Modern Girls (1986)

Modern Girls (1986)

starring Cynthia Gibb, Virginia Madsen, Clayton Rohner, Daphne Zuniga

written by Laurie Craig

directed by Jerry Kramer

84 minutes

Cece (Cynthia Gibb) and Margo (Daphne Zuniga) talk Clifford (Clayton Rohner) into helping them look for their friend Kelly (Virginia Madsen). Clifford showed up at their apartment expecting to go on a date with Kelly only discover that she was more interested in a DJ named Brad. They find Kelly fairly quickly but she shows little interest Clifford.

Cece has a magical moment with a celebrity, Bruno X (Clayton Rohner). She convinces Margo and the others to help her in her quest to be reunited with Bruno X who is due to fly to South America the next morning.

The Green Knight (2021)

The Green Knight (2021)

starring Dev Patel

written and directed by David Lowery

130 minutes

Gawain (Dev Patel) takes up the offer extended by the Green Knight on Christmas Day. He takes a sword and chops off the Green Knight's head. The understanding is that on the next Christmas Day Gawain will have to present himself in the Green Chapel and allow the Green Knight to return the favor. The Green Knight picks up his head and leaves.

One year later, as Christmas approaches, Gawain goes on a quest to find the Green Chapel and complete his part of the bargain. He meets a number of people along the way. He is robbed. He helps a dead woman find her head. He's accompanied by a fox for part of his journey. He is tested in various ways but ultimately makes his way to the Green Chapel.

Teen Titans 5.11

Calling All Titans

Robin and his teammates split up to distribute communicators to all the remaining young heroes of the world who don't have them. The Brotherhood of Evil is one step ahead of Robin and the others. They allow the Robin, Beast Boy, Starfire, Cyborg, and Raven to deliver the communicators. 

Ballard 1.10

End of the Line

Gary Pearlman goes on the run. The LAPD mobilizes to try and catch him. Ballard assumes that he's going to want to come back for Naomi Bennett. He leaves a trail that makes it look like he crossed into Mexico.

Rawls dies from the gunshot wound he received. He gets a buried with honors. The rest of the cold case team is ready to move on but Gary returns and tries to kill Ballard. She stops him. He gets arrested. He confesses. 

The District Attorney's office brings charges against six of the seven officers who were arrested by internal affairs. Olivas is the only one who gets off. It looks like he was able to do that because he knew more than the others. Ballard goes to see him. They have words. He acts like he is going to be okay but Ballard feels otherwise.

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Some Like It Hot (1959)

starring Marilyn Monrow, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon

written by Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond

produced and directed by Billy Wilder

Saxophonist Joe (Tony Curtis) and bass player Jerry (Jack Lemmon) dress up in drag, in the late 1920s, and join Sweet Sue and Her Society Syncopators. On the run from the mob as Josephine and Daphne, they travel with the musical group from Chicago to Miami. Joe falls in love with Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), a members of the band, while Jerry is wooed by Osgood Fielding III who is looking for wife number nine. 

Batman: Caped Crusader 2.04

The Devil's Due

Someone murders a burglar, takes the loot he was in the process of stealing, and leaves behind a bat symbol. Batman gets blamed for the killing. Commissioner Gordon knows it isn't him. Batman looks for the killer. He meets the culprits, a cult devoted to bringing back the demon Barbatos, to rule the Earth.

The Mad Monk is the villain behind the cult. His followers all wear bat costumes and consider Batman to be the avatar of Barbatos. They try to convince Batman to join them but when he refuses they savagely beat him up and then disappear.

Commissioner Gordon agrees to appear on Hattie Tetch's television program but before it begins they are abducted by Dala Landry, Tetch's producer, and a couple other member of the Cult of Barbatos. Batman finds them, with some help from Alfred, just in time to prevent them from being sacrificed.

Fumo Chitai 1.03

aka The Waste Land

Episode 3

Iki learns that news reporter Tahara of The Maicho, a Japanese newspaper, is working on a story that will run in the next day's paper about the crash of the Luckheed F-104. Iki goes to Minister Hisamatsu and asks him for help in killing the story. Hisamatsu exercises what influence he has and the paper kills the story in The Maicho.

Tahara refuses to give in and unable to get it printed in the story in the Maicho, hands over his findings to a fellow reporter at The Toto, another newspaper, which prints the story. Iki responds by convincing his boss to fly the president of Luckheed in to explain to the Japanese press how it was actually pilot error and not a mechanical error that caused the crash.