by Ted Davis Directed by: Clive Donner Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Jimmy Brewster (Alan Bates), an ambitious, amoral, and acquisitive real estate agent from the lower classes, will resort to literally any trick or subterfuge to get ahead in life. To help realize his […]
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer – “Life Serial”
by Mark Murton Original Air Date: October 23, 2001 Directed by: Nick Marck Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Buffy’s powers are tested by Andrew, Jonathan and Warren, who seek to expose and exploit her weaknesses in an effort to destroy her. Kitten Cattle Call: Stressed […]
Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story (2017)
by Ted Davis Directed by: Jon Brewer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A well-intentioned but disappointing documentary about the remarkable and multi-talented musician Mick Ronson, perhaps best known as David Bowie’s brilliant guitarist during the early 1970s, which encompassed the Ziggy Stardust era. Reality Cats: […]
Allen is My Brother (1957)
Directed by: Gary Goldsmith Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: An educational film about the difficulties and benefits of dealing with little siblings. Featured Feline: The film begins with a little boy named Allen playing with a small tabby cat named Tiger. Allen’s mother is trying […]
Dead Before Dawn (1993)
Directed by: Charles Correll Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A made-for-TV movie based on a true story. Linda DeSilva Edelman (Cheryl Ladd) tries to divorce her abusive husband (Jameson Parker), who in turns hires a hit man to kill her before their court date. Cat Burglar […]
Living Apart Together (1982)
by Mark Murton Directed by: Charles Gormley Synopsis: Singer / songwriter Ritchie Hannah (B.A. Robertson) returns to Glasgow to attend the funeral of a friend, just as his wife walks out on him and their children, setting him on a journey with his assistant to find her and bring her home. Kitty Cameo: Ritchie returns […]
Tread Softly Stranger (1958)
by Mark Murton Directed by: Gordon Parry Synopsis: Two small time crook brothers, Johnny (George Baker) and Dave Mansell (Terence Morgan), both in love with the same woman, find themselves in over their heads when one of them kills a night watchman during a robbery. Purr Blur: The robbery goes wrong and while fleeing the […]
Lamb (2021)
Directed by: Valdimar Jóhannsson Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains MAJOR spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A sheep farming couple, Maria (Noomi Rapace) and Ingvar (Hilmir Snær Guðnason), have their isolated lives changed when one of their sheep gives birth to an unusual offspring. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): A nameless tabby cat […]
Spider-Man – “The Origin of Spiderman”
by Ted Davis Original Air Date: September 14, 1968 Director: Ralph Bakshi Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Teenaged tie-and-sweater wearing bookworm student Peter Parker (Paul Soles) is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains amazing and tremendous abilities and powers, which he employs in his […]
The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943)
Also Known As: Mouse at War Directed by: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A World War II themed short finds mouse Jerry fighting cat Tom via makeshift military equipment in a basement. Cartoon Cat: As in most Tom and Jerry cartoons, Tom […]