A Simple Favor (2018)

A Simple Favor (2018)

Directed by: Paul Feig Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kenrick) is a sweet, motherly blogger whose life changes radically when she comes up against the more worldly and mysterious mom named Emily (Blake Lively). Kitty Cameo: While investigating Emily’s life, Stephanie ends […]

Buta to gunkan (1961)

Buta to gunkan (1961)

English Title: Pigs and BattleshipsDirected by: Shôhei Imamura Synopsis: Kinta (Hiroyuki Nagato) is a young gang member who is put in charge of a pig farm for a small gang of Yakuza that is slowly imploding. Purr Blur: In one scene Kinta is walking home after losing at cards. A small white Japanese Bobtail cat […]

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

Directed by: Chas. F. Reisner Synopsis: William Canfield (Ernest Torrence), a tough steamboat captain, is disappointed when his son, William Canfield Jr. (Buster Keaton) arrives looking anything but manly. Kitty Cameo: Junior wants to sneak out to see his girl one night and is trying to get off the steamboat without being seen. He moves […]

The Cooler (2003)

The Cooler (2003)

Directed by: Wayne Kramer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) is a bona fide loser; so much so that he acts as a “cooler” in a Las Vegas casino to pay off his debts. But will love turn Bernie’s luck around? […]

The Horse’s Mouth (1958)

The Horse’s Mouth (1958)

Directed by: Ronald Neame Synopsis: Cantakerous artist Gulley Jimson (Alec Guiness) ruffles the feathers of those around him as he searches for the perfect wall for his as yet unrealized masterpiece. Kitty Cameo: In one scene, a dejected Gulley is sitting with his young admirer, Nosey (Mike Morgan), outside a dilapidated church. Nosey hears meowing […]

Bob – “Bob and Kaye and Jerry and Patty”

Bob – “Bob and Kaye and Jerry and Patty”

Original Air Date: January 22 1993Directed by: Michael Zinberg Synopsis: Bob (Newhart) and Kaye (Carlene Watkins) invite their friend Jerry (Tom Poston) and his wife Patty (Dorothy Lyman) over, despite their discomfort about recent events. Featured Feline: Otto the cat has another great appearance at the beginning of this episode. Bob and Kaye are seen […]

A Bird’s A Bird (1915)

A Bird’s A Bird (1915)

Directed by: Walter Wright Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Mr. Walrus (Chester Conklin) loses the money he was supposed to spend on a turkey for dinner with the in-laws and has to find a replacement. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): After Mrs. Walrus (Minta Durfee) stops […]

The Paleface (1948)

The Paleface (1948)

Paramount Pictures Starring: Bob Hope, Jane Russell Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod This review contains a very mild Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Calamity Jane (Jane Russell) is coerced by the government to find out who is smuggling arms to the Indians. In turn she […]

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)

Touchstone Pictures Starring: Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow Directed by: David Mirkin Synopsis: Romy (Mira Sorvino) and Michele (Lisa Kudrow) are two BFFs who face the prospect of going to their high school reunion. Kitty Cameo: A long-haired ginger tabby cat who is never named lives with the girls. While it isn’t made clear if the cat belongs to one […]

Modern Family – “Bringing Up Baby”

Original Air Date: September 26, 2012 Starring: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet Directed by: Steven Levitan Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Gloria (Sofía Vergara) surprises Jay (Ed O’Neill) on his birthday with some shocking news; Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) debate about getting a kitten for Lily […]