English Title: O.K. Nero Directed by: Mario Soldati This review contains an Implied Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Two American sailors named Fiorello (Walter Chiari) and Jimmy (Carlo Campanini) get hit on the head outside the Colosseum and wake up in the […]
Category Archives: Fantasy
Son of Flubber (1963)
Directed by: Robert Stevenson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: After realizing that his discovery of Flubber isn’t going to bring in money to save the college, Professor Ned Brainard (Fred MacMurray) embarks on new experiments with variations of the substance. Cat Cattle Call: Professor Brainard […]
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker This review contains a Cartoonish Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A waitress named Tiana (voiced by Anika Noni Rose) dreams of owning her own restaurant, but a curse from a voodoo priest sidelines her plans. Cartoon […]
Ghosts Can’t Do It (1989)
Directed by: John Derek Synopsis: An elderly man named Scott (Anthony Quinn) dies and as a ghost encourages his young wife Katie (Bo Derek) to continue his business dealings and commit a murder. Kitty Cameo: After Scott’s funeral, Katie is lying on her bed with a longhair Himalayan cat. She reacts when Scott starts talking […]
To the Ends of Time (1996)
Directed by: Markus Rothkranz Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Made for television fantasy about a kingdom which is threatened with a destructive time machine. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): King Francis (Joss Ackland) asks his scientist Aeschylus (Michael Silverback) to come up with a way to end […]
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Directed by: Wes Anderson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: After an outbreak of dog flu spreads in Megasaki, Japan, all dogs are sent to Trash Island where one boy faithfully looks for his lost pet. Cartoon Cats: The background of the story tells how the […]
Soul (2020)
Directed by: Pete Docter, Kemp Powers Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A music teacher named Joe (voiced by Jamie Foxx) gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot at playing with a professional singer but a premature death sidelines his plans. Cartoon Cat: Joe refuses to die peacefully and […]
Tiny Christmas (2017)
Starring: Duncan Directed by: Jonathan A. Rosenbaum Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Emma (Riele Downs) and her wacky distant cousin Barkley (Lizzy Greene) are accidentally shrunk by an elf and scooped up in Santa’s sack. Featured Feline: The girls end up in the house across […]
The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
Directed by: John Hough Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Dark Disney film about a family who moves into an eerie country house only to find mysteries and strange forces in residence. Kitty Cameo: The older daughter Jan (Lynn-Holly Johnson) visits the small cabin of the […]
Morozko (1965)
English Title: Frosty; Jack Frost; Grandfather Frost Directed by: Aleksandr Rou Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A Russian fairy tale about a conceited young named Ivan (Eduard Izotov), a sweet young girl named Nastenka (Natalya Sedykh), the kindly winter spirit Morozko (Aleksandr Khvylya) and the […]