Pick a Star (1937)

Pick a Star (1937)

Directed by: Edward Sedgwick This review contains a very slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: Cecilia Moore (Rosina Lawrence) is a small-town girl who longs for Hollywood fame and her admirer Joe Jenkins (Jack Haley) is determined to make her dreams come […]

El Callejón de los Milagros (1995)

El Callejón de los Milagros (1995)

English Title: Midaq Alley Directed by: Jorge Fons Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The lives and complicated relationships of the people living on Callejón de los Milagros in Mexico City. Kitty Cameo: A bookseller named Ubaldo (Óscar Yoldi) owns a white and gray kitten which […]

The Beverly Hillbillies – “Buzz Bodine, Boy General”

The Beverly Hillbillies – “Buzz Bodine, Boy General”

Original Air Date: December 31, 1969 Directed by: Robert M. Leeds Synopsis: The Clampetts again visit Hooterville in this crossover episode with the series Petticoat Junction. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): When Granny (Irene Dunne), Jed (Buddy Ebsen) and Elly May (Donna Douglas) arrive in Hooterville they stop at Sam Drucker’s (Frank Cady) General Store. There […]

The Story of Us (2019)

The Story of Us (2019)

Directed by: Scott Smith Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Jamie (Maggie Lawson) owns the True Love Bookstore and Café which is in danger of being taken over by a development whose architect happens to be her first love Sawyer (Sam Page). Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): […]

The Savages (2007)

The Savages (2007)

Directed by: Tamara Jenkins Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Wendy (Laura Linney) and John Savage (Philip Seymour Hoffman) find themselves having to come together as siblings despite a troubled past to care for their ailing father Lenny (Philip Bosco). Featured Feline: Wendy owns a female […]

My Three Sons – “The Practical Shower”

My Three Sons – “The Practical Shower”

Original Air Date: October 1, 1964 Directed by: James V. Kern Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Mike (Tim Considine) and Sally (Meredith MacRae) have different views about shower gifts; Sally thinks the gift can cost a bit more if it reflects a romantic gesture while Mike […]

Quiet! Pleeze (1941)

Quiet! Pleeze (1941)

Directed by: Dave Fleischer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: Popeye finds Poopdeck Pappy sick (he is really suffering from a hangover) and does everything he can to make sure the old man gets some peace and quiet. Cartoon Cat: At the beginning of the short […]

Call a Cop! (1931)

Call a Cop! (1931)

Directed by: George Stevens Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Boy Friends Mickey (Mickey Daniels), Dave (David Sharpe) and Alabam (Grady Sutton) come running when their girlfriends Mary (Mary Kornman) and Gertie (Gertrude Messinger) think there is a burglar in their house. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): […]

Family (2018)

Family (2018)

Directed by: Laura Steinel Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Kate Stone (Taylor Schilling) is a workaholic who looks at her co-workers’ family relationships as weaknesses. That is until she is called upon to babysit her teenage niece Maddie (Bryn Vale). Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): Maddie […]

Shameless – “Own Your Sh*t”

Shameless – “Own Your Sh*t”

Original Air Date: October 30, 2016 Directed by: Christopher Chulack Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for several episodes! Synopsis: Frank (William H. Macy) learns the fate of the homeless shelter. Fiona (Emmy Rossum) decides to make a financial investment to help a neighborhood business. Cat Cattle Call: Fiona visits the […]