Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)

Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)

by Mark Murton Original French Title: CĂ©line et Julie vont en bateau: Phantom Ladies Over Paris Directed by: Jacques Rivette Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Julie (Dominique Labourier), a daydreaming librarian, meets magician Celine (Juliet Berto) in Montmartre and they wind up sharing the same […]

House of Gucci (2021)

House of Gucci (2021)

Directed by: Ridley Scott Synopsis: The famous fashion house of Gucci starts to come apart when Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver) marries Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) and her ruthless ambition causes family members to turn on one another. Purr Blurs: Patrizia forms a friendship with a psychic named Pina Auriemma (Selma Hayek). Pina owns several cats, […]

Klondike Kate (1943)

Klondike Kate (1943)

by Brian H. and Linda Kay Directed by: William Castle Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Kathleen “Kate” O’Day (Ann Savage) arrives in 1890’s Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush with a deed from her deceased father to a saloon owned by Jefferson Braddock (Tom Neal). […]

Dominick and Eugene (1988)

Dominick and Eugene (1988)

Directed by: Robert M. Young Synopsis: Eugene (Ray Liotta) is studying to become a doctor but feels torn between his studies and his need to care for his younger, slower brother Dominick (Tom Hulce). Purr Blur: After witnessing a horrible event and being threatened not to tell, Dominick runs down a long flight of stairs. […]

The Bad Seed (1985)

The Bad Seed (1985)

by Mark Murton Directed by: Paul Wendkos Synopsis: Nine-year-old Rachel Penmark (Carrie Wells) seems to be the perfect child, that is until she is crossed or doesn’t get her own way in this made-for-TV remake of the classic play. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): In a pre-titles prologue an old woman, Mrs. Post (Eve Smith), puts […]

Christmas Eve (1986)

Christmas Eve (1986)

Directed by: Stuart Cooper Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Amanda Kingsley (Loretta Young) is a wealthy, charitable older woman who finds out she has an incurable aneurism and hires a detective to track down and reunite her grown children. Cat Cattle Call: Amanda likes to go […]

Call the Midwife – “Christmas Special”

Call the Midwife – “Christmas Special”

Original Air Date: December 30, 2012 Directed by: Philippa Lowthorpe Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: With Christmas approaching, Chummy (Miranda Hart) is fretting over the Christmas pageant while Jenny Lee (Jessica Raine) tries to help a mentally lost elderly woman named Mrs. Jenkins (Sheila Reid). Kitty […]

Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

Directed by: Olivia Newman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the book by Delia Owens. Kya Clark (Daisy Edgar-Jones), a reclusive girl living alone in a North Carolina marshland, faces those who have ostracized her when she is accused of murder. Cat Burglar (Scene […]

The Secret Place (1957)

The Secret Place (1957)

by Brian H Directed by: Clive Donner Synopsis: Freddie Haywood (Michael Brooke) is a pre-teen boy living in a poor district of London. He has a crush on the pretty girl Molly Wilson (Belinda Lee) who runs a small store. Molly’s boyfriend Gerry Carter (Ronald Lewis), a member of a gang, steals some jewels and […]

When the Wind Blows (1986)

When the Wind Blows (1986)

Directed by: Jimmy T. Murakami Synopsis: Based on the book by Raymond Briggs. Hilda (voiced by Peggy Ashcroft) and Jim Bloggs (voiced by John Mills) are an older couple who attempt to prepare for the onset of a nuclear war and then face the consequences after it starts. Cartoon Cat: In one scene Hilda is […]