En man som heter Ove (2015)

English Title: A Man Called Ove Nordisk Film Starring: Rolf Lassgårdm, Bahar Pars Also Starring:  Magic, Orlando Directed by: Hannes Holm Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains MAJOR spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the popular novel by Fredrik Backman. Ove (Rolf Lassgårdm) is a cantankerous older man who has reached the point where life […]

Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)

Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)

Directed by: Vincente Minnelli Synopsis: Actor Jack Andrus (Kirk Douglas) sees the offer to work behind the scenes on a film in Rome as an opportunity to put his troubled past behind him. Kitty Cameo: In one scene Jack confronts the young male star of the film Davie Drew (George Hamilton). Davie is lying on […]

Stranger Things – “Chapter Three: Holly Jolly”

Original Air Date: July 15, 2016Starring: SkylerDirected by: Shawn Levy Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The search for Will continues while Nancy searches for the missing Barb. Kitty Cameos: The strange girl known as Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) is instructed by Mike to meet him and the other boys at […]

Stargate (1994)

Stargate (1994)

Directed by: Roland Emmerich Synopsis: A team of soldiers accompanied by a historical linguist travel through a mysterious gate into a world that exists across the known universe. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): At one point the linguist, Dr. Daniel Jackson (James Spader), wakes up after being revived by a strange machine. A young boy dressed […]

The Book of Eli (2010)

Starring: Gilligan and Skyler Directed by: The Hughes Brothers Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic world, a man named Eli (Denzel Washington) is on a quest, heading west with a book that others seem to want to steal or destroy. Kitty Cameos: At the beginning of […]

Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

Starring: PyewacketDirected by: Richard Quine Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak) is a woman who runs an African curios shop in New York City underneath the apartment building where she and her aunt Queenie (Elsa Lanchester) live. A book publisher named Shepherd […]

The Hypnotic Eye (1960)

The Hypnotic Eye (1960)

Directed by: George Blair Synopsis: Detective Dave Kennedy (Joe Patridge) is baffled when numerous women disfigure themselves but can’t explain why. Eventually he suspects a hypnotist named Desmond (Jacques Bergerac) may have something to do with the self-mutilations. Kitty Cameos: When Detective Kennedy’s girlfriend Marcia (Marcia Henderson) is hypnotized on stage by Desmond he gives […]

Pamela Kellino and James Mason: Actors Cats Have Known

Pamela Kellino and James Mason: Actors Cats Have Known

Actor James Mason and his wife, actress and author Pamela Kellino, were noted cat lovers and very public about their affection for felines. The newspapers often reported about the menagerie of cats which shared the Mason’s homes, first in Surrey, England and then in Beverly Hills. In 1949 they published a book entitled The Cats […]

Ann-Margret, Cat Lover

Ann-Margret, Cat Lover

Ann-Margret is seen here holding a kitten in a promotional photo for her 1964 film Kitten With a Whip. Ann-Margret has always been fond of cats, as she explained in a 1972 article written by Joyce Haber for the Sarasota Journal:     “Oh, do you like cats?” [Ann-Margret] said excitedly, when I responded to the tiny, […]

Leave it to Beaver – “Cat Out of the Bag”

Leave it to Beaver – “Cat Out of the Bag”

Original Air Date: July 16, 1958 Directed by: Norman Tokar Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Wally (Tony Dow) and Beaver (Jerry Mathers) are entrusted to babysit their neighbor’s expensive show cat, Puff Puff. What could possibly go wrong? Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The neighbor Mr. Donaldson […]