Living Single – “The Handyman Can”

Living Single – “The Handyman Can”

Original Air Date: October 12, 1995 Directed by: Otis Sallid This review contains an implied Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Synclaire James-Jones (Kim Coles) catsits for a vicious kitty which, in an indirect way, causes Overton (John Henton) to give up carpentry. Implied […]

An Unfinished Life (2005)

An Unfinished Life (2005)

Directed by: Lasse Hallström Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A rancher named Einar Gilkyson (Robert Redford) is surprised when his daughter-in-law Jean (Jennifer Lopez) shows up with his granddaughter Griff (Becca Gardner) seeking shelter from an abusive relationship. Cat Cattle Call: There are several cats […]

The Beverly Hillbillies – “Jed Buys the Capitol”

The Beverly Hillbillies – “Jed Buys the Capitol”

Original Air Date: September 29, 1970 Directed by: Bob Leeds Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: A swindler named Honest John (Phil Silvers) sells the Clampetts various landmarks around Washington D.C. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): Elly May (Donna Douglas) returns to the Clampetts’ hotel room where Granny […]

Housekeeping (1987)

Housekeeping (1987)

Directed by: Bill Forsyth Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Sisters Ruth (Sara Walker) and Lucille (Andrea Burchill) are taken aback after their mother’s suicide when their eccentric Aunt Sylvie (Christine Lahti) arrives to take care of them. Cat Cattle Call: Sylvie lives in a world […]

The Gingerbread Man (1998)

The Gingerbread Man (1998)

Directed by: Robert Altman This review contains a severe Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Lawyer Rick Magruder (Kenneth Branagh) tries to help a woman named Mallory (Embeth Davidtz) escape her insane father by having him committed. Purr Blur: In an early scene […]

American Housewife – “Highs and Lows”

American Housewife – “Highs and Lows”

Original Air Date: December 5, 2018Directed by: Ken Whittingham Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Katie (Katy Mixon) longs for the spontaneity of young love while her mother Kathryn (Wendie Malick) hopes to ease Oliver’s heartbreak by looking up her high school boyfriend Dan (Gregory Harrison). Featured […]

Cobb (1994)

Cobb (1994)

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 […]

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 […]