Original Air Date: September 5, 1959 Directed by: Otto Lang Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The premiere episode of this series finds shrunken special agent Mel Hunter (Marshall Thompson) infiltrating a warehouse to get some hidden information. Featured Feline: Mel’s partner, Bill (Arthur Franz), smuggles Mel […]
Directed by: Michael Dowse This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Detective Vic Manning (Dave Bautista) enlists the aid of Uber driver Stu (Kumail Nanjiani) when he sets out to catch the man who killed his partner. Kitty Cameo […]
Directed by: Dan Gilroy Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A satiric look at the high priced art world finds collectors becoming the victims of the very art they admire. Featured Felines: Gallery owner Rhodora Haze (Rene Russo) lives in an expensive home with a hairless […]
Directed by: Tim Hunter Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of high school students are eerily unaffected when they learn one of their friends, John (Daniel Roebuck) has killed a classmate. Kitty Cameo: John’s friend Layne (Crispin Glover) hides John at the house of an […]
Synopsis: George and Betty visit their country cousins Andy and Jane on their uncle Jim’s dairy farm. Kitty Cameos: George and Betty learn all about the animals on the farm, including a tabby kitten who is drinking some milk. The girls play with two other tabby kittens. When they are called to dinner, the girls […]
English Title: Burnt by the Sun Directed by: Nikita Mikhalkov Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Comdiv Sergei Petrovich Kotov (Nikita Mikhalkov) is a hero of the Red Army who is living in an artist’s community with his family during Stalin’s Great Purge. Kitty Cameo: Near […]
Directed by: Walter Lang Synopsis: A suburban family is surprised when the live-in-babysitter they hire turns out to be the self-righteous and proper Mr. Belvedere (Clifton Webb). Purr Blurs: In one scene, Harry King (Robert Young), the father of the house, is pulling into his driveway. The camera pans along with the vehicle but Harry […]
Directed by: Ariel Vromen Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a pretty big spoiler for this film! Synopsis: The story of Richard Kuklinski (Michael Shannon), a cold-blooded mob killer known as “The Iceman.” Kitty Cameo: Near the end of the film, Kuklinski is preparing what appears to be egg salad sandwiches in […]
Directed by: George A. Romero Synopsis: Thad Beaumont (Timothy Hutton) writes seedy novels under the alias of George Stark then finds the ruthless character he created has taken on a life of his own. Kitty Cameo: When things get out of hand, Thad visits a fellow professor named Reggie Delesseps (Julie Harris) who studies the […]
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 […]