Black Dynamite (2009)

Black Dynamite (2009)

starring Michael Jai White

directed by Scott Sanders

84 minutes

Black Dynamite discovers a trail of drugs and evil deeds when he goes looking for the killer of his little brother. He ultimately discovers a conspiracy that leads him to the White House.

Thoughts

I have not seen many blaxploitation films. Based on what I have read and the one blaxploitation film I have seen in the past few years, Dolemite (1975), this is clearly inspired by the genre.

Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987) 1.05

Dark Victory

This episode starts with b-movies, moves on to film noir, and ends on the subject of the black listing of screen writers, producers, and directors who were accused of being communists and who refused to play ball with the congressional committees questioning them. Things really started to change at RKO in 1948 after Howard Hughes bought the studio.

Un Village Français 3.10

Par amour

or For the Sake of Love

Marcel finds out that Gustave ran away. He finds a phone and calls Daniel. He talks to Daniel and to Gustave. He promises to come see them that night.

Kurt returns but only briefly. He can't stay long. He asks Beriot to pass a message on to Lucienne to meet him at a place where they met before. Beriot doesn't tell him that he and Lucienne are planning to get married.

Heinrich breaks the bad news to Hortense. He is about to get shipped out to Minsk, unless he captures Marcel. She goes to visit Daniel. She sees Gustave and learns from him that Marcel will be there that night. She passes that information along to Heinrich.

Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

starring Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston

directed by John Huston

126 minutes

Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart), Bob Curtin (Tim Holt), and Howard (Walter Huston) pool their resources and go prospecting for gold in Mexico. They find what they are looking for but that isn’t all they find or that finds them. They are driven apart by forces within themselves and by people they meet on their journey. 

My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)

My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)

starring Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris, Rainn Wilson, Eddie Izzard

directed by Ivan Reitman

96 minutes

Matt Saunders (Luke Wilson) impresses Jenny Johnson (Uma Thurman) when he chases down a guy who snatched her purse on the subway. They go out on a date. Their relationship seems to be developing nicely until Professor Bedlam (Eddie Izzard), an old friend of Jenny's, shows up.

Matt decides he doesn't want to be with Jenny anymore, after he finds out that she is the superhero known as G-Girl. She doesn't take his rejection very well. Matt jumps straight into the arms of Hannah Lewis (Anna Faris), one of his coworkers, which really irks Jenny.

Teen Titans 3.10

Can I Keep Him?

The Teen Titans return to the Tower after doing battle with Johnny Rancid and his robot dog. The Tower has been trashed. They start to look for the culprit. It turns out that the culprit is Silkie, a creation of Killer Moth (see Teen Titans 2.06). Beast Boy kept the little bundle of joy and now he asks Starfire to hide it for him.

Schitt's Creek 2.08

Milk Money

Alexis runs into Ted. He's looking much better than he did the last time she saw him, when she broke off their engagement.

Jocelyn goes clothes shopping. She gets some help from David picking out something to wear for her campaign for city council.

Johnny gets interested in getting into selling raw milk. He tries to get some help from Alexis but she kind of blows it.

Moira brings a bottle of vodka to the Jazzy Gals rehearsal.

Thoughts

Pretty good. Not great but good. I laugeed a few times. Everyone was really good. I think Ted will show up again in the near future. I'm not as certain about the raw milk.