Original Air Date: October 21, 1978 Directed by: Christopher Barry This review contains a Kitty Carnage (and Kitty Causing Carnage) Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: James Herriot (Christopher Timothy) tries to treat an unruly patient then finds himself surrounded by controversy as the acting vet […]
Directed by: Christopher Nolan Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Rival magicians Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) will stop at nothing to not only outdo but destroy one another. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): Looking for the secrets behind one of Alfred’s tricks […]
Directed by: Osamu Tezuka Synopsis: This clever animated short from manga and anime master Osamu Tezuka shows the perspective of someone jumping all around the world. Cartoon Cat: At one point the jumper lands on an island with a light house. This startles a black cat and leaves two men who are fishing stunned. Final […]
Directed by: Edward Sedgwick This review contains a very slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: Cecilia Moore (Rosina Lawrence) is a small-town girl who longs for Hollywood fame and her admirer Joe Jenkins (Jack Haley) is determined to make her dreams come […]
Directed by: Harry Lachman Synopsis: Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) boards a treasure hunting ship looking for his number two son but finds murder instead. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): After Charlie boards the ship he meets Miss Nodbury (Ethel Griffies), the elderly woman who has arranged the expedition. As they are talking they hear something break […]
Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Former smuggler Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) is pulled back into the business to protect his brother from angry drug runners. Cat Cattle Call: Chris calls on a contact in Panama City named Edwin (Viktor Hernandez) to […]
English Title: Midaq Alley Directed by: Jorge Fons Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The lives and complicated relationships of the people living on Callejón de los Milagros in Mexico City. Kitty Cameo: A bookseller named Ubaldo (Óscar Yoldi) owns a white and gray kitten which […]
Directed by: Curtis Bernhardt Synopsis: Dr. Michael Corday (Glenn Ford) learns compassion when he falls in love with one of his patients named Evelyn (Janet Leigh). Purr Blur: In one scene Dr. Corday is walking to a tenement building in Spanish Harlem to see a young boy who’s throat is closed up. As the doctor […]
Original Air Date: December 31, 1969 Directed by: Robert M. Leeds Synopsis: The Clampetts again visit Hooterville in this crossover episode with the series Petticoat Junction. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): When Granny (Irene Dunne), Jed (Buddy Ebsen) and Elly May (Donna Douglas) arrive in Hooterville they stop at Sam Drucker’s (Frank Cady) General Store. There […]
Also Known As: The Wonderful World of Those Cuckoo Crazy Animals; also Paws, Claws & Jaws Directed by: Paul M. Heller, Alan Myerson, Fred Weintraub Synopsis: A compilation of old movie clips focused on animal actors. Featured Felines: The opening title card for the film shows one cat actor, most likely a drawing of Orangey […]