Directed by: John Fleet Synopsis: This documentary looks at the collaboration between British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and movie producer Alexander Korda. Reality Cat: Film footage includes an interview with Churchill’s secretary Sir John Peck who recalls an incident in which Churchill was in bed and commented on how a black cat lying there had […]
English Title: Diamonds of the Night Directed by: Jan Nemec Synopsis: A dream-like film in which two Jewish boys (Ladislav Jánsky and Antonín Kumbera) escape from their World War II German captors into the woods. Kitty Cameos: Throughout the film, flashbacks of the boys’ lives are shown as memories or dreams, or perhaps even fantasies. […]
Directed by: Gottfried Reinhardt Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Two American airmen, Captain Hank Wilson (Robert Redford) and Sergeant Lucky Finder (Michael Connors), find themselves in German territory during World War II where a lonely air raid warden named Wilhelm Frick (Alec Guinness) offers them […]
Directed by: Robert Aldrich Synopsis: Reporter Mike Morrison (Robert Mitchum) is entrusted with getting vital information to the Greek resistance during World War II and finds himself the target of Nazis. Kitty Cameos: In one scene a character named Tassos (Theodore Bikel) is hurrying through the streets. Three cats are sitting by some steps and […]
Directed by: Clive Donner This review contains a severe Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Sir Robert Hunter (Peter O’Toole) makes an assassination attempt on Hitler and fails but manages to escape the Gestapo and return to England. But with the enemy still […]
Directed by: Ridley Scott Synopsis: A group of U.S. Army Rangers are dropped into the middle of Mogadishu to capture targets but end up stranded with few options for escape. Purr Blur: As one group makes its way through the city to a hopeful extraction spot a black cat is seen crossing the road. Final […]
Directed by: Peter Jackson Synopsis: Restored and speed-corrected, colored film footage brings to life the sacrifices made by the British soldiers who fought in World War I. Reality Cat: In one shot a group of soldiers are sitting, posing for the camera. One holds a little boy on his knee who is holding a white […]
Directed by: Mick Jackson This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The town of Sheffield, England, deals with the horrific aftermath of a nuclear attack in this British made-for-television film. Kitty Cameo: The main character, Ruth Beckett (Karen Meagher) pets […]
English Title: The Two of Us Directed by: Claude Berri Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A young Jewish boy named Claude (Alain Cohen) is sent to the French countryside to live with an older couple during the Nazi occupation of Paris. Kitty Cameo: In Paris, […]
Directed by: Alberto Cavalcanti Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Synopsis: A quaint English village finds itself occupied by Nazi soldiers as a means to springboard a U.K. invasion during World War II. Purr Blurs: At the beginning of the film a man is approached by […]