Monty Python’s Flying Circus – “The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom”

Monty Python’s Flying Circus – “The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom”

Original Air Date: December 28, 1969 Directed by: Ian MacNaughton This review contains an implied Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Another half-hour of zany sketches from Britain’s classic comedy team. Implied Kitty Carnage Warning: One segment features a series entitled “Real Interesting People” […]

River’s Edge (1986)

River’s Edge (1986)

Directed by: Tim Hunter Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of high school students are eerily unaffected when they learn one of their friends, John (Daniel Roebuck) has killed a classmate. Kitty Cameo: John’s friend Layne (Crispin Glover) hides John at the house of an […]

Bewitched – “It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dog”

Bewitched – “It Shouldn’t Happen to a Dog”

Original Air Date: October 1, 1964 Directed by: William Asher Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Darrin (Dick York) brings home a prospective client, Rex Barker (Jack Warden), for a dinner party. But when Barker gets fresh with Samantha (Elizabeth Montgomery) she turns him into a dog. […]

Uncle Jim’s Dairy Farm (1963)

Uncle Jim’s Dairy Farm (1963)

Synopsis: George and Betty visit their country cousins Andy and Jane on their uncle Jim’s dairy farm. Kitty Cameos: George and Betty learn all about the animals on the farm, including a tabby kitten who is drinking some milk. The girls play with two other tabby kittens. When they are called to dinner, the girls […]

Cry of the City (1948)

Cry of the City (1948)

Directed by: Robert Siodmak Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Police Lt. Candella (Victor Mature) is torn when the oldest son of a family he has befriended kills a policeman then needs his help. Kitty Cameo: Late in the film a nurse named Frances Pruett (Betty […]

Sitting Pretty (1948)

Sitting Pretty (1948)

Directed by: Walter Lang Synopsis: A suburban family is surprised when the live-in-babysitter they hire turns out to be the self-righteous and proper Mr. Belvedere (Clifton Webb). Purr Blurs: In one scene, Harry King (Robert Young), the father of the house, is pulling into his driveway. The camera pans along with the vehicle but Harry […]

Pets! A Canadian Cameo (1930)

Pets!  A Canadian Cameo (1930)

British Pathé Synopsis: Silent newsreel footage highlights Pet Day in Toronto, Canada, with a parade of animals and their owners. Reality Cats: Dogs are the focus of much of the newsreel segment, but a tabby cat dressed in knitted baby clothes apparently won first prize in the Toronto Humane Society Pet Parade. There is a […]

Itsy Bitsy (2019)

Itsy Bitsy (2019)

Directed by: Micah Gallo This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A private nurse named Kara (Elizabeth Roberts) moves into a house with her two children to care for a man with multiple sclerosis (Bruce Davison), unaware that an evil […]

Mâdadayo (1993)

Mâdadayo (1993)

Directed by: Akira Kurosawa This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Retired University Professor Hyakken Uchida (Tatsuo Matsumura) continues to garner the respect of his students with his positive attitude during and after World War II. Featured Felines: After […]

Young Widow (1946)

Young Widow (1946)

Directed by: Edwin L. Marin Synopsis: Joan Kenwood (Jane Russell) is a World War II widow trying to adjust to life without the love of her life. Kitty Cameos: Joan returns to the family farm where she and her husband were happy. Before she arrives, Aunt Cissie (Connie Gilchrist) awakens Aunt Emeline (Cora Witherspoon) to […]