The Grocery Clerk (1919)

Vitagraph Company of America Starring: Larry Semon, Lucille Carlisle, Monty Banks Directed by: Larry Semon Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A grocery clerk (Larry Semon) goes to work with his sweetheart (Lucille Carlisle) who runs the store’s post office and both face a number of calamaties on the […]

Ghost (1990)

Paramount Pictures Starring: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Rick Aviles Directed by: Jerry Zucker Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Sam Wheat (Patrick Swayze) and Molly Jensen (Demi Moore) are passionately in love but when Sam is suddenly murdered he finds himself as a ghostly observer and quickly realizes that […]

Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Doris Day, David Niven, Spring Byington Directed by: Charles Walters Synopsis: Larry Mackay (David Niven) is a succesful theater critic with a lovely wife, Kate (Doris Day), four young boys and a sheepdog.  But their lives undergo a major renovation when they move to a large fixer-upper in the country. Purr Blurs: Kate’s mother, Suzie (Spring […]

The Green Pastures (1936)

Warner Bros. Starring: Rex Ingram, Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson, Oscar Polk Directed by: Marc Connelly, William Keighley Synopsis: Based on a popular stage play of the time, this film offers up recreations of stories from the Old Testament as imagined by a group of rural children attending Sunday school. Purr Blur: We’ll leave other blogs to debate about the political […]

Gone with the Wind (1939)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Cammie King Conlon Directed by: Victor Fleming Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The sweeping Civil War epic follows the story of Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) and her on again / off again relationship with Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) and the large […]

The Rifleman – “The Spiked Rifle”

Original Air Date: November 24, 1959 Starring: Chuck Connors, Johnny Crawford, Richard Devon Directed by: John English Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Lucas McCain (Chuck Connors) agrees to ride shotgun on an expensive stagecoach delivery but doesn’t realize that the bad guys who plan to rob the stage intend to […]

Hold It! (1938)

Fleischer Studios Starring: Jack Mercer Directed by: Dave Fleischer Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: When a small town puts their cats out for the night they decide to get together and party. Cartoon Cats: This is a fun and crazy animated short from the Fleischer Studios but it starts […]

Lodge Night (1923)

Hal Roach Studios Starring: Joe Cobb, Mickey Daniels, Jackie Condon Directed by: Robert F. McGowan Synopsis: The gang have formed a secret society and induct the new kid, Joe (Joe Cobb) into the group, but their initiation is interrupted when car thieves decide to use their barn as a hideout. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): While the kids are getting […]

The Fifth Element (1997)

Gaumont Starring: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Ian Holm Directed by: Luc Besson Synopsis: Futuristic sci-fi film about an ex-mercenary turned cab driver named Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis) who finds himself involved in a mission to save the world via a beautiful and mysterious woman named Leeloo (Milla Jovovich). Featured Feline: The first time we see Korben Dallas he is […]

Anger Management (2003)

Revolution Studios Starring: Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Marisa Tomei Also Starring: Meatball Directed by: Peter Segal Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Dave Buznik (Adam Sandler) is the timid employee of a pet clothing company who lets everyone walk all over him.  But his world turns upside down when he […]