Directed by: Frank Tashlin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A pampered pussycat named Rudolph takes advantage of the helpless canary birds his owner keeps buying. Cartoon Cat: Rudolph acts concerned when his owner (voiced by Bea Benaderet) finds her pet canary Dicky Bird missing. She doesn’t […]
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Curiosity Killed a Cat (1944)
Synopsis: A military training film about the dangers of collecting unexploded and potentially booby-trapped ordinance as souvenirs. Kitty Cameo: The short begins with footage of a tabby cat gingerly approaching a dog house. The cat enters the seemingly empty house. Only to be chased out again by a bulldog. Final Mewsings: Cats should know better […]
American Honey (2016)
by Mark Murton Directed by: Andrea Arnold Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Troubled 18-year-old Texan runaway Star (Sasha Lane) joins a travelling magazine sales crew and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she and the band […]
Love That Brute (1950)
Directed by: Alexander Hall Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Chicago mobster Big Ed Hanley (Paul Douglas) falls for a pretty girl named Ruth (Jean Peters) and convinces her to care for his son, even though he has none. Kitty Cameo: Ed finds a kid to pose […]
Blood Harvest (1987)
Directed by: Bill Rebane Synopsis: Jill (Itonia Salchek) returns to her small home town to find her parents missing and then is seemingly stalked by the local oddball, Marvelous Mervo (Tiny Tim). Purr Blur: Already on edge from finding her childhood home vandalized, Jill goes to put some clothes in her dresser. As she opens […]
Corridor of Mirrors (1948)
by Ted Davis Directed by: Terence Young Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: In the England of 1938, society playgirl and purported beauty Mifanwy Conway (Edana Romney) becomes romantically involved with enigmatic artist and aesthete Paul Mangin (Eric Portman), who is either a self-deceiving mountebank or […]
Not Going Out – “Front Window”
by Mark Murton Original Air Date: April 15, 2022 Directed by: Nick Wood This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out Of The Bag Alert! This review contains MAJOR spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: In this episode of the long-running BBC sitcom, Lee (Lee Mack) is confined to a wheelchair after knee surgery and […]
Schoolhouse Rock – “The Tale of Mr. Morton”
Original Air Date: September 11, 1993 Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode! Synopsis: Children are taught about predicates by hearing a tale about a lonely man named Mr. Morton. Cartoon Cat: Mr. Morton owns an adorable little orange tabby cat who greets him at the mailbox when he […]
The Shock (1923)
Directed by: Lambert Hillyer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Wilse Dilling (Lon Chaney) is a handicapped criminal who reforms when he is sent to a quiet town to work undercover and falls in love with the daughter of his boss’ blackmail target. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): […]
The Blue Knight (1973)
by Ted Davis Directed by: Robert Butler Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Approaching his fiftieth year, weary streetwise cop Bumper Morgan (William Holden) has been pounding the L.A. beat for close to two decades and feels the weight of each one of his years. He’s […]