Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Sara Crewe (Liesel Matthews) is a young girl whose life goes from riches to rags when her father is presumed dead fighting in World War I leaving her at the mercy of a sadistic boarding school […]
Original Air Date: February 6, 2000 Directed by: Tim Van Patten Synopsis: Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) travels to Italy and meets a beautiful mob boss named Annalisa (Sofia Milos). Purr Blur: There is a party at Annalisa’s home. Tony is sitting on a step playing with a small dog. A white cat with black markings […]
Directed by: Victor M. Gover Synopsis: A remake of the even shorter 1939 film is a morality tale against vivisection as a boy’s family dog almost accidentally ends up being one of his father’s test subjects. Kitty Cameo: Near the beginning of the film a woman in a lab coat is seen carrying an adorable […]
English Title: Dark Habits Directed by: Pedro Almodóvar Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A singer named Yolanda (Cristina S. Pascual) seeks refuge in a Spanish convent filled with very unconventional nuns. Kitty Cameo: At the beginning of the film Yolanda visits her lover Jorge (Willmore). […]
Directed by: Josef von Sternberg Synopsis: Based on the novel by Theodore Dreiser. Clyde Griffiths (Phillips Holmes) is determined to become successful and improve his lot in life, even if it means doing the unthinkable. Purr Blur: In one scene Clyde is in a phone booth in a drug store talking to Roberta (Sylvia Sidney). […]
Directed by: Charles Crichton Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Teenager Joe Kirby (Harry Fowler) uncovers a code hidden in a comic book being used by a gang of thieves and encourages his pals to work together to stop them. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): The boys […]
English Title: 10 to 11 Directed by: Pelin Esmer Synopsis: An elderly hoarder named Mithat (Esmer) tries to preserve his “collection” with the help of his building’s concierge Ali (Nejat Isler). Purr Blur: Ali is walking down a street in one scene where a black cat is just barely visible by a building. At the […]
Directed by: David Jones Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Aspiring New York author Helene Hanff (Anne Bancroft) strikes up a friendship by mail with Frank Doel (Anthony Hopkins), a British bookseller. Kitty Cameo: In appreciate for the book shop’s efforts to find British tomes for […]
English Title: Diamonds of the Night Directed by: Jan Nemec Synopsis: A dream-like film in which two Jewish boys (Ladislav Jánsky and Antonín Kumbera) escape from their World War II German captors into the woods. Kitty Cameos: Throughout the film, flashbacks of the boys’ lives are shown as memories or dreams, or perhaps even fantasies. […]
Directed by: Edwin L. Marin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Hank Sherman (Robert Young) is a law student who is determined to bring down a group of racketeers. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): After landing a job as a chauffer, Hank falls for the boss’s secretary […]