Directed by: Bryan Singer This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Teenager Todd Bowden (Brad Renfro) suspects that a distant neighbor named Kurt Dussander (Ian McKellen) is a Nazi war criminal and blackmails the man into sharing stories of his […]
Original Air Date: December 14, 1993 Directed by: Eric Laneuville Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: It is Christmastime in the precinct which is dealing with the kidnapping of a doctor’s daughter, a woman and her son who claim to have been robbed and an impending children’s […]
Original Air Date: December 24, 2019 Directed by: Peter Rose Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox) takes a bad fall while trimming her tree. Featured Feline: Rita is cat-sitting Mrs. MacElroy’s ginger tabby Arthur over the holidays, keeping the cat at her place […]
Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Russian defector Alex Holbeck (Martin Sheen) is recruited by the CIA to infiltrate East Berlin. His mission: disrupt the Soviet’s Enigma code computer to prevent assassinations scheduled to take place on Christmas morning. Cat Burglar (Scene […]
Also Known As: Shop Spoiled Directed by: John Guillermin Synopsis: A day in the life of various women who work in a busy department store just before Christmas. Purr Blurs: Near the beginning of the film a tuxedo cat is seen in front of the staff hostel for the department store where many of the […]
Directed by: Germaine Dulac Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Museum director Pierre Guérande (Gabriel Signoret) suspects his young wife Denise (Andrée Brabant) of being unfaithful and plans drastic measures for himself. Purr Blur: Pierre follows Denise to an apartment where he sees Maurice Herbert (Jules […]
Directed by: Tom O’Horgan Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An adaptation of the play by Eugène Ionesco. Stanley (Gene Wilder) feels out of place in life and even more so when everyone around him begins to turn into rhinos. Kitty Cameo: The opening scene finds […]
Also Known As: Thérèse Raquin Directed by: Charlie Stratton Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on an Emile Zola novel. Thérèse (Elizabeth Olsen) is raised by her Aunt Madame Raquin (Jessica Lange) and roped into marrying her ailing Cousin Camille (Tom Felton). The loveless marriage […]
Directed by: Alfred L. Werker Synopsis: Based on a true story. Dr. Scott Carter (Mel Ferrer) and his family, fair skinned African Americans, deal with prejudice in a small New England town when their background is revealed. Purr Blurs: The Carter family owns a black cat which is only seen once walking at the top […]
Directed by: Zelda Barron Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Carson (Phoebe Cates) is about to get married so her girlfriends Melaina (Briget Fonda), Pudge (Annabeth Gish) and Luanne (Page Hannah) spirit her away to Myrtle Beach for a girls’ weekend. Kitty Cameo: Carson is trying […]