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 […]
Alcor Films Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl Directed by: Ron Shelton Synopsis: Baseball record holder Ty Cobb (Tommy Lee Jones) hires sportswriter Al Stump (Robert Wuhl) to write his autobiography, but Stump is torn between telling the story Cobb relates to him or the truth about the legend’s outrageous personality. Kitty Cameo: In one scene Cobb is recounting […]
Produzioni Intersound Starring: Leigh McCloskey, Irene Miracle Directed by: Dario Argento This review contains severe Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The second entry in Argento’s Three Mothers trilogy. Rose Elliott (Irene Miracle) suspects evil happening in and around the New York building where she lives […]
Original Air Date: November 13, 1969 Synopsis: A little boy plays with his new kitten Dusty. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The little boy explains how he played with his new Siamese kitten Dusty the first day he got him.
PasoFino Entertainment Starring: Eddie Guerra, Jaime Pressly Directed by: Demian Lichtenstein Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Three guys in Las Vegas pull off heists while trying to balance their relationships with their girlfriends. Kitty Cameo: One of the guys is named Eric (Eddie Guerra) and he is in love […]