Also Known As: Un homme est mort Directed by: Jacques Deray Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A French hit man named Lucien Bellon (Jean-Louis Trintignant) finds he has become a target himself after completing an assignment. Purr Blurs: Realizing he is in danger, Bellon forces […]
Starring: Duncan Directed by: Jonathan A. Rosenbaum Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Emma (Riele Downs) and her wacky distant cousin Barkley (Lizzy Greene) are accidentally shrunk by an elf and scooped up in Santa’s sack. Featured Feline: The girls end up in the house across […]
Starring: Rana Directed by: Sophia Takal Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of college sorority sisters are stalked by a person or persons unknown. Featured Feline: This film bears basically no resemblance to the original Black Christmas but there is a long-haired white cat […]
Original Air Date: December 14, 1993 Directed by: Eric Laneuville Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: It is Christmastime in the precinct which is dealing with the kidnapping of a doctor’s daughter, a woman and her son who claim to have been robbed and an impending children’s […]
Original Air Date: December 24, 1971 Directed by: Lawrence Gordon Clark Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Library researchers discovery that an Archdeacon named Haynes (Robert Hardy) may have obtained his title through dastardly methods and eventually suffered a mysterious fate himself. Kitty Cameo: After becoming Archdeacon, […]
Directed by: Germaine Dulac Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Museum director Pierre Guérande (Gabriel Signoret) suspects his young wife Denise (Andrée Brabant) of being unfaithful and plans drastic measures for himself. Purr Blur: Pierre follows Denise to an apartment where he sees Maurice Herbert (Jules […]
Directed by: T.L.P. Swicegood Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A very tongue-in-cheek, low budget horror film in which an undertaker works out a deal with his restaurant friends to murder women for meat, drumming up business for his mortuary. Kitty Cameo: A secretary named Ann […]
Directed by: Tom O’Horgan Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An adaptation of the play by Eugène Ionesco. Stanley (Gene Wilder) feels out of place in life and even more so when everyone around him begins to turn into rhinos. Kitty Cameo: The opening scene finds […]
Original Air Date: December 3, 1989 Directed by: Allen Reisner Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this episode! Synopsis: Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) narrates the story of Lt. Amos Ballinger (Barry Newman), a police detective assigned to teach a class in criminal investigation at a local university and whose […]
Directed by: Alfred L. Werker Synopsis: Based on a true story. Dr. Scott Carter (Mel Ferrer) and his family, fair skinned African Americans, deal with prejudice in a small New England town when their background is revealed. Purr Blurs: The Carter family owns a black cat which is only seen once walking at the top […]