Original Air Date: October 21, 1978 Directed by: Christopher Barry This review contains a Kitty Carnage (and Kitty Causing Carnage) Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: James Herriot (Christopher Timothy) tries to treat an unruly patient then finds himself surrounded by controversy as the acting vet […]
English Title: Midaq Alley Directed by: Jorge Fons Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The lives and complicated relationships of the people living on Callejón de los Milagros in Mexico City. Kitty Cameo: A bookseller named Ubaldo (Óscar Yoldi) owns a white and gray kitten which […]
Directed by: Alberto Cavalcanti Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Aspiring writer Christopher Drew (Stephen Murray) explores the seedier side of life and gets in over his head when he witnesses a murder. Purr Blur: In one scene Frankie Ketchen (Rosalyn Boulter) and Christopher Drew are […]
English Title: Easy Money Directed by: Daniél Espinosa Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Economics college student JW (Joel Kinnaman) gets caught up in a drug running scheme which seems ideal at first but quickly spirals out of control. Purr Blur: When JW is introduced to […]
English Title: The Unvanquished Also Known As: Have I the Right to Kill? Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Thomas Vlassenroot (Alain Delon) deserts the French Foreign Legion in Algiers and gets caught up in a terrorist kidnapping plot. Purr Blurs: As Thomas waits on the […]
Directed by: Ana Mariscal This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A boy, whose nickname is Mochuelo, or Owl (José Antonio Mejías), prepares to leave his small Spanish village for school in the big city, spending the last days of […]
English Translation: Kite from the End of the World Directed by: Roger Pigaut Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of children in Paris find a mysterious Chinese kite which leads them to adventure. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The beginning of the film finds the […]
English Title: The Little House in Kolomna Directed by: Pyotr Chardynin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on a poem by Alexander Pushkin. A young woman Parasha (Sofya Goslavskaya) lives with her widowed mother (Praskovya Maksimova) and comes up with a clever way to see […]
English Title: Mr. Stain on Junk Alley – “Binoculars” Original Air Date: 2003 Directed by: Ryuji Masuda Synopsis: One of a series of CGI short films about Mr. Stain, a man who lives in Junk Alley with an odd collection of characters. Cartoon Cats: In this episode, Mr. Stain has a pair of binoculars. He […]
Starring: Ginger and Garlic Directed by: Rishi Chandna Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A short subject documentary about a rooster living with the Bharde family in their Mumbai apartment. Featured Felines: The father of the family, Nusrat Bharde, explains how he bought a baby chick […]