Glass Ceiling (1971)

Glass Ceiling (1971)

Original Title: El techo de cristal Directed by: Eloy de la Iglesia This review contains an Implied Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Marta (Carmen Sevilla), an attractive housewife living in a small rural apartment house on the outskirts of Madrid, spends most […]

Malibu Express (1985)

Malibu Express (1985)

by Mark Murton Starring: Yukon King Directed by: Andy Sidaris Synopsis: Wealthy playboy / private investigator Cody Abilene (Darby Hinton) is hired by government intelligence operative Contessa Luciana (Sybil Danning) to investigate a lead into who is selling computer technology to the Russians. Kitty Cameo: The longhair tuxedo cat appears (for all of 3 seconds) […]

Inspector Palmu’s Mistake (1963)

Inspector Palmu’s Mistake (1963)

by Mark Murton Original Finnish title: Komisario Palmun Erehdys Also Known As: Inspector Palmu’s Error Directed by: Matti Kassila This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: When infamous tycoon Bruno Rygseck (Jussi Jurkka) is found dead in his bath tub, […]

Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)

Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)

by Brian H. Also Known As: Souls for Sale; Evils of Chinatown Directed by: Albert Zugsmith Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Very loosely based on Thomas De Quincey’s 1821 novel Confessions of an English Opium-Eater. Gilbert de Quincey (Vincent Price), a fictional descendant of Thomas […]

Matlock – “Santa Claus”

Matlock – “Santa Claus”

by Ted Davis Original Air Date: December 9, 1986 Directed by: Daniel Haller Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Santa Claus in the person of down-on-his-luck Korea war veteran Tom McCabe (Pat Hingle) is arrested for murdering slimy slumlord Alan Rollins (Linden Chiles). Wily and folksy Ben […]

Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

Directed by: Olivia Newman Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the book by Delia Owens. Kya Clark (Daisy Edgar-Jones), a reclusive girl living alone in a North Carolina marshland, faces those who have ostracized her when she is accused of murder. Cat Burglar (Scene […]

The Missing Juror (1944)

The Missing Juror (1944)

by Mark Murton Directed by: Budd Boetticher Synopsis: The jurors of a celebrated murder case are being bumped off one by one. Reporter Joe Keats (Jim Bannon), who found the evidence that saved the man originally convicted of the crime from the hangman’s noose, returns to the case, attempting to warn the remaining six jurors […]

Death in Paradise – “A Dash Of Sunshine”

Death in Paradise – “A Dash Of Sunshine”

by Mark Murton Original Air Date: February 12, 2013 Directed by: Alrick Riley This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: When an English tourist, June Anderson (Kim Thomson), is found dead in a rented luxury villa strangled by her own scarf, […]

Wetherby (1985)

Wetherby (1985)

by Mark Murton Directed by: David Hare Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The shocking death of a young man at the home of schoolteacher Jean Travers (Vanessa Redgrave) causes her to revisit her past passions. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The day after the brutal event […]

The Name of the Rose (1986)

The Name of the Rose (1986)

Original Title: Der Name der Rose Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning for Scruffing! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Father William von Baskerville (Sean Connery) is a Franciscan monk who investigates a series of mysterious deaths in a secluded abbey, […]