by Mark Murton Director: Anthony Kimmins Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: George Gullip (George Formby) has won a lot of money at the races but he’s paid with counterfeit money so he sets about tracking down the criminals himself. Kitty Cameo: In the opening scene […]
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I, Monster (1971)
by Mark Murton Starring: Little Cat Directed by: Stephen Weeks This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film. Synopsis: In this reworking of Jekyll and Hyde, Victorian psychologist Charles Marlowe (Christopher Lee) invents a drug which will release his patients’ inhibitions. Using […]
Rumpole of the Bailey – “Rumpole and the Alternative Society”
by Ted Davis Original Air Date: April 10, 1978 Directed by: Herbert Wise Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Acerbic and aging, beleaguered Wordsworth-spouting barrister Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) travels from London to the Western Circuit in order to defend free-spirit Kathy (Jane Asher) on a cannabis-related […]
The Uncanny (1977)
Starring: Ashley, Sugar, Wellington Directed by: Denis Héroux This review contains a couple of Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Author Wilbur Gray (Peter Cushing) tries to convince publisher Frank Richards (Ray Milland) to consider his book of terrifying cat stories which he […]
The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
Directed by: Richard Quine Synopsis: Laura Partridge (Judy Holliday) takes her small amount of shares in a big corporation very seriously and soon uncovers corruption which she tries to fight. Purr Blur: Near the end of the film, Laura and her champion Edward (Paul Douglas) enter her apartment after their court date. A black and […]
John and Julie (1955)
by Mark Murton Director: William Fairchild Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Two Dorset children, John (Colin Gibson) and Julie (Lesley Dudley), run away to London determined to witness the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Once in London the children get separated […]
The French Dispatch (2021)
Directed by: Wes Anderson Synopsis: A collection of stories are presented taken from a publication called The French Dispatch, a magazine started by a American midwestern editor living in the French town of Ennui-sur-Blasé. Purr Blur: Near the beginning of the film a waiter is carrying a tray full of various items up to the […]
Scream Time (1983)
by Mark Murton Directors: Michael Armstrong and Stanley A. Long Synopsis: This horror anthology film comprises three tales. The second of which, Dreamhouse, is of interest to us and concerns a young married couple who move into a new house where the wife begins to see grisly visions of a murder that seems to have […]
It’s the Cat’s (1926)
Directed by: Dave and Max Fleischer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of neighborhood kittens attend a theatrical show put on by Ko-ko the Clown and Fitz in this short from the Out of the Inkwell series. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): Ko-ko and Fitz […]
Contagious (1997)
Directed by: Joe Napolitano Synopsis: An outbreak of cholera has medical professionals scrambling to prevent an epidemic in this made-for-TV movie. Purr Blurs: In one scene a limousine carrying a drug kingpin and his underlings is driving down a rural road. A brown tabby cat and a tuxedo cat are walking along the side of […]