Original Air Date: October 2, 1979 Starring: Andy Kaufman, Danny DeVito Directed by: James Burrows Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A maddening schedule and the pressure of being a mom working two jobs starts to get to Elaine Nardo (Marilu Henner) which prompts Alex (Judd Hirsch) to suggest she seek […]
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Twentieth Century Fox Starring: Kristy Swanson, Rutger Hauer Directed by: Fran Rubel Kuzui Synopsis: A shallow teenaged girl named Buffy (Kristy Swanson) finds out she is a designated vampire slayer and sets out to destroy the evil creatures invading Los Angeles. Kitty Cameo: The leader of the vampires is named Lothos (Rutger Hauer) and in one scene he is […]
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Indian Paintbrush Starring: Kara Hayward, Jared Gilman Directed by: Wes Anderson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Sam Shakusky (Jared Gilman) is a Khaki Scout deserter and Suzy Bishop (Kara Hayward) is a family misfit. They fall in love and run away together, setting off an odd series of […]
The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)
Starring: Rosie Directed by: Leo McCarey Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Father Chuck O’Malley (Bing Crosby) arrives as the new parrish priest of St. Mary’s and works with Sister Mary Benedict (Ingrid Bergman) to expand and improve the school, even though they approach the matter […]
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Directed by: Charles Chaplin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Monsieur Verdoux (Charles Chaplin) is a charmer when it comes to the ladies which comes in handy with his new line of work; marrying and murdering rich women for their money. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): Cats […]
The Birds (1963)
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock Synopsis: Hitchcock’s classic tale of avian terror finds a woman named Melanie (Tippi Hedren) in a small California coastal town which becomes the focus of unexplained bird attacks. Purr Blurs: In the first scene of the film Melanie is entering a San Francisco pet shop. There are some kittens inside the front window of […]
Cass Timberlane (1947)
Directed by: George Sidney This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film. Synopsis: Based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis. Judge Cass Timberlane (Spencer Tracy) marries Virginia Marshland (Lana Turner), a woman his society friends deem is from the “wrong side of […]
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Directed by: Sergio Leone Synopsis: The ultimate spaghetti western, this sprawling, epic shoot-em-up film is a classic. Blondie (Clint Eastwood) and Tuco (Eli Wallach) have a pretty good bounty scam going on, but the friends become enemies when Blondie two-times Tuco. Ultimately they learn about a stash of gold which brings them into the sights […]
You Can’t Take it With You (1938)
Directed by: Frank Capra Synopsis: Alice Sycamore (Jean Arthur) comes from a family of good-natured and eccentric screwballs, headed by a charmingly free-thinking grandfather (Lionel Barrymore.) But when she falls in love with the son of a rich, conservative family named Tony Kirby (Jimmy Stewart) she worries about what kind of impression her family will […]
The Long Night (1947)
Directed by: Anatole Litvak Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Joe Adams (Henry Fonda) is barricaded in his apartment after shooting a magician named Maximilian the Great (Vincent Price) who performs a magic act with his trained dogs. During the siege Adams recalls, via flashback, what […]