Directed by: Barbet Schroeder Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: After an ugly break-up with her boyfriend, Allison Jones (Bridget Fonda) finds a friend in her new roommate Hedra (Jennifer Jason Leigh), not realizing the danger that awaits. Featured Feline: Allison’s upstairs neighbor is Graham (Peter […]
Directed by: John Bailey Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Detective Kyle Bodine (Ed Harris) has a reputation for being able to track down murderers by their mistakes but the shoe is on the other foot when he falls for a woman named Rachel Munro (Madeleine […]
Directed by: Martin Scorsese Synopsis: An orphan boy named Hugo (Asa Butterfield) lives secretly in a Paris train station where he winds the clocks and works on a secret automaton. Kitty Cameo: There is a quick shot of a ginger Persian cat sitting on a stack of books in Monsieur Labisse’s (Christopher Lee) book shop. […]
English Title: The Big RiskDirected by: Claude Sautet Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Abel Davos (Lino Ventura) is a career criminal who needs help returning to Paris and is deeply disappointed when his associates send another freelance criminal named Stark (Jean-Paul Belmondo) instead. Kitty Cameo: […]
Original Air Date: November 8, 1986Directed by: Dave Powers Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Iola (Beverly Archer) is depressed when her mean kitty Midnight passes away. Then she surprises everyone by having the animal freeze-dried. Cat Corpse: We never see Midnight the cat before his passing, […]
Original Air Date: 1955 – 1960Starring: Midnight the Cat Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this series! Synopsis: Actor Andy Devine heads a kids’ show sponsored by Buster Brown shoes in which he tells stories and shares the stage with a variety of characters and animals. Featured Feline: Andy’s Gang […]
English Title: The City of Lost ChildrenDirected by: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A fantasy set in a dark city where children are mysteriously disappearing. Kitty Cameo: In one scene the child thieves, including Miette (Judith Vittet) and strongman One (Ron […]
Directed by: Charles Vidor Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A non-musical version of the opera Carmen finds soldier Don José Lizarabengoa (Glenn Ford) destroying his life all for the love of the beautiful gypsy Carmen (Rita Hayworth). Kitty Cameo: The film’s tragic ending is foreshadowed […]
Also Known As: The Atomic BrainStarring: XerxesDirected by: Joseph Mascelli This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An elderly woman named Mrs. March (Marjorie Eaton) is depending on a mad scientist named Dr. Frank (Frank Gerstle) to keep her young […]
Directed by: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A unicorn (voiced by Mia Farrow) is shocked to learn she is the last and goes on a quest to rescue her fellow unicorns from the hands of King Haggard (voiced by Christopher […]