Directed by: Atom Egoyan Synopsis: Tax auditor Francis Brown (Bruce Greenwood) regularly visits the Exotica strip club where he tries to escape his problems while watching dancer Christina (Mia Kirshner). Purr Blur: In the final shot of the film, which is a flashback, Francis is driving a teenage Christina home to her parents’ house. After […]
Category Archives: Short-Haired
Chernobyl – “1:23:45” and “The Happiness of All Mankind”
by Mark Murton Original Air Dates: May 6 and May 27, 2019 Starring: Tinkerbell Directed by: Johan Renck This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this series. Synopsis: On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Soviet Union suffered a […]
The Cuckoo Clock (1950)
Directed by: Tex Avery This review contains numerous Cartoonish Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A black and white cat is driven mad by the incessant noise of a cuckoo clock and sets out to kill the cuckoo with disastrous results. Cartoon Cat: At […]
A Man About The House (1947)
by Mark Murton Directed by: Leslie Arliss Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Two impecunious English spinster sisters, Agnes (Margaret Johnson) and Ellen (Dulcie Grey), unexpectedly inherit a villa in Naples. The villa’s handsome caretaker marries one of them but he is not what he seems. […]
Gone to Earth (1950)
by Ted Davis Alternative Version: The Wild Heart is a drastically different and inferior movie, with some scenes excised, and new ones concocted by David O’Selznick and Rouben Mamoulian, neither man at his best on this project. Directed by: Michael Powell Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! […]
Timber the Treasure Dog (2016)
by Mark Murton Directed by: Ari Novak Synopsis: 12-year-old Mikey (J D Hoppe) lives with his father and 16-year-old sister on a Montana ranch which is threatened with foreclosure. Hope arrives in the form of Mikey’s inheritance from his recently deceased grandfather, an Alaskan husky called Timber who holds a clue to the local legend […]
The Black Tulip (1964)
by Ted Davis Original Title: La Tulipe Noire Directed by: Christian-Jaque Synopsis: In the days before The French Revolution, aristocrat Guillaume de Saint Preux (Alain Delon) leads a dangerous double life, acting as one of the nobility, yet also donning mask and cape as the Black Tulip, the notorious scourge and plunderer of the entitled […]
Poltergeist II – The Other Side (1986)
by Mark Murton Directed by: Brian Gibson Synopsis: One year on from the events of the first film, the Freelings have relocated to Arizona but the spirits haven’t finished with Carol Anne (Heather O’Rourke) yet and the family are soon in danger again. Kitty Cameos: Soon after arriving at their new home the family go […]
Rich Bitch (2011)
Music Artist: Die Antwoord Directed by: Kobus Holnaaier, NINJA Synopsis: A music video for the Die Antwoord song about a woman who appaently finds wealth satisying. Kitty Cameo: In one quick shot a well-oiled man is holding a kitten. Because so much of the video is distinctly NSFW, we won’t embed it but if you’re […]
Kitten and Fox (1936)
British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows a kitten and a fox being filmed in various poses. Reality Cat: This segment really doesn’t explain why a kitten and a fox are being filmed together. We just see the pair on a table, with a top hat and with a basket. Final Mewsings: Could a kitten and […]