Rules of Engagement – “Cats & Dogs”

Original Air Date: February 18, 2013 Starring: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Patrick Warburton, Megyn Price Directed by: Ted Wass Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Liz (Wendi McLendon-Covey), distraught over the death of her pet cat Corny, decides to have a baby and begins to search for a sperm donor.  In the […]

Bobby Bumps’ Pup Gets the Flea-enza (1919)

J.R. Bray Studios Directed by: Earl Hurd Synopsis: Bobby Bump has protected his pup from getting Influenza by fitting him with a surgical mask.  But when the cat steals the mask the pup comes down sick, then later looks to get revenge. Bad Kitty: There’s no reason for the cat to steal the mask from the dog except […]

Dog Shy (1926)

Hal Roach Studios Starring: Charley Chase, Stuart Holmes, Mildred June Directed by: Leo McCarey Synopsis: Charley (Charley Chase) is a man who’s afraid of dogs and is chased into a phone booth by one where he “meets” a young woman about to be married to a boorish Duke (Stuart Holmes) against her will.  Charley ends up getting a […]

A Bucket of Blood (1959)

Alta Vista Productions Starring: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone Directed by: Roger Corman Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Walter Paisley (Dick Miller) is a meek nobody who works as a busboy in a beatnik club and aspires to be an artist, except he has no talent.  That […]

Stuart Little (1999)

Columbia Pictures Corporation Starring: Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Michael J. Fox, Nathan Lane Directed by: Rob Minkoff Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the popular children’s story by E.B. White.  A lovable mouse named Stuart is adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Little (Hugh Laurie and […]

Fatty’s Tintype Tangle (1915)

Keystone Film Company Starring: Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, Norma Nichols, Louise Fazenda Directed by: Roscoe Arbuckle Synopsis: Fatty (Arbuckle) is a henpecked husband whose mother-in-law (Louise Fazenda) causes him constant grief.  After finally having enough and storming from the house he is tintype photographed with woman he meets casually on a park bench, leading to an altercation with her […]

Millions Like Us (1943)

Gainsborough Pictures Starring: Patricia Roc, Gordon Jackson, Anne Crawford, Moore Marriott Directed by: Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder Synopsis: The story of several people in England during World War II, in particular one family in which a widower named Jim (Moore Marriott) sees his oldest daughters join the war effort.  The one daughter, Celia (Patricia Roc) ends up working […]

Gotham – “Pilot”

Original Air Date: September 22, 2014 Starring: Ben McKenzie, David Mazouz, Camren Bicondova Directed by: Danny Cannon Synopsis: The residents of Gotham City are having to deal with the effects of a crime wave, further exacerbated by a corrupt mayor and a somewhat corrupt police department.  Detective James Gordon (Ben McKenzie) is assigned to solve the murder of noted […]

Tuesday (2001)

MPL Communications Starring: Paul McCartney, Dustin Hoffman Directed by: Geoff Dunbar Synopsis: Based on the children’s book by David Wiesner.  A group of frogs mysteriously and magically take flight through a small town on their lillipads one Tuesday evening. Kitty Cameo: When the flying frogs enter the home of an elderly woman her white pet cat is extremely startled […]

Tired Business Men (1927)

Hal Roach Studios Starring: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Allen ‘Farina’ Hoskins Directed by: Anthony Mack, Charles Oelze Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this short! Synopsis: Joe (Joe Cobb) is a boy who moves to a new neighborhood and tries to join an exclusive club run by some local kids.  The gang […]