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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
New Line Cinema Starring: Mike Meyers, Verne Troyer, Heather Graham Directed by: Jay Roach Synopsis: Dr. Evil (Mike Meyers) unfreezes once again and returns to Earth, utilizing a time machine to go back to when Austin Powers (Mike Meyers) was still frozen in order to steal his mojo. Powers then returns to the year 1967 and meets American […]
Warner Bros. Narrated by Art Gilmore Directed by: André de la Varre Synopsis: A colorful newsreel-style short film which covers the annual horse race held in the Piazza del Campo in Siena, Italy. Purr Blur: Near the beginning of the film a cream-colored cat is shown sitting on a windowsill of a building above. The narrator explains that the […]