Everybody Wants to be Italian (2007)

Everybody Wants to be Italian (2007)

Directed by: Jason Todd Ipson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A comedy of errors finds fish store worker Jake Bianski (Jay Jablonski) being cajoled into a relationship with Marisa (Cerina Vincent), each pretending to be Italian thinking the other is Italian. Kitty Cameo: Marisa is […]

The Sopranos – “Watching Too Much Television”

The Sopranos – “Watching Too Much Television”

Original Air Date: October 27, 2002 Directed by: John Patterson Synopsis: A scheme is hatched which takes advantage of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Purr Blur: Assemblyman Zellman (Peter Riegert) visits one of the homes in the lower rent district. As he leaves with his assistant, a calico cat walks up the wooden […]

Natural Thing (2012)

Natural Thing (2012)

Music Artist: Nobody Beats the DrumDirected by: Johan Rijpma Synopsis: A group of cats, dogs and a ferret find themselves in a box with a red dot. Featured Felines: The setting for this music video couldn’t be more simple; a big white box. Inside a number of cats, a couple of dogs and a ferret […]

Punching Henry (2016)

Punching Henry (2016)

Directed by: Gregori Viens Synopsis: Muscian / Comedian Henry Phillips (played by himself) finds his bad luck streak possibly changing when a producer shows interest in developing a series based on his life. Kitty Cameo: Near the end of the film, Henry is sitting with his friend Jillian (Tig Notaro) who is petting a calico […]

La virgen de los sicarios (2000)

La virgen de los sicarios (2000)

English Title: Our Lady of the AssassinsDirected by: Barbet Schroeder Synopsis: Crime veteran Fernando (Germán Jaramillo) forms a connection with a young assassin named Alexis (Anderson Ballesteros) and takes him under his wing as a lover and a mentor. Purr Blur: In one scene when Fernando is taking a taxi into a rough section of […]

The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss Directed by: Richard Thorpe Synopsis: Second Lieutenant Merle Wye (Jim Hutton) is stationed on a remote island near the end of World War II where he finds himself distracted by the beautiful Lt. Molly Blue (Paula Prentiss) while he attempts to track down a Japanese soldier who has been stealing supplies. […]

Moon Over Parador (1988)

Universal Pictures Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Raul Julia Directed by: Paul Mazursky Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Actor Jack Noah (Richard Dreyfuss) is shooting a film in the country of Parador and finds himself in the strange position of having to substitute for President Alphonse Simms (also played by […]

Mister Ed – “Ed’s Word of Honor”

Original Air Date: February 25, 1962 Starring: Alan Young, Larry Keating Directed by: Arthur Lubin Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: After Mister Ed eats some apples from the neighbor’s yard, Wilbur (Alan Young) doesn’t believe it when Ed insists he didn’t also eat the man’s expensive fish. Cat Cattle Call: The […]

The Goldwyn Follies (1938)

The Goldwyn Follies (1938)

Directed by: George Marshall Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An all-star cast fills out the story of a movie producer named Oliver Merlin (Adolph Menjou) who hires a young country woman (Andrea Leeds) to act as the moral compass for his films. Cat Cattle Call: In one scene […]

Mark of the Vampire (1935)

Mark of the Vampire (1935)

Directed by: Tod Browning Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a small spoiler for this film! Synopsis: When Sir Karell Borotin (Holmes Herbert) is found murdered with puncture wounds on his neck, the superstitious townspeople assume it was due to vampires. One year later the late Sir Karell’s daughter, Irena (Elizabeth Allan) […]