Fox Searchlight Pictures Starring: Lola Kirke, Greta Gerwig, Heather Lind Directed by: Noah Baumbach Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Tracy (Lola Kirke) is a college student trying to find her way in the world when she meets her outgoing, gregarious impending stepsister, Brooke (Greta Gerwig) who gives her […]
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La notte (1961)
Nepi Film Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau Directed by: Michelangelo Antonioni Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A day and night in the lives of writer Giovanni Pontano (Marcello Mastroianni) and his wife Lidia (Jeanne Moreau) who are dealing with the impending death of a friend and feeling introspective […]
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
Fox Searchlight Pictures Starring: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Nick Offerman Directed by: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Synopsis: Greg (Thomas Mann) and his childhood friend Earl (RJ Cyler) have their movie-centric lives changed when they start to hang out with Rachel (Olivia Cooke), a girl diagnosed with leukemia. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Greg’s father (Nick Offerman) is a lover of cats and […]
My Favorite Martian – “The Man on the Couch”
Original Air Date: November 3, 1963 Starring: Ray Walston, Bill Bixby Also Starring: Orangey (as Rhubarb) Directed by: Sidney Miller Synopsis: Uncle Martin (Ray Walston) zaps himself to the top of a water tower to find some relief from the heat and humidity but when he comes down he finds himself in a psychiatric hospital. Cinema Cat: Orangey would have a […]
Rhubarb (1951)
Paramount Pictures Starring: Ray Milland, Jan Sterling, Gene Lockhart Also Starring: Orangey Directed by: Arthur Lubin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the novel by H. Allen Smith. A feisty, independent feral cat becomes the prized possession of enthusiastic millionaire Thaddeus J. Banner (Gene Lockhart) and ends up […]
Circus Fever (1925)
Hal Roach Studios Starring: Mickey Daniels, Jackie Condon Directed by: Robert F. McGowan Synopsis: Mickey, Jackie and Joe come up with a scheme, pretending to be sick so they can skip school and go to the circus instead. Cat Burglars (Scene Stealers): Early in the short Mickey is seen washing his baby brother in a washtub on the floor […]
Great Expectations (1998)
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Starring: Ethan Hawke, Gwyneth Paltrow Directed by: Alfonso Cuaró Synopsis: A modern adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel. Artist Finnegan Bell (Ethan Hawke) recounts his early life and encounters with an escaped criminal (Robert De Niro), a stranger spinster and her beautiful niece (Gwyneth Paltrow). Kitty Cameo: The opening scenes of the film are set […]
Trois couleurs: Bleu (1993)
English Title: Three Colors: Blue France 3 Cinéma Starring: Juliette Binoche Directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: One of director Kieslowski’s color trilogy of films. Julie (Juliette Binoche), the wife of a famous composer, finds herself shying away from life after a tragic accident changes everything […]
Be Kind, Rewind (2008)
New Line Cinema Starring: Mos Def, Jack Black Guest Appearance By: Buster Directed by: Michel Gondry Synopsis: Mike (Mos Def) is left in charge of his dad’s video store but a freak accident caused by his friend Jerry (Jack Black) wipes out all the VHS tapes. To remedy the situation, the pair refilm the movies themselves. Purr Blur: The first […]
The Super Cops (1974)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Starring: Ron Leibman, David Selby, Sheila Frazier Directed by: Gordon Parks Synopsis: Based on real-life police officers David Greenberg (Ron Leibman) and Robert Hantz (David Selby) who worked outside the system to bust crime in New York. Kitty Cameo: One of Greenberg’s informants is prostitute Sara (Sheila Frazier). In one scene he visits her home and she […]