Bewitched – “The Eight Year Itch Witch”

Original Air Date: December 8, 1971 Starring: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick Sargent, Agnes Moorehead Directed by: Richard Michaels Synopsis: Endora (Agnes Moorehead) is up to her old tricks when she transforms a cat familiar into a woman (Julie Newmar) to test Darren’s fidelity.  Of course Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) is quick to defend her husband. Kitty Cameo: In one scene we see […]

Harry & Tonto (1974)

Harry & Tonto (1974)

Starring: TontoDirected by: Paul Mazursky This review contains Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Retired teacher Harry (Art Carney) loses his apartment in New York, the only home he has ever known. Finding himself at loose ends, with only a few possessions and his […]

Hands Across the Table (1935)

Paramount Pictures Starring: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy Also Starring: Whitey Directed by: Mitchell Leisen Synopsis: Regi Allen (Carole Lombard) is a jaded manicurist working in the barber shop of a high-end hotel.  She confides to one of her clients, the wealthy but paralyzed Allen Macklyn (Ralph Bellamy) that she is only interested in marrying for money.  She […]

Uninvited (1988)

Heritage Entertainment Production Starring: Toni Hudson, Eric Larson, Alex Cord, George Kennedy Directed by: Greydon Clark Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A cat being used as an experimental lab animal escapes and eventually ends up on board a luxury yacht with a group of college kids on spring break, […]

The Awful Truth (1937)

Columbia Pictures Corporation Starring: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D’Arcy Directed by: Leo McCarey Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Divorcing couple Lucy (Irene Dunne) and Jerry Warriner (Cary Grant) find that their jealousy rages on even after their separation and they continually attempt to sabotage the […]

Gadgets Galore (1955)

Warner Bros. Narrated by Ward Wilson Directed by: Robert Youngson Synopsis: A humorous short film which explains itself as “A very little history of a very big event . . . the coming of the automobile.” Purr Blur: Near the beginning scenes are shown to explain how promoters of the automobile used slide shows to tout the new invention, […]

The Blue Bird (1918)

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation Starring: Tula Belle, Robin Macdougall, Lillian Cook, Tom Corless, Charles Ascot Directed by: Maurice Tourneur Synopsis: A striking, silent film version of the stage play which finds sister and brother Mytyl (Tula Belle) and Tyltyl (Robin Macdougall), the children of a poor but happy woodcutter and his wife, sent upon a mission to find the […]

Mission: Impossible – “The Seal”

Original Air Date: November 5, 1967 Starring: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Barbara Bain, Martin Landau Also Starring: Rusty Directed by: Alexander Singer Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The assigment the team chooses to accept this time is to retrieve a jade seal from a wealthy industrialist named Taggart (Darren McGavin) […]

Dallas (1950)

Warner Bros. Starring: Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey Directed by: Stuart Heisler Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Blayde Hollister (Gary Cooper) is a man seeking vengeance on the Marlow Brothers who destroyed his home and family, even though this makes Hollister an outlaw himself.  He […]

The Brothers Bloom (2008)

Endgame Entertainment Starring: Adrian Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel Weisz, Rinko Kikuchi Directed by: Rian Johnson Synopsis: The quirky, crazy tale of two Brothers named Bloom (Adrian Brody) and Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) who, from a young age, become adept confidence men.  With the help of their multi-faceted companion Bang Bang (Rinko Kikuchi), they set out to bilk a lonely, […]