. 

Corrigan returns to life later that night, Christmas Eve, as his body is driven out of the prison in a hearse. The car crashes. The two men in the front of the vehicle are killed. Corrigan survives and makes his way back to Gotham. He uses his recently acquired supernatural abilities to locate and kill three men he had arrested when he was still alive. All three of his victims recognize him and ask him what he wants. His only response is, "Vengeance."

The Invaders 2.03

The Watchers

David Vincent travels to the mountains of Virginia to find out why a man committed suicide my walking into the path of a small aircraft as it was landing. David finds out that there's another small airplane about to land at the small airport in rural Virginia. He sees four people get off the airplane, electronics expert Paul Cook, his niece Margaret Cook, plus Paul's two assistants Ramsey and Simms. 

Paul is there for a meeting with high level U.S. Defense Department officials about upgrading the nation's defenses. He is unaware that he and his party are being observed by aliens who look very much like humans.

Fumo Chitai 1.04

aka The Waste Land

Episode 4

Iki is questioned by the police. He tells them that Koike acted on his own. He tells the police that there are no documents to turn over. The police insist that there are and that they know that that they came from Gemeral Kawamata, Iki's friend. Iki continues to deny the existence of the documents or at least that Kinki Trading ever had them.

Daimon, the head of Kinki, makes a deal with the government to hand over all documents. Iki unsuccessfully tries to talk him out of doing that. Daimon explains that if they turn over all the documents then the Luckheed F-104 will be chosen be the government and Kinki will remain in good standing.

Star Trek (1966) 2.12

The Deadly Years

A team from the Enterprise consisting of Captain Kirk, Mister Spock, Doctor McCoy, Chief Engineer Scott, Lieutenant Galway, and Ensign Chekov beams down to the surface of Gamma Hydra IV. They find that four of the six people living there are dead from old age and the other two look much older than their actual age. The two survivors are taken to the Enterprise where they die also from old age.

Captain Kirk and the other members of the team that beamed down, with the exception of Checkov, start aging rapidly soon after they return to the Enterprise. Kirk's judgment is called into question by Commodore Stocker, whom they are supposed to be transporting to Starbase 10, and other members of the crew including Chekov, Sulu, and Uhura.

The Twilight Zone (1959) 1.27

The Big Tall Wish

starring Ivan Dixon, Steven Perry

directed by Ron Winston

A young boy named Henry Temple (Steven Perry) wishes that his neighbor, past his prime boxer Bolie Jackson (Ivan Dixon), into winning a fight. Bolie remembers how badly he was losing the fight when all of a sudden things changed. He wants to believe that he still has it and that he really did it himself but after talking to Henry he learns the truth. He can't accept the magic that Henry somehow worked and that somehow undoes what Henry made happen.

Bleach 53 / 3.12

Gin Ichimaru's Temptation, Resolution Shattered

Gin Ichimaru, captain of third division, teases Rukia as she is on her way to be executed. Rukia doesn't care for his taunts and recalls how he has always made her feel uncomfortable.

Ichigo continues to train with Zangetsu.

Hanataro does what he can to heal Renji.

Yumichika Ayasegawa of 11th Division and Nimth Division Lieutenant Shūhei Hisagi continue to fight.