Sunday, December 7, 2025
Tonight's Stinker: First Man Into Space (1959)
Tonight's Stinker
First Man Into Space (1959)
https://youtu.be/Fp_9o4AIDqM?si=Y3DcQSQdhVeD0mtV
A repurposed Bell X-1 (in other words, stock footage) is shot off into space... The airbase commander says it's reached it's limit & should turn around, but the pilot is his reckless younger brother, who pushes the plane AND himself slightly beyond.... He manages to get back to Earth, but wrecks the plane.... Instead of returning to the airbase, he goes to see his girlfriend, which puts him in deep doo-doo with his already irate older brother, but Washington gives him another chance....
The pilot disobeys orders again, the plane runs into a cloud of space dust.... The plane returns to earth with no pilot....
Then about halfway through the movie, cattle, people & a blood bank are attacked by a creature that breathes like Darth Vader....
Get plodding at times in spite of the runtime, the pilots personality & the premise make for some real headscratchers......
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Tonight's Stinker: Rocket Attack U.S.A.(1960)
Tonight's Stinker
Rocket Attack U.S.A.(1960)
https://youtu.be/rysX2mJmveA?si=UED4GmPkLAguw4IF
The Soviets have launched a new Sputnik, so the U.S. military sends a spy to Moscow to see what's up....
Upon arrival, he learns his contact is a woman who's started an affaire with a top ranking Soviet minister, and that they have all the research data they need to start work on an ICBM....
Meanwhile, American attempts to get a missile up fail, so the only option is for the American spy to sabotage the Russian missile....
Cold war & space race exploitation....
About an hour, with mostly a narrator talking over stock footage...
The acting is mostly stiff, with most of the scenes over dubbed, while some recite their lines as if they only just saw the script, a second ago.....
Meanders for the first half, then switches directions.....
Friday, December 5, 2025
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