Directed by: William Dieterle This review contains a Slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Synopsis: Danny Haley (Charlton Heston), who runs a recently raided gambling location, bilks a visiting businessman (Don DeFore) out of a large sum of money which then leads him to fear reprisal from the man’s criminal brother (Mike Mazurki). Purr Blur: Danny’s buddy […]
by Mark Murton Also Known As: Holiday Week Directed by: Arthur Crabtree Synopsis: During ‘wakes week’, a Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner’s son. Kitty Cameo: As the opening titles end the scene changes from a row of houses to a shot of the exterior of a single house where a […]
English Title: Adam and Eve Directed by: Mario Mattoli This review contains a Slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: A manicurist named Eva (Isa Barzizza) falls for Adamo (Erminio Macario), the owner of the shop where she works. He in turn tells […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Vincent Minnelli Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In his unrelenting and obsessive drive for success, ruthless and powerful Hollywood movie producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) abuses the trust and friendship of talented director Fred Amiel (Barry Sullivan), emotionally fragile actress […]
by Mark Murton Director: Mark Stuart Synopsis: Movie spin-off from the popular TV sitcom in which teacher Bernard Hedges (John Alderton) takes troublesome class 5C to a holiday camp with the inevitable disastrous but comic results. Kitty Cameo: The film opens with a pre-titles scene of Mr. Hedges opening the door of his terraced house […]
by Mark Murton Original Title: A Tale of Five Cities [UK] Directed by: Emil E. Reinert (Paris segment) Synopsis: An America-based Englishman, Bob Mitchell (Bonar Colleano), is injured in action during WWII and loses his memory. With no identification and because he talks like an American, he is repatriated to the States. All Bob can […]
by Mark Murton Director: Richard Franklin This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: When female zoology student Jane Chase (Elisabeth Shue) is invited to a remote seaside mansion to assist British primatology professor Dr. Steven Phillip (Terence Stamp) with his […]
Synopsis: A military training film about the dangers of collecting unexploded and potentially booby-trapped ordinance as souvenirs. Kitty Cameo: The short begins with footage of a tabby cat gingerly approaching a dog house. The cat enters the seemingly empty house. Only to be chased out again by a bulldog. Final Mewsings: Cats should know better […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Andrea Arnold Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Troubled 18-year-old Texan runaway Star (Sasha Lane) joins a travelling magazine sales crew and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she and the band […]
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 […]