English Title: Big Deal on Madonna Street Lux Film Starring: Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni Directed by: Mario Monicelli Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A bungling group of crooks get wind of a prime job and attempt to rob a pawn shop safe, only to run into countless difficulties. Kitty […]
Original Air Date: February 19, 1961 Starring: Patrick McGoohan, Wendy Craig Directed by: Michael Truman Synopsis: John Drake (Patrick McGoohan) finds himself looking for a man who was supposed to have died a decade earlier. Purr Blur: Drake is staying at an inn in Scotland where he is searching for the suspect. Suddenly a rock with a note around […]
Maysles Films Starring: Edith ‘Little Edie’ Bouvier Beale, Edith Bouvier Beale Directed by: Albert Maysles, David Maysles Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Original footage not included in the original Grey Gardens documentary from the Maysles Brothers. Reality Cats: The Beales lived with numerous cats in their dilapidated house, and […]
Original Air Date: January 8, 1961 Starring: Patrick McGoohan, Zena Marshall Directed by: Seth Holt Synopsis: John Drake (Patrick McGoohan) is ordered to travel abroad to bring back an English woman charged with espionage. Kitty Cameo: In one scene Drake is sitting at a table in the back of a typewriter shop. He is petting a tabby and white cat […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney Directed by: Busby Berkeley Synopsis: Jimmy Connors (Mickey Rooney) and Mary Holden (Judy Garland) decide to put on a show to raise money for a chance to play with Paul Whiteman. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): One scene begins with Mary in her garden sitting next to some kittens which are drinking from […]
Ministry of Information Narrated by: Quentin Reynolds Directed by: Humphrey Jennings, Harry Watt Synopsis: A short film about London’s resilience during the ongoing Blitz of World War II. Reality Cat: Near the end of the film a couple of civil defense rescue workers are seen pulling a gray and white cat from the wreckage of a destroyed building. The […]
ABC Pictures Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George Directed by: Sam Peckinpah Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: American mathematician David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) and his English wife Amy (Susan George) find their time in a cottage in the English countryside disrupted by violence from the locals. Featured Feline: Amy has […]
English Title: In Vanda’s Room Contracosta Produções Starring: Vanda Duarte, Lena Duarte Directed by: Pedro Costa Synopsis: An unblinking docudrama about a heroine addict and her family living in a poor housing district of Lisbon which is being demolished all around them. Kitty Cameos and Purr Blurs: Most of the shots in this film are long segments filmed with a […]
TriStar Pictures Starring: Kirstie Alley, John Travolta Directed by: Amy Heckerling Synopsis: Mollie (Kirstie Alley) struggles with being a single mom despite help from a cabbie named James (John Travolta) and her insightful son, Mikey, whose voice (Bruce Willis) narrates part of the film. Purr Blur: After being told she is pregnant by a doctor, Mollie is lying in […]
Frozen Motion Pictures Starring: Brian Vaughan, Megan Wilson Directed by: Dani Minnick Synopsis: Katie Gallagher (Megan Wilson) is a middle-class teenager who falls for juvenile delinquent Boyd L. Lockhart (Brian Vaughan) and is willing to follow him down the rabbit hole. Kitty Cameo: At one point an orange and white cat is seen sitting on the sidewalk licking itself. […]