Another You (1991)

TriStar Pictures Starring: Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder Directed by: Maurice Phillips Synopsis: An ex-con named Eddie (Richard Pryor) is assigned to assist an ex-mental patient named George (Gene Wilder) to rehabilitate back into society but instead the pair are caught up in a con man’s scheme to pass George off as a millionaire. Kitty Carnage Warning! In one scene […]

The Wild Wild West – “The Night of the Dancing Death”

Original Air Date: November 5, 1965 Starring: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Ilse Taurins Directed by: Harvey Hart Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: James T. West (Robert Conrad) and Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin) travel to Albania to try to find the whereabouts of a missing Princess and become the targets of […]

Peter and the Wolf (1946)

Walt Disney Productions Narrated by: Sterling Holloway Directed by: Clyde Geronimi Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: One of the segments from the feature film Make Mine Music, this is the animated telling of the Russian fairy tale set to music written by Sergei Prokofiev.  Peter is a small […]

Dollar Dizzy (1930)

Hal Roach Studios Starring: Charley Chase, Thelma Todd, Edgar Kennedy Directed by: James W. Horne Synopsis: Charley finds out that he has inherited a large fortune and goes on vacation to a hotel where he is beset by gold diggers, only to mistake millionairess Thelma (Todd) for one of his stalkers. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): In the beginning of […]

The Black Room (1935)

Columbia Pictures Corporation Starring: Boris Karloff, Marian Marsh Directed by: R. William Neill Synopsis: Twin brothers Gregor and Anton de Berghman (both played by Boris Karloff) are born under a family prophesy which says the younger brother will kill the older in a mysterious black room which is sealed to keep the prediction from coming true. Cat Burglar […]

Grumpier Old Men (1995)

Warner Bros. Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Mathau Directed by: Howard Deutch Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis:  Neighbors, friends and sometimes rivals John Gustafson (Jack Lemmon) and Max Goldman (Walter Mathau) are planning the wedding between their kids when Max falls for a new resident in town, the […]

Day of the Badman (1958)

Universal International Pictures (UI) Starring: Fred MacMurray, Robert Foulk Directed by: Harry Keller Synopsis: Judge Jim Scott (Fred MacMurray) faces a difficult decision when he has to sentence a murderer to hang despite the man’s law-disrespecting siblings who threaten the townfolk with violence. Purr Blur: Early in the film Judge Scott walks into the General Store to pick up […]

Swamp Water (1941)

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Starring: Dana Andrews, Anne Baxter, Ward Bond Directed by: Jean Renoir Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A fur trapper named Ben (Dana Andrews) discovers a fugitive living in the Okefenokee Swamp and keeps the man’s secret while falling in love with his daughter. […]

Murder, She Wrote – “Capitol Offense”

Original Air Date: January 6, 1985 Starring: Angela Lansbury, Edie Adams Directed by: John Llewellyn Moxey Synopsis: A Maine Congressman unexpectedly dies of a heart attack and Jessica (Angela Lansbury) is asked to step in to the position for a few weeks when suspicions about the man’s death come to light. Kitty Cameo: In one scene Jessica meets with noted […]

Die furchtlosen Vier (1997)

English Title: The Fearless Four Warner Bros. Starring: Oleta Adams, Mario Adorf, Hartmut Engler Directed by: Michael Coldewey, Eberhard Junkersdorf, Jürgen Richter Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Loosely based on the Grimm Brothers tale of The Town Musicians of Bremen, a dog, a cat, a donkey and a rooster, […]