Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979)

Don Bluth Productions Starring: Scatman Crothers, Beah Richards, Sparky Marcus Directed by: Don Bluth Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A mischievous farm kitten named Banjo (voiced by Sparky Marcus) continually gets into trouble at home.  He decides to hitch a ride on a feed truck to the big […]

Safety With Animals (1961)

Grover-Jennings Production Synopsis: An educational film intending to teach young children how to act and how not to act around a variety of animals, both wild and domesticated. Kitty Cameo: In one segment a little boy is seen interacting with a beautiful Maine Coon cat.  The cat allows the boy to approach. The cat also seems okay […]

Un gatto nel cervello (1990)

English Title: Nightmare Concert (A Cat in the Brain) Executive Cine TV Starring: Lucio Fulci, David L. Thompson, Malisa Longo Directed by: Lucio Fulci Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A famous Italian horror film director (Lucio Fulci essentially playing himself) finds the lines between fantasy and reality blurring when […]

Our Miss Brooks (1956)

Lute Productions Starring: Eve Arden, Jane Morgan, Robert Rockwell Directed by: Al Lewis Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the long-running comedy radio and television series.  Connie Brooks (Eve Arden) is an English teacher at Madison High School who has a crush on the Biology teacher Phillip […]

Orphée (1950)

English Title: Orpheus Andre Paulve Film Starring: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares Directed by: Jean Cocteau Synopsis: A modern and surreal retelling of the Greek myth.  Orphée (Jean Marais) is a poet struggling for new ideas and gets inspiration from a Princess (María Casares) dressed in black.  The “Princess” turns out to have more than a passing interest […]

A Letter for Evie (1946)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Marsha Hunt, Hume Cronyn, John Carroll, Pamela Britton Directed by: Jules Dassin Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Evie O’Connor (Marsha Hunt) works at a shirt factory supplying uniforms for American World War II soldiers.  Following the example of her fellow workers, she places a letter […]

Hawaii Five-0 – “Kuka’awale”

Original Air Date: February 27, 2015 Starring: Alex O’Loughlin, Scott Caan Also Starring: Lili, Ghost Directed by: Daniel Dae Kim Synopsis: McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) and Danno (Scott Caan) work on their antagonistic relationship while working a diamond thief stakeout in a woman’s apartment and interacting with her interesting neighbors as well as her prized cat, Mr. Pickles. Featured Feline: Mr. Pickles […]

Babes in the Woods (1932)

Walt Disney Productions Starring: Pinto Colvig, Lucille La Verne Directed by: Burt Gillett Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: One of Disney’s Silly Symphonies, this is an unnerving retelling of Hansel and Gretel in which a boy and girl are lost in the woods, found by elves, seduced by […]

Buried Treasure (1926)

Hal Roach Studios Starring: Allen ‘Farina’ Hoskins, Joe Cobb, Mickey Daniels Directed by: Robert F. McGowan Synopsis: The gang decide to go looking for buried treasure after reading the book Treasure Island.  Little do they realize that their paddlewheel boat has delivered them to Catalina where a film crew is making a movie. Kitty Cameos: Specks (Jay R. Smith) […]

The Florentine Dagger (1935)

Warner Bros. Starring: Donald Woods, Margaret Lindsay, C. Aubrey Smith Directed by: Robert Florey Synopsis: Juan Cesare (Donald Woods) is the last of the notorious Borgia family of Italy and as such feels cursed.  On the advice of psychiatrist Dr. Lytton (C. Aubrey Smith) he pens a play about the Borgias and then falls in love with Florence […]