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 […]
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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 […]
Millions Like Us (1943)
Gainsborough Pictures Starring: Patricia Roc, Gordon Jackson, Anne Crawford, Moore Marriott Directed by: Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder Synopsis: The story of several people in England during World War II, in particular one family in which a widower named Jim (Moore Marriott) sees his oldest daughters join the war effort. The one daughter, Celia (Patricia Roc) ends up working […]
Gotham – “Pilot”
Original Air Date: September 22, 2014 Starring: Ben McKenzie, David Mazouz, Camren Bicondova Directed by: Danny Cannon Synopsis: The residents of Gotham City are having to deal with the effects of a crime wave, further exacerbated by a corrupt mayor and a somewhat corrupt police department. Detective James Gordon (Ben McKenzie) is assigned to solve the murder of noted […]
Tuesday (2001)
MPL Communications Starring: Paul McCartney, Dustin Hoffman Directed by: Geoff Dunbar Synopsis: Based on the children’s book by David Wiesner. A group of frogs mysteriously and magically take flight through a small town on their lillipads one Tuesday evening. Kitty Cameo: When the flying frogs enter the home of an elderly woman her white pet cat is extremely startled […]
Tired Business Men (1927)
Hal Roach Studios Starring: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Allen ‘Farina’ Hoskins Directed by: Anthony Mack, Charles Oelze Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this short! Synopsis: Joe (Joe Cobb) is a boy who moves to a new neighborhood and tries to join an exclusive club run by some local kids. The gang […]
The Hypnotic Eye (1960)
Directed by: George Blair Synopsis: Detective Dave Kennedy (Joe Patridge) is baffled when numerous women disfigure themselves but can’t explain why. Eventually he suspects a hypnotist named Desmond (Jacques Bergerac) may have something to do with the self-mutilations. Kitty Cameos: When Detective Kennedy’s girlfriend Marcia (Marcia Henderson) is hypnotized on stage by Desmond he gives […]
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
Universal Pictures Starring: Magda Szubanski, Mary Stein, Russi Taylor Directed by: George Miller Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The sheepherdering pig Babe (voiced by Elizabeth Daily) is back. This time a series of misfortunes finds Babe and Farmer Hoggett’s wife Esme (Magda Szubanski) stranded in a big city […]
