Death by Invitation (1971)

Kirt Films Starring: Shelby Leverington, Aaron Phillips, Norman Paige Directed by: Ken Friedman Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Low budget horror misfire about a young woman named Lise (Shelby Leverington) who avenges herself upon the descendents of those who executed her ancestor as a witch. Kitty Cameo: In a […]

An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster (1999)

Universal Family and Home Entertainment Starring: Dom DeLuise, Thomas Dekker, Pat Musick Directed by: Larry Latham Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Fievel Mousekewitz (voiced by Thomas Dekkerr) suffers from nightmares caused by recent events where mice have been ripped violently from their homes by some unknown monster in […]

Ministry of Fear (1944)

Paramount Pictures Starring: Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond Directed by: Fritz Lang Synopsis: Stephen Neale (Ray Milland) is released from a two-year sentence in an asylum after being found guilty of murdering his wife.  He wins a cake at a local fete, setting off a chain of events wherein he realizes a sinister organization is after the […]

Intimni osvetleni (1965)

English Title: Intimate Lighting Ceskoslovenský Státní Film Starring: Zdenek Bezusek, Karel Blazek, Vera Kresadlová Directed by: Ivan Passer Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The story of two classical musicians who reunite after ten years.  Peter (Zdenek Bezusek) is a member of a regional orchestra and returns to play a […]

Blackadder Goes Forth – “Captain Cook”

Original Air Date: September 28, 1989 Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie, Tony Robinson Directed by: Richard Boden Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains a major spoiler for this episode! Synopsis: Captain Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) is desperate to find any means to escape from the trenches of World War I and Private Baldrick’s (Tony Robinson) atrocious […]

Three Orphan Kittens (1935)

Walt Disney Productions Directed by: David Hand Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: One of Disney’s Technicolor Silly Symphony shorts.  Three kittens are abandoned in a yard and make their way into the warm house where they explore a table of food, a roomful of toys and then […]

Animals in Action (1955)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Narrator: Pete Smith Synopsis: A Pete Smith Specialty short subject in which stock footage of various animals in action are shown, including slow motion footage of greyhound races and horse steeplechase tumbles, animals with props and unusual animal pairings. Kitty Cameo: In one segment a chimpanzee is shown giving a small Siamese or Burmese cat a […]

Ghost Valley (1932)

RKO Pathé Pictures Starring: Tom Keene, Merna Kennedy, Kate Campbell Directed by: Fred Allen Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A cowboy (Tom Keene) is talked into posing as Jerry Long, the heir of an old mining town, to deceive Jane Worth (Merna Kennedy), a fellow heir, into forfeiting […]

An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998)

Universal Family and Home Entertainment Starring: Dom DeLuise, Thomas Dekker, Pat Musick Directed by: Larry Latham Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Fievel Mousekewitz (voiced by Thomas Dekkerr) and his friend Tony (voiced by Pat Musick) discover a map which leads to a secret underground city of Indian mice […]

Counterplot (1959)

Kurt Neumann Productions Starring: Forrest Tucker, Allison Hayes, Gerald Milton Directed by: Kurt Neumann Synopsis: Brock Miller (Forrest Tucker) is accused of murder in Puerto Rico and is hiding out with the aid of his young companion Manuel (Jackie Wayne).  Manuel is jealous of Brock’s relationship with the beautiful singer Connie Lane (Allison Hayes) but it’s the double-dealing […]