Original Air Date: April 28, 2013 Directed by: David Paymer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Patrick (Simon Baker) helps LaRoche (Pruitt Taylor Vince) recover a stolen Tupperware container which contains a dark secret. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Teresa (Robin Tunney) and Kimball (Tim Chang) interview Joanne […]
Category Archives: Crime
Midsomer Murders – “Hidden Depths”
Original Air Date: March 13, 2005 Directed by: Sarah Hellings Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: DCI Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) investigates the questionable suicide of a troubled solicitor who either fell or jumped from the roof of his home. Purr Blur: One character, Otto Benham (Oliver […]
Charlie’s Angels – “To Kill an Angel”
Original Air Date: November 10, 1976 Directed by: Phil Bondelli Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Kelly (Jaclyn Smith) is accidentally shot by an autistic boy named Skip (Dennis Dimster) who runs away, not realizing that killers are after him as a witness to another crime. Cat […]
Hart to Hart – “With This Hart, I Thee Wed”
Original Air Date: October 12, 1982 Directed by: Burt Brinckerhoff Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Jennifer (Stephanie Powers) is thrilled to host her Aunt Renee’s (Eva Gabor) wedding, that is until the groom drops dead after eating the poisoned cake. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Renee’s intended […]
Jungle Street (1960)
Also Known As: Jungle Street Girls Directed by: Charles Saunders Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: After accidentally killing a man during a robbery, Terry Collins (David McCallum) resorts to more desperate and violent means to avoid being apprehended. Kitty Cameos: During the robbery in which […]
The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
Directed by: James Whale Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Attorney Paul held (Frank Morgan) defends his friend, a doctor who has murdered his wife after finding her in the midst of an affair, then realizes he is in a potentially similar situation. Kitty Cameo: At […]
Peter Gunn – “Spell of Murder”
Original Air Date: January 11, 1960 Directed by: Lamont Johnson This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Jane Simpson (Cynthia Leighton) hires Peter Gunn to investigate the attempted murder of her husband Arnold Simpson (Malcolm Atterbury). Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): […]
Crime in the Streets (1956)
Directed by: Don Siegel Synopsis: A social worker (James Whitmore) tries to get through to hoodlum kids running amok in the streets. Purr Blur: Near the end of the film, Frankie (John Cassavetes), Angelo (Sal Mineo) and Lou (Mark Rydell) crouch in an alley in anxious anticipation of an impending event. After a moment of […]
Police Squad! – “Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood)”
Original Air Date: July 1, 1982 Directed by: Reza S. Badiyi Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Detective Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielson) goes undercover as a locksmith to bring down gangsters who are extorting money from local businesses. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The head of the crime […]
You Were Never Really Here (2017)
Directed by: Lynne Ramsay Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Joe (Joaquin Phoenix) is a traumatized war veteran who gets caught up in a complicated situation when asked to rescue the daughter of a politician from a sex ring. Kitty Cameo: After things go awry, Joe […]