Original Title: Кошачий концерт Directed by: Vladimir Kadukhin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of cats gather to sing on a rooftop but are interrupted by the noise of people all around them in this animated short from the Soviet Union. Cartoon Cats: A […]
Category Archives: Black and White
Three Magic Words (1939)
Directed by: Al Christie Synopsis: Mrs. Newlywed faces the daunting prospect of preparing a last minute meal for her husband’s friends but is helped by three musical men who extoll to her the virtues of pork through song and cooking lessons. Purr Blur: When the meal is prepared the doorbell rings and Mrs. Newlywed rushes […]
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – “Season One”
Original Air Date: March 17, 2017 Directed by: Amy Sherman-Palladino Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this series! Synopsis: Mrs. Midge Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) is living a picture-perfect life until her husband leaves her and she stumbles into the bawdy world of nightclub comics. Kitty Cameo: In the pilot episode, […]
Matlock – “Santa Claus”
by Ted Davis Original Air Date: December 9, 1986 Directed by: Daniel Haller Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Santa Claus in the person of down-on-his-luck Korea war veteran Tom McCabe (Pat Hingle) is arrested for murdering slimy slumlord Alan Rollins (Linden Chiles). Wily and folksy Ben […]
Christmas Eve (1986)
Directed by: Stuart Cooper Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Amanda Kingsley (Loretta Young) is a wealthy, charitable older woman who finds out she has an incurable aneurism and hires a detective to track down and reunite her grown children. Cat Cattle Call: Amanda likes to go […]
I Believe in You (1952)
by Mark Murton Directed by: Michael Relph and Basil Dearden Synopsis: Retired Colonial Serviceman Henry Phipps (Cecil Parker) takes a job as a probation officer in a run-down London borough and finds it more of a challenge than he imagined. Purr Blur: As Phipps gets to know the neighbourhood where he will be working he […]
House of Numbers (1957)
by Brian H Directed by: Russell Rouse Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Arnie Judlow (Jack Palance) is an inmate at California’s San Quentin prison. Arnie arranges with his honest brother Bill (also Jack Palance but not a twin) to escape by having Bill sneak into […]
Hale & Pace – “Series 1, Episode 1”
by Mark Murton Original Air Date: October 2, 1988 Directed by: Vic Finch This review contains a comedic Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode / sketch. We strongly suggest watching the clip before reading the review! Synopsis: Sketch-based British comedy show with recurring characters […]
Mars Needs Moms (2011)
Directed by: Simon Wells Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the book by Berkeley Breathed. A boy named Milo (acted by Seth Green and voiced by Seth Dusky) is frustrated with his mother (voiced by Joan Cusack) but rushes to her rescue when she […]
House of Mortal Sin (1976)
by Mark Murton Also Known As: The Confessional; The Confessional Murders (video title) Directed by: Pete Walker Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A sexually frustrated priest, Father Xavier Meldrum (Anthony Sharp), develops an unhealthy obsession with young Jenny Welch (Susan Penhaligon) after she visits his […]