Wednesday, Dec. 11 - The One Game: Friday & Pictures: Episode 2

The One Game (1988)

The One Game: Season 1, Episode 1 Friday (4 Jun. 1988)

He's the boss of Britain's most popular games company. He's got a beautiful girlfriend. He's a ruthless and respected businessman. He's worth millions. Nicholas Thorne has it all. Then someone takes it away.

Pictures (1981) TV Mini-Series

Tuesday, Dec. 10 - The Gay Falcon

The Gay Falcon (1941)

A society grand dame who hosts charity parties in her home is mixed up in a jewel theft racket which defrauds insurance companies. When she is murdered, Gay Laurence (a.k.a. The Falcon)and assistant 'Goldie' Locke are on the case with help from beautiful Helen Reed, who becomes a rival to Gay's fiancée Elinor for the sleuth's affections.

First of the Falcon series. 

Monday, Dec. 9 - Pictures: Episode 1

Pictures (1981) TV Mini-Series

A writer runs into a pretty little screwball with a burning ambition to be in pictures. She exasperates and capitvates him, and he realizes that her crazy story can become the studio's biggest hit.

Sunday, Dec. 8 - Sex Kittens Go to College

Sex Kittens Go to College (1960)

Collins College needs a new department head for their science department. Doctors Carter and Zorch consult Thinko, the campus computer, and come up with Dr. Mathilda West, who has degrees in lots of things, but turns out to be disruptively attractive as well. Meanwhile two thugs search for Sam Thinko who is muscling in on the race horse action, the captain of the football team is having trouble not passing out in front of the opposite sex, and Admiral McFortune, a benefactor of the college, becomes attracted to Dr. West, who has a past dangerously close to becoming public knowledge.

Saturday, Dec. 7 - 52 Pick-Up

52 Pick-Up (1986)

Harry Mitchell, an L.A. manufacturer with a fancy car, a nice house, and a wife running for city council, has his life overturned when three hooded blackmailers appear with a video tape of Harry and his young mistress. He's been set up, and they want $100,000. To protect his wife's political ambitions, Harry won't go to the police; instead, he shines them on and then doesn't pay. They up their demands, so he goes on the offensive, tracking them down and trying to turn one against the other. Their sociopathic leader, Alan, responds with violence toward the mistress and menace toward Harry's wife.

Friday, Dec. 6 - Blackpool: Episode 6

Blackpool: Season 1, Episode 6 Episode #1.6 (16 Dec. 2004)

Ripley Holden's dreams are crashing all around him. It's apparent that he is going to lose the arcade when he learns that Natalie put the flats in a trust for the children and no one now has access to them. He takes drastic action. He agrees to give Shyanne away at her wedding but realizes that Natalie has been having an affair with DI Carlisle and she admits to being in love with him. That information comes in handy when Carlisle come to the wedding reception to arrest him for Poole's murder. Danny reveals a few secrets of his own, one to his father and the other to Shyanne. One of the working girls who use to work in Ripley's flats reveals the truth about what happened the night Poole was killed.

Thursday, Dec. 5 - Blackpool: Episode 5

Blackpool: Season 1, Episode 5 Episode #1.5 (9 Dec. 2004)

Having confessed to DI Carlisle that he moved Poole's body to the arcade, Natalie spontaneously provides him with an alibi telling the police that she had picked him up soon after he was dropped off at the flats. Natalie believes Ripley is hiding something from her however. It's obvious Carlisle is determined to get Ripley at any cost and his partner suggests to him that he may not be acting ethically. Carlisle decides he's right and takes himself off the case. He pursues Natalie and asks her to leave Blackpool with him. Ripley's financial situation continues to deteriorate and he has few options so he decides to make one big bet. He soon realizes however that Natalie may be hiding something from him.

Wednesday, Dec. 4 - Blackpool: Episode 4

Blackpool: Season 1, Episode 4 Episode #1.4 (2 Dec. 2004)

Carlisle dismisses Danny's confession to the murder as just a youthful attempt to protect his father. He also tries to repair his relationship with Natalie, now that she knows he's been lying to her about his background. She still has feelings for him but trust isn't something he has inspired in her. Ripley Holden welcomes the planning commission to the arcade as he tries to sell them on the idea of building his dream hotel-casino on the site. He also visits Steve, who he denies having beaten up, in the hospital and buys him off, or so he thinks. Daughter Shyanne has some big news for him later. Danny, fed up at being a failure at everything he touches, decides to do something about it.

Tuesday, Dec. 3 - The Saint's Double Trouble

The Saint's Double Trouble (1940)

Simon has arranged to send a rare mummy of a pharaoh from Cairo to Phildelphia to his good friend, Keystone University archeology professor Horatio Bitts, whose beautiful daughter does not escape The Saint's attention. Ruthless gang leader Duke Bates, known as "The Boss," is a dead ringer for Simon and a notorious jewel smuggler who uses the mummy to disguise a cache of illegal diamonds. After Bates murders a shady jewel cutter and the professor, Simon finds himself under suspicion... even by his old friend, Inspector Fernack.

Monday, Dec. 2 - The Untouchables: The Jake Lingle Killing

The Untouchables: Season 1, Episode 3 The Jake Lingle Killing (29 Oct. 1959)

A newspaperman is murdered for double-crossing some mobsters. So a reward-seeking ex-con decides to work with Ness and find the killer.

Sunday, Dec. 1 - The Lady From Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.

Saturday, Nov. 30 - Value For Money

Value for Money (1955)

A young man from Yorkshire inherits a sizeable legacy from his millionaire father. He decides to try the nightlife of London and meets a young girl performing in a nightclub. She intends to take him for all he's got and he's quite happy to be taken.