The Pink Panther Strikes Again was fun, and I'm glad Pleiades was able to join us this time around. How about making that a more regular occurrence, eh? Eh??
1. Singin' in the Rain (1952): Don Lockwood is a popular silent film star who is soon to make the transition to talking pictures after The Jazz Singer becomes a huge hit. But Lockwood's normal co-star, Lina Lamont, does not make the transition well due to her screechy, annoying voice. He comes up with a solution, though, when chorus girl Kathy Seldon shows herself to have a knockout voice and agrees to dub Lina's lines. They slowly fall in love as Lina grows more jealous of the attention Kathy receives. Also, Lockwood's friend, Cosmo Brown, is awesome. Directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor.
2. Touch of Evil (1958): Two newlyweds, Miguel and Susie Vargas, are on the border between America and Mexico when a car bomb goes off. Miguel, a Mexican law enforcement official, decides to investigate, and he is met at the scene by Hank Quinlan, the local police captain. Quinlan begins an investigation on his own, but it is soon apparent to Miguel that Quinlan's tactics reveal his corruption, and Miguel works to uncover the real culprits behind the bombing before there are more victims. Directed by and starring Orson Welles, Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh.
3. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951): An extraterrestrial ship comes to Earth, and from it emerges the alien life form, Klaatu, who announces that he is on a mission of goodwill. After an initially violent reception, Klaatu says that his people have grown wary of Earth after humanity has developed atomic power. If Earth continues in an aggressive direction, the planet shall be eliminated. Will humans learn to stop being so violent? Directed by Robert Wise, starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal and Billy Gray.
4. Planet of the Apes (1968): Astronauts take off on a journey and are in deep hibernation when their ship crash lands on an unknown planet in the year 3978 (they took off in 1971). The three survivors go hunt for food and water but are soon attacked; one astronaut, Taylor, finds himself the prisoner of a group of sentient apes apes who are the dominant rulers of this planet. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall and Kim Hunter.
5. Sleuth (1972): Andrew Wyke, a writer of detective novels, discovers that his young wife has been cheating on him with Milo Tindle, the struggling owner of two hair salons. Enraged at her choice of affair, Wyke sets out to humiliate Tindle; however, this jump starts a deadly game of wits between the two as they fight for the upper hand against one another. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine.
