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 […]
Category Archives: Long-Haired
The Doomsday Machine (1972)
Directed by: Harry Hope, Lee Sholem This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Synopsis: A Doomsday Machine threatens the Earth while a manned space mission to Venus goes awry. Kitty Cameo: At the beginning of the film a female spy (Chia Essie Lin) is carrying a cat outside the walls of a guarded building. She […]
The Mentalist – “Red Sky in the Morning”
Original Air Date: May 20, 2010 Directed by: Chris Long Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Patrick (Simon Baker) resents Kristina’s (Leslie Hope) involvement when a Red John style murder takes place. Cat Cattle Call: A lead sends Rigsby (Owain Yeoman) and Cho (Tim Kang) looking for […]
Cornwall Calling (1948)
Directed by: T.R. Thumwood Synopsis: A promotional film for the Austin engine shows them being installed in a yacht which then takes a pleasure cruise along the Cornish coast. Reality Cats: While touring Mevagissey, two longhair black cats are sitting on the narrow street where the women are walking. Purr Blurs: Earlier in Polperro a […]
Youth of the Beast (1963)
Original Title: Yajû no seishun Directed by: Seijun Suzuki Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Jôji ‘Jo’ Mizuno (Jô Shishido) looks for the truth behind a friend’s suspicious suicide and ends up pitting two Yakuza gangs against each other. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Jo is invited […]
The Brothers Rico (1957)
Directed by: Phil Karlson Synopsis: Retired mob accountant Eddie Rico (Richard Conte) is drawn back into the fold when his brothers are threatened. Purr Blur: Near the end of the film, Eddie is trying to get back to his mother’s apartment. As he sneaks behind some stairs, a longhair cat runs down them with a […]
Call Me Kat – “Plus One”
Original Air Date: January 3, 2021 Starring: Piper Directed by: Beth McCarthy-Miller Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Based on the British sitcom Miranda. After the death of her father, Kat (Mayim Bialik) opens a Cat Café which only befuddles her matchmaking mother Sheila (Swoosie Kurtz). Cat […]
The Crawling Hand (1963)
Directed by: Herbert L. Strock This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The murderous disembodied arm of an infected astronaut is discovered by a teenager named Paul (Rod Lauren) who also becomes imbued with the urge to kill. Kitty Cameo: […]
Peer Gynt (1941)
Directed by: David Bradley Synopsis: A 16mm silent production of the Ibsen play about the ne’re-do-well anti-hero. Kitty Cameo: Peer Gynt (Charlton Heston in his film debut) visits his ailing mother (Betty Hanisee). She tells him she is dying but he doesn’t want to face reality. He tries to take her mind off dark things […]
Sex Education – “Episode 1.8”
Original Air Date: January 11, 2019 Directed by: Ben Taylor Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Otis (Asa Butterfield) is feeling violated by Jean’s book while Maeve (Emma Mackey) takes the fall for her brother. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Cynthia (Lisa Palfrey) knocks on Maeve’s door yelling […]