First National Pictures Starring: Buster Keaton Directed by: Eddie Cline Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A young man (Buster Keaton) goes to the city to obtain work and prove he is worthy of the girl he loves. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The first job Buster gets is at a […]
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The Hand (1981)
Warner Bros. Starring: Michael Caine, Mara Hobel Directed by: Oliver Stone Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Jonathan Lansdale (Michael Caine) is a cartoonist who loses his hand in a freak accident and then thinks he’s losing his mind when his disembodied hand haunts his life. Kitty Cameo: At the […]
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Hal Roach Studios Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy Directed by: George Marshall, Ray McCarey Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Laurel and Hardy serve as soldiers in World War I where a friend of theirs is killed. They then take it upon themselves to care for the man’s baby […]
West of Memphis (2012)
WingNut Films Directed by: Amy Berg Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Compelling documentary about the conviction of three teenaged boys in the murders of three younger boys which came into question years later when new evidence came to light. Reality Cat: During footage of the newly released Damien […]
Sesame Street – “Trying and Trying Again”
Original Air Date: April 3, 1975 Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A segment about not giving up set to the song Trying and Trying Again by Joe Raposo. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The song begins with footage of a grey and white tuxedo kitten trying to climb up a […]
Dozhdlivaya istoriya (1988)
English Title: A Rainy Story Soyuzmultfilm Directed by: Tayana Mititello Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A beautiful Russian animated short about a baker and her cat and some extraordinary events which take place on a rainy day, all told without words. Cartoon Cat: The gray, white and black tabby […]
Chamber of Horrors (1966)
Warner Bros. Starring: Patrick O’Neal, Wayne Rogers Directed by: Hy Averback Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A seriously demented killer named Cravatte (Patrick O’Neal) is on the loose with an obsession for women in wedding dresses. Kitty Cameo: At the beginning of the film a tabby cat is sitting […]
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
Paramount Pictures Starring: Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger Directed by: Mark Waters Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The Grace family moves into the dilapidated mansion belonging to a relative where the children soon discover a secret world surrounds them. Kitty Cameo: The children consist of an older sister named Mallory […]
The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
Columbia Pictures Corporation Starring: Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff Directed by: Lew Landers Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Winnie Slade (Jeff Donnell) is newly divorced and looking to be independent, so she invests in an old inn occupied by a mad scientist named Prof. Nathaniel Billings (Boris Karloff). Cat […]
Taxi – “Nardo Loses Her Marbles”
Original Air Date: October 2, 1979 Starring: Andy Kaufman, Danny DeVito Directed by: James Burrows Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A maddening schedule and the pressure of being a mom working two jobs starts to get to Elaine Nardo (Marilu Henner) which prompts Alex (Judd Hirsch) to suggest she seek […]