Oasis of Fear (1971)

Oasis of Fear (1971)

by Ted Davis Original Title: Un posto ideale per uccidere Also Known As: An Ideal Place to Kill; Dirty Pictures Directed by: Umberto Lenzi Synopsis: An extremely lurid thriller, heavily larded with sexual content, which follows the misadventures of beautiful wanton Ingrid Sjoman (Ornella Muti) and lean and scruffy Dick Butler (Raymond Lovelock), a young […]

The Happy Years (1950)

The Happy Years (1950)

by Brian H. Directed by: William Wellman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on Owen Johnson’s “Lawrenceville Stories” books set at a private boy’s school in the 1890’s where young John Humperdink ‘Dink’ Stover (Dean Stockwell) learns life lessons as well as academics. Kitty Cameo: […]

Cat Concert (1986)

Cat Concert (1986)

Original Title: Кошачий концерт Directed by: Vladimir Kadukhin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of cats gather to sing on a rooftop but are interrupted by the noise of people all around them in this animated short from the Soviet Union. Cartoon Cats: A […]

Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

Directed by: Olivia Newman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the book by Delia Owens. Kya Clark (Daisy Edgar-Jones), a reclusive girl living alone in a North Carolina marshland, faces those who have ostracized her when she is accused of murder. Cat Burglar (Scene […]

Death in Paradise – “A Dash Of Sunshine”

Death in Paradise – “A Dash Of Sunshine”

by Mark Murton Original Air Date: February 12, 2013 Directed by: Alrick Riley This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: When an English tourist, June Anderson (Kim Thomson), is found dead in a rented luxury villa strangled by her own scarf, […]

When the Wind Blows (1986)

When the Wind Blows (1986)

Directed by: Jimmy T. Murakami Synopsis: Based on the book by Raymond Briggs. Hilda (voiced by Peggy Ashcroft) and Jim Bloggs (voiced by John Mills) are an older couple who attempt to prepare for the onset of a nuclear war and then face the consequences after it starts. Cartoon Cat: In one scene Hilda is […]

Pinocchio (2022)

Pinocchio (2022)

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A live-action / computer animated update of the Disney film in which a woodcarver named Geppetto (Tom Hanks) wishes that the puppet he has created could be a real boy. Cartoon Cats: As in the original […]

Fright (1971)

Fright (1971)

by Mark Murton Directed by: Peter Collinson Synopsis: Teenage babysitter Amanda (Susan George) arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son, Tara (Tara Collinson), while they go out for a meal. A series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old house soon have Amanda’s nerves on edge but the […]

Greedy Kuzya (1969)

Greedy Kuzya (1969)

Original Title: Zhadnyy Kuzya Directed by: Mikhail Kamenetskiy, Ivan Ufimtsev Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Characters from a book come to life after a greedy hungry cat steals their birthday cake in this Russian short film which combines live action and animation. Featured Feline: The […]

Doctor in Charge – “A Man’s Best Friend is His Cat”

Doctor in Charge – “A Man’s Best Friend is His Cat”

by Mark Murton Original Air Date: November 24, 1973 Directed by: Alan Wallis Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode. Synopsis: Professor Sir Geoffrey Loftus (Ernest Clark) charges junior doctors Duncan Waring (Robin Nedwell) and Paul Collier (George Layton) with looking after his brown tabby cat, Thomas, while […]