Gas Food Lodging (1992)

Gas Food Lodging (1992)

Directed by: Allison Anders Synopsis: A mother raises her two daughters in a trailer home in the New Mexico desert and both of the girls long to escape their dreary existence. Purr Blur: The younger daughter Shade (Fairuza Balk) goes to visit the home of Javier (Jacob Vargas). As she approaches the house, a black […]

House Arrest (1996)

House Arrest (1996)

Directed by: Harry Winer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Upset by the news that their parents are separating, Grover Beindorf (Kyle Howard) and his sister Stacey (Amy Sakasitz) lock them in the basement hoping for a reconciliation. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The Beindorfs own a […]

Columbo – “A Trace of Murder”

Columbo – “A Trace of Murder”

Original Air Date: May 15, 1997 Directed by: Vincent McEveety Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Cathleen (Shera Danese) and her lover Patrick (David Rasche) plan to frame her husband for murder in order to get his money. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Patrick goes to the home […]

The Discontented Canary (1934)

The Discontented Canary (1934)

Directed by: Rudolf Ising This review contains a Cartoonish Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A caged canary bird longs for freedom but finds the world scarier than he imagined in this MGM Happy Harmonies short. Cartoon Cat: After tricking his elderly owner into […]

The Most Important Person – “Smelling” (1972)

The Most Important Person – “Smelling” (1972)

Synopsis: This episode of the children’s education series focuses on the sense of smell. Cartoon Cat: Fumble and the kids are talking about smelling with a bird whose nest had been on fire. The bird had not been able to smell the smoke because of having a cold. A dog then approaches them and asks […]

The Ghost of St. Michael’s (1941)

The Ghost of St. Michael’s (1941)

Directed by: Marcel Varnel Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: School teacher Will Lamb (Will Hay) is hired to work in a haunted Scottish school whose ghost heralds the death of each faculty member by sounding bagpipes. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): Late in the film, Lamb […]

Treasure Buddies (2012)

Treasure Buddies (2012)

Directed by: Robert Vince Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A straight-to-video entry in the overdone Air Bud series finds a group of puppies trying to thwart a cat bent on world domination. Featured Feline: The cat in question is a Sphynx named Ubasti (voiced by […]

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (2011)

Directed by: Alex Zamm Synopsis: Pups Papi and Chloe try to save the home of the family which took them in from foreclosing. Purr Blur: Sam (Marcus Coloma) and his dad take Papi to the bank to try to work out a solution. The bank manager Mr. Kroop (Brian Stepanek) has several cat figurines on […]

Barnyard (2006)

Barnyard (2006)

Directed by: Steve Oedekerk Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Otis the cow (voiced by Kevin James) would rather play than help his father Ben (voiced by Sam Elliott) guard the farm from coyotes. Cartoon Cats: This notoriously bizarre film suffers from all kinds of weirdness, […]

The Mentalist – “Red and Itchy”

The Mentalist – “Red and Itchy”

Original Air Date: April 28, 2013 Directed by: David Paymer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Patrick (Simon Baker) helps LaRoche (Pruitt Taylor Vince) recover a stolen Tupperware container which contains a dark secret. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Teresa (Robin Tunney) and Kimball (Tim Chang) interview Joanne […]