The Courtyard (1995)

The Courtyard (1995)

Directed by: Fred Walton Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A New York architect named Jonathan (Andrew McCarthy) moves into an apartment building in Los Angeles and almost immediately gets caught up in a murder mystery. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Jonathan owns an orange tom cat […]

Son of Flubber (1963)

Son of Flubber (1963)

Directed by: Robert Stevenson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: After realizing that his discovery of Flubber isn’t going to bring in money to save the college, Professor Ned Brainard (Fred MacMurray) embarks on new experiments with variations of the substance. Cat Cattle Call: Professor Brainard […]

Mélodie en sous-sol (1963)

Mélodie en sous-sol (1963)

English Title: Any Number Can Win Directed by: Henri Verneuil Synopsis: An ex-con named Charles (Jean Gabin) plans a big casino heist and recruits Francis Verlot (Alain Delon), a young thief eager to learn the ropes. Purr Blur: During the heist, Francis is startled while climbing a ladder by the sound of a cat crying […]

Party Monster (2003)

Party Monster (2003)

Directed by: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato 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 true story of Michael Alig (Macaulay Culkin), the force behind the New York Club Kid scene who was later convicted of murder. Cat Burglar […]

Community – “Basic Intergluteal Numismatics”

Community – “Basic Intergluteal Numismatics”

Original Air Date: January 9, 2014 Directed by: Tristram Shapeero Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The college is in an uproar when the Ass Crack Bandit begins a new reign of terror leading to Jeff (Joel McHale) and Annie (Alison Brie) working together to solve the […]

The Princess and the Frog (2009)

The Princess and the Frog (2009)

Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker This review contains a Cartoonish Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A waitress named Tiana (voiced by Anika Noni Rose) dreams of owning her own restaurant, but a curse from a voodoo priest sidelines her plans. Cartoon […]

How Animals Help Us (1954)

How Animals Help Us (1954)

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A Coronet Instructional Film about a boy named Jimmy who visits a farm and thinks about all the ways animals help humans. Featured Feline: Jimmy is walking to his grandfather’s farm when he finds a lost tuxedo kitten in the grass. […]

The January Man (1989)

The January Man (1989)

Directed by: Pat O’Connor Not Safe Fur Work! This review contains some nude imagery. Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Unconventional police officer Nick Starkey (Kevin Kline) is reinstated on the force to catch a serial killer. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Nick’s neighbor and friend Ed […]

Random Harvest Replacement?

Random Harvest Replacement?

Who doesn’t love the 1942 romantic film Random Harvest about love that is challenged by war and lost memories? Ronald Coleman and Greer Garson on screen brought us to tears. What could have made this movie better? How about a cat? Was there supposed to be a cat in the movie? We recently saw a […]

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

Directed by: Norman Jewison Synopsis: The story of Tevye (Topol), a Jewish milkman with five daughters living in a small village in pre-Revolutionary Russia. Purr Blur: A student named Perchik (Paul Michael Glaser) comes to the village and Tevye offers the hungry young man a piece of cheese. Perchik finally accepts it as a cat […]