by Mark Murton Directed by: David Hare Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The shocking death of a young man at the home of schoolteacher Jean Travers (Vanessa Redgrave) causes her to revisit her past passions. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The day after the brutal event […]
by Ted Davis Also Known As: Kean, ou Désordre et génie Directed by: Alexandre Volkoff Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In the England of the early 1800s, Edmund Kean (Ivan Mosjoukine) is widely praised as the country’s foremost Shakespearean actor, but his scandalous and turbulent […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Stanley Goulder Synopsis: Police desperately hunt for psychiatric hospital out-patient Simon Lacey (Roland Curram) who has been unwittingly handing out barbiturates to children as sweets. Purr Blur: As Inspector Duffy (Bernard Archard) and Sgt. Clark (Basil Beale) arrive at Lacey’s home to question his mother (Jean Anderson) as to his […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: John Llewellyn Moxey Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: On a camping trip to the California mountains, Steven Anders (Peter Graves) and his two teenage children are exploring a cave when they experience an earthquake. After emerging, they hear from a […]
by Mark Murton Original Air Date: February 27, 2022 Directed by: Stella Corradi This review contains a severe Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Eve (Sandra Oh) is on a mission to get revenge against the Twelve, and Villanelle (Jodie Comer), desperate to change, […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Lloyd Ingraham This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Young Ann (Mae Marsh) has lived in an orphanage since infancy. Unhappy and lonely, Ann is told by the orphanage cook during a palm reading that […]
Starring: Blackie Directed by: Michael Hoffman Synopsis: Playwright Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton) is worried that vicious Broadway critic Steven Schwimmer (Robert Downey Jr.) is going to tear apart his new work. More importantly, his beloved Red Sox are up against the Mets in game six of the World Series. Kitty Cameo: The eccentric Schwimmer lives […]
by Mark Murton Directed by: Richard Eyre Synopsis: At the time the Falklands war is dominating the British media, ambitious Journalist James Penfield (Jonathan Pryce) starts working on a book about the 1956 Suez Crisis while he also beginning a pursuit of TV reporter Susan Barrington (Charlie Dore). Purr Blur: In his pursuit of Susan, […]
by Ted Davis Directed by: Alan Crosland Synopsis: In 15th century France, Francois Villon (John Barrymore), renowned poet, vagabond, patriot and hero to the beggars and outcasts of Paris, is used as a pawn by the scuttling and superstitious Louis XI (Conrad Veidt), King of France, to rid his kingdom of the encroaching and rapacious […]
Starring: Black Tom Directed by: Raoul Walsh Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Ace fighter pilot Major Ed Hardin (Edmond O’Brien), finds himself promoted to the head of his group where he must reconcile his dislike for authority with the need to lead and protect his […]