Directed by: Joy Batchelor, John Halas Synopsis: A British animated short explaining the advantages of donating salvage during World War II. Cartoon Cat: The short begins inside a black cat’s mouth as it is yowling to the moon. The camera pulls back to reveal the cat’s face. The cat is sitting on a railing as […]
Directed by: Robert Aldrich Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: At the end of World War II, six German soldiers are employed to defuse undetonated Allied bombs in Berlin. Kitty Cameo: Eric Koertner (Jack Palance) is in the process of defusing a very dangerous bomb. He […]
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) is a troubled American girl who comes to stay with her British cousins on their farm when a massive war breaks out. Kitty Cameos: The farmhouse includes several cats seen in the first […]
Also Known As: Night Ambush Directed by: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Synopsis: Major Patrick Leigh Fermor (Dirk Bogarde) heads up a team of Crete rebels who plan to kidnap a German officer and smuggle him to Cairo. Purr Blur: When Fermor comes down from the hills to the town to set the plan in motion, […]
Directed by: Peter Antonijevic Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A Foreign Legion mercenary named Guy (Dennis Quaid) is hardened by a personal tragedy but begins to soften when confronted by the horrors of the war in Serbia. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Guy saves a pregnant […]
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino Synopsis: A group of Jewish-American guerrilla soldiers plot to murder Hitler at the same time a young Jewish refugee is planning a similar attack against the Nazis. Purr Blur: The leader of the soldiers, Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) is captured and taken from the theater in a truck. As the […]
Original Title: Coup de foudre Directed by: Diane Kurys Synopsis: The story of two women, Madeleine (Miou-Miou) and Lena (Isabelle Huppert), World War II survivors who find a strong attraction to one another despite their being married to husbands. Purr Blur: Near the end of the film, Lena is looking for Madeleine and finds her […]
Directed by: Peter Kassovitz Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Jakob (Robin Williams) is a restaurant owner in a ghetto during World War II who shares a radio report he’s heard about the Russian army advancing to keep up the hopes of his neighbors, leading to […]
Original Title: Léon Morin, prêtre Directed by: Jean-Pierre Melville Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In France during World War II, an atheist widow named Barny (Emmanuelle Riva) decides to test Father Léon Morin’s (Jean-Paul Belmondo) beliefs and finds herself drawn to the man and his […]
Directed by: Ben Affleck Synopsis: CIA Agent Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) creates the scenario of a film crew scouting location in Iran to rescue six American embassy workers hiding during the 1979 hostage crisis. Purr Blur: As Mendez is being briefed on the six workers who managed to escape from the embassy, film footage is […]