Doctor Who (1963) 15.04.01

The Sun Makers - Part One

The Doctor and Leela arrive on Pluto on the top of a very tall building. The Doctor thinks something looks amiss and decides that they should investigate. They leave K-9 in the TARDIS, which they exit just in time to prevent Cordo, a D grade worker, from committing suicide.

Cordo can't afford the cost of his father's funeral. He is in a debt spiral which is impossible for him to escape. The Doctor Leela, and Cordo take cover when they hear noise advertising the coming of the Gatherer. 

The Gatherer arrives on the roof top just as the Doctor, Leela, and Cordo duck out of sight. Gatherer Hade and Marn, his assistant, inspect the TARDIS. Hade decides that the TARDIS is being used by the Ajacks (miners) to smuggle in weapons for the purpose of overthrowing his employer, the Company.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

starring Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry

directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson

140 minutes

Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) continues to fight crime in her universe. She reveals her identity to her father. It doesn't go well. He feels that he needs to arrest her. She is saved by a couple other Spider heroes Miguel O'Hara/Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac) and Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman (Issa Rae).

Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) also has problems in his universe. He is fighting a villain named the Spot (Jason Schwartzman). He is trying to stay on his parents good side but it is kind of tough because he keeps disappearing to fight crime and he has yet to tell his parents that he is Spider-Man.

Schitt's Creek 2.07

The Candidate

Johnny encourages Moira to run for city council after Twyla tells them that there's a rumor going around that Moira is running for city council. She isn't interested. Johnny flirts with the idea of running himself but drops it after Moira decides she will run for city. This happens after she learns that Jocelyn is also running for city council.

Alexis wants to hang out with someone. She first tries to get Twyla and then Stevie to spend some time with her, without success.

David goes to a bar with Stevie. They kiss but then decide that it didn't feel right.

Captain Harlock (1978) 1.34

A Galactic Lullaby 

The Arcadia arrives at the Twin Planets to search for Mayu. They are the last planets that the Arcadia has yet to visit in the Ulysses Nebula. The Mazone have a trap set up for the Arcadia. It is sprung when the Arcadia passes inbetween the two planets. The Mazone use a gravity beam to immobilize the Arcadia.

The Mazone launch missiles and send ships up to attack the Arcadia. Captain Harlock and his crew break out of the trap by destroying the source of the gravity beam. Captain Harlock goes down to one of the planets in a small ship. He finds the Mazone base and Mayu. The Mazone try to stop him but he shoots his way in and then back out of the Mazone base.

Doctor Who (1963) 19.04.X3

The Television Centre of the Universe (2013)

Part One

Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, and Mark Strickson hang out with Yvette Fielding at Television Centre where Doctor Who used to be filmed. They visit changing rooms, makeup rooms, and talk about their memories of working on Doctor Who in Television Centre. There are also bits of interviews with other people who used to work in Television Centre that are interspersed with the conversations among the four Doctor Who alums.

There is a second part of this documentary but it is included with the DVD for The Underwater Menace, which seems bizarre to me.

Wasted Talent (2018)

Wasted Talent (2018)

starring Lillo Brancato

directed by Steve Stanulis

66 minutes

This documentary is about Lillo Brancato, the star of A Bronx Tale. He started doing drugs on a regular basis, after becoming a successful actor. He and a friend broke into an apartment of another friend in Dec 2005. Someone called the police. Lillo's friend shot and killed a police officer. Brancato went to prison for armed robbery. He spent more than 8 years in prison. His friend is still in prison for murder.

This documentary is a collection of interviews that director Steve Stanulis conducted with Lillo Brancato, friends of his, people he has worked with, and police officers. It lacks structure. If the director had a point of view it isn't clear what it is. There are conflicting opinions about Brancato but there is no attempt to reconcile them.

The Phil Silvers Show 3.03

Hillbilly Whiz

Bilko has bet money on his platoon's baseball team but they stink. The platoon's fortunes turn around when Private Lumpkin is transferred to Bilko's platoon. He's an ace pitcher from Tennessee. Bilko's plans for Lumpkin and his platoon's baseball team seem to be in jeopardy when Lumpkin's pitching hand gets injured while working on a jeep. It turns out that Lumpkin can pitch just as well with his other hand.

Bilko talks the New York Yankees into taking a look at Lumpkin. The Yankees like what they see in Lumpkin but Lumpkin has doubts. He can't imagine playing for a team called the Yankees, seeing as how he is from the South. Bilko manages to convince him that the team name is just a name and that the players are all from the South.

Lumpkin signs the contract but when Lulubelle, Lumpkin's girlfriend, finds out about it she puts her foot down and the contract gets torn up.