Saturday, September 28, 2013

Kaiju Friday: Godzilla Vs Hedorah/Godzilla Vs the Smog Monster (1971)


Godzilla Vs Hedorah/Godzilla Vs The Smog Monster (1971)

Plot Summary

 A pollution monster named Hedorah comes from outer space. First it terrorizes sea, then it goes on land where it encounters the big G. After it's after intial fight with Godzilla it retreats, only to reappear again in a flying form, it then starts to kill people. Finally, it takes on it's final form, that's when the Big G comes and the battle that decides the fate of the world begins


Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Nevada (1944)


Nevada (1944)


Plot Summary

Just as Nevada (Robert Mitchum) wins $7000 in yellowback bills, Ben Ide (Larry Wheat) and his daughter Hattie (Nancy Gates) takes his $7000 in yellowbacks and heads out to buy mining equipment. Burridge (Craig Reynolds) has his man Powell (Harry Woods) kill Ide and retrieve the money and Nevada finds Ide just as the posse arrives. Found with the money Nevada is arrested and Burridge now gets Powell to incite the local citizens to lynch Nevada.


Monday, September 23, 2013

X-Men (2000)


X-Men (2000)


Plot Summary

In the near future, when children are being born with a special X-factor in their genes, giving them special powers and making them mutants, the seeds of a new Holocaust are being sown by Senator Robert Kelly. (Bruce Davison) The situation brings into opposition the fellow mutants and former friends, Erik Lehnsherr, a.k.a. Magneto, (Ian McKellen) and Professor Charles Xavier. (Patrick Stewart) While Xavier wants a peaceful means of stopping the hatred toward mutants, Magneto seeks to even things out with a machine that would speed up the mutation process in all humans, making everyone equal. To stop Magneto, Xavier brings together a special group of mutants called "X-Men" to stop him. In the meantime, two mysterious mutants emerge: Logan, (Hugh Jackman) a powerful and aggressive mutant with no past, no memories, and a young girl named Rogue. (Anna Paquin) Their quests for identities eventually land them in the sights of Xavier and Magneto, but for what purpose?


Saturday, September 21, 2013

Leather Burners (1943)


Leather Burners (1943)


Plot Summary

As rustled cattle have mysteriously disappeared, Johnny (Jay Kirby) sends for his friend Hoppy, (William Boyd) Hoppy arrives and immediately suspects Dan Slack. (Victor Jory)  Realizing his telegram about Slack was intercepted, he locks up the operator Lafe (Hal Taliaferro) knowing he can escape. Tailing Lafe he finds a secret entrance to a mine and inside finds the missing cattle. But Slack's men also find him just as the cattle are stampeded through the mine shaft.

Friday, September 20, 2013

A bit of housekeeping

Posts will be scarce for a while as i'm in the grip of GTA V fever....Should be back into the swing of things in a couple weeks.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Money and the Woman (1940)



Money and the Woman (1940)


Plot Summary

The City Trust and Savings Bank sends Vice President Dave Bennett (Jeffrey Lynn) to a branch office to check on a Charles Patteson. (Roger Pryor) Charlie has greatly increased the amount of money in savings and is very involved with all of his customers. When offered a chance to run a new branch in Santa Monica, Charlie declines and is taken ill. His wife, Barbara, (Brenda Marshall) tells Dave that Charlie needs an operation and she will fill in for him at his savings window. Against the advice of Martha Church (another bank teller played by Lee Patrick) and Branch manager Jerry Helm, (John Litel) Dave does hire Barbara to do the job. When Dave works the window when Barbara goes to lunch, he notices that the accounts are short and the amount comes out to $9000. Dave does not know if Barbara or Charlie has taken the money, but Barbara blames Charlie and as Dave is sweet on her, he personally loans her the money. Dave hopes that this will end the problems and that Barbara will divorce Charlie but there is more trouble ahead for Dave Bennett.


Tuesday, September 17, 2013

20 Mule Team (1940)




NOTE: I've been feeling a bit down lately so we're skipping Modern Movie Monday this week. Here's a review a did earlier in the month that's scheduled to appear this week on the blog.

20 Mule Team (1940)

Plot Summary


t is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that will save the company is a new deposit of high grade Borax, and Bill Bragg (Wallace Beery) has a pouch of it that he got from a dead prospector that he buried on the road. Stag Roper (Douglas Fowley) knows the value of the strike could be worth millions, but he needs Bill to find the prospectors' claim so they can record it and become rich partners. While Roper has no intention of cutting Bill in on the millions, he also has his eye on young Jean (Anne Baxter). Josie (Jean's mother played by Marjorie Rambeau) sees Roper for the scalawag that his is and it means trouble in Furnace Flat.