Music Artist: Madonna Synopsis: Madonna’s take on the Fritz Lang classic film Metropolis with her own sexual twist. Featured Feline: At the beginning of the video Madonna is seen in a tall skyscraper holding a black cat against her breast. She releases the cat which runs off. Madonna is singing to the slave workers below, in particular one […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows a cat and a duck in a miniature boxing ring with a kookaburra as referee, plus more kookaburras and a cockatoo for an audience. Reality Cat: The narrator introduces this match as Don the Demon vs. Tom the Terror, but what is actually going on here is never quite explained. Why […]
English Title: Exte: Hair Extensions Toei Picture Company Productions Starring: Chiaki Kuriyama, Miku Satô Directed by: Sion Sono Synopsis: A morgue worker named Yamazaki (Ren Ôsugi) with a fetish for hair tangles with the wrong corpse, leading to problems for local student hairstylist Yûko Mizushima (Chiaki Kuriyama) and some unsuspecting women who end up with killer hair extensions. Kitty […]
English Title: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Compagnia Cinematografica Champion Starring: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Gianni Ridolfi Directed by: Vittorio De Sica Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A trilogy of stories about three different women (all played by Sophia Loren) and their relationships with men, particularly one man in each […]
Interwood Productions Starring: Joan Fontaine, Richard Ney Directed by: Sam Wood Synopsis: Ivy Lexton (Joan Fontaine) is a self-centered woman who would happily turn her back on both her husband (Richard Ney) and her lover (Patric Knowles) for a newer and richer man (Herbert Marshall). But is she desperate enough to commit murder? Purr Blur: The very first scene […]
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Starring: Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Maggie McNamara Directed by: Jean Negulesco Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Three female American secretaries working in Rome long for romance but come up against unexpected obstacles in their search for happiness. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The oldest of […]
Original Air Date: September 17, 2014 Starring: Samuel Gomez, Johnny Rivera, Jorge Acosta Directed by: Todd Pellegrino Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Two brothers (Samuel Gomez, Johnny Rivera) working in a New York convenience store and deli scheme of bigger and better things. In this episode the store mascot […]
Warner Bros. Starring: Mel Blanc Directed by: Chuck Jones Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Marc Antony the bulldog and Pussyfoot the kitten return. This time Marc Antony must train the tiny kitten in the art of mouse hunting in order to keep him in the household. Cartoon Cat: This […]
Argos Films Narrated by: Roger Coggio, Anne Olivier Directed by: Agnès Varda Synopsis: A travelogue of the French Riviera, or Côte d’Azur, with a sarcastic and humorous twist. Kitty Cameo: This documentary is in the style of Agnes Varda through and through, and as such includes a cat, as does many of her films. In this instance the cat […]
Warner Bros. Starring: Doris Day, Ronald Reagan Directed by: Lewis Seiler Synopsis: Based on the true story of baseball great Grover Cleveland Alexander and his battle to play ball despite serious health problems with help from the love of his life, his wife Aimee (Doris Day). Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): In one scene late in the film, Grover suffers […]