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Absolutely terrible disaster film directed by and starring Ray Milland as the father of a father on the way to camping in the mountains when nuclear war destroys Los Angeles.

Their first impulse is to drive back to Los Angeles but the traffic (hysterically bad stock footage of 4-lane traffic) on the back roads forces them to change plans.

They run into some punks and hide in a cave where the son (Frankie Avalon never could act) shoots a 2-lb stuffed deer and lugs it back to camp.

The mother and daughter (Jean Hagen and the awful Mary Mitchel) simp about doing nothing. After the punks rape the dumb daughter, Milland and Avalon find them and shoot them.

The plot is so idiotic as to defy description. It must have been written as they went along.

Bobby Flay hosts this one with his three "titans" as they face off against a guest chef. The three dishes are judged by a guest judge.

Problem one is that the titans are unlikable and they cheat. Sour losers Brooke Williamson mopes when she loses and middle-aged Michael Voltaggio, who dresses like Bart Simpson, sulks and pouts. Tiffany Derry does better but not by much. They all whine about the judges' comments and scores.

Meanwhile the "titans" constantly cheat by telling out tips and time warnings to the one who is cooking. "Don't forget your fish in the fryer." Get that meat on the grill." "You haven't used the red onion yet."

Meanwhile Flay wanders around kibitzing and making goo-goo eyes at Williamson. There's also some flat-faced woman who serves drinks to the "audience" of 20-somethings.

Just another Bobby Flay vanity production.

This late silent film from Columbia stars Jack Holt as a Union spy and Betty Compson as a rebel queen in the closing days of the Civil War.

Compson plays Belle Stone, a character based on Belle Starr. After a Union solider shoots and kills her plantation daddy, she vows revenge and turns rebel and gathers a gang of men who ambush Union supply wagons and scouting parties.

Holt infiltrates the gang and the sparks fly between him and Compson and his assignment is endangered by the romance. Will love win out or will he do his duty?

Handsome production with lots of outside action shots. Co-stars include Frank Lackteen, Pat Harmon, and Zack Williams.

The only surviving print does not contain the two color sequences. They have faded away beyond repair, but they survive in B&W.