Torchy’s Kitty Coup (1933)

Torchy’s Kitty Coup (1933)

Directed by: C.C. Burr This review contains a mild Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Torchy (Ray Cooke) is an all-American office boy who is in love with the boss’ daughter, Vee Ellins (Marion Shockley). Vee’s Aunt Zenobia (Dot Farley) plans a cat show […]

Cats in a Puzzle Box (1946)

Cats in a Puzzle Box (1946)

Directed by: R.B. Donaldson Synopsis: An experimental puzzle box designed by George Plant Horton and Edwin Ray Guthrie at the University of Washington tests cats’ ability to learn and adapt. Reality Cats: The first cat to go through the puzzle box is a small cream-colored tabby who is called Cat A. By the fifteenth experiment, […]

Born for Hell (1976)

Born for Hell (1976)

Original Title: Die Hinrichtung Also Known As: Naked Massacre Directed by: Denis Héroux Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Loosely based on the Richard Speck murders, an unstable American Vietnam deserter named Cain Adams (Mathieu Carrière) terrorizes a home full of female nurses. Featured Feline: Living with […]

Forever’s Gonna Start Tonight (2011)

Forever’s Gonna Start Tonight (2011)

Directed by: Eliza Hittman This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Sonya (Viktoria Vinyarska), a teenaged girl living in Brooklyn with her father (Mike Pikeman) and his menagerie of cats, finds herself facing difficult choices to protect him. Cat […]

The French Dispatch (2021)

The French Dispatch (2021)

Directed by: Wes Anderson Synopsis: A collection of stories are presented taken from a publication called The French Dispatch, a magazine started by a American midwestern editor living in the French town of Ennui-sur-Blasé. Purr Blur: Near the beginning of the film a waiter is carrying a tray full of various items up to the […]

The End (1978)

The End (1978)

Directed by: Burt Reynolds Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Sonny Lawson (Burt Reynolds) finds out he has a rare blood disease and is going to die, causing him to contemplate suicide. Cat Cattle Call: Sonny is married but is seeing a girl named Mary Ellen […]

Let’s Dance (1950)

Let’s Dance (1950)

Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Dancer Kitty McNeil (Betty Hutton) reunites with her former dance partner Donald Elwood (Fred Astaire) after she has become a widow with a son. He helps her fight for the right to raise her child […]

The Nine Kittens of Christmas (2021)

The Nine Kittens of Christmas (2021)

Starring: Trace, Lilybell, Calvin Directed by: David Winning Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A sequel to The Nine Lives of Christmas. After building a veterinary practice and new relationship in Miami, Marilee (Kimberley Sustad) returns home for Christmas and finds herself confronting old feelings when […]

Connie and Carla (2004)

Connie and Carla (2004)

Directed by: Michael Lembeck Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Connie (Nia Vardalos) and Carla (Toni Collette) are dinner theater performers who don’t hit their stride until they witness a crime and find cover performing their act as drag queens. Kitty Cameo: Near the end of […]

Touch and Go (1955)

Touch and Go (1955)

Starring: Sooty Directed by: Michael Truman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Jim Fletcher (Jack Hawkin) is a frustrated furniture designer who quits his firm when they refuse to accept his forward-thinking designs and announces he is moving his family to Australia. Featured Feline: The family owns […]