Directed by: Ray McCarey This review contains a Mild Kitty Carnage Warning for rough handling! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A precocious boy named Orvie Stone (Johnny Sheffield) has his hopes set on getting a dog for his birthday but his mother (Dorothy Tree) is […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Richard Eyre Synopsis: At the time the Falklands war is dominating the British media, ambitious Journalist James Penfield (Jonathan Pryce) starts working on a book about the 1956 Suez Crisis while he also beginning a pursuit of TV reporter Susan Barrington (Charlie Dore). Purr Blur: In his pursuit of Susan, […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Alan Crosland Synopsis: In 15th century France, Francois Villon (John Barrymore), renowned poet, vagabond, patriot and hero to the beggars and outcasts of Paris, is used as a pawn by the scuttling and superstitious Louis XI (Conrad Veidt), King of France, to rid his kingdom of the encroaching and rapacious […]
Starring: Black Tom Directed by: Raoul Walsh Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Ace fighter pilot Major Ed Hardin (Edmond O’Brien), finds himself promoted to the head of his group where he must reconcile his dislike for authority with the need to lead and protect his […]
by Mark Murton This review contains a Mild Kitty Carnage Warning for rough handling! Directed by: Jay Lewis Synopsis: After a drunken night ashore, Puncher Roberts (John Mills) finds himself stuck with the baby brother of his best friend’s ex-girlfriend and unable to return him before the ship sails he smuggles the child aboard and […]
by Mark Murton Original Air Date: April 18, 1975 Directed by: John Howard Davies Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Tom and Barbara Good’s (Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal) plans progress as the first of their plants begin to take root. Things look up when they […]
Original Air Date: December 27, 1965 Directed by: E.W. Swackhamer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Frustrated with Hazel’s (Shirley Booth) constant praise of his brother, Steve (Ray Fulmer) suffers from an inferiority complex. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): In the opening scene Hazel asks Harold (Bobby Buntrock) […]
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A live-action / computer animated update of the Disney film in which a woodcarver named Geppetto (Tom Hanks) wishes that the puppet he has created could be a real boy. Cartoon Cats: As in the original […]
Directed by: Herk Harvey Synopsis: A film which points out potential hazards for young trick or treaters on Halloween night. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): One piece of advice is to make sure costumes do not drape too long so children can trip over them. As a mother hems the bottom of a little girl’s witch […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Darcy Conyers Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film. Synopsis: Comic caper following gormless antiques seller Bertie Skidmore (Brian Rix) who gets caught up in his new boss’s forgery racket. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): After the death of his boss, Cecil (Ronald Shiner), […]