Directed by: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the true story of Michael Alig (Macaulay Culkin), the force behind the New York Club Kid scene who was later convicted of murder. Cat Burglar […]
Category Archives: Drama
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Directed by: Norman Jewison Synopsis: The story of Tevye (Topol), a Jewish milkman with five daughters living in a small village in pre-Revolutionary Russia. Purr Blur: A student named Perchik (Paul Michael Glaser) comes to the village and Tevye offers the hungry young man a piece of cheese. Perchik finally accepts it as a cat […]
Peter’s Friends (1992)
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Ten years after graduation, five former college friends gather at the estate of Peter (Stephen Fry) where they reflect on past times and the changes their lives have undergone. Kitty Cameo: One of the former students, […]
Argo (2012)
Directed by: Ben Affleck Synopsis: CIA Agent Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) creates the scenario of a film crew scouting location in Iran to rescue six American embassy workers hiding during the 1979 hostage crisis. Purr Blur: As Mendez is being briefed on the six workers who managed to escape from the embassy, film footage is […]
Birdy (1984)
Starring: Hobbie Directed by: Alan Parker This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Returning from Vietnam after being injured, Al Columbato (Nicholas Cage) is summoned to a mental institution where his childhood friend, Birdy (Matthew Modine) is suffering from PTSD […]
Russian Doll – “Nothing in This World is Easy”
Original Air Date: February 1, 2019 Starring: Louie Directed by: Leslye Headland Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Nadia Vulvokov (Natasha Lyonne) finds herself dying repeatedly on the night of her 36th birthday. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): During the show Nadia talks about how her cat Oatmeal […]
Der müde Tod (1921)
English Title: Destiny Directed by: Fritz Lang Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A young woman (Lil Dagover) confronts Death (Bernhard Goetzke) when he takes her love away. Kitty Cameos: The couple stop at an inn when when the woman goes into the kitchen. She spots […]
Ghosts Can’t Do It (1989)
Directed by: John Derek Synopsis: An elderly man named Scott (Anthony Quinn) dies and as a ghost encourages his young wife Katie (Bo Derek) to continue his business dealings and commit a murder. Kitty Cameo: After Scott’s funeral, Katie is lying on her bed with a longhair Himalayan cat. She reacts when Scott starts talking […]
Beginners (2010)
Directed by: Mike Mills Synopsis: Oliver (Ewan McGregor) is an artist coming to grips with his father Hal’s (Christopher Plummer) terminal cancer and newly expressed homosexuality. Purr Blurs: Vintage photographs are used to show the various eras important to the story. For one of the 1955 examples of pets, a black and white photograph of […]
Murder, She Wrote – “The Perfect Foil”
Original Air Date: April 13, 1986 Directed by: Walter Grauman Synopsis: Jessica (Angela Lansbury) comes to the aid of her distant cousin Calhoun Fletcher (Peter Bonerz) when he is accused of murder. Kitty Cameo: At the beginning of the episode Jessica receives a phone call from her Aunt Mildred (Penny Singleton) who is calling to […]