Marriage Story (2019)

Marriage Story (2019)

Directed by: Noah Baumbach Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Married couple Charlie (Adam Driver) and Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) come to the point where divorce is their destiny and so they struggle with the emotional and legal ramifications of that experience. Kitty Cameo: Charlie seeks a […]

Boccaccio ’70 (1962)

Boccaccio ’70 (1962)

Directed by: Vittorio De Sica, Federico Fellini, Mario Monicelli, Luchino Visconti This review contains a mild Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A collection of four short films inspired by Boccaccio’s novellas center on the varied relationships between males and females. Cat Burglars […]

Juno and the Paycock (1930)

Juno and the Paycock (1930)

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The Boyle family come into a large inheritance which makes them lose sight of what’s really important. Purr Blur: The setting for the film is 1922 Ireland at the time of the Irish Civil War. At the […]

The Holly and the Ivy (1952)

The Holly and the Ivy (1952)

Directed by: George More O’Ferrall Synopsis: An English minister and his family reunite for Christmas, bringing out warmth, secrets and honesty. Kitty Cameo: In the beginning of the film, Aunt Bridget (Maureen Delaney) is telling her neighbor that she won’t go on holiday because she doesn’t want to leave her black cat Blossom. The neighbor […]

The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

Starring: GeorgeDirected by: Bharat Nalluri This review contains a mild Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The story of how author Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) came to create his classic tale A Christmas Carol. Kitty Cameo: In need of money to publish the […]

Funny People (2009)

Funny People (2009)

Directed by: Judd Apatow Synopsis: Comedian George Simmons (Adam Sandler) learns he is dying and takes a struggling comedian named Ira (Seth Rogen) under his wing. Kitty Cameos: Ira is watching a video made by another comedian named Leo Koenig (Jonah Hill) which features footage of kittens and Leo acting like a cat. Ira is […]

Glorious 39 (2009)

Glorious 39 (2009)

Directed by: Stephen Poliakoff This review contains some severe Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Anne Keyes (Romola Garai) is the adopted daughter of a political family who finds herself caught up in intrigue she struggles to understand. Featured Felines: The prestigious Keyes […]

The Sea Hawk (1924)

The Sea Hawk (1924)

Directed by: Frank Lloyd Synopsis: Sir Oliver Tressilian (Milton Sills) finds himself betrayed by his brother and sold into slavery but rallies back to return to the one he loves. Kitty Cameo: In Algiers, a harem wife named Fenzileh (Medea Radzina) plots with her son Marsak (William Collier Jr.) to keep her husband from buying […]

The Messenger (2009)

The Messenger (2009)

Directed by: Oren Moverman Synopsis: After being injured while serving in Iraq, Staff Sergeant Will Montgomery (Ben Foster) is assigned to the Casualty Notification Team with Captain Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson). Purr Blur: In one scene the men are driving into a driveway. A gray tuxedo cat can be seen running in the headlights. The […]

The Take (1974)

The Take (1974)

Directed by: Robert Hartford-Davis Synopsis: Police detective Terry Sneed (Billy Dee Williams) is recruited by a New Mexico law enforcement agency to rid the city of corruption. But who are really the corrupt ones? Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Late in the film Sneed goes into a bar to carry out some business. The bartender is […]