Directed by: Betty Thomas Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Dr. John Dolittle (Eddie Murphy) thinks that being able to talk to animals is a curse but eventually it turns into a blessing. Kitty Cameos: Dolittle is trying to help a sick tiger and calls a […]
Original Air Date: November 10, 1976 Directed by: Phil Bondelli Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Kelly (Jaclyn Smith) is accidentally shot by an autistic boy named Skip (Dennis Dimster) who runs away, not realizing that killers are after him as a witness to another crime. Cat […]
Directed by: David Bowers and Sam Fell Synopsis: Roddy the rat (voiced by Hugh Jackman), the pampered pet of a rich girl, is flushed down the toilet by an intruding street rat named Sid (Shane Richie). Purr Blurs: During a frog’s back story, a photograph of several Royal pets include two Siamese cats and a […]
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) is a troubled American girl who comes to stay with her British cousins on their farm when a massive war breaks out. Kitty Cameos: The farmhouse includes several cats seen in the first […]
Directed by: Stan Brakhage Synopsis: A silent experimental film in which footage of two men, two women and a gray cat are rapidly interspersed. Featured Feline: The cat, which is often seen out of focus, doesn’t do too much except sit around and occasionally be petted. The footage is interesting for its use of lighting, […]
Directed by: Barry Levinson This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Simon Axler (Al Pacino) is an aging actor who suffers a breakdown brought on by encroaching dementia. After returning home from an institution, he begins an affair with a […]
Directed by: Bud Yorkin This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Harry Lambert (Paul Ford) is shocked when his fifty-something-year-old wife Edith (Maureen O’Sullivan) announces she is pregnant. Kitty Cameo: Harry owns a lumber mill where he employs his […]
Gaumont British News Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows the latest fashions from America for women, cats and dogs. Reality Cats: After the segment showing off women’s fashions, the narrator explains that all this talk about fur is rather looked down on by those who wear their own fur coats and attend their own fashion shows, too. […]
Directed by: Nigel Cole Synopsis: Based on a true story. The members of a British Woman’s Club decide to pose in tastefully nude photographs for a charity calendar. Purr Blur: During a montage sequence showing the photo shoots for the calendar, a longhair grey cat is sitting on a table with its back to the […]
Directed by: Joel Hopkins Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Kate (Emma Thompson) and Richard (Pierce Brosnan) are a divorced couple who reunite for a crazy heist scheme to recoup their pension money stolen by a company takeover. Cat Credit: An animated black cat is part […]