by Brian H. and Linda Kay Directed by: William Castle Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Kathleen “Kate” O’Day (Ann Savage) arrives in 1890’s Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush with a deed from her deceased father to a saloon owned by Jefferson Braddock (Tom Neal). […]
Directed by: Robert M. Young Synopsis: Eugene (Ray Liotta) is studying to become a doctor but feels torn between his studies and his need to care for his younger, slower brother Dominick (Tom Hulce). Purr Blur: After witnessing a horrible event and being threatened not to tell, Dominick runs down a long flight of stairs. […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Paul Wendkos Synopsis: Nine-year-old Rachel Penmark (Carrie Wells) seems to be the perfect child, that is until she is crossed or doesn’t get her own way in this made-for-TV remake of the classic play. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): In a pre-titles prologue an old woman, Mrs. Post (Eve Smith), puts […]
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 […]
Original Air Date: December 30, 2012 Directed by: Philippa Lowthorpe Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: With Christmas approaching, Chummy (Miranda Hart) is fretting over the Christmas pageant while Jenny Lee (Jessica Raine) tries to help a mentally lost elderly woman named Mrs. Jenkins (Sheila Reid). Kitty […]
Directed by: Olivia Newman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the book by Delia Owens. Kya Clark (Daisy Edgar-Jones), a reclusive girl living alone in a North Carolina marshland, faces those who have ostracized her when she is accused of murder. Cat Burglar (Scene […]
by Brian H Directed by: Clive Donner Synopsis: Freddie Haywood (Michael Brooke) is a pre-teen boy living in a poor district of London. He has a crush on the pretty girl Molly Wilson (Belinda Lee) who runs a small store. Molly’s boyfriend Gerry Carter (Ronald Lewis), a member of a gang, steals some jewels and […]
Directed by: Jimmy T. Murakami Synopsis: Based on the book by Raymond Briggs. Hilda (voiced by Peggy Ashcroft) and Jim Bloggs (voiced by John Mills) are an older couple who attempt to prepare for the onset of a nuclear war and then face the consequences after it starts. Cartoon Cat: In one scene Hilda is […]
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 […]
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 […]