Jewel Pictures Starring: Jackie Robinson, Ruby Dee Directed by: Alfred E. Green Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The first film biography of baseball great Jackie Robinson (played by Jackie Robinson himself), the first black baseball player to play in the Major League. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): When Jackie joined […]
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Nothing but the Night (1973)
Charlemagne Productions Starring: Christopher Lee, Diana Dors, Peter Cushing Directed by: Peter Sasdy Synopsis: A doctor (Keith Barron), a patholigist (Peter Cushing), a detective (Christopher Lee) and a reporter (Georgia Brown) all try to unravel the mysterious deaths surrounding a Scottish orphanage and a little girl named Mary Valley (Gwyneth Strong) whose nightmares about fire may hold the […]
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
Amicus Productions Starring: Jon Pertwee, Geoffrey Bayldon Directed by: Peter Duffell Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Four tales of terror are centered around a rental home in England which repeatedly sees scenes of death. Kitty Cameo: In the fourth segment, entitled “The Cloak”, horror movie actor Paul Henderson (John […]
L’avenir (2016)
English Title: Things to Come CG Cinéma Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Roman Kolinka Directed by: Mia Hansen-Løve Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Nathalie Chazeaux (Isabelle Huppert) is a middle-aged philosophy teacher who is dealing with numerous changes in her life involving her elderly mother, her cheating husband and student protests. […]
Arnold (1973)
Bing Crosby Productions Starring: Stella Stevens, Elsa Lanchester Directed by: Georg Fenady Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A young woman named Karen (Stella Stevens) marries the wealthy older Arnold (Norman Stuart) and vows to be loyal to him even when he starts to exact revenge on those who […]
The Mummy’s Ghost (1944)
Universal Pictures Starring: Lon Chaney Jr., Ramsay Ames Directed by: Reginald LeBorg Synopsis: The mummy (Lon Chaney, Jr.) returns to claim his lost love, who has been reincarnated into the body of a girl named Amina (Ramsay Ames). Purr Blur: The first time Amina goes into a trance and walks out of her house a black cat skitters across […]
Alfred Hitchcock Presents – “Out There – Darkness”
Original Air Date: January 25, 1959 Starring: Alfred Hitchcock, Bette Davis Directed by: Paul Henreid Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Heartless rich widow Miss Fox (Bette Davis) disappoints a young apartment worker named Eddie (James Congdon) when she not only refuses to help him financially but identifies him as the […]
A Simple Wish (1997)
Universal Pictures Starring: Martin Short, Robert Pastorelli, Mara Wilson Directed by: Michael Ritchie Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A bungling fairy godmother named Murray (Martin Short) tries to grant a wish from a little girl named Anabel (Mara Wilson) but ends up causing more problems than he solves. […]
Reach for Glory (1962)
Blazer Films Starring: Michael Anderson Jr., Oliver Grimm, Martin Tomlinson Directed by: Philip Leacock Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Set in a coastal English town during World War II, a group of boys too young to enlist carry out their own personal battles against perceived enemies. Kitty Carnage […]
Alfred Hitchcock Presents – “Fog Closing In”
Original Air Date: October 7, 1956 Starring: Alfred Hitchcock, Phyllis Thaxter Directed by: Herschel Daugherty Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Mary Summers (Phyllis Thaxter) is a neurotic wife who hates being left alone for fear a recurring dream will come true. Kitty Cameo: After being left alone when he husband goes […]