The War of the Roses (1989)

The War of the Roses (1989)

Starring: Tyler Directed by: Danny DeVito This review contains Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A dark comedy in which lawyer Gavin D’Amato (Danny DeVito) tells a prospective client the story of Oliver and Barbara Rose (Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner), a man […]

The Collector (2009)

LD Entertainment Starring: Josh Stewart, William Prael, Diane Ayala Goldner, Karley Scott Collins Also Starring: The Elusive Tommy K Directed by: Marcus Dunstan Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some slight spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Not to be confused with the 1965 Terence Stamp film of the same name (which is excellent despite having no […]

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)

Woodfall Film Productions Starring: Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts Directed by: Karel Reisz Synopsis: The screenplay for this film was adapted by Alan Sillitoe from his own novel.  Arthur Seaton (Albert Finney) is a Nottingham factory worker and an angry young man, frustrated with the working class system which seems to keep him down and fighting […]

Science Friction (1959)

Independent Film Directed by: Stan Vanderbeek Synopsis: Innovative animator Stan Vanderbeek (who was an inspiration to Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam) created this colorful and crazy montage of cut-out images for this zany experimental film. Purr Blur: In a sequence showing various objects being shot into space like rockets, a cat is seen launching as well. Final Mewsings: We […]

Thunderball (1965)

United Artists Corporation Starring: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi Directed by: Terence Young Synopsis: Once again James Bond (Sean Connery) is up against SPECTRE as the evil organization steals two nuclear bombs from a NATO training exercise and plans to blackmail the United States and Britain into paying £100 million in diamonds. Cinema Cat: The head […]

Caroline in the City – “Pilot”

Original Air Date: September 21, 1995 Starring: Lea Thompson, Eric Lutes, Malcolm Gets, Annie Spadaro Also Starring: Tiki Directed by: James Burrows Synopsis: Caroline Duffy (Lea Thompson) is a successful cartoonist living in New York and her comic strip entitled Caroline in the City is a semi-autobiographical work. In the series pilot Caroline is advertising for a new colorist and […]

The Ladykillers (2004)

Touchstone Pictures Starring: Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons Directed by: Ethan & Joel Coen Synopsis: A remake of the 1955 British comedy.  A ragtag group of thieves are brought together by a scheming, eloquent man named Professor G.H. Dorr (Tom Hanks) who has a plan to steal a large amount of money from a […]

Off the Record (1939)

Warner Bros. Starring: Pat O’Brien, Joan Blondell, Bobby Jordan Directed by: James Flood Synopsis: Mickey Fallon (Bobby Jordan) is taken in by his older brother Joe (Alan Baxter) after their mother dies. But Joe is working for a notorious criminal and gets Mickey involved as well.  When newspaper columnist Jane Morgan (Joan Blondell) exposes the racketeer’s use of […]

Castle Freak (1995)

Full Moon Enterprises Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Barbara Crampton, Jessica Dollarhide Directed by: Stuart Gordon Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: John Reilly (Jeffrey Combs) inherits an Italian castle and brings his wife Susan (Barbara Crampton) and blind daughter Rebecca (Jessica Dollarhide) with him to assess the property in preparation […]

Game of Thrones – “Oathkeeper”

Original Air Date: April 27, 2014 Starring: Natalie Dormer, Dean-Charles Chapman Directed by: Michelle MacLaren Synopsis: HBO’s epic series, based on the vastly popular fantasy book series by George R.R. Martin, follows the sagas of several ruling families as they vie for power from one another. Kitty Cameo: Prince Tommen Baratheon (Dean-Charles Chapman) is seen laying in bed when Margaery […]