Original Air Date: January 11, 1960 Directed by: Lamont Johnson This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Jane Simpson (Cynthia Leighton) hires Peter Gunn to investigate the attempted murder of her husband Arnold Simpson (Malcolm Atterbury). Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): […]
Directed by: Jason Lethcoe Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An animated short set to the song That’s Love as sung by Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys. Cartoon Cats: A female kitty lies on her bed looking through romance magazines and wondering what is love. […]
Directed by: Stan Brakhage Synopsis: A silent experimental film in which footage of two men, two women and a gray cat are rapidly interspersed. Featured Feline: The cat, which is often seen out of focus, doesn’t do too much except sit around and occasionally be petted. The footage is interesting for its use of lighting, […]
Directed by: Joe Dante Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Ben (Ethan Hawke) is a young sci-fi fan who dreams of a computer blueprint which leads to adventures for himself and his friends Wolfgang (River Phoenix) and Darren (Jason Presson). Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Ben takes […]
Directed by: James W. Horne, Charles Rogers Synopsis: Stan (Laurel) and Ollie (Oliver Hardy) are gypsies who unknowingly raise a Count’s daughter as their own. Purr Blur: At the beginning of the film we see the gypsies in their camp. A child sitting on the ground grabs and hugs a black cat. Final Mewsings: Black […]
Also Known As: Night Ambush Directed by: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Synopsis: Major Patrick Leigh Fermor (Dirk Bogarde) heads up a team of Crete rebels who plan to kidnap a German officer and smuggle him to Cairo. Purr Blur: When Fermor comes down from the hills to the town to set the plan in motion, […]
Directed by: Enrico Casarosa Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Luca (Jacob Tremblay) is an underwater dweller who finds adventure when he rises to the surface, befriends a fellow “sea monster” named Alberto (voiced by Jack Dylan Grazer) and spends a summer in an Italian fishing […]
Directed by: Barry Levinson This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Simon Axler (Al Pacino) is an aging actor who suffers a breakdown brought on by encroaching dementia. After returning home from an institution, he begins an affair with a […]
Directed by: Julien Temple This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Set in London in the late 1950’s, this musical finds a photographer named Colin (Eddie O’Connell) trying to win the heart of fashion model Crepe Suzette (Patsy Kensit). Purr […]
Directed by: Peter Antonijevic Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A Foreign Legion mercenary named Guy (Dennis Quaid) is hardened by a personal tragedy but begins to soften when confronted by the horrors of the war in Serbia. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Guy saves a pregnant […]