Directed by: Lois Weber Synopsis: Eva Mayer (Mary MacLaren) works all day on her feet to support her poor family and is finally driven to desperation to buy a new pair of shoes Kitty Cameo: Early in the film Eva returns to the apartment building where her family lives. As she is walking upstairs she […]
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Saint Jack (1979)
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Jack Flowers (Ben Gazzara) is an American expatriate building a business of prostitution in Singapore, much to the annoyance of local hoods. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): In what appears to be an impromptu and possibly unscripted […]
Kumbalangi Nights (2019)
Directed by: Madhu C. Narayanan Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Four brothers with varying relationships live, fight and love in the small island fishing village of Kumbalangi, India. Kitty Cameo: At the beginning of the film, the youngest brother Franky (Mathew Thomas) returns home to […]
Movie Movie (1978)
Directed by: Stanley Donen Synopsis: A send up of movies from the 1930’s includes a boxing picture called Dynamite Hands and a musical titled Baxter’s Beauties of 1933. Purr Blur: In the Dynamite Hands segment, a patterned cat can barely be seen in a garbage can as a car pulls up to the curb. Final […]
The Last Posse (1953)
Directed by: Alfred L. Werker Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Washed up and drunk Sheriff John Frazier (Broderick Crawford) is determined to ride with a posse to make sure justice is served despite two men who want to serve their own justice. Cat Burglar (Scene […]
The Carol Burnett Show – “Season 8, Episode 4”
Original Air Date: October 5, 1974 Directed by: Dave Powers Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Carol is joined for sketches and songs by guest stars Michele Lee and Jack Weston. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The final sketch of the show is about a drunken character named […]
Partly Cloudy (2009)
Directed by: Peter Sohn Synopsis: A storm cloud which creates dangerous babies depends on the understandably stressed-out stork responsible for delivering them to their new parents. Cartoon Cats: In the beginning of the short we see storks delivering sweet little babies to their new homes, including a pair of ginger tabby kittens. We also see […]
Hustlers (2019)
Directed by: Lorene Scafaria Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of exotic dancers decide to turn the tables on their high end Wall Street clientele. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): One of the dancers named Annabelle (Lili Reinhart) is seen at home a couple of […]
Gloria Bell (2018)
Directed by: Sebastián Lelio Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Gloria Bell (Julianne Moore) is a middle aged woman who loves dancing but has little luck when it comes to relationships. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Gloria comes home one night and sees a hairless Sphynx cat […]
Gloria (2013)
Directed by: Sebastián Lelio Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Gloria (Paulina García) is a divorced mother in Santiago, Chile, who decides she doesn’t want to be alone and sets out to find romance. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): A running joke in the film is the […]