Hallmark Starring: Brandon Routh, Kimberly Sustad, Gregory Harrison Also Starring: Trace Directed by: Mark Jean Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the book by Sheila Roberts. Firefighter Zachary Stone (Brandon Routh) adopts a stray cat named Ambrose (played by cat actor Trace) and meets a fellow cat […]
Paramount Pictures Starring: Bill Murray, Robert Mitchum, Maria Riva Directed by: Richard Donner Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An updated version of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol finds TV executive Frank Cross (Bill Murray) visited by spirits who try to urge him to change his self-centered ways. Cat Cattle […]
Paramount Pictures Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Jesslyn Fax Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock Synopsis: L.B. Jefferies (James Stewart) is a news photographer who, while laid up with a broken leg, takes an interest in the coming and goings of his neighbors, especially when one appears to have committed murder. Purr Blurs: At the beginning of the film a brown […]
Starring: Rosie Directed by: Leo McCarey Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Father Chuck O’Malley (Bing Crosby) arrives as the new parrish priest of St. Mary’s and works with Sister Mary Benedict (Ingrid Bergman) to expand and improve the school, even though they approach the matter […]
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) Starring: Kevin Hooks, Michael Gorrin Directed by: Robert M. Young Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains MAJOR spoilers for this film! Synopsis: This made-for-television children’s special was the winner of a Peabody Award. J.T. Gamble (Kevin Hooks) is a quiet boy struggling while growing up in a tough Harlem neighborhood when […]
Rankin/Bass Productions Starring: Earl Hammond, Bob McFadden Directed by: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this show! Synopsis: Based on the story by L. Frank Baum. This final Animagic television special finds The Great Ak petitioning the other Immortals to bestow immortality upon Santa Claus (voiced by […]
Columbia TriStar Home Video Starring: Phil Hartman, Jim Cummings Directed by: Buzz Potamkin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Story (based loosely on facts) about two mice, Buster (voiced by Jim Cummings) and Chauncey (voiced by Phil Hartman) and their involvement in the writing of the classic Christmas song […]
Fox Movietone News Directed by: Bonney Powell Synopsis: A fascinating time capsule of footage taken all around New York City by Fox Newsreel cameraman Bonney Powell. Reality Cats: The film covers a day in New York City and begins in the morning where the still somewhat empty streets are shown. A black and white cat stands on the […]
Paramount Pictures Starring: Albert Dekker, Janice Logan Directed by: Ernest B. Schoedsack Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of scientists travel to a remote area in South America to assist Dr. Thorkel (Albert Dekker) (aka Dr. Cyclops) with an experiment but end up being the ones on […]
Nicholas Sparks Productions Starring: Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer Directed by: Ross Katz Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Travis (Benjamin Walker) and Gabby (Teresa Palmer) meet as neighbors and begin a relationship which is put to the test by various events. Kitty Cameos: Late in the film Travis is supposed […]