A Talking Cat!?! (2013)

A Talking Cat!?! (2013)

Starring: Squeaky Directed by: David DeCoteau (as Mary Crawford) This review contains a very mild Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A talking feline named Duffy (played by cat actor Squeaky and voiced by Eric Roberts) helps two families find each other and […]

Rescue Me – “Guts”

Rescue Me – “Guts”

Original Air Date: July 21, 2004 Directed by: Peter Tolan Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The pilot episode of this series finds New York firefighter Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary) juggling work, home turmoil and visits by those who have died. Kitty Cameo: One of the visits […]

Odor-able Kitty (1945)

Odor-able Kitty (1945)

Directed by: Charles M. Jones Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A cat (voiced by Mel Blanc) disguises himself to avoid persecution and finds himself the focus of an amorous skunk. Cartoon Cat: The orange cat is first seen outside a butcher shop looking lovingly at […]

Nothing in Common (1986)

Nothing in Common (1986)

Directed by: Garry Marshall Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: David Basner (Tom Hanks) is a successful advertising executive who has to face a new reality when his mother Lorraine (Eva Marie Saint) leaves his aging father (Jackie Gleason). Kitty Cameo: As his personal life becomes […]

Housekeeping (1987)

Housekeeping (1987)

Directed by: Bill Forsyth Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Sisters Ruth (Sara Walker) and Lucille (Andrea Burchill) are taken aback after their mother’s suicide when their eccentric Aunt Sylvie (Christine Lahti) arrives to take care of them. Cat Cattle Call: Sylvie lives in a world […]

Lin jia pu zi (1959)

Lin jia pu zi (1959)

English Title: The Lin Family Shop Directed by: Choui Khoua This review contains a severe Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The Japanese invasion of China further exacerbates the difficulties experienced by a shop owner named Lin (Tian Xie) and his family. Cat […]

Alligator (1980)

Alligator (1980)

Directed by: Lewis Teague Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The city of Chicago is terrorized by a giant-sized, hungry alligator. Purr Blur: In one scene a hunter named Brock (Henry Silva) stalks the alligator in an alley. Brock is startled by a sudden noise and […]

A Map of the World (1999)

A Map of the World (1999)

Directed by: Scott Elliott Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Alice Goodwin (Sigourney Weaver) is a working mother who is juggling a difficult daughter with an indifferent husband and a stressful school nursing job, all of which starts to unravel when a girl accidentally drowns while […]

Brotherhood of Justice (1986)

Brotherhood of Justice (1986)

Directed by: Charles Braverman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Fed up with the violence in his school, Derek (Keanu Reeves) starts a vigilante group which slowly becomes as bad as those he’s trying to stop. Kitty Cameo: The opening credits show a variety of scenes […]

Derevo I Koshka (1983)

Derevo I Koshka (1983)

English Title: The Tree and the Cat Directed by: Evgeniy Sivokon Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A solitary tree is happy with its life and offers to teach a cat how to be the same. Cartoon Cat: The cat is thrown out of a wagon […]