Sledge Hammer! – “Witless”

Sledge Hammer! – “Witless”

by Ted Davis Original Air Date: October 3, 1986 Directed by: Jackie Cooper This review contains Cartoonish Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: When irritated mob boss Don Phillip Souza (Al Ruscio) places a million dollar bounty on gun-loving, criminal-hating police detective Sledge Hammer […]

The Life of the Party (1930)

The Life of the Party (1930)

Directed by: Roy Del Ruth Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Flo (Winnie Lightner) and Dot (Irene Delroy) are two struggling women who decide to take up gold digging. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Ending up in Havana, the girls meet up with Colonel Joy (Charles Butterworth), […]

Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969)

Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969)

by Ted Davis Directed by: Peter Coe Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A Restoration comedy, this one centering on a trio of randy sailors-on-leave — Ramble (Ian Bannen), Shaftoe (Tom Bell) and Lusty (Jim Dale) — and their tedious and extended antics. But the movie […]

Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter (1968)

Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter (1968)

Directed by: Saul Swimmer Synopsis: A group of Manchester lads travel to London to race a greyhound named Mrs. Brown in a big race in this showcase for Herman’s Hermits. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): At the very end of the final credits a shot of Judy (Sarah Caldwell) modeling is included. The camera pans down […]

Ooh . . . You Are Awful (1972)

Ooh . . . You Are Awful (1972)

Also Known As: Get Charlie Tully Directed by: Cliff Owen Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Conmen Charley Tully (Dick Emery) and his partner Reggie Peek (Ronald Fraser) bite off more than they can chew when they steal a large amount of money from the wrong […]

Dracula père et fils (1976)

Dracula père et fils (1976)

by Ted Davis English Title: Dracula and Son Directed by: Edouard Molinaro This review contains an Implied Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Conceived in the late 18th century, clumsy and unprepossessing Ferdinand (Bernard Menez) has always been something of a disappointment to […]

Love That Brute (1950)

Love That Brute (1950)

Directed by: Alexander Hall Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Chicago mobster Big Ed Hanley (Paul Douglas) falls for a pretty girl named Ruth (Jean Peters) and convinces her to care for his son, even though he has none. Kitty Cameo: Ed finds a kid to pose […]

Traveller’s Joy (1949)

Traveller’s Joy (1949)

by Mark Murton Directed by: Chris Noonan Synopsis: With extensive restrictions on how much foreign exchange British travellers can take outside the realm, a variety of English men and women, including Bumble (Googie Withers) and her estranged husband Reggie (John McCallum), are stranded in a Stockholm hotel in expensive Sweden. Kitty Cameo: Waiting for the […]

The Big Shot (1931)

The Big Shot (1931)

Directed by: Ralph Murphy, Edward Sedgwick Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: Ray Smith (Eddie Quillan) is an ambitious young man who invests, sight unseen, in an auto camp that turns out to be a wreck. Kitty Cameos: As Ray first enters the Blue Bird Auto […]

Fun Size (2012)

Fun Size (2012)

Directed by: Josh Schwartz This review contains a Cartoonish Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A teenaged girl named Wren (Victoria Justice) has her Halloween night turned upside-down when her younger brother Albert (Jackson Nicoll) goes missing. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): During the […]