Exploring Food and Movies

 Monday: The Killers (1964)            Two hitmen are hired to kill Johnny North, a former race car driver. When he doesn't put up a fight when they kill him they decide to find out more about him. One source tells them that Johnny had escaped with a million dollars. The hitmen want the money so they track down Johnny's former partner, Earl. Earl tells them about how Johnny was a promising driver with real talent. Then he fell for a woman named Sheila. Sheila always went for men who's jobs put them in dangerous situations. Earl cautioned Johnny against falling for her but to no avail. Sheila had been connected to a gangster but seemed to want to leave that life and really loved Johnny. After an accident that ended Johnny's racing career he went to a dark place. Sheila convinced him to do a job for her gangster former lover. It didn't go as planned. I thought this movie was good. Ronald Reagan played the gangster. This is the first movie I've seen with ...

 Monday: The Devil-Doll (1936)             Paul was a respected banker in Paris. Then his partners framed him for a crime he didn't commit. Years later he escapes prison with a friend. The friend leads them to his house. He is a scientist who has found a way to shrink living things. So far only dogs and horses. But the machine is ready to do it to humans. The shrunken beings have no will of their own. So you have to concentrate on them and tell them what to do. The friend suddenly dies. His wife wants Paul's help to continue with the work. Paul has other ideas. He sneaks back into Paris dressed as an old woman and uses the shrunken people or "dolls" to get revenge on the men who framed him. This movie was ok. Tuesday: The Raven (1963)        This movie is inspired by the Edgar Allen Poe poem. Erasmus is a skilled sorcerer. One night a raven knocks on his window. He lets it in and the raven starts talking. It is another sorcerer name...

I will go to a restaurant on my list soon. It's just been hard with my schedule. Monday: Detour (1945)           A New York City nightclub pianist named Al is love with the club's singer, Sue. Although she loves Al she wants more in life than working in a run down club. So she sets of for Hollywood to try her hand at acting. Al is sad and misses Sue terribly. He decides to go to Hollywood to be with her. Al has little money so he hitchhikes across the country. One of the people who picks him up is a man named Charles who is going to LA. Charles tells him about escaping from a crazy ex who is after his money. One night when Al is driving Charles dies, but the way it happened makes it look like Al did it. He is too scared to tell the police what happened. So he pretends to be Charles until he gets to LA. On his way he picks up a hitchhiker who turns out to be Charles' crazy ex. She blackmails Al. This is a good movie. Classic film noir. Tuesday: Lili (1953)  ...

 Monday: The Hospital (1971)          Herbert is a depressed chief of staff at a hospital. He is struggling to find reasons to keep living. His hospital is falling apart. The doctors and nurses aren't doing what they are supposed to and it's causing harm to the patients. A patient named Drummond comes into the hospital for something simple and ends up in a coma. During the same time as that happened doctors and nurses are being found dead around the hospital. No one knows why. Herbert meets Drummond's daughter Barbara. She is a young free spirited woman who lives with her father in a village in Mexico. They were only in the states for a quick check up. Herbert and Barbara start a romance and try to figure out who the murderer is. I thought this movie was alright. Tuesday: Village of the Damned (1960)         Alan is supposed to visit his sister for the weekend. She lives in a small village outside of London. He calls before he goes and n...