Music Artist: IncubusDirected by: James Larese Synopsis: The band is targeted for assassination by a group of French bulldogs so they call upon their kitty powers to save the day. Featured Felines: The main dog villain is Agent Nimble and similar to the film Cats vs. Dogs he goes into a secret underground lair where […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows artist Doris Zinkeisen working at home with her Siamese cat nearby. Reality Cat: The segment begins with the narrator talking about the Siamese cat named Ty (it could also be spelled Thai), saying he is a “very superior cat. In the first place, he’s Siamese. And in the second, […]
Original Air Date: February 21, 1999Directed by: Rob Bowman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Agents Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) investigate a possible sea monster at the height of a hurricane on the Florida coast. Featured Feline: The story begins in the home of […]
Directed by: Charlie Bean Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A combination of live-action and computer animation retells the story of a pair of canines from different sides of the track. Featured Felines: It is no surprise that Disney would change the scene with the cats […]
Directed by: Martin Scorsese Synopsis: An orphan boy named Hugo (Asa Butterfield) lives secretly in a Paris train station where he winds the clocks and works on a secret automaton. Kitty Cameo: There is a quick shot of a ginger Persian cat sitting on a stack of books in Monsieur Labisse’s (Christopher Lee) book shop. […]
Original Air Date: November 8, 1986Directed by: Dave Powers Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Iola (Beverly Archer) is depressed when her mean kitty Midnight passes away. Then she surprises everyone by having the animal freeze-dried. Cat Corpse: We never see Midnight the cat before his passing, […]
Original Air Date: 1955 – 1960Starring: Midnight the Cat Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this series! Synopsis: Actor Andy Devine heads a kids’ show sponsored by Buster Brown shoes in which he tells stories and shares the stage with a variety of characters and animals. Featured Feline: Andy’s Gang […]
Music Artist: Björk Synopsis: The official video for Björk’s single Triumph of a Heart finds her partying in a pub while her lover, who is a cat, waits at home. Featured Feline: The video costars an Abyssinian cat as Björk’s significant other. At the beginning the cat is lying in bed with her. Björk is […]
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage with Dutch narration shows various cats competing at a cat show held by Felikat in Amsterdam’s stock exchange building. Reality Cat: A wide variety of cats are shown in cages. The winners were a Persian Chinchilla and a Dutch Siamese cat. Final Mewsings: Amsterdam does cats right! Relevant Links: To […]
English Title: Pigs and BattleshipsDirected by: Shôhei Imamura Synopsis: Kinta (Hiroyuki Nagato) is a young gang member who is put in charge of a pig farm for a small gang of Yakuza that is slowly imploding. Purr Blur: In one scene Kinta is walking home after losing at cards. A small white Japanese Bobtail cat […]