Directed by: Charlie Bean Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A combination of live-action and computer animation retells the story of a pair of canines from different sides of the track. Featured Felines: It is no surprise that Disney would change the scene with the cats […]
Original Air Date: June 4, 2018Directed by: Jonny Lee Miller Synopsis: Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) and Dr. Watson (Lucy Liu) investigate the death of a member of the Yakuza. Purr Blur: Holmes meets Detective Bell (Jon Michael Hill) at a boat storage facility. A black cat walks through the scene behind them. The cat […]
Directed by: William Dieterle Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Sherwood Nash (William Powell) is always looking for the next get-rich-quick scheme and finds it with artist Lynn Mason (Bette Davis) in the lucrative world of knock-off fashions. Kitty Cameo: The crooks go to Paris to […]
Directed by: Terrence Malick Synopsis: Cinematic portrait of a 1950’s nuclear family facing life, death and difficulties. Kitty Cameo: The family owns a tortoiseshell cat which is present in a few scenes. Final Mewsings: Cats expect more screen time in such a long movie! Relevant Links: To discuss this film and other cats in movies […]
Directed by: Leo McCarey Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Harry (Paul Newman) and Grace Bannerman (Joanne Woodward) are having marital squabbles at the same time the Army is trying to import a secret installation to their tiny town of Putnam’s Landing. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): […]
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub Synopsis: George Malley (John Travolta) is a common man who witnesses a bright light in the sky and comes away from it with extraordinary abilities. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Under the opening credits, a tiny tabby kitten is standing on an old tire in the morning sunshine. Final Mewsings: A kitten […]
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. […]
Directed by: Rob Marshall Synopsis: Based on the Broadway musical of the same name. Noted Italian film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day Lewis) struggles to create a new film while balances various relationships, both past and present. Purr Blur: In one scene Contini is walking down a street with film star Claudia (Nicole Kidman). As […]
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: […]