The Silly Little Mouse (1940)

The Silly Little Mouse (1940)

Original Title: Skazka O Glupom Myshonke Directed by: Mikhail Tsekhanovsky Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: This animated operetta, based on the poem by S. Marshak with music by Dmitri Shostakovich, finds a mouse child who cannot fall asleep to his mother’s, or any other animal […]

City Pets: Fun and Responsibility (1953)

City Pets: Fun and Responsibility (1953)

Synopsis: An educational film shows children about the care of pets living in the city. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The film focuses on a boy named Jimmy and his little dog Spot. On the way to the park, they pause at a pet store where we see many different animals but no cats. A boy […]

Gretel & Hansel (2020)

Gretel & Hansel (2020)

Starring: Blue, Donald Directed by: Osgood Perkins Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An updated version of the Grimms’ tale finds Gretel (Sophia Lillis) coming of age as she battles the reclusive witch (Alice Krige). Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): When Gretel and her little brother Hansel […]

I Am David (2003)

I Am David (2003)

Directed by: Paul Feig Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: David (Ben Tibber) is a young boy who escapes from a Bulgarian communist camp, stows away aboard a ship to Italy and then sets out on foot in an attempt to reach Denmark. Cat Burglar (Scene […]

Shanghai Surprise (1986)

Shanghai Surprise (1986)

Directed by: Jim Goddard Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Fortune hunter Glendon Wasey (Sean Penn) tries to help missionary worker Gloria Tatlock (Madonna) obtain opium for her patients but they come up against bad guys at every turn. Purr Blurs: This is one of the […]

Foxes (1980)

Foxes (1980)

Directed by: Adrian Lyne Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Four teenage girls seek independence, love and fun in the San Fernando Valley. Kitty Cameo: The girls are all sleeping over at Jeanie’s (Jodie Foster) house when the film begins. The radio alarm turns on and […]

Sex Education – “Episode 1.2”

Sex Education – “Episode 1.2”

Original Air Date: January 11, 2019 Directed by: Ben Taylor Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Otis (Asa Butterfield) finds that offering sexual advice is more difficult than he thought so he and Maeve (Emma Mackey) try to find clients at a house party. Cat Burglar (Scene […]

Cat and Mouse at the Home (1983)

Cat and Mouse at the Home (1983)

Directed by: Kirk Henderson This review contains cartoonish Kitty Carnage Warnings! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Aging Cat and Mouse cartoon stars (both voiced by Gregory Mark Lewis) relive some of the glory days when they used to beat the crap out of each other […]

License to Kill (1989)

License to Kill (1989)

Directed by: John Glen Synopsis: This time it’s personal when James Bond (Timothy Dalton) seeks revenge against a drug lord for the murder of his friends. Cat Cattle Call: The film begins in the Florida Keys and in one scene Bond is taken to the Hemingway House to meet with someone. As one would expect, […]

Malice (1993)

Malice (1993)

Directed by: Harold Becker Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Happily married couple Andy (Bill Pullman) and Tracy Safien (Nicole Kidman) take Dr. Jed Hill (Alec Baldwin) in as a border while a killer stalks the college campus where Andy works. Kitty Cameo: At the beginning […]