by Mark Murton Also Known As: Dangerous Youth Directed by: Herbert Wilcox Synopsis: Soon after Liverpool gang member Dave Wyman (Frankie Vaughan) wins a singing contest he is called up for National Service where he clashes with another soldier. Purr Blur: As the police close in on the AWOL Wyman he escapes through a window […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Benjamin Stoloff This review contains a Mild Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: When Uncle Otto Schmidt (Charles Winninger) loses control of the costume store he’s owned for twenty years, soft-hearted new proprietor Richard Carlson (Stanley Smith) is […]
Original Air Date: March 12, 1960 Directed by: David Butler Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Having seen a movie about a mad hypnotist, Beaver (Jerry Mathers) decides to try it out himself and Eddie Haskell (Ken Osmond) is all too willing to be his subject. Cat […]
Directed by: Jim Simon Synopsis: A lovely animated segment from director Jim Simon (who also animated Hey Diddle Diddle) shows a little girl excited for the coming of a fun snow day. Cartoon Cat: As the girl plays a flute and dances around her room, a white cat is lying on the floor waving its […]
Directed by: Del Lord Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A Mack Sennett slapstick silent comedy short involving Billy Foote (Billy Bevan), an amorous dance instructor, Thelma Stone (Thelma Parr), his new student, Jim Stone (Vernon Dent), her jealous husband and Barbara Foote (Barbara Tennant), Billy’s […]
by Mark Murton Original Italian Title: Danza Macabre Directed by: Antonio Margheriti Synopsis: After an encounter with Edgar Allen Poe in a London pub, journalist Alan Foster (Georges Rivière) takes a bet that he can spend the night in the haunted castle owned by Poe’s friend Lord Blackwood. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Arriving at the […]
Starring: Mademoiselle Dominique de France Directed by: Allan Dwan Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A musical and comical but otherwise fairly faithful retelling of Dumas’ classic novel pairs D’Artagnan (Don Ameche) with three Musketeer impersonators (The Ritz Brothers). Kitty Cameo: As in other film adaptations […]
by Ted Davis Original Title: Un posto ideale per uccidere Also Known As: An Ideal Place to Kill; Dirty Pictures Directed by: Umberto Lenzi Synopsis: An extremely lurid thriller, heavily larded with sexual content, which follows the misadventures of beautiful wanton Ingrid Sjoman (Ornella Muti) and lean and scruffy Dick Butler (Raymond Lovelock), a young […]
by Brian H. Directed by: William Wellman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on Owen Johnson’s “Lawrenceville Stories” books set at a private boy’s school in the 1890’s where young John Humperdink ‘Dink’ Stover (Dean Stockwell) learns life lessons as well as academics. Kitty Cameo: […]
by Mark Murton Original Air Date: October 15, 1989 Directed by: David G. Hilier Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains MAJOR spoilers for this sketch. We strongly suggest you watch the sketch before reading the review! Synopsis: One segment of this comedy sketch show starring Gareth Hale and Norman Pace introduces a […]