Original Air Date: September 20, 2014 Directed by: Anna Foerster Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Claire (Caitriona Balfe) agrees to marry Jamie (Sam Heughan) in order to keep her safe from Black Jack Randall (Tobias Menzies). Kitty Cameo: Under the opening credits a dirty and ragged […]
Category Archives: HIstorical
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
Directed by: Michael Curtiz Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Depiction of the on-again, off-again relationship between Queen Elizabeth I (Bette Davis) and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex (Errol Flynn). Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): Near the end of the film Elizabeth announces Essex a traitor […]
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 […]
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 […]
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Directed by: Charles Frend Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: British explorer Robert Falcon Scott’s sets out to lead a 1912 expedition to reach the South Pole. Kitty Cameo: As was often the case in real life, the ship carried a black cat mascot along on […]
Madame Sans Gêne (1961)
Directed by: Christian-Jaque This review contains a very mild Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Catherine Hubscher (Sophia Loren) is a laundress whose energy and spirit have a direct impact on those fighting in the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, including The […]