Lifetime Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Megan Charpentier, Daniel Roebuck Also Starring: Tardar Sauce (Grumpy Cat) Directed by: Tim Hill Synopsis: The Internet sensation Grumpy Cat in her full-length movie debut. Grumpy Cat (voiced by Aubrey Plaza) is living in a mall pet store. A young girl named Chrystal (Megan Charpentier) wishes on a magic coin that she could find a […]
Universal Press Syndicate (UPI) Directed by: Richard Williams Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this show! Synopsis: A Christmas animated special based on the popular comic strip by Tom Wilson. Ziggy is a little man with a faithful dog who gets a job as a street Santa in order to raise […]
Channel 4 Television Corporation Directed by: Dianne Jackson Synopsis: A beautiful animated short film based on the book by Raymond Briggs. A little boy builds a snowman and is surprised in the evening when his creation comes to life and they share some special and magical adventures together. Cartoon Cat: In the evening the boy’s parents are sitting […]
Hal Roach Studios Starring: Joe Cobb, Mickey Daniels, Johnny Downs Directed by: Robert F. McGowan Synopsis: The gang does what they can to stay warm during a snowstorm while being disillusioned in thinking Santa isn’t real. The older kids set out to make a brighter Christmas for the younger ones and their efforts are aided by a gang […]
Jofa-Atelier Berlin-Johannisthal Starring: Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder Directed by: F.W. Murnau Synopsis: The classic silent horror masterpiece based on the novel Dracula. A man named Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) is sent to Transylvania to arrange a real estate deal but finds himself the victim of the dreaded Count Orlock (Max Schreck), a vampire determined to […]
Warner Bros. Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, David Bradley, Imelda Staunton Directed by: David Yates Synopsis: Year five at Hogwart’s takes an ominous turn as Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) are villified in the press, leading to the Ministry of Magic appointing the officious and obnoxious Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton) as the school’s overseer, all the […]
Cotton Producers Institute Synopsis: What is intended as a commercial for cotton textiles in modern clothing is actually an interesting (albeit narrow-minded) look at Greenwich Village, New York, in the late 1960’s. Purr Blur: In the beginning of the film a couple is seen doing some gardening in the patio area of their Greenwich Village home. A […]
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes Also Starring: Ada Directed by: Anatole Litvak Synopsis: General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine (Yul Brynner) plots with fellow Russian exiles to produce the Grand Duchess Anastasia whom it is rumored has survived the massacre of her family, to cash in on the waiting inheritence. When they find Anna […]
Original Air Date: March 6, 1967 Starring: Larry Hagman, Barbara Eden, Bill Daily Also Starring: Tye Directed by: Claudio Guzman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Jeannie (Barbara Eden) dreams that Major Tony Nelson (Larry Hagman) is going to be attacked by a ferocious, deadly animal. Little does she know that […]
Walt Disney Productions Starring: Pluto, Mickey Mouse Directed by: Clyde Geronimi Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Pluto rescues a kitten from drowning but begins to regret his kind deed when the kitten steals his place in his home as well as Mickey’s affection. Cartoon Kitty: The kitten in this […]