Good Machine Starring: Lisa Bowman, Larry Fessenden Directed by: Kelly Reichardt Synopsis: Cozy (Lisa Bowman) is a frustrated housewife who meets a ne’er-do-well named Lee (Larry Fessenden) and ends up on the run with him after they believe they’ve killed a man. Purr Blurs: As Cozy and Lee break into a man’s backyard swimming pool, a black cat can […]
Universal Pictures Starring: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz Directed by: Stephen Sommers Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser), an American with the French Foreign Legion joins an archeological expedition headed by librarian Evelyn Carnahan (Rachel Weisz) which ends up unleashing an ancient curse. Cat Burglar (Scene […]
Original Air Date: December 11, 1992 Starring: Bob Newhart, Cynthia Stevenson Directed by: Michael Zinberg Synopsis: Bob (Newhart) searches for a lost issue of his original Mad Dog comic book series. Featured Feline: In this episode Otto the cat is only seen in one scene after Kaye (Carlene Watkins) accidentally destroys the only copy of the Mad Dog issue Bob […]
Music Artist: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Synopsis: The official video for the Stephen Malkmus song is a silly mix of film, toy and kitten imagery. Kitty Cameos: During the bridge of the song two kittens, one tabby and one black, step into the role of the band and play guitars and drums. Eventually their roughhousing destroys the […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows the arrival of the raft L’Egare the Second (also known as the Atlantic ‘kon-Tiki’) and her tiny crew at Falmouth, Cornwall after an 88-day voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Reality Cats: Among the crew were two cats. First seen in the newsreel is a black male cat named Puce. The grey […]
Dino De Laurentiis Company Starring: Willem Dafoe, Madonna Directed by: Uli Edel Synopsis: Lawyer Frank Dulaney (Willem Dafoe) defends a femme fatale named Rebecca Carlson (Madonna) who is accused of murdering her older boyfriend for his money. Kitty Cameo: Rebecca takes Frank to see her holisitic doctor to explain the white powder one of her accusers assumes was cocaine. […]
English Title: The Cat Lira Films Starring: Jean Gabin, Simone Signoret Directed by: Pierre Granier-Deferre Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains MAJOR spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An older married couple, Julien (Jean Gabin) and Clémence (Simone Signoret) find themselves in a crumbling relationship in a crumbling neighborhood with little to hold them together. Cinema Cat: Julien […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn Directed by: Carl Reiner Synopsis: A spoof of suspense thrillers finds cop and attorney Ned Ravine (Armand Assante) on the trail of a femme fatale. Purr Blur: Late in the film Ned enters a bathroom where the tub is filled with hot water. A moment later he opens a medicine cabinet and […]
Alliance Films Corporation Starring: Maxime Collin, Éric Cadorette Directed by: Jean-Claude Lauzon Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Leo Lauzon (Maxime Collin) insists on being called Léolo and constantly tries to imagine himself outside of his troubled Canadian boyhood. Kitty Carnage Warning! This film contains one of the most disturbing […]
Original Air Date: February 19, 1978 Starring: William Jordan, Caskey Swaim Directed by: Richard Quine Synopsis: A government agency investigates various U.F.O. sightings and tries to explain the phenomena people are seeing. Kitty Cameo: At the beginning of the episode a U.F.O. buzzes a farm. An orange tabby cat meows before the craft appears, then takes off screeching once the […]