The End (1978)

The End (1978)

Directed by: Burt Reynolds Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Sonny Lawson (Burt Reynolds) finds out he has a rare blood disease and is going to die, causing him to contemplate suicide. Cat Cattle Call: Sonny is married but is seeing a girl named Mary Ellen […]

Home Alone 3 (1997)

Home Alone 3 (1997)

Directed by: Raja Gosnell Synopsis: A boy named Alex (Alex D. Linz) fights off international spies searching his neighborhood for a top-secret microchip. Kitty Cameos: Alex spies on the neighbors with a telescope. At one point he lets his pet rat Doris have a look through the lens. She sees a large ginger tabby cat […]

Mission: Impossible – “Orpheus”

Mission: Impossible – “Orpheus”

Original Air Date: March 1, 1970 Directed by: Gerald Mayer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: The team set out to stop a noted assassin before his next murder by getting his identity from the man’s only known contact. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): That contact is named […]

City Girl (1930)

City Girl (1930)

Directed by: F.W. Murnau Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Lem (Charles Farrell) goes to Chicago to sell his father’s wheat and comes back with a city girl named Kate (Mary Duncan) as his wife. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): When Lem and Kate return to the […]

Armed and Dangerous (1986)

Armed and Dangerous (1986)

Directed by: Mark L. Lester Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: Frank (John Candy) is a fired cop who teams up with a former defense lawyer named Norman (Eugene Levy) to work as security guards, only to find corruption all around them. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): […]

The Cat Who Drank and Used Too Much (1987)

The Cat Who Drank and Used Too Much (1987)

Also Known As: Pat the Cat Directed by: Timothy Armstrong Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Pat the cat struggles with substance addiction. Featured Feline: According to the narrator, actress Julie Harris, Pat is a brown tabby cat who lives down the street and is different. […]

Over-Exposed (1956)

Over-Exposed (1956)

Starring: Orangey (aka Minerva) Directed by: Lewis Seiler Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Lila Crane (Cleo Moore) is a former dance club girl turned successful photographer who has everything until she risks it all on blackmail. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): In the beginning of the […]

52 Pick-Up (1986)

52 Pick-Up (1986)

Directed by: John Frankenheimer Synopsis: Harry Mitchell (Roy Scheider) gets caught having an affair by blackmailers who become increasingly ruthless, even threatening his wife Barbara (Ann-Margret). Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Barbara has a beautiful bicolor tabby cat whom she only refers to as “Sweetheart” while giving her food in an early scene. The cat is […]

Kitten Goes for a Ride on a Horse (1936)

Kitten Goes for a Ride on a Horse (1936)

British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage shows a kitten riding in a basket on a horse. Reality Cat: There is no real explanation of exactly why the kitten is riding in the basket, but the narrator says the kitten and horse are friends. The kitten’s basket is placed on the other side of the horse’s blinder, […]

Underworld Informers (1963)

Underworld Informers (1963)

Original Title: The Informers Directed by: Ken Annakin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Chief Inspector Johnnoe (Nigel Patrick) prefers using “snouts” (aka informers) to track down criminals but when one turns up dead his methods are called into question. Purr Blurs: Johnnoe is on the […]