Original Air Date: December 24, 2019 Directed by: Peter Rose Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox) takes a bad fall while trimming her tree. Featured Feline: Rita is cat-sitting Mrs. MacElroy’s ginger tabby Arthur over the holidays, keeping the cat at her place […]
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To All a Goodnight (1980)
Directed by: David Hess Synopsis: A crazed killer bumps off the teenagers at a finishing school Christmas party. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): At the beginning of the film a girl named Nancy (Jennifer Runyon) is dropped off at the school by her family. They apparently brought along Nancy’s pet black kitten, as Nancy is kissing […]
Enigma (1982)
Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Russian defector Alex Holbeck (Martin Sheen) is recruited by the CIA to infiltrate East Berlin. His mission: disrupt the Soviet’s Enigma code computer to prevent assassinations scheduled to take place on Christmas morning. Cat Burglar (Scene […]
The Crowded Day (1954)
Also Known As: Shop Spoiled Directed by: John Guillermin Synopsis: A day in the life of various women who work in a busy department store just before Christmas. Purr Blurs: Near the beginning of the film a tuxedo cat is seen in front of the staff hostel for the department store where many of the […]
Flora (1948)
Directed by: Alex Lovy, Robert Clampett Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A dog named Ronny (voiced by Gerald Mohr) explains how he was driven to suicide by his infatuation with a Siamese cat named Flora. Cartoon Cat: This is a rather bizarre cartoon which finds […]
A Ghost Story for Christmas – “The Stalls of Barchester”
Original Air Date: December 24, 1971 Directed by: Lawrence Gordon Clark Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Library researchers discovery that an Archdeacon named Haynes (Robert Hardy) may have obtained his title through dastardly methods and eventually suffered a mysterious fate himself. Kitty Cameo: After becoming Archdeacon, […]
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Directed by: Brian Henson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The Muppets version of Charles Dickens’ classic tale finds Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine) visited by spirits who try to steer him from his greedy, selfish ways. Muppet Cats: During the song Scrooge, two cats appear in […]
La Cigarette (1919)
Directed by: Germaine Dulac Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Museum director Pierre Guérande (Gabriel Signoret) suspects his young wife Denise (Andrée Brabant) of being unfaithful and plans drastic measures for himself. Purr Blur: Pierre follows Denise to an apartment where he sees Maurice Herbert (Jules […]
The Undertaker and His Pals (1966)
Directed by: T.L.P. Swicegood Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A very tongue-in-cheek, low budget horror film in which an undertaker works out a deal with his restaurant friends to murder women for meat, drumming up business for his mortuary. Kitty Cameo: A secretary named Ann […]
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Directed by: Kevin Smith Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this film! Synopsis: Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith) set out for Hollywood to ruin the movie adaptation of the comic book based on their likenesses for which they are receiving no royalties. Purr Blurs: During their […]