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 […]