Samuel Goldwyn Films Starring: Jeff Daniels, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline Directed by: Noah Baumbach Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Walt (Jesse Eisenberg) and Frank Berkman (Owen Kline) are brothers who find themselves facing the uprooting consequences of their parents’ bitter divorce. Kitty Cameo: When the parents Bernard (Jeff Daniels) […]
IRS Media Starring: Nicole Eggert, Alex Meneses Directed by: Jon Kroll Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Amanda Patterson (Nicole Eggert) is a struggling artist who tries to help a shape-shifting, man-eating alien elude the authorities. Kitty Cameo: After meeting the alien, who is in the guise of a woman […]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas Directed by: Michael Crichton Synopsis: Based on the novel by Robin Cook. Dr. Susan Wheeler (Geneviève Bujold) becomes convinced that something sinister is happening at her hospital where patients are inexplicably slipping into comas. Purr Blur: In the middle of the film Susan and Dr. Mark Bellows (Michael Douglas) are spending a […]
Columbia Pictures Starring: Brad Davis, John Hurt Directed by: Alan Parker Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The somewhat controversial interpretation of Billy Hayes’ (Brad Davis) book about his experience as an American college student who was thrown into a Turkish prison for attempting to smuggle hashish out of […]
The Weinstein Company Starring: Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta Directed by: Wayne Kramer Synopsis: The lives of various people of different nationalities come together as they struggle with different aspects of the U.S. immigration process. Bad Kitty: Immigration official Max Brogan (Harrison Ford) is seen at home one evening, sitting on a couch while drinking. Beside him is his pet […]
Original Air Date: June 28, 1989 Starring: M. Emmett Walsh, Audra Lindley Directed by: Mary Lambert Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A man named Jonas (M. Emmett Walsh) is forced to retire and finds life with his pet-loving wife Anita (Audra Lindley) unbearable. That is until he takes up a […]
Directed by: Kelsey Goldych Synopsis: A girl has to deal with a pet cat who likes to knock over trash cans. Cartoon Cat: This very clever short finds a girl lying on her bed. Her cat comes in and knocks over her trash can. The girl angrily leaves the room and the cat gets up on the computer […]
English Title: Strike Goskino Starring: Maksim Shtraukh, Grigoriy Aleksandrov Directed by: Sergei M. Eisenstein Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Factory workers on strike in pre-Revolutionary Russia are persecuted by their former bosses, the police and even the military. Kitty Cameos: Several cats are seen throughout this film, the debut work […]
New Line Cinema Starring: Crispin Glover, Laura Harring Directed by: Glen Morgan Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In this remake of the 1971 film, reclusive and socially awkward Willard Stiles (Crispin Glover) befriends and trains an army of rats to do his twisted bidding. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): In […]
Bing Crosby Productions Starring: Lee Montgomery, Joseph Campanella Directed by: Chris Noonan Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The sequel to Willard. Ben and his rat friends find themselves outcasts and so he befriends a lonely boy (Lee Montgomery) but it’s destined to be a doomed friendship. Kitty Cameo: In […]