Wednesday, February 26, 2014

The Left Handed Gun (1958)






The Left Handed Gun (1958)


Plot Summary


William Bonney - Billy the Kid - (Paul Newman) gets a job with a cattleman known as 'The Englishman,' (Colin Keith-Johnston) and is befriended by the peaceful, religious man. But when a crooked sheriff and his men murder the Englishman because he plans to supply the local Army fort with his beef, Billy decides to avenge the death by killing the four men responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him - Tom (James Best) and Charlie, (James Congdon) two hands he worked with; Pat Garrett, (John Dehner) who is about to be married; and the kindly Mexican couple who take him in when he's in trouble - into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory.


Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Modern Movie Monday: Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)






Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)


Plot Summary


In the early 1950's, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin. However, CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) and his producer Fred W. Friendly (George Clooney) decided to take a stand and challenge McCarthy and expose him for the fear monger he was. However, their actions took a great personal toll on both men, but they stood by their convictions and helped to bring down one of the most controversial senators in American history.


Thursday, February 13, 2014

The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955)


The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955)


Plot Summary


Mexico, 1915. US bank robber Tom Bryan (Rory Calhoun) hopes to retire to Mexico, where the ever popular ex-revolutionary dictator, Pancho Villa, has been deposed and driven to his home province by another tyrant. Colonel Castro's (Gilbert Roland) band of loyal Villa-supporters hope to get him back in power so rob a gold train. Aboard is Bryan, who was secretly paid to help. Delivering the gold to Pancho by Yaqui country proves harder, as the Indians help with the federales (government troops) in pursuit. More dangers lurk.


Monday, February 10, 2014

Escape Plan (2013)






Escape Plan (2013)


Plot Summary


Ray Breslin (Stallone) is a man who has devoted his life to making prisons inescapable by going into a prison as an inmate and trying to see if he can break out. And he has done a good job so far. A woman who says she works for the CIA approaches Ray and says that a new maximum security prison where the worst criminals are to be incarcerated, is about to be launched. So she wants him to go and make sure no one can get out. He agrees. So they make the necessary preps by telling Ray who the warden is and they give him a code that the warden will know that he's not a convict, and they plant him with a tracer. But when he's picked up, the ones who pick him up remove the tracer. When he arrives at the prison, he discovers that the warden is different from the one he was told and when he tells him the code, he claims that he doesn't know what he's talking about. He realizes that someone doesn't want him to get out. He then tries to find a way out but he needs help. Another prisoner, Rottmayer (Schwarzenegger) becomes friendly with him. And they decide to work together to get out.


Wednesday, February 5, 2014

The Raid (1954)






The Raid (1954)


Plot Summary


A group of Confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader Neal Benton (Van Heflin) spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow named Katy Bishop (Anne Bancroft) and her son.


Saturday, February 1, 2014

Kaiju Friday: Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1993)






Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (1993)


Plot Summary


In response to Japan's request for a countermeasure against Godzilla, UN engineers construct Mechagodzilla, a giant robotic version of Godzilla. Nonetheless, Godzilla proves himself a force to be reckoned with against this monstrosity and battle ensues. Meanwhile a research group discovers an ancient Pteradon egg AND a fully grown pteradon as well who turns out to be Rodan. The abscond the egg and it eventually hatches not a baby Rodan but a baby Godzilla! Baby as it's known attaches itself to the lead female scientist. Eventually Baby would be used as bait in taking Godzilla once and for all.