Can You Imagine? (1936)

Can You Imagine? (1936)

Synopsis: A Vitaphone short featuring oddities from across the United States. Kitty Cameo: One segment begins with a boy named Dickie McCollin of Salt Lake City holding a longhair tabby kitten in front of his face. This segues into a picture of a young lion named Rex. The boy, the son of lion tamer Ralph […]

The Mentalist – “Red Sky in the Morning”

The Mentalist – “Red Sky in the Morning”

Original Air Date: May 20, 2010 Directed by: Chris Long Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Patrick (Simon Baker) resents Kristina’s (Leslie Hope) involvement when a Red John style murder takes place. Cat Cattle Call: A lead sends Rigsby (Owain Yeoman) and Cho (Tim Kang) looking for […]

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975)

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975)

Directed by: Dick Richards Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Driving instructor Rafferty (Alan Arkin) gets tangled up with two eccentric drifters, Frisbee (Mackenzie Phillips) and Mac (Sally Kellerman), after they kidnap him at gunpoint. Kitty Cameo: Despite their strained beginnings, Rafferty befriends the girls and […]

The Love Punch (2013)

The Love Punch (2013)

Directed by: Joel Hopkins Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Kate (Emma Thompson) and Richard (Pierce Brosnan) are a divorced couple who reunite for a crazy heist scheme to recoup their pension money stolen by a company takeover. Cat Credit: An animated black cat is part […]

Mushrooms (1995)

Mushrooms (1995)

Directed by: Alan Madden Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Flo (Julia Blake) and Minnie (Lynette Curran) are elderly women who advertise for a border and end up with a deceased criminal and a policeman on his tail. They then resort to unique means to dispose […]

My Three Sons – “The Littlest Rebel”

My Three Sons – “The Littlest Rebel”

Original Air Date: November 1, 1969 Directed by: Frederick De Cordova Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Everyone is excited about Steve (Fred MacMurray) and Katie’s (Tina Cole) impending marriage, all except for Katie’s daughter Dodie (Dawn Lyn) who doesn’t want a new father. Cat Burglar (Scene […]

Call Me Kat – “Plus One”

Call Me Kat – “Plus One”

Original Air Date: January 3, 2021 Starring: Piper Directed by: Beth McCarthy-Miller Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Based on the British sitcom Miranda. After the death of her father, Kat (Mayim Bialik) opens a Cat CafĂ© which only befuddles her matchmaking mother Sheila (Swoosie Kurtz). Cat […]

The Man From Button Willow (1965)

The Man From Button Willow (1965)

Directed by: David Detiege Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Justin Eagle (voiced by Dale Robertson) is a ranch owner in the old west who doubles as a government agent on the trail of a kidnapped Senator. Cartoon Cats: As Eagle is riding into a foggy […]

The Crawling Hand (1963)

The Crawling Hand (1963)

Directed by: Herbert L. Strock This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The murderous disembodied arm of an infected astronaut is discovered by a teenager named Paul (Rod Lauren) who also becomes imbued with the urge to kill. Kitty Cameo: […]

Peer Gynt (1941)

Peer Gynt (1941)

Directed by: David Bradley Synopsis: A 16mm silent production of the Ibsen play about the ne’re-do-well anti-hero. Kitty Cameo: Peer Gynt (Charlton Heston in his film debut) visits his ailing mother (Betty Hanisee). She tells him she is dying but he doesn’t want to face reality. He tries to take her mind off dark things […]