by Ted Davis Also Known As: Kean, ou Désordre et génie Directed by: Alexandre Volkoff Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In the England of the early 1800s, Edmund Kean (Ivan Mosjoukine) is widely praised as the country’s foremost Shakespearean actor, but his scandalous and turbulent […]
Original Title: Der Name der Rose Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning for Scruffing! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Father William von Baskerville (Sean Connery) is a Franciscan monk who investigates a series of mysterious deaths in a secluded abbey, […]
Black Cat Contests and Auditions Any cat lover cruising the internet for stories about cats, especially black cats, will likely have come across the now-famous Life Magazine photo shoot referred to as “Black Cat Audition” in which black cats and their owners line sidewalks in the hopes of being discovered for the impending horror film […]
Directed by: Willis Goldbeck Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Ben Barton (Wallace Beery) is a butcher dealing with the challenge of pleasing his customers while dealing with World War II rationing. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): During one scene Barton is sneaking up to a woman’s […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Marcel Varnel Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Married reporters, played by real-life couple Bebe Daniels (billed The Liberty Girl) and Ben Lyon (billed Her Other Half), working for rival New York radio networks, engage in cut-throat competition to get the […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Stanley Goulder Synopsis: Police desperately hunt for psychiatric hospital out-patient Simon Lacey (Roland Curram) who has been unwittingly handing out barbiturates to children as sweets. Purr Blur: As Inspector Duffy (Bernard Archard) and Sgt. Clark (Basil Beale) arrive at Lacey’s home to question his mother (Jean Anderson) as to his […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Alfred Shaughnessy Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Beautiful and troubled Leonora Johnson (Barbara Shelley) has a family legacy (i.e. curse) that she’d rather not claim – namely the possibility that she’ll change into a deadly leopard. Slow-witted psychiatrist Dr. Brian […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: John Llewellyn Moxey Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: On a camping trip to the California mountains, Steven Anders (Peter Graves) and his two teenage children are exploring a cave when they experience an earthquake. After emerging, they hear from a […]
Directed by: Norman Taurog This review contains a mild Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Craig Gamble (Frankie Avalon) is a woman-loving secret agent on the trail of the notorious Dr. Goldfoot (Vincent Price), a mad scientist who is using voluptuous robots to […]
Original Air Date: September 20, 1989 Directed by: Gary Nelson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The Nutt House is a New York hotel which has seen better days. The owner, Mrs. Nutt (Cloris Leachman) calls on her ne’re-do-well grandson Charles (Brian McNamara) to come take over […]