Zagreb Film Directed by: Zlatko Bourek Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this short film! Synopsis: A psychedelic animated short from Croatia based on the Aesop’s fable The Cat and Venus. A man finds a cat on his doorstep and takes it in but things take a dark turn when the Goddess Venus […]
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Behind the Lens: A Camera Goes to College (1940)
The Jam Handy Organization Synopsis: An interesting look at the use of motion picture cameras in science includes examples of time-lapse, slow motion and schlieren photography. Slo-Mo Reality Cat: In one segment, a female tabby cat is shown held upside down by two pairs of hands. While being filmed in slow motion, the cat is dropped from […]
Bowery at Midnight (1942)
Monogram Pictures Starring: Bela Lugosi, John Archer, Wanda McKay Directed by: Wallace Fox Synopsis: Criminology Professor Brenner (Bela Lugosi) moonlights as a man named Karl Wagner who operates a soup kitchen as a front for a vicious crime ring, but his tendency to bump off his fellow criminals comes back to bite him . . . literally! Kitty […]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (2010)
Warner Bros. Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Imelda Staunton Directed by: David Yates Synopsis: The beginning of the final battle between Lord Voldemort’s (Ralph Fiennes) followers and the rest of the wizarding world culminates with the complete subversion of the Ministry of Magic and a smear campaign against Harry Potter (Danielle Radcliffe), forcing him and his friends to […]
Doctor in the House (1954)
J. Arthur Rank Organisation Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Muriel Pavlow, Kenneth More Directed by: Ralph Thomas Synopsis: The trials and travails of Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde), a medical student who fulfills his residency at a London hospital with a group of rambunctious fellow students who keep his life interesting. Purr Blurs: On Christmas Eve, Simon is placed on maternity call. […]
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
Warner Bros. Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki Directed by: Jeremiah Chechik Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) is looking forward to an old-fashioned family Christmas with his loved ones and their extended families. But everything that can go wrong does go […]
Our Miss Brooks – “The Magic Tree”
Original Air Date: December 25, 1953 Starring: Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Jane Morgan Also Starring: Orangey Directed by: Al Lewis Synopsis: Schoolteacher Connie Brooks (Eve Arden) finds herself alone with Minerva the cat (Orangey) on Christmas Eve until a little boy sells her a magic Christmas tree and everyone suddenly shows up to visit, bearing gifts and some surprising behaviour. […]
The Night Before Christmas (1941)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Directed by: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The most famous cat and mouse animated duo in film history, Tom and Jerry, star in this heartwarming Christmas tale in which Tom shows mercy on Jerry after shutting him out of the house […]
Alias St. Nick (1935)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Billy Bletcher Directed by: Rudolf Ising Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A starving cat comes across the home of a family of mice on Christmas Eve and decides to pose as Santa Claus to gain entrance to feast upon the adorable little rodents. Cartoon Cat: The […]
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Judy Garland, Marjorie Main, Joan Carroll Directed by: Vincente Minnelli Synopsis: The lush, colorful Minnelli film about a family of four girls and their trials and tribulations in St. Louis, Missouri at the time of the World’s Fair in the early twentieth century. Kitty Cameo: In an early scene in the film the second youngest daughter, […]