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Synopsis: After his dreams of becoming a champion are crushed by an eye injury that cost him his license, New York professional boxer Ernie Driscoll now drives a cab while trying to save enough to buy a gas station. Already in a foul mood after discovering his wife, Pauline, having an affair with career criminal Victor Rawlins, Ernie winds up with a warrant for his arrest when his actress friend, Linda James, tricks him into believing she needed his help as part of an elaborate Broadway audition, and he assaults the play's producers. To makes matters even worse, Ernie finds Pauline's strangled body in the back of his cab, and he realizes he is being framed for her murder. Who's in it? The movie stars John Payne , Evelyn Keyes , Brad Dexter , Peggie Castle and Frank Faylen . Review: I've had 99 River Street in my movie library for a few weeks and finally decided to watch it this morning because I was in a bit of a hurry and figured it would be fastest to just pick th...

Synopsis: In the year 1985, a spaceship crew consisting of Captain Neal Patterson, Lt. Mike Cruze and Lt. Larry Turner are ordered to escort Professor Konrad to a space station in Earth's orbit. While enroute, a mysterious beam destroys the station and causes damage to their ship that results in them landing on Venus. Believing the planet to be uninhabitable, they are surprised to discover it is populated by beautiful women under the rule of Queen Yllana. They learn the men have either been killed or imprisoned by Yllana following a war with another planet that left her disfigured and the queen plans to destroy Earth before it has a chance to declare war on her planet. Their only hope is a group of women who hope to overthrow the queen so they can be with men again. Who's in it? The movie stars Zsa Zsa Gabor , Eric Fleming , Laurie Mitchell , Lisa Davis and Dave Willock. Review: I've had Queen of Outer Space in my movie library for a couple months now and never found th...

Synopsis: Arriving back in present-day London, the Doctor ( Ncuti Gatwa ) seeks help from UNIT to track down the identity of a mysterious woman ( Susan Twist ) who has appeared as multiple incarnations during his travels with Ruby Sunday ( Millie Gibson ). At the same time, he also enlists UNIT's help in tracking down Ruby's long-lost birth mother. In doing so, he inadvertently releases Sutekh, who immediately begins wiping out all life in the universe. Review: As I mentioned previously, my wife and I spent part of this past weekend getting caught up on the previous Doctor Who season so we can start watching the newer episodes that just started airing this month. This included watching the two episodes, The Legend of Ruby Sunday and Empire of Death , which I'm going to lump together since they were basically a two-part season finale. After watching them, I would describe my opinion as being a bit disappointed. My biggest problem with these episodes is the same one I had ...

Synopsis: While attending a 19th Century British ball, the Doctor ( Ncuti Gatwa ) and Ruby Sunday ( Millie Gibson ) must confront a group of alien shapeshifters, known as the Chuldur, who are killing off and impersonating guests as part of a Bridgerton cosplay. Helping the Doctor is a bounty hunter by the name of Rogue ( Jonathan Groff ), who also becomes a love interest for the time traveler. Review: The new season of Doctor Who just started so my wife and I made an effort to get caught up this past weekend, starting with Rogue . Overall, I think I can say I enjoyed this one. The main plot is a little confusing because the cosplay alien idea doesn't make a ton of sense if you think too much about it. I would assume the Chuldur aren't time travelers because, if that was a common alien technology, the Doctor wouldn't be anything special. Yet, unless I misunderstood something, they were cosplaying a 21st century show in the 19th century.  That said, I did like the idea of ...

Synopsis: Upon learning of his sister's death, Larry Adams travels to the estate of her husband, Dr. Max Heinrich Von Altermann with private detective Scott Warrington to learn more. When they arrive, they learn his sister, Lila, along with many of the servants, has been brought back from the dead by Von Altermann and is now a zombie. However, unlike the other zombies, Lila is able to act independently and has a plan to get revenge on her husband. Who's in it? The movie stars John Carradine , Robert Lowery , Gale Storm , Bob Steele , Mantan Moreland and Mauritz Hugo . Review: I picked out Revenge of the Zombies this morning because it's been a while since I last watched a zombie movie and, at least from the brief description, I was intrigued. As it turns out, I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. The movie, which is described as a horror/comedy, falls much more in the latter category, with a surprisingly large number of scenes being dominated by the driver...

Our little Stormcloud was going nuts most of the day yesterday because the neighborhood squirrels were on our patio table cleaning up the birdseed they dumped from one of our birdfeeders. At my wife's suggestion, I stuck one of the trail cameras on the table and here are some of the photos I was able to get.