Alta Vista Productions Starring: John Agar, John Hoyt, June Kenney Directed by: Bert I. Gordon Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A seemingly quiet and unimposing doll-maker named Mr. Franz (John Hoyt) harbors a sinister secret in the back room of his doll factory; he turns the people he […]
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Stuart Little 2 (2002)
Columbia Pictures Corporation Starring: Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Michael J. Fox, Nathan Lane Directed by: Rob Minkoff Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Stuart Little (voiced by Michael J. Fox) is trying to find his place in the world when his older brother George (Jonathan Lipnicki) makes […]
This Property is Condemned (1966)
Paramount Pictures Starring: Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Mary Badham Directed by: Sydney Pollack Synopsis: A screen adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ play. Alva Starr (Natalie Wood) lives in a dilapidated southern railroad town’s boarding house with her domineering mother (Kate Reid) and younger sister (Mary Badham). Alva’s mother has no problem promising her daughter to rich prospective gentlemen to […]
Pillow Talk (1959)
Universal International Pictures (UI) Starring: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall Directed by: Michael Gordon Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for the end of this movie! Synopsis: Jan Morrow (Doris Day) is a successful interior designer living alone in New York City. She loves her life, all except for the annoying playboy […]
Rules of Engagement – “Cats & Dogs”
Original Air Date: February 18, 2013 Starring: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Patrick Warburton, Megyn Price Directed by: Ted Wass Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Liz (Wendi McLendon-Covey), distraught over the death of her pet cat Corny, decides to have a baby and begins to search for a sperm donor. In the […]
Bobby Bumps’ Pup Gets the Flea-enza (1919)
J.R. Bray Studios Directed by: Earl Hurd Synopsis: Bobby Bump has protected his pup from getting Influenza by fitting him with a surgical mask. But when the cat steals the mask the pup comes down sick, then later looks to get revenge. Bad Kitty: There’s no reason for the cat to steal the mask from the dog except […]
Dog Shy (1926)
Hal Roach Studios Starring: Charley Chase, Stuart Holmes, Mildred June Directed by: Leo McCarey Synopsis: Charley (Charley Chase) is a man who’s afraid of dogs and is chased into a phone booth by one where he “meets” a young woman about to be married to a boorish Duke (Stuart Holmes) against her will. Charley ends up getting a […]
A Bucket of Blood (1959)
Alta Vista Productions Starring: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone Directed by: Roger Corman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) is a meek nobody who works as a busboy in a beatnik club and aspires to be an artist, except he has no talent. That […]
Stuart Little (1999)
Columbia Pictures Corporation Starring: Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Michael J. Fox, Nathan Lane Directed by: Rob Minkoff Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the popular children’s story by E.B. White. A lovable mouse named Stuart is adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Little (Hugh Laurie and […]
Fatty’s Tintype Tangle (1915)
Keystone Film Company Starring: Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, Norma Nichols, Louise Fazenda Directed by: Roscoe Arbuckle Synopsis: Fatty (Arbuckle) is a henpecked husband whose mother-in-law (Louise Fazenda) causes him constant grief. After finally having enough and storming from the house he is tintype photographed with woman he meets casually on a park bench, leading to an altercation with her […]
