Pusher (1996)

Pusher (1996)

starring Kim Bodnia

directed by Nicholas Winding Refn

110 minutes

Danish with English subtitles

Most things go horribly wrong for Frank, a drug dealer, over the course of a week. He owes money to Milo, his supplier. An old acquaintance approaches Frank looking to buy a large amount of drugs. Frank brokers a deal with Milo, who is skeptical but goes along with it. The sale to the old acquaintance goes badly. The police show up just as the sale is about to go down. Frank gets away (temporarily) and throws the drugs in the lake. The police hold Frank for 24 hours but don't have enough to keep holding him.

The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)

The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)

starring Lee Majors, Martin Balsalm

directed by Richard Irving

74 minutes

Former NASA Astronaut Steve Austin (Lee Majors) is testing an airplane for the Air Force when it malfunctions. He is unable to land the plane safely. He loses his right arm, left eye, and parts of both his legs when he crash lands the plane. Oliver Spencer of the OSO (a covert government agency) offers Dr. Rudy Wells (Martin Balsam), Austin's friend, the means to repair Steve's body.

Rudy pulls Austin out of an induced coma and explains to him what is going to happen but doesn't tell him everything. One day Steve wakes up to find that his arm, his eye, and his legs have been replaced or augmented. It takes him time to learn and get used to his new limbs but now he is stronger and faster than he ever was before.

Un Village Français 4.03

Mille et une nuits

or A Thousand and One Nights

Bériot makes it back to his house the next morning. He tries to hide the truth from Lucienne but winds up telling her what happened. Crémieux makes it to Marie Germain's farm. He still doesn't know that his wife has been taken to the school. Marie agrees to go down the road try calling his house.

Bériot goes to the school. He talks to Anna Crémieux. She asks him to bring Hélène, her daughter, to the school. He sends Lucienne to pick up Hélène and bring her to the school. Lucienne gets there and finds Hélène but then Marchetti and a couple other policemen show up. They search the place. They know that Crémieux was one of the men who ran from the police the night before. They don't know that Bériot was the other one.

The Thing from Another World (1951)

The Thing from Another World (1951)

starring Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite

directed by Christian Nyby

87 minutes

Captain Patrick Hendry (Kenneth Tobey) leads a team of soldiers near the North Pole who investigate the crash of what turns out to be a UFO. Trapped in the ice they find a humanoid shape. They bring the humanoid shape, trapped in a block of ice, back to the research station which reported the crash. 

The attempts to keep the block of ice frozen are undone when a soldier covers it with a blanket. A creature emerges from the block of ice. The soldiers and scientists at the frozen research station soon learn that the creature is more vegetable than animal and that it feeds on blood. 

Sherman's Showcase 1.08

Ray J's Showcase

Sherman steps into the twilight zone and finds himself trapped in world where he is a bit player on someone else's show. It takes him a minute to figure out what is going on and who is behind it all.

This is the best episode since the first couple. What took them so long to come up with another good idea for an episode? I actually felt engaged in this episode. I enjoyed the reveal towards the end of the episode. It kind of made sense.

I'm not sold on coming back to watch the second season. There were considerably more misses than hits this season. I might but I'm not leaning in that direction at the moment even though I really liked this episode.

Doctor Who (1963) 15.06.03

The Invasion of Time - Part Three

The Doctor explains to the Time Lords that the Vardans, the creatures who just materialized, are in charge now. The Doctor and Borusa meet in the Doctor's newly redecorated office. It is lined in lead which provides the barrier he needs to finally tell Borusa what's going on.

Leela and Rodan make their way out of the Citadel and into the wilderness that surrounds the city. They run into Andred as they are leaving the Citadel. They meet other people, savages, in the wilderness led by a man named Nesbin.

The Doctor speaks to Castellan Kelner and has him make a list of any Time Lords who might cause trouble. The Doctor then asks Kelner to have them rounded up and expelled from the Citadel. The Vardans express some doubt when it comes to the Doctor's plans but he explains that the expelled Time Lords won't stand a chance in the wilderness.

Paranoia Agent 1.02

The Golden Shoes

The investigation into the mysterious assailant continues. An accusatory finger gets pointed at Yuichi Taira, the most popular 6th grader in his elementary school. He goes from being the person that everyone wants to know and hang out with to a pariah. He was running for president of the student council. His only competition was Shogo Ushiyama, a new kid in school who is overweight and lousy at sports.

Yuichi starts to have a mental breakdown. He starts hallucinating. The hallucinations get worse as the episode progresses. His mother throws a birthday party for him but none of his classmates show up. On the day of the student council election he stays in bed and refuses to go to school. The episode ends with Yuichi getting attacked by Shonen Bat.