Wednesday, Feb. 27 TRIPLE FEATURE!! Bleak House: Episode 6

Bleak House: Season 1, Episode 6 Episode #1.6 (11 Nov. 2005)

Mr. Tulkinghorn is nearing the truth about Nemo alias captain Hawdon, but shooting stand-running veterans Smallweed and sergeant George refuse to sell their pieces of the puzzle. Searching for beloved Esther's background with Krook, Guppy stumbles unto her links to the present lady Dedlock, whom he visits and inform, to Nemo -Esther's real father- and probably the Jarndyce claims. A London epidemic is spreading, and through Nemo's urchin protégé Jo reaches John Jarndyce's home.

Wednesday, Feb. 27 DOUBLE FEATURE! Inferno (3D)

Inferno (1953)

A tough, hard-driving business tycoon suffers a broken leg and is left to die in the desert by his scheming wife and her greedy lover.

Wednesday, Feb. 27 - Man in the Dark (3D)

Man in the Dark (1953)

A thug is convicted and undergoes experimental brain surgery to remove the criminal element in his brain. The operation wipes out all memories of his past life, including where he stashed the loot. He is abducted by his gang and they try to beat the truth out of him. His memories return in the form of weird dreams, and he and his old girlfriend track down the clues to find the money.

Tuesday, Feb. 26 - The Yellow Cab Man

The Yellow Cab Man (1950)

Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that he meets the lovely Ellen of the Yellow Cab Co., he also meets the crooked lawyer named Creavy. Pirdy is an inventor and when Creavy learns about elastic-glass, his new invention, he makes plans to steal the process. With the help of another con man named Doksteader, and the boys, he will steal this million dollar invention no matter who gets hurt.

Monday, Feb. 25 Double Feature! Bleak House: Episode 5

Bleak House: Season 1, Episode 5 Episode #1.5 (10 Nov. 2005)

With information from the boy Jo, Tulkinghorn now knows that it was Lady Dedlock who visited Nemo's lodgings. Tulkinghorn continues his inquiries and believes he mat know Nemo's real name. Richard has decided to abandon his studies in the law and travels to Lincolnshire where he informs everyone that he now intends to purchase a commission in the army. He begins to take lessons in swordsmanship from a former army Sergeant by the name of George. Tulkinghorn swears out a warrant for the arrest of Mr. Gridley on a charge of slander. Inspector Bucket tracks him down.

Monday, Feb. 25 - The Runaway: Episode 4

The Runaway: Season 1, Episode 4 Episode #1.4 (21 Apr. 2011)

Eamonn and Cathy rekindle their romance but when Eamonn is forced to return to America, ; a pregnant Cathy seduces Tommy and they get married.

Sunday, Feb. 24 - Come Have Coffee With Us

Come Have Coffee with Us (1970) Venga a prendere il caffè... da noi (original title)

Come Have Coffee with Us concerns an accountant (Ugo Tognazzi) who comes into the lives of three spinster sisters (Angela Goodwin, Francesca Romana Coluzzi and Milena Vukotic) whose father has just died. He promises to help them with their tax problem, but instead begins his ritual of seduction. Goodwin, the eldest, is the first to fall, and ends up marrying him. The other two are madly jealous, but they have no need to be. Soon after the wedding, he turns his libido towards them.

Saturday, Feb. 23 - Bleak House: Episode 4

Bleak House: Season 1, Episode 4 Episode #1.4 (4 Nov. 2005)

Richard begins his law studies at Mr. Tulkinghorn's firm, tutored by unimpressed Guppy and Kenge, and immediately shows specific interest in the Jarndyce inheritance case. While Sir Leicester Dedlock's neighbor feud rages on, his wife searches in the past of people relevant in the inheritance. Esther learns how she got her guardian, but also more about her background.

Friday, Feb. 22 - The Hooded Terror

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938)

The greatest crime organization of the century, The Black Quorum, are planning to attend a secret convention in London under the auspices of their leader, The Snake. After they unsuccessfully try to murder Granite Grant (David Farrar), the one man who knows of their plot, renowned amateur investigator and philatelist Sexton Blake (George Curzon) takes them on with comic relief assistance from sidekick Tinker (Tony Sympson). Matters are complicated by the brooding presence of millionaire Michael Larron (Tod Slaughter), who sports the most ridiculous facial hair in film history and has the hots for beautiful innocent Julie (Greta Gynt).

Thursday, Feb. 21 - Bleak House: Episodes 2 & 3

Bleak House: Season 1, Episode 2 Episode #1.2 (28 Oct. 2005)

Tulkinghorn locates Nemo but too late as the man is dead. The coroner rules his death accidental. Nemo has left something important behind however.Young Richard Carstone decides that he needs to get on with his life and decides to pursue his career in the medical profession. He and Ada's solicitor, Mr. Kenge, finds him a position with Mr. Bayham Badger who has agreed to supervise his studies. He will have to leave Bleak House however. At Mr. Bayham's home, Esther Summerson meets a young doctor, Mr. Allan Woodcort.

Bleak House: Season 1, Episode 3 Episode #1.3 (3 Nov. 2005)

Richard and Ada want to become engaged but Mr. Jarndyce advises that they wait a time before making a firm commitment. Esther's friend Caddy Jellyby excitedly tells her that she's become engaged to her dance and deportment instructor, Prince Turveydrop. Tulkinghorn makes it clear that his first loyalties are to her husband. Although Lady Dedlock professes no further interest in Nemo, Tulkinghorn senses there is more interest than she professes. Mr. Guppy's infatuation with Esther continues but she again pushes him away. Esther is saddened to hear that Mr. Woodcourt has become a naval medical officer and will soon be going to sea. Richard isn't taking his medical studies seriously and Mr. Badger thinks him ill-suited for the profession. Richard agrees and expresses an interest in the law.

Wednesday, Feb 20 - Lovejoy: Smoke Your Nose

Lovejoy: Season 3, Episode 9 Smoke Your Nose (8 Mar. 1992) 

After Lovejoy offers to sell a seventeenth century 'Smoke Your Nose' dish for him vicar Harry Nettles tells him that there is the remains of a Roman villa in the field next to his church but the land is marked for development by shifty Derek Rudge as a leisure centre. Lovejoy wonders why nobody has bothered to take Harry's claims seriously and uncovers an arrangement between Rudge and county archaeologist Nancy Phelan which results in the reverend's story being authenticated. Eric is less fortunate when he sells a grandfather clock to pernickety Mr. Rosenbaum,who is definitely not what he seems.

Tuesday, Feb. 19 - The Runaway: Episode 3

The Runaway: Season 1, Episode 3 Episode #1.3 (14 Apr. 2011)

With Desrae's help, Cathy reinvents herself in Soho. Cathy and Eamonn are reunited but it ends in disaster and Eamonn is forced to flee the country.

Monday, Feb. 18 - Hot Saturday

Hot Saturday (1932)

Bank employee Ruth Brock has a reputation around town for being fast-and-easy but none of the panting suitors has made her yet. She disillusions them one after the other, but the last lad is a bad sport and starts a gossip scandal, among the hens and roosters, about her and a millionaire playboy and Ruth loses her job. Figuring that as long as she has the name, she might as well play the game, she looks him up.

Sunday, Feb. 7 - The Wicked Lady

The Wicked Lady (1945)

17th-century beauty Barbara Worth starts her career of crime by stealing her best friend's bridegroom. Her next exploit is to recover gambling losses by donning mask and cloak and taking to the roads as a highwayman! The thrill of these ventures proves addictive...especially when she meets a male highwayman who becomes her lover. Together, the two desperados lead a gay secret life, pursued by the local magistrate Sir Ralph Skelton...Barbara's husband!

Saturday, Feb. 16 - Seven Days in May

Seven Days in May (1964)

An unpopular U.S. President manages to get a nuclear disarmament treaty through the Senate, but finds that the nation is turning against him. Jiggs Casey, a Marine Colonel, finds evidence that General Scott, the wildly popular head of the Joint Chiefs and certain Presidential Candidate in 2 years is not planning to wait. Casey goes to the president with the information and a web of intrigue begins with each side unsure of who can be trusted.

Friday, Feb. 15 - A Life in the Balance

A Life in the Balance (1955)

Antonio Gomez, a nearly down-and-out musician, is a widower with a young boy, Paco. Fighting to support his boy in the face of unemployment and neighbors who want custody of his son (something that here in Mexico City they might just obtain), Gomez argues with an ex-girlfriend over money she owes him. After he leaves, the girlfriend is murdered by the religious-fanatic serial killer terrorizing the city. When neighbors report the argument Gomez had with the dead girl, the police presume they are finally on the hot trail of the serial killer, and Gomez is their target. Gomez goes out to a pawnshop to buy his son a long-dreamed-of guitar and there meets a young woman with whom he goes looking for his son. What Gomez does not realize is that a police dragnet is closing in on him and that his boy Paco actually witnessed this most recent murder and has been trailing the killer. It's not long, though, before the killer is trailing the boy.

Thursday, Feb. 14 - The Runaway: Episode 2

The Runaway: Season 1, Episode 2 Episode #1.2 (7 Apr. 2011)

Cathy and Eamonn struggle with their enforced separation. Whilst Eamonn plays a dangerous game by undermining his boss, Cathy finds herself in an oppressive reform school. When Cathy is abused, she runs away and ends up in Soho.

Wednesday, Feb. 13 - The Runaway: Episode 1

The Runaway (2010– ) TV Series

Cathy Connor and Eamonn Docherty are brought up together in the East End. As the daughter of a prostitute, Madge, Cathy's life is difficult, especially when everyone assumes that she will be following in her mother's footsteps. But when Cathy is forced to protect Madge from a violent attack by a punter it changes her life forever. Cathy is taken into care but she suffers institutional abuse which leaves her with no choice but to run away. She ends up destitute, on the streets of Soho. Desrae, a transvestite, unexpectedly comes to her rescue. Meanwhile, Eamonn joins Dixon's firm and rises up the ranks of the East End criminal underworld. He gets involved with his boss's daughter but in a moment of violent rage, kills her. Eamonn flees to New York to escape retribution where he gains a reputation as a ruthless villain with a specialism for sourcing weaponry. Adapted from Martina Cole's best-selling novel this is an explosive action-packed thriller with two star crossed lovers at its centre.

The Runaway: Season 1, Episode 1 Episode #1.1 (31 Mar. 2011)

Cathy Connor and Eamonn Docherty are childhood sweethearts who are desperate to escape their East End roots. When Cathy murders her Mum's pimp in self defense it changes their lives forever.

Tuesday, Feb. 12 - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936) Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (original title)

In the Nineteenth Century, in London, the barber Sweeney Todd invites lonely and wealthy costumers in the port to his barbershop on the nearby Fleet Street and murders them to take their money, while his associate Mrs. Lovatt and owner of a bakery below is barbershop gets rid off the bodies. Sweeney uses his fortune to help the fleet owner Stephen Oakley with the intention to force his daughter Joanna to marry him. However, the beloved Joanna's boyfriend Mark Ingerstreet returns rich from his last voyage and Sweeney decides to kill him and steal his fortune in pearl, making Mrs. Lovatt jealous with the situation.

Monday, Feb. 11 - Bleak House: Episode 1

Bleak House (2005– ) TV Mini-Series

A suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th-century English legal system.

Bleak House: Season 1, Episode 1 Episode #1.1 (22 Jan. 2006) 

Half of London takes in interest in the long-running, complicated case of the inheritance of John Jarndyce Sr., a fortune disputed for generations in the Court of Chancery. The interests of orphaned juvenile relatives Richard Carstone and Ada Clare, wards of the court, are handled by attorney Kenge, hired by wealthy philanthropist John Jarndyce Jr., who even hired companion Esther Summerson and welcomes them in his fine home. Meanwhile sinister Mr. Tulkinghorn defends the interests of old Sir Leicester Dedlock and his younger wife, who has a secret past with destitute copyist and decorated veteran 'Nemo'.

Sunday, Feb. 10 - Edward, My Son

Edward, My Son (1949)

Businessman Spencer Tracy is devoted beyond all reason to his son Edward. Tracy lies, cheats, steals, commits arson, and drives two people to suicide in order to smooth Edward's path in life. The boy repays this loyalty by becoming an ungrateful wastrel, who fathers a child out of wedlock and ends up killing himself. After serving a prison sentence for his crimes, Tracy tries to pick up the pieces of his shattered life by searching for Edward's child.

Saturday, Feb. 9 - The Man in Grey

The Man in Grey (1943)

At an estate auction in WWII England, two strangers meet and muse about their families' history and possible connections. Flashbacks reveal the story of the sweet, rich, and beautiful Clarissa Richmond and her friendship with bitter, impoverished Hesther Snow. Their fates are intertwined even as their paths diverge. Clarissa marries the handsome but cruel Marquis of Rohan while Hesther becomes an actress. Eventually, the two women meet again and Clarissa brings the scheming Hesther into her household. As Clarissa searches for true love, Hesther plots to take away everything that belongs to her

Friday, Feb. 8 - Lucky Devils

Lucky Devils (1933)

A group of stuntmen at one studio in Hollywood call themselves "Lucky Devils," and regularly chant "A stuntman makes a bad husband and a husband makes a bad stuntman." It rings true when Slugger Jones is killed doing his last stunt right after his marriage. Skipper Clark and Bob Hughes prevent a down-and-out girl, Fran, from committing suicide, and help her get an acting job at the studio. Romance follows, with Skipper marrying Fran, but with the understanding he'll continue doing his stuntwork. But Skipper freezes during a stunt when the frantic Fran signals him to stop, and his friend Bob is nearly killed. This washes Skipper up in the stunt business, so he takes a job on the labor crew, shooting on location, and leaving the pregnant Fran in the care of a cheap doctor. When he gets a wire from the doctor telling him Fran must be sent to a hospital, he decides to do a dangerous stunt the other stuntmen refuse, going over a 30-foot waterfall in a rowboat for $200.

Thursday, Feb. 7 - Time is My Enemy

Time Is My Enemy (1954)

The story opens with a jewel robbery and shooting, with Dennis Price the thief (and two confederates who drop out of the story altogether). Price, who has been thought dead, lives under a new name with another underworld figure, Bonar Colleano. When the shooting victim dies, Bonar blackmails Price. Price visits his ex-wife who has remarried and blackmails her!

A good many complications ensue as the good wife tries to raise money, keep her husband out of the loop, and fend off the inquiries of the detective on the case who happens to know her. Furthermore, Price has two girl friends on the side. All this and more in a little over an hour.

Wednesday, Feb. 6 - Nightbirds

Nightbirds (1970)

While living rough on the street of London's East End, a young man, Dink (Berwick Kaler, Coronation Street), encounters the mysterious Dee (Julie Shaw, The Big Switch) and they begin a relationship. When tenderness gives way to cruelty they become consumed by darkness. 

Tuesday, Feb. 5 - The Frightened Man

The Frightened Man (1952)

Antique dealer Roselli (Charles Victor, The Saint's Return) gets bad news from his son: Julius (Dermot Walsh, Sea Fury) has been "sent down" from Oxford for a drunken fight. Julius promptly marries boarder Amanda (Barbara Murray, Tales from the Crypt), but he doesn't want to settle down and get a job. Instead, Julius becomes a getaway driver for a gang of robbers and plots a diamond heist

Monday, Feb. 4 - Number 10: Underdog

Number 10: Season 1, Episode 2 Underdog (20 Feb. 1983)

Heading up the first Labour government in Britain's history, Underdog's Ramsay MacDonald (Ian Richardson) is a dour, mournful Scot who doesn't have enough money to furnish the threadbare Number 10, let alone hire servants or buy linens and crockery.

Sunday, Feb. 3 - The Kremlin Letter

The Kremlin Letter (1970)

A network of older spies from the West recruits a young intelligence officer with a photographic memory to accompany them on a mission inside Russia. They must recover a letter written by the CIA that promises American assistance to Russia if China gets the atomic bomb.

Saturday, Feb. 2 Double Feature! Oppenheimer: Episode 3

Oppenheimer: Season 1, Episode 3 Episode #1.3 (12 Nov. 1980) 

1943: Oppenheimer is director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI.

Saturday, Feb. 2 - The Brain

The Brain (1969) Le cerveau (original title)

Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.

Thursday, Jan. 31 - Merrily We Go to Hell

Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)

Nere-do-well Jerry Corbett finally meets and marries the right girl, Joan Prentiss. Unfortunately their wedded bliss is interrupted when Jerry's play becomes a hit and he hooks up with the wrong woman from his past. Joan decides that turn-about is fair play and she picks another man to escort her around to various parties around New York. Eventually Jerry quits drinking and sends his girlfriend packing, just in time for Joan to take him back.