by Mark Murton Also Known As: The Seducers Directed by: Peter S. Traynor This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film. Synopsis: An affluent San Francisco businessman, George Manning (Seymour Cassell), alone in his house when his wife Karen (Beth Brickell) is […]
Music Artist: Was (Not Was) Directed by: Christoph Simon Synopsis: The unforgettable music video for this Was (Not Was) song glorifying incarceration. Cartoon Cat (and Purr Blur!): The very first scene of this animated short is of a black cat chasing some mice. Final Mewsings: As much as cats are shown in jail on film […]
Directed by: Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A young man named Milo Thatch (voiced by Michael J. Fox) jumps at the chance to go on an expedition to find the lost city of Atlantis, a place which his grandfather firmly […]
Directed by: Osamu Tezuka, Eiichi Yamamoto Synopsis: An adult animated adaptation of the historic story of Cleopatra with some sci-fi twists, random bizarre-ness and unexpected cartoon cameos thrown in. Cartoon Cat: The film is filled with off-handed references to popular anime and manga which have no place in the story at all but are simply […]
Original Air Date: May 19, 1979 Synopsis: The applications and laws governing electricity are demonstrated. Cartoon Cat: The workman who has been walking through the demonstrations (albeit absent-mindedly) has just combed a sheep to create static electricity. A cat approaches and rubs against the man who pets him as the narrator sings, “Stroking a cat […]
Original Air Date: February 2, 1974 Synopsis: A little boy goes to an action movie and learns all about verbs. Cartoon Cat: At the end of the short the boy runs home as the song draws to its conclusion. He dashes up the steps of a building where a cat is sleeping. The cat leaps […]
by Ted Davis Original Air Date: September 14, 1968 Director: Ralph Bakshi Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Teenaged tie-and-sweater wearing bookworm student Peter Parker (Paul Soles) is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains amazing and tremendous abilities and powers, which he employs in his […]
Also Known As: Mouse at War Directed by: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A World War II themed short finds mouse Jerry fighting cat Tom via makeshift military equipment in a basement. Cartoon Cat: As in most Tom and Jerry cartoons, Tom […]
Directed by: Mel Waskin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: One of the Wonder World of Science educational films in which Wonder Cat asks questions about the Sun. Cartoon Cat: Wonder Cat is the featured character in these shorts who wonders aloud and is answered by an […]
Directed by: Frank Tashlin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A pampered pussycat named Rudolph takes advantage of the helpless canary birds his owner keeps buying. Cartoon Cat: Rudolph acts concerned when his owner (voiced by Bea Benaderet) finds her pet canary Dicky Bird missing. She doesn’t […]