The War Games is the final serial of Patrick Troughton as The Doctor. It’s a very well-done, ten-part serial. It deals with himself, Jaimie, and Zoe landing the TARDIS in what appears to be the middle of the fight in World War I. But, not everything is as it seems …
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At its core, Lilies of the Field is about resurrection and unexpected fulfillment. Coming together under the guidance of an unseen hand (“he build the chapel”) … Disparate people find more to life than what had seemed to be there before. The scene with the Priest at the end still gets me after seeing it more than a few times.
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Jason and the Argonauts is the classic fantasy tale of the fearless sailor who must find the Golden Fleece before he can claim his throne. Fighting an army of skeletons, harpies, the hydra, and a bronze giant along the way.
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Man in a Hurry is one of the best episodes of the entire Andy Griffith Show series. A too-busy businessman’s car breaks down in Mayberry, and he gets a taste of life in the slow lane.
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In The Haunting, four people go into an old mansion that’s supposedly haunted — Hill House. They arrive as psychic investigators, since the house has a long history of death. They slowly discover that the horrific tales about the place may have some truth in them …
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The Great Escape – a variety of Allied prisoners try to escape from a Nazi prisoner of war camp. But the entire camp needs to escape at the same time! Based on a true story.
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In Doctor Who: The Daleks, the TARDIS lands in an alien, petrified jungle. Beyond it lies a mysterious, deserted city. The Doctor insists on exploring, but soon the crew begins suffering from radiation sickness. Then, they discover the city isn’t deserted …
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An Unearthly Child is the very first Doctor Who episode. It introduces the First Doctor (William Hartnell), his granddaughter Susan, and her teachers Ian and Barbara. At first, the teachers are concerned about their strange student, Susan. She’s advanced well beyond her teachers in some areas, and woefully ignorant in others. They follow her to her home … a junkyard, where she disappears. Then they meet an old man, who’s very unhelpful. Soon it becomes clear that he’s her grandfather, and is hiding her from them. And then they force their way into the TARDIS …
The Ghost (1963) starring Barbara Steele, Peter Baldwin In short, the Italian horror movie The Ghost plays like a mediocre episode of The Twilight Zone.… Read More »The Ghost [Horror movie]
Doris Day, James Garner and Polly Bergen star in Move Over Darling. A romantic comedy about one groom, two wives, and one crazy, mixed-up honeymoon! Five years after his wife Ellen is lost at sea and presumed dead, Nick is finally ready to remarry. But he’s headed for anything but wedded bliss when Ellen turns up alive … And ready to give first love a second chance – with Nick!