The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Starring: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel Directed by: James Parrott Synopsis: Laurel and Hardy see in a newspaper that the will of the late Ebeneezer Laurel, whose estate is worth $3 million, is scheduled to be read.  What they don’t know is that the gathering of relatives is actually a ruse by a police inspector to try to […]

They Only Kill Their Masters (1972)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Starring: James Garner, Katharine Ross, Hal Holbrook Directed by: James Goldstone Synopsis: A murder mystery centering around the death of a young woman whose body was found washed up on a California shore with her seemingly enraged Doberman Pinscher hovering over her.  But did the dog kill its master, or is there something even more sinister going […]

The Specialist (1994)

Warner Bros. Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Rod Steiger Also Starring: Elvis Directed by: Luis Llosa Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Ray Quick (Sylvester Stallone) and Ned Trent (James Woods) are CIA explosives experts and hitmen who are like night and day; Ray has a conscious and Ned […]

Aaltra (2004)

La Parti Productions Starring: Benoît Delépine, Gustave de Kervern, Isabelle Delépine Directed by: Gustave de Kervern & Benoît Delépine Synopsis: A bitingly dark comedy from Belgium about two neighbors (Benoît Delépine & Gustave de Kervern) from a farming community outside Paris whose anger for one another leads to a mutual accident that ultimately bonds them in a most […]

The Big Bang Theory – “The Zazzy Substitution”

Original Air Date: October 7, 2010 Starring: Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Mayim Bialik Directed by: Mark Cendrowski Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Sheldon (Jim Parsons) has a heated disagreement with Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik), whom he continually insists is not his girlfriend (despite her being both a girl […]

The Standard of Perfection: Show Cats (2006)

Radio Pictures Directed by: Mark Lewis Synopsis: A documentary made for PBS about the world of cat shows.  Includes interviews with several cat owners and breeders and follows them to the Cat Fancier Association’s International Show in Houston, Texas.  The featured fanciers include Betsy Gaither, who specializes in Maine Coons, Donna Hinton and her love for Maine […]

My Name is Julia Ross (1945)

Columbia Pictures Corporation Starring: Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, George Macready Directed by: Joseph H. Lewis Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains minor spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Julia Ross (Nina Foch) applies with a new agency and gets a job as a live-in secretary to the elderly Mrs. Hughes (Dame May Whitty), but things […]

Cats, The Movie (2008)

Fulcrum Productions Starring: Troy Garity, Michelle Rodriguez, Jeremy Piven, Dominique Swain, Jeremy Sisto Directed by: Susan Emerson Synopsis: A cute straight-to-video, home-grown production which tells the story of an indoor cat named Marcello (voice of Troy Garity) who ventures outside when his mom leaves him on his own for a couple of days.  Unfortunately he is stolen by […]

Black Hand (1950)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Starring: Gene Kelly, J. Carrol Naish, Teresa Celli, Marc Lawrence Directed by: Richard Thorpe Synopsis: Johnny Columbo (Gene Kelly in a strictly dramatic role) goes back to Italy with his mother after his father is killed by the infamous Black Hand in New York, but returns years later to seek vengeance and to try to end the […]

The Window (1949)

RKO Radio Pictures Starring: Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy Directed by: Ted Tetzlaff Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Tommy Woodry (Bobby Driscoll) is an energetic boy with a wild imagination who loves to tell tall tales.  One hot night he sleeps on the balcony of his family’s […]