by Ted Davis Original Air Date: April 10, 1978 Directed by: Herbert Wise Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Acerbic and aging, beleaguered Wordsworth-spouting barrister Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) travels from London to the Western Circuit in order to defend free-spirit Kathy (Jane Asher) on a cannabis-related […]
Music Artist: Starship Directed by: Francis Delia Synopsis: A music video for the Starship song includes modern sequences with actress Rebecca De Mornay as girlfriend Sara and flashback sequences of the dustbowl with a doomed mother also named Sara. Purr Blur: In the beginning of the video in the dustbowl segment, a man wearing a […]
Reuters / British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage of a collection of friendly pets in Berlin, Germany. Reality Cats: The pets of Mrs. Meier are seen sitting on a table with her as she makes a phone call. They include a tabby kitten, a parakeet and a puppy. The tabby kitten and a black kitten are […]
by Mark Murton Starring: Mirabel Director: Anthony Asquith Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains MAJOR spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A young American Air Force pilot, Gene Summers (Paul Massie), is recruited to take part in a secret UK government mission to eliminate Marcel Lafitte (Leslie French), a suspected traitor in the […]
Original Title: I quattro dell’Ave Maria Directed by: Giuseppe Colizzi Synopsis: Cacopoulos (Eli Wallach) manages to escape being hanged on a false charge then sets out to get revenge on those who wronged him. Purr Blur: During the opening credits a wagon rolls into a town. Several townspeople are going about their business, including an […]
by Mark Murton Original Air Date: January 24, 2020 Starring: Stuart Director: Martin Dennis This review contains a (comic) Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: This week, accident-prone amateur dramatics group the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society attempt a period romance; a tale of family, […]
by Ted Davis Original Air Dates: March 16, 1966 / March 17, 1966 Directed by: James Sheldon Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for these episodes! Synopsis: In this two-part episode, the malign and magnificent Catwoman (Julie Newmar) makes her first appearance on the series, and enacts a deliciously devious […]
Directed by: Rudolf Ising Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In this Happy Harmonies animated short, a group of mice take advantage of a female feline’s outdoor dalliance. Cartoon Cats: The short begins with a pretty orange and white female cat (we know this because she […]
by Mark Murton Director: Montgomery Tully Synopsis: Louie, a reformed forger (Mervyn Jones), is blackmailed by fugitive murderer (Zachary Scott) into resuming his criminal career. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): After arriving at Louie’s large country house where the counterfeit operation will take place, the two men are in the grounds discussing the plan. A tabby […]
There have been many movies involving cat attacks in which a subject finds themselves on the wrong side of flying fur and threatening claws. And there are have many movies about cats taking revenge on abusive or evil people. But The Uncanny stands alone as one of the most extensive examples of cat-centric revenge ever […]