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Synopsis: Working out of a laboratory at the mountain retreat he shares with his wife, Janice, Dr. Patrick Cody is trying to find a way to keep a brain alive outside the human body as a way of helping severely injured patients. His experiments have been conducted using monkey brains but when the wealthy Warren Donovan is fatally injured in a crash and dies at Cody's home, the doctor sees an opportunity for human experimentation and steals Donovan's brain. His experiment proves to be successful. However, the disembodied brain soon begins to use telepathy to take control of Cody. Who's in it? The movie stars Lew Ayres , Gene Evans , Nancy Reagan (as Nancy Davis), Steve Brodie and Tom Powers . Review: I came across Donovan's Brain while scrolling through movies last night and ended up picking it for my morning movie mostly because I saw it starred Nancy Reagan and I haven't seen a whole lot of films with the former First Lady of the United States. Overall, it ended...

Synopsis:  Atomic testing and disposal of radioactive material into the ocean results in a dormant dinosaur being brought back to life. As the creature threatens London, scientists realize using the military to stop it could result in radioactive material being spread all over the country. Who's in it?  The movie stars  Gene Evans ,  Andre Morell ,  Leigh Madison ,  John Turner  and  Jack MacGowran. Review:  I have had heard about this movie but had not had a chance to actually watch it until this morning, when I was waiting for the rest of the family to get out of bed. While I thought it was an OK monster movie, I also didn't think there was anything particularly special about it. The film largely follows the same format most 1950s giant monster movies use - scientists predict some sort of atomic catastrophe, a short time later there are reports of a prehistoric monster then, about three-quarters through the movie, the monster finally makes ...