Outlaw Star 1.21

Grave of the Dragon

The Outlaw Star travels to a planet where the Way of the Dragon is found. Fred Luo gave them the coordinates. Aisha is convinced that it is where they will find the Galactic Leyline. The others aren't so sure. Melfina hopes that whatever they find it will shed some light on her past.

The MacDougall brothers follow the Outlaw Star to the planet. They plan their attack while the crew of the Outlaw Star is exploring ancient buildings they find on the planet. Harry approaches Melfina when she goes outside for some air. He tries to convince her to come with him but she declines his offer.

Gene finds Melfina with Harry and attacks. Ron MacDougall attacks the others with some help from robotic attack dogs. The fights get broken up by seismic activity. The crew of the Outlaw Star heads back to the ship and leave. Ron finds what is left of Harry, crushed.

Doctor Who (1963) 15.02.04

The Invisible Enemy - Part Four

The virus loses its effect on the Doctor and he is healed. Leela disguises herself as a nurse and helps the Doctor to escape. Lowe and the others who have been infected help the Nucleus to escape and take it to Titan Station.

The Doctor, Leela, and K-9 stay at the Bi-Al Foundation long enough to cure Professor Marius with antibodies from Leela's blood. Leela changes back into her traditional clothes. The professor mass produces the antibodies and gives them to the Doctor. The Doctor, Leela, and K-9 take the antibodies and return to Titan Station.

Leela suggests that they should blow up the station but the Doctor prefers to use a gentler touch. It isn't until his plan fails that he decides to follow Leela's advice. The Doctor, Leela, and K-9 return to the Bi-Al Foundation. Professor Marius suggests that the Doctor and Leela should take K-9 with them so they leave.

The Phil Silvers Show 2.24

Bilko's Black Magic

Private Lester Mendleson, who was stuck on a deserted island near Japan for more than 10 years, is assigned to Bilko's platoon soon after he is found. Bilko doesn't want him until he learns that Mendleson is due $7,000 of backpay.

MSgt Grover and MSgt Ritzik get Mendleson to play poker with them. They take all his money in no time at all. Bilko comes up with a plan to scare Grover and Ritzik into giving the money back.

Noir City DC 2022

Noir City DC 2022

This is the 3rd time I have gone to the Noir City Film Festival. The first time was in 2010. I saw one movie that year, Scarlett Street (1945). The second time was in 2018. I saw two movies that year, I Wake Up Screaming (1941) and Among the Living (1941).

I saw four movies this year:

• Crossfire (1947)
• Storm Warning (1951)
• Born to Kill (1947)
• Brute Force (1947)

My favorite of the four was Brute Force. The only one that I felt came up a bit short was Crossfire. I re-watched Born to Kill after I got home because I felt like I had missed something.

I should try to make it to this festival more frequently than I have in the past. I'm not sure that I will go to more movies than I did this year. It was possible to stay all day Fri-Sat-Sun, on two consecutive weeks and see all 28 films. That's too much for me. Four films is plenty. Maybe next year I will try to increase my intake to 5 or 6 films but I can't see going further than that.

Brute Force (1947)

Brute Force (1947)

starring Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford

directed by Jules Dassin

Collins (Burt Lancaster) is the leader of the 6 men imprisoned together in one of the cell blocks of Westgate Prison. One of them was recently killed. Collins has just been released from solitary confinement and allowed to return to the cell block where he usually resides. He was put in solitary after a knife was found among his possessions. It was planted by Wilson, another prisoner, and one of Collins first orders of business is to reward Wilson for his betrayal.

Gallagher (Charles Bickford) runs the prison newspaper. He has no interest in trying to escape until he learns that all opportunities for parole have been suspended indefinitely. 

Born to Kill (1947)

Born to Kill (1947)

starring Lawrence Tierney, Claire Trevor, Walter Slezak

directed by Robert Wise

screenplay based on the novel Deadlier than the Male by James Gunn

Helen Brent (Claire Trevor) is getting ready to leave Reno, after getting divorced, when an acquaintance gets murdered. She finds the body but decides against notifying the police and heads to the train station where she crosses paths with Sam (Lawrence Tierney), the killer, for the second time. She met him earlier that night in a casino. He was throwing dice. She first bet on him and then she bet against him.

Helen and Sam are both headed to San Francisco. They spend the train trip together. Sam is interested in staying in touch but Helen doesn't seem to feel the same. Helen returns to the home where she lives with Georgia, her foster sister. It isn't long before Sam shows up. He takes an interest in Georgia when he finds out that Helen is engaged and that her sister is single and rich.

Abbott Elementary 1.04

New Tech

The teachers are given tablets to help them track how well their students are doing and to help them teach. Janine hopes that the new tablets will give her a chance to help Barbara. 

Jacob gets help from Melissa teaching his class about labor unions.

Thoughts

This episode didn't exactly do it for me. There was potential here but it fell short. The funniest moment was the one that Gregory and Janine shared in the hallway and it was only tangentially related to the main subplot.