AndhaDhun (2018)

AndhaDhun (2018)

Starring: ManiDirected by: Sriram Raghavan Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains potential spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A blind pianist named Akash (Ayushmann Khurrana) gets caught up in a seemingly endless stream of trouble. Featured Feline: We will warn again this review contains spoilers, and this is really a movie you should […]

Cabaret (1972)

Cabaret (1972)

Directed by: Bob Fosse Synopsis: Cabaret entertainer Sally Bowles (Liza Minelli) befriends a British linguistics student named Brian Roberts (Michael York) who is newly arrived to pre-World War II Berlin and they share love and laughs as the world changes around them. Purr Blur: In the boarding house where Sally and Brian live there is […]

The Green-eyed Blonde (1957)

The Green-eyed Blonde (1957)

Directed by: Bernard Girard This review contains an implied Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A group of reform school girls harbor an unwanted baby. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The baby is the offspring of one of the girls named Betsey (Melinda Casey) […]

Modern Family – “Snip”

Modern Family – “Snip”

Original Air Date: October 10, 2012Starring: FrostyDirected by: Gail Mancuso Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Phil (Ty Burrell) prepares to have a vasectomy; Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) tries to adjust to having extra time while Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) is in preschool. Kitty Cameo: Larry the cat makes […]

Triumph of a Heart (2005)

Triumph of a Heart (2005)

Music Artist: Björk Synopsis: The official video for Björk’s single Triumph of a Heart finds her partying in a pub while her lover, who is a cat, waits at home. Featured Feline: The video costars an Abyssinian cat as Björk’s significant other. At the beginning the cat is lying in bed with her. Björk is […]

Annual Cat Show in Amsterdam (1965)

Annual Cat Show in Amsterdam (1965)

British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage with Dutch narration shows various cats competing at a cat show held by Felikat in Amsterdam’s stock exchange building. Reality Cat: A wide variety of cats are shown in cages. The winners were a Persian Chinchilla and a Dutch Siamese cat. Final Mewsings: Amsterdam does cats right! Relevant Links: To […]

A Simple Favor (2018)

A Simple Favor (2018)

Directed by: Paul Feig Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kenrick) is a sweet, motherly blogger whose life changes radically when she comes up against the more worldly and mysterious mom named Emily (Blake Lively). Kitty Cameo: While investigating Emily’s life, Stephanie ends […]

Buta to gunkan (1961)

Buta to gunkan (1961)

English Title: Pigs and BattleshipsDirected by: Shôhei Imamura Synopsis: Kinta (Hiroyuki Nagato) is a young gang member who is put in charge of a pig farm for a small gang of Yakuza that is slowly imploding. Purr Blur: In one scene Kinta is walking home after losing at cards. A small white Japanese Bobtail cat […]

Forty Guns (1957)

Forty Guns (1957)

Directed by: Samuel Fuller This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Synopsis: Griff Bonell (Barry Sullivan) is one of the last of the old-school marshalls who arrives in an Arizona county with his brothers only to come up against a tough rancher (Barbara Stanwyck) who wants the man on her side. Kitty Cameo: This […]

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood – “Season 16, Episode 9”

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood – “Season 16, Episode 9”

Original Air Date: February 6, 1986Directed by: Paul Lally Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Mr. Rogers (Fred Rogers) shows a film of a kitten being born and talks about making and creating things. Reality Cat: Mr. Rogers enters his house carrying a little tabby kitten. He […]