Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

Columbia Pictures Starring: Irene Dunne, Melvyn Douglas, Elisabeth Risdon, Margaret McWade Directed by: Richard Boleslawski Synopsis: Some of the residents of the small town of Lynnfield are shocked when their local newspaper starts printing the excerpts from a racy new bestseller by a woman named Caroline Adams, little realizing that the name is merely a pseudonym and the […]

Believe It or Not (1932)

Vitaphone Corporation Narrator: Robert L. Ripley Synopsis: This was episode 4 of the second series of Believe It or Not short films released to theaters.  In this episode, little Billy (Billy Hayes) is scolded by his mother for reading a Ripley’s Believe It or Not book instead of doing his homework.  He falls asleep and dreams […]

The House of Seven Corpses (1974)

Television Corporation of America Starring: John Ireland, Faith Domergue, John Carradine Directed by: Paul Harrison Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A hard-boiled director (John Ireland) is struggling to get a low-budget horror movie made on location in a house where seven mysterious deaths have taken place.  Only art […]

Christmas in July (1940)

Christmas in July (1940)

Two black cats make memorable appearances in this Preston Sturges’ comedy reviewed by Linda Kay. Includes the tragic Behind the Scenes story about cat actor Hamlet.

Species (1995)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Starring: Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger Directed by: Roger Donaldson Synopsis: A young girl makes a bold escape from a secret government scientific lab and the manhunt for her begins.  But there is more to this fugitive beauty (played as an adult by Natasha Henstridge) that makes her a threat to the future of […]

Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)

New Line Cinema Starring: Mike Meyers, Beyoncé Knowles, Michael Caine Also Starring: Ted Nude-gent, Mel Gib-skin, Grogg, Chloe Directed by: Jay Roach Synopsis: Austin Powers (Mike Meyers) finds out that his father (Michael Caine) has been kidnapped by a dastardy villain named Goldmember (Mike Meyers) who is also working with Powers’ arch-nemesis Dr. Evil (Mike Meyers.) Kitty Cameos: Mr. Bigglesworth […]

The Brady Bunch – “The Honeymoon”

Original Air Date: September 26, 1969 Starring: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis Also Starring: Tye Directed by: John Rich Synopsis: In the pilot episode for the iconic series, widower Mike Brady (Robert Reed) is set to marry widow Carol Martin (Florence Henderson) and combine their respective families, Mike’s three boys Greg (Barry Williams), Peter (Christopher Knight) and Bobby […]

I Remember Mama (1948)

RKO Radio Pictures Starring: Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, June Hedin, Philip Dorn Directed by: George Stevens Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: This charming film version of the Broadway play is based on the fictionalized memoir by Kathryn Forbes entitled Mama’s Bank Account.  The story follows the trials and […]

Time Out for Trouble (1961)

University of Oklahoma Starring: Bonnie Hammett, John Nesom, Stephen Bell, Richard Bell Narrator: Alice Spann Directed by: David S. Glidden Synopsis: A cautionary tale of a wicked clock (voiced by Alice Spann), given to a couple by the husband’s mother, who utlizes the tendency of humans to react without thinking in order to cause accidents to the wife, Jane […]

Black Cat (2004)

Rojak Films Starring: Stephanie Cora, Shawna La Rue, Philip A. Jones, Shaun Kurtz Directed by: Serge Rodnunsky Synopsis: Another retelling of the Edgar Allen Poe classic follows a female detective named Eleanor (Stephanie Cora) as she interviews murder suspect Jack (Shaun Kurtz) in an attempt to learn the whereabouts of his missing girlfriend and her son. Featured Feline: Don’t […]