Saturday, October 15, 2022

Crossfire (1947)

Crossfire (1947)

Starring Robert Young, Robert Ryan, Robert Mitchum
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Based on the book The Brick Foxhole by Richard Brooks

86 minutes

A Jewish man is found dead in his home in Washington DC. The last people seen with him were three soldiers. Captain Finley (Robert Young), of the Metropolitan Police Department investigates the case. The investigation focuses first on Corporal Mitchell, who is nowhere to be found. The focus shifts to Sergeant Montgomery (Robert Ryan) once Corporal Mitchell has been found, his story checked, and a friend of Montgomery turns up dead.

Friday, October 14, 2022

Un Village Français 2.06

Coup de Grace
or Death Blow

11 March 1941

Lorrain is ready to kill Raymond. Marie begs him not to do it. He ties Raymond up in the barn and takes Marie into the house. Marie talks him into letting Raymond live but Lorrain insists that he will have to leave Raymond crippled.

Doctor Larcher is confronted by a mob of mothers who are desperate because they don't have any food for themselves or their children. He tries to tell them that everyone has it bad. They don't back off until German soldiers show up.

Janine Schwartz goes to the police station looking for Raymond. She tells De Kervern what she knows. He encourages her to go home, it is after dark and after curfew. De Kervern goes to the Germain farm. He gets there just as Lorrain is getting ready to cut Raymond's throat. De Kervern shoots Lorrain in the hand. Marie helps De Kervern to tie up her husband. Schwartz goes home to his wife and tells her that it is over between him and Marie

Thursday, October 13, 2022

The Orville 1.05

Pria

The Orville rescues Pria Lavesque. Her ship is at the time stuck on a comet which getting dangerously close to a star. She is human and from Earth. She grew up in the same area as Captain Mercer. He likes her and gets annoyed when Commander Grayson suspects that there is something that Pria is hiding.

Commander Grayson talks Lieutenant Kitan into conducting a search of Captain Lavesque's quarters. They find an object which their scanners cannot penetrate but Pria returns before they can investigate further. They tell her that they were looking into a radiation leak and leave quickly.

Captain Mercer reprimands Grayson and Kitan for what they did. Grayson tries to plead their case but they get interrupted because the ship has encountered a dark matter storm. The crew of the Orville doesn't know how to respond but Pria does. Captain Mercer gives her permission to take the controls. She guides the ship out of the storm.

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Russian Doll 2.01

Nowhen

Nadia visits Ruth, her godmother, in the hospital just after a car accident. Nadia talks to Maxine on the phone. Nadia gets on the subway and finds herself transported back to 1982. She finds a matchbook in her pocket with a message from someone named Chez who wants her to meet him at a bar called The Black Gumball.

Nadia goes to the bar. Chez seems to recognize her. Nadia has no idea who he is. She goes with him once she discovers that he is Chez. Together they rob an apartment and then go back to his place. Nadia goes to use the bathroom. looks in the mirror and sees her pregnant mother staring back at her.

Nadia freaks out and leaves. She catches the train back to 2022. She talks to Alan, and tells him about what happened. He has a date lined up and doesn't seem to take her story seriously. Nadia goes to see Ruth in the hospital. She asks Ruth about Chez, learns that he's the one who stole kugerrands from her grandmother, and then heads back to the subway.

Nadia catches the train back to 1982. She returns to Chez's apartment. She confirms what they stole form the apartment. Chez runs off with the coins while she is in the bathroom. She runs after him but is unable to keep up.

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Outlaw Star 1.19

Law and Lawlessness

The Outlaw Star is about to start salvaging what they can from a pirate ship that they just defeated when a powerful military ship arrives on the scene. The Outlaw Star and its crew are taken into custody and transported to a nearby base. Two officers of the Angel Links Security Service Force, Duuz and Valeria, interrogate Gene and Jim.

The Angel Links officers have their doubts about the story they are getting form Gene and Jim. They suspect that they are pirates. Everything changes when the real pirates attack. Gene and the crew of the Outlaw Star take off and engage with the pirates. The Outlaw Star is outnumbered until the Security Service Forces launch their ships and join the fight.

Monday, October 10, 2022

Doctor Who (1963) 15.02.02

The Invisible Enemy - Part Two

The Doctor is able to resist shooting Leela. He goes into a trance but before he does the Doctor sends Leela to find help. She finds Lowe who has been infected but he hides that fact from her. Together they take the Doctor in the TARDIS to the Bi-Al Foundation to get him medical help.

Lowe infects three doctors at the Bi-Al Foundation. Together they go looking the Doctor. Leela and K-9 prevent them from getting too close. 

The Doctor is examined by Professor Marius and K-9, his robot assistant, at the Bi-Al Foundation. The Doctor and Professor Marius talk about the infection. The Doctor comes up with a plan of attack. He asks Professor Marius to clone himself and Leela. Professor Marius shrinks the clones down so that they can be injected into the Doctor.

Sunday, October 9, 2022

The Phil Silvers Show 2.23

Rock 'n' Roll Rookie

Elvin Pelvin, one of the hottest acts in the country, gets drafted into the US Army. The Army decides, after numrous failed attempts to place him at big bases, that the best place for him is at Fort Baxter in Bilko's platoon. Colonel Hall tries to talk them out of sending Pelvin to Fort Baxter but he loses the argument.

Bilko sees dollars signs when he learns that Pelvin will be joining his platoon. He 
tries to record Elvin singing, without his knowledge, but every attempt fails miserably. Bilko finally gets Elvin recorded only to have second thoughts about what he is doing.