English Title: Close-Up Directed by: Abbas Kiarostami Synopsis: A recreation (using the principle people from the true story) of Hossain Sabzian’s impersonation of director Mohsen Makhmalbaf to win favor with a family and the fall-out of said act. Purr Blur: At the beginning of the film, a taxi driver (Hooshang Shamaei) takes a reporter and […]
Directed by: György Pálfi This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The twisted tale of three generations of offspring, each with their own brand of perversion and obsession. Featured Felines: The third segment follows the life of Balatony Lajoska (Marc […]
Directed by: Christian-Jaque This review contains a very mild Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Catherine Hubscher (Sophia Loren) is a laundress whose energy and spirit have a direct impact on those fighting in the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, including The […]
Directed by: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A unicorn (voiced by Mia Farrow) is shocked to learn she is the last and goes on a quest to rescue her fellow unicorns from the hands of King Haggard (voiced by Christopher […]
Directed by: Randall Miller Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An arrogant and obnoxious college professor named Eli Michaelson (Alan Rickman) gets an even bigger head when he wins the Nobel Prize, clouding out most of his concern for his son Barkley (Bryan Greenberg) who has […]
Directed by: Hossein Amini Synopsis: Rydal (Oscar Isaac), an American tour guide in Greece, gets caught up in an unsavory situation with fellow Americans Chester (Viggo Mortensen) and Colette (Kirsten Dunst). Kitty Cameos: While the trio are still in Athens, a cat can be seen standing outside of a building. Later when they arrive in […]
Directed by: Julien Duvivier Synopsis: Pépé le Moko (Jean Gabin) is hiding out in the Casbah where authorities can’t reach him, but the crafty Inspector Slimane (Lucas Gridoux) is determined to eventually flush his quarry. Kitty Cameos: The American remake of this film, Algiers, featured some of the stock footage of the Casbah originally used […]
Directed by: Ernest Dickerson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Jack Mason (Ice-T) is homeless and living on the streets when he’s recruited by a hunting organization to help with a remote hunt, not realizing that he is to play the part of the hunted! Purr […]
Starring: TowneDirected by: Marielle Heller This review contains an intense Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Author Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) struggles after her old Hollywood biographies fall out of favor and turns to a new way of making money; forging personal letters […]
Original Air Date: December 12, 2012Starring: FrostyDirected by: Gail Mancuso Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Claire (Julie Bowen) and Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) want to flip a house but their spouses Phil (Ty Burrell) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) don’t agree, only neither of them want to […]