English Title: Fireworks Directed by: Takeshi Kitano Synopsis: Police detective Yoshitaka Nishi (Takeshi Kitano) leaves the force to care for his terminally ill wife (Kayoko Kishimoto) after a series of life-shattering events. Kitty Cameos: Nishi and his wife visit a temple late in the film. One shot shows several temple cats sitting together. Later a […]
Directed by: Tim Hunter Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of high school students are eerily unaffected when they learn one of their friends, John (Daniel Roebuck) has killed a classmate. Kitty Cameo: John’s friend Layne (Crispin Glover) hides John at the house of an […]
Directed by: Robert Siodmak Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Police Lt. Candella (Victor Mature) is torn when the oldest son of a family he has befriended kills a policeman then needs his help. Kitty Cameo: Late in the film a nurse named Frances Pruett (Betty […]
English Title: Burnt by the Sun Directed by: Nikita Mikhalkov Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Comdiv Sergei Petrovich Kotov (Nikita Mikhalkov) is a hero of the Red Army who is living in an artist’s community with his family during Stalin’s Great Purge. Kitty Cameo: Near […]
Directed by: Ariel Vromen Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a pretty big spoiler for this film! Synopsis: The story of Richard Kuklinski (Michael Shannon), a cold-blooded mob killer known as “The Iceman.” Kitty Cameo: Near the end of the film, Kuklinski is preparing what appears to be egg salad sandwiches in […]
Directed by: Akira Kurosawa This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Retired University Professor Hyakken Uchida (Tatsuo Matsumura) continues to garner the respect of his students with his positive attitude during and after World War II. Featured Felines: After […]
Directed by: Tom Ford Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: English professor George Falconer (Colin Firth) finds his life in 1960’s Los Angeles difficult to bear after the loss of his love. Purr Blur: George lives next door to a typical but annoying nuclear family. As […]
Original Air Date: March 15, 2020 Starring: Bear Directed by: Meera Menon Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Jamie (Sam Heughan) finds himself in a worsening situation between using his militia to carry out Governor Tryon’s orders and protecting his friends in the Regulators. Cat Burglar (Scene […]
Directed by: Edwin L. Marin Synopsis: Joan Kenwood (Jane Russell) is a World War II widow trying to adjust to life without the love of her life. Kitty Cameos: Joan returns to the family farm where she and her husband were happy. Before she arrives, Aunt Cissie (Connie Gilchrist) awakens Aunt Emeline (Cora Witherspoon) to […]
English Title: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Synopsis: Petra von Kant (Margit Carstensen) is a self-involved fashion designer who falls for a young model named Karin (Hanna Schygulla) and deals with the emotional ramifications of that affair. Kitty Cameos: At the beginning of the film a black cat […]