Columbia Pictures Corporation Starring: William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, Lee J. Cobb Directed by: Rouben Mamoulian Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Joe Bonaparte (William Holden) finds he has a talent for boxing but it conflicts with his talent for playing the violin. Cat Cattle Call: Joe’s father (Lee J. Cobb) […]
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Mickey’s Good Deed (1932)
Walt Disney Productions Starring: Walt Disney, Pinto Colvig Directed by: Burt Gillett Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Mickey Mouse and Pluto are cold and hungry at Christmas but sacrifice everything to do a good deed. Cartoon Cats: After witnessing a spoiled boy at a mansion, Mickey and Pluto […]
Snow Cat (1998)
National Film Board of Canada Narrated by: Maureen Stapleton Directed by: Sheldon Cohen Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A grandmother tells a story about a girl named Elsie who lives alone in the frozen north until the North Wind creates a friend for her in the form of […]
Gremlins (1984)
Warner Bros. Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Polly Holliday Directed by: Joe Dante Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) receives a strange gift for Christmas; a lovable creature which abhors light and can’t get wet or fed after midnight without dire consequences. Cat Cattle Call: One […]
The Nine Lives of Christmas (2014)
Hallmark Starring: Brandon Routh, Kimberly Sustad, Gregory Harrison Also Starring: Trace Directed by: Mark Jean Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the book by Sheila Roberts. Firefighter Zachary Stone (Brandon Routh) adopts a stray cat named Ambrose (played by cat actor Trace) and meets a fellow cat […]
Scrooged (1988)
Paramount Pictures Starring: Bill Murray, Robert Mitchum, Maria Riva Directed by: Richard Donner Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An updated version of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol finds TV executive Frank Cross (Bill Murray) visited by spirits who try to urge him to change his self-centered ways. Cat Cattle […]
Rear Window (1954)
Paramount Pictures Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Jesslyn Fax Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock Synopsis: L.B. Jefferies (James Stewart) is a news photographer who, while laid up with a broken leg, takes an interest in the coming and goings of his neighbors, especially when one appears to have committed murder. Purr Blurs: At the beginning of the film a brown […]
J.T. (1969)
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) Starring: Kevin Hooks, Michael Gorrin Directed by: Robert M. Young Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains MAJOR spoilers for this film! Synopsis: This made-for-television children’s special was the winner of a Peabody Award. J.T. Gamble (Kevin Hooks) is a quiet boy struggling while growing up in a tough Harlem neighborhood when […]
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985)
Rankin/Bass Productions Starring: Earl Hammond, Bob McFadden Directed by: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this show! Synopsis: Based on the story by L. Frank Baum. This final Animagic television special finds The Great Ak petitioning the other Immortals to bestow immortality upon Santa Claus (voiced by […]
Buster & Chauncey’s Silent Night (1998)
Columbia TriStar Home Video Starring: Phil Hartman, Jim Cummings Directed by: Buzz Potamkin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Story (based loosely on facts) about two mice, Buster (voiced by Jim Cummings) and Chauncey (voiced by Phil Hartman) and their involvement in the writing of the classic Christmas song […]