Directed by: Robert Wise Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: A dramatic retelling about the fiery explosion which destroyed the German airship The Hindenburg in Lakehurst, New Jersey, Kitty Cameo: In one scene a couple of FBI men pay a call to a suburban woman named […]
Original Title: Den goda viljan Directed by: Bille August Synopsis: Written by Ingmar Bergman, this film tells the story of his parents Henrik (Samuel Fröler) and Anna (Pernilla August). Purr Blur: In one scene the family gathers for a photo. One of the women has a tabby cat on her lap. Final Mewsings: Cats are […]
Starring: Topper Directed by: Jane Campion Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The story of the romance between poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish) Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The Brawne family own an adorable tuxedo cat named Topper. When Keats first visits […]
Directed by: Robert Pirosh Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The story of Japanese-American soldiers who fought in Europe during World War II. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): When we first meet the soldiers in their barracks, they are relaxing. Many are shooting dice, but one man […]
Directed by: Christian Carion Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The story of the truce between certain French, German and Scottish soldiers during World War I at Christmas. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): A ginger tabby cat, the resident of a nearby abandoned farm, appears several times […]
Original Air Date: October 30, 2005 Directed by: Jeremy Podeswa Synopsis: Cato (Karl Johnson) and Scipio (Paul Jesson) retreat to Utica as Caesar (Ciarán Hinds) returns to Rome. Purr Blur: As Cato and Scipio march into Utica with what remains of their army, a noisy black cat darts across their path. Final Mewsings: The cat […]
Directed by: Mike Leigh Synopsis: A film about the events leading up to and during the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in Manchester, England, when attendees of a pro-democracy rally were viciously attacked by British soldiers. Purr Blur: The residents take off from the mills on the day of the rally. As the owner walks around the […]
Directed by: John Fleet Synopsis: This documentary looks at the collaboration between British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and movie producer Alexander Korda. Reality Cat: Film footage includes an interview with Churchill’s secretary Sir John Peck who recalls an incident in which Churchill was in bed and commented on how a black cat lying there had […]
Directed by: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon This review contains an inferred Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A look at the race to commercialize the use of electricity throughout America by Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch), George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) and Nikola Tesla (Nicholas Hoult). Purr […]
Directed by: Margarethe von Trotta Synopsis: True life account of philosopher and writer Hannah Arendt (Barbara Sukowa) and the controversy surrounding her New Yorker articles covering the trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem. Purr Blur: Late in the film Hannah goes back to Jerusalem to visit her ailing friend Kurt Blumenfeld (Michael […]