Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959)

Walt Disney Productions Starring: Albert Sharpe, Jimmy O’Dea Directed by: Robert Stevenson Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Darby O’Gill (Albert Sharpe) enjoys telling his fellow Irishmen about his adventures with the leprechauns but he has to think quick to outsmart their leader, King Brian (Jimmy O’Dea), with whom […]

X2: X-Men United (2003)

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Starring: Hugh Jackman, Shawn Ashmore Directed by: Bryan Singer Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The Mutant Academy is under attack while anti-Mutant sentiment from the general public is on the rise. Someone is behind it all with evil intentions and so the X-Men […]

Space Riders: Division Earth (2014)

Starring: Dan Beirne, Mark Little, Kayla Lorette Also Starring: Lancelot Directed by: Jordan Canning Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains spoilers for this web series! Synopsis: Two average guys named Philip (Dan Beirne) and Ken (Mark Little) find themselves caught up in a bit of intergalactic do-gooding when they accidentally fall into the roles of the […]

Shinbone Alley (1970)

Fine Arts Films Starring: Carol Channing, Eddie Bracken Directed by: John Wilson, David Detiege Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on stories by Don Marquis and adapted from the musical stage play by Mel Brooks and Joe Darion.  Archy the cockroach (voiced by Eddie Bracken) loves the promiscuous […]

Mickey (1918)

Mabel Normand Feature Film Company Starring: Mabel Normand, Minnie Devereaux Directed by: F. Richard Jones, James Young Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Mickey (Mabel Normand) is an orphan girl who is raised by her father’s mining partner, Joe (George Nichols).  Worried for her prospects since the mine has […]

Torture Garden (1967)

Columbia Pictures Starring: Michael Bryant, Norman Claridge Directed by: Freddie Francis Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A carnival showman named Dr. Diabolo (Burgess Meredith) draws several persons into his sideshow attraction where he presents them with grim views of their futures in this horror anthology film. Bad Kitty: The […]

La tête en friche (2010)

English Title: My Afternoons with Margueritte France 3 Cinéma Starring: Gérard Depardieu, Gisèle Casadesus Directed by: Jean Becker Synopsis: Germain Chazes (Gérard Depardieu) is a kind but slow man who has been told all his life by his mother, his teachers and his friends that he is too dim to ever learn much.  Then he meets Margueritte (Gisèle Casadesus), […]

The Human Comedy (1943)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Mickey Rooney, Jack Jenkins Directed by: Clarence Brown Synopsis: The moving story of a small town touched by World War II.  Homer Macauley (Mickey Rooney) finds himself taking over as head of the household when his older brother Marcus (Van Johnson) is sent to fight. Purr Blur: In one scene Homer’s little brother Ulysses (Jack Jenkins) […]

The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)

Warner Bros. Starring: Fredric March, Alexis Smith, Dickie Jones Directed by: Irving Rapper Synopsis: A screen dramatization of the life of writer and humorist Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain (Fredric March), from his birth until his death. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Early in the film we see Samuel as a teenager (Dickie Jones) working at a newspaper […]

My Mother the Car – “Shine On, Shine On Honeymoon”

Original Air Date: December 28, 1965 Starring: Jerry Van Dyke, Ann Sothern, Paula Winslowe Directed by: Rod Amateau Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Dave Crabtree (Jerry Van Dyke) offers to take his wife Barbara (Maggie Pierce) on a long-overdue honeymoon, but Barbara’s mother Mrs. Netwick (Paula Winslowe) predicts trouble in […]