English Title: Shoot the Piano Player Directed by: François Truffaut Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Piano player Charlie Kohler (Charles Aznavour) is hiding from his past when his criminal brother shows up asking for help. Purr Blur: In one scene two criminals, Ernest (Daniel Boulanger) […]
Category Archives: Crime
Saint Jack (1979)
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Jack Flowers (Ben Gazzara) is an American expatriate building a business of prostitution in Singapore, much to the annoyance of local hoods. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): In what appears to be an impromptu and possibly unscripted […]
Hustlers (2019)
Directed by: Lorene Scafaria Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of exotic dancers decide to turn the tables on their high end Wall Street clientele. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): One of the dancers named Annabelle (Lili Reinhart) is seen at home a couple of […]
Stuber (2019)
Directed by: Michael Dowse This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Detective Vic Manning (Dave Bautista) enlists the aid of Uber driver Stu (Kumail Nanjiani) when he sets out to catch the man who killed his partner. Kitty Cameo […]
Hana-bi (1997)
English Title: Fireworks Directed by: Takeshi Kitano Synopsis: Police detective Yoshitaka Nishi (Takeshi Kitano) leaves the force to care for his terminally ill wife (Kayoko Kishimoto) after a series of life-shattering events. Kitty Cameos: Nishi and his wife visit a temple late in the film. One shot shows several temple cats sitting together. Later a […]
The Cotton Club (1984)
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola Synopsis: The lives and trials of several people, including Dixie Dwyer (Richard Gere), based around the famed 1920’s and 30’s Harlem nightclub The Cotton Club. Kitty Cameo: Early in the film Dixie goes home to visit his mother (Gwen Verdon) and his brother Vincent (Nicolas Cage) and sister Patsy (Jennifer […]
Cry of the City (1948)
Directed by: Robert Siodmak Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Police Lt. Candella (Victor Mature) is torn when the oldest son of a family he has befriended kills a policeman then needs his help. Kitty Cameo: Late in the film a nurse named Frances Pruett (Betty […]
The Iceman (2012)
Directed by: Ariel Vromen Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a pretty big spoiler for this film! Synopsis: The story of Richard Kuklinski (Michael Shannon), a cold-blooded mob killer known as “The Iceman.” Kitty Cameo: Near the end of the film, Kuklinski is preparing what appears to be egg salad sandwiches in […]
Borsalino (1970)
Directed by: Jacques Deray This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: François Capella (Jean-Paul Belmondo) and Roch Siffredi (Alain Delon) are two small time hoods in 1930’s Marseille who decide to team up to take down the big gangsters. Cat […]
Spies in Disguise (2019)
Directed by: Nick Bruno, Troy Quane Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Master spy Lance Sterling (voiced by Will Smith) likes to operate alone but finds himself having to work with a nerdy tech named Walter (voiced by Tom Holland). Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): From a […]