Racing Lady (1937)

Racing Lady (1937)

Directed by: Wallace Fox Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Ruth Martin (Ann Dvorak) tries to help her father Tom (Harry Carey) raise a winning race horse and ends up being courted by a fellow horseman named Steve (Smith Ballew.) Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): Early in the […]

Hindle Wakes (1952)

Hindle Wakes (1952)

by Mark Murton Also Known As: Holiday Week Directed by: Arthur Crabtree Synopsis: During ‘wakes week’, a Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner’s son. Kitty Cameo: As the opening titles end the scene changes from a row of houses to a shot of the exterior of a single house where a […]

A Tale of Five Women (1951)

A Tale of Five Women (1951)

by Mark Murton Original Title: A Tale of Five Cities [UK] Directed by: Emil E. Reinert (Paris segment) Synopsis: An America-based Englishman, Bob Mitchell (Bonar Colleano), is injured in action during WWII and loses his memory. With no identification and because he talks like an American, he is repatriated to the States. All Bob can […]

American Honey (2016)

American Honey (2016)

by Mark Murton Directed by: Andrea Arnold Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Troubled 18-year-old Texan runaway Star (Sasha Lane) joins a travelling magazine sales crew and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she and the band […]

Love That Brute (1950)

Love That Brute (1950)

Directed by: Alexander Hall Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Chicago mobster Big Ed Hanley (Paul Douglas) falls for a pretty girl named Ruth (Jean Peters) and convinces her to care for his son, even though he has none. Kitty Cameo: Ed finds a kid to pose […]

Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

by Ted Davis Directed by: Max Ophuls Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: At the turn of 19th century Vienna, forlorn beauty Lisa Berndle (Joan Fontaine) writes a last long letter to full-time charming wastrel, part-time concert pianist Stefan Brand (Louis Jordan), documenting her overriding and […]

Benjamin (2018)

Benjamin (2018)

by Mark Murton Starring: Sydney and Dave Director: Simon Anstell Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film. Synopsis: Benjamin (Colin Morgan), a promising young film-maker, is thrown into emotional turmoil by a burgeoning romance with a French musician named Noah (Phénix Brossard) and the upcoming premiere of his […]

Fun Size (2012)

Fun Size (2012)

Directed by: Josh Schwartz This review contains a Cartoonish Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A teenaged girl named Wren (Victoria Justice) has her Halloween night turned upside-down when her younger brother Albert (Jackson Nicoll) goes missing. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): During the […]

The Demi-Paradise (1943)

The Demi-Paradise (1943)

by Ted Davis Also Known As: Adventure for Two Directed by: Anthony Asquith Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In 1939, earnest Russian engineer Ivan Kouznetsoff (Laurence Olivier) visits England to manufacture his revolutionary ice-breaker propeller, but his preconceived prejudices against the English people prove to […]

The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)

The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)

Directed by: Richard Quine Synopsis: Laura Partridge (Judy Holliday) takes her small amount of shares in a big corporation very seriously and soon uncovers corruption which she tries to fight. Purr Blur: Near the end of the film, Laura and her champion Edward (Paul Douglas) enter her apartment after their court date. A black and […]