The Cuckoo Clock (1950)

The Cuckoo Clock (1950)

Directed by: Tex Avery This review contains numerous Cartoonish Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A black and white cat is driven mad by the incessant noise of a cuckoo clock and sets out to kill the cuckoo with disastrous results. Cartoon Cat: At […]

Rock-A-Doodle (1991)

Rock-A-Doodle (1991)

Directed by: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Dan Kuenster Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The Grand Duke of Owls (voiced by Christopher Plummer) wants to plunge the world into eternal darkness by tricking the rooster Chanticleer (voiced by Glen Campbell) into thinking his voice doesn’t actually […]

Ciao Alberto (2021)

Ciao Alberto (2021)

Directed by: McKenna Harris Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: After the events in the film Luca, Alberto (voiced by Jack Dylan Grazer) is adjusting to life with Massimo (Marco Barricelli) who is a good guardian but rarely speaks. Cartoon Cat: Massimo’s pet cat Machiavelli is […]

If I Had a Million (1932)

If I Had a Million (1932)

by Ted Davis Directed by: Stephen Roberts (Grandma segment) Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Released during the depths of the Depression, this omnibus movie follows elderly but still feisty mega-millionaire John Glidden (Richard Bennett) as he presents a million dollars each to folks picked at […]

Sesame Street – “Snow Day” (1972)

Sesame Street – “Snow Day” (1972)

Directed by: Jim Simon Synopsis: A lovely animated segment from director Jim Simon (who also animated Hey Diddle Diddle) shows a little girl excited for the coming of a fun snow day. Cartoon Cat: As the girl plays a flute and dances around her room, a white cat is lying on the floor waving its […]

Rock and Rule (1983)

Rock and Rule (1983)

Directed by: Clive Smith Synopsis: Set in a post-war future in which rats, dogs and cats have evolved to become more human, an insane rock legend named Mok (voiced by Don Francks) plans to summon a demon using the voice of a local singer named Angel (voiced by Susan Roman). Cartoon Cat: While in Nuke […]

The Cat That Hated People (1948)

The Cat That Hated People (1948)

Directed by: Tex Avery Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A frustrated black cat (voiced by Paul Frees doing a Jimmy Durante style impersonation) is fed up with people and decides to escape to the moon for some relief. Cartoon Cats: The cat is sitting in […]

Cat Concert (1986)

Cat Concert (1986)

Original Title: Кошачий концерт Directed by: Vladimir Kadukhin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of cats gather to sing on a rooftop but are interrupted by the noise of people all around them in this animated short from the Soviet Union. Cartoon Cats: A […]

Father Christmas (1991)

Father Christmas (1991)

Directed by: Dave Unwin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the books by Raymond Briggs. Father Christmas (voiced by Mel Smith) enjoys a holiday then gets back to work preparing for the 24th of December. Cartoon Cats: At home Father Christmas lives with his […]

The Man Called Flintstone (1966)

The Man Called Flintstone (1966)

Directed by: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna Synopsis: This full-length animated feature finds Fred Flintstone (voiced by Alan Reed) having to step into the place of look-alike master spy Rock Slag which puts a crimp in his family vacation plans. Cartoon Cat: Pebbles and Bamm Bamm are playing in a Paris playground imagining the things they […]