Original Air Date: December 3, 1989 Directed by: Allen Reisner Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this episode! Synopsis: Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) narrates the story of Lt. Amos Ballinger (Barry Newman), a police detective assigned to teach a class in criminal investigation at a local university and whose […]
Also Known As: Thérèse Raquin Directed by: Charlie Stratton Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on an Emile Zola novel. Thérèse (Elizabeth Olsen) is raised by her Aunt Madame Raquin (Jessica Lange) and roped into marrying her ailing Cousin Camille (Tom Felton). The loveless marriage […]
Directed by: William A. Wellman Synopsis: Gangster Tom Powers (James Cagney) rises in power until his ruthless ways make him Public Enemy No. 1. Purr Blur: In one scene a man nicknamed Putty Nose (Murray Kinnell) exits a garage and walks down the sidewalk. A black cat crosses his path and the man pauses just […]
Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Former smuggler Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) is pulled back into the business to protect his brother from angry drug runners. Cat Cattle Call: Chris calls on a contact in Panama City named Edwin (Viktor Hernandez) to […]
English Title: Easy Money Directed by: Daniél Espinosa Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Economics college student JW (Joel Kinnaman) gets caught up in a drug running scheme which seems ideal at first but quickly spirals out of control. Purr Blur: When JW is introduced to […]
English Title: The Unvanquished Also Known As: Have I the Right to Kill? Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Thomas Vlassenroot (Alain Delon) deserts the French Foreign Legion in Algiers and gets caught up in a terrorist kidnapping plot. Purr Blurs: As Thomas waits on the […]
Starring: Ziva Directed by: Jon Watts Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Peter Parker (Tom Holland) returns home to his “normal” life after working with The Avengers and finds himself battling new villains with scary technology. Kitty Cameo: Peter visits the local bodega run by Mr. […]
Directed by: John Boulting Synopsis: A small-town hood named Pinkie Brown (Richard Attenborough) will do anything to cover up his murder of journalist Fred Hale (Alan Wheatley), including marrying a woman who is close to finding out the truth about him. Purr Blur: Early in the film Hale is running away from members of Pinkie’s […]
Directed by: Richard Fleischer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Tough police detective Mike Carter (Lawrence Tierney) quits his job to avoid being fired for insubordination and gets hired as a bodyguard to the owner of a meat packing plant whose life has been threatened. Kitty […]
Directed by: Millard Kaufman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: John Resko (Ben Gazarra) faces the death penalty for murder when his life is forever changed by art. Kitty Cameo: In one scene John is in the prison yard with fellow inmate Iggy (Ray Walston). Iggy […]