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 […]
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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 […]
Tomcats (2001)
Directed by: Gregory Poirier Synopsis: A group of bachelors bet each other they will stay single. Seven years later and in debt, Michael Delany (Jerry O’Connell) has to get his friend Kyle (Jake Busey), the only other remaining bachelor, married to win the money. Cartoon Cats: The opening sequences show an animated cat and dog […]
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 Man From Button Willow (1965)
Directed by: David Detiege Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Justin Eagle (voiced by Dale Robertson) is a ranch owner in the old west who doubles as a government agent on the trail of a kidnapped Senator. Cartoon Cats: As Eagle is riding into a foggy […]
What We Do in the Shadows – “Manhattan Night Club”
Original Air Date: April 17, 2019 Directed by: Jemaine Clement Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The vampires go to a Manhattan night club hoping to form an alliance with a former acquaintance. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Once at the night club Nandor’s familiar, Guillermo (Harvey Guillén), […]
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: […]
Like Father, Like Son (1987)
Directed by: Rod Daniel Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Thanks to a Native American brain transference serum, Dr. Jack Hammond (Dudley Moore) and his son Chris (Kirk Cameron) trade brains and learn about the daily problems each other faces. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Chris’ friend […]
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Starring: Sifty Directed by: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A hilarious mockumentary about a group of vampires living together in a flat in Wellington, New Zealand. Purr Blur: One of the vampires, Vladislav (Jemaine Clement), has the ability to shape-shift into […]
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 […]