British Pathé Synopsis: Newsreel footage covers auditions in London’s West End for a black cat to co-star in an unidentified stage play alongside human actors Jimmy Hanley, Grace Arnold and Hazel Court. Reality Cats: It’s a virtual sea of black cats in this open cat cattle call. The aspiring feline thespians are brought by their owners, beckoned […]
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So You Think You’re Allergic? (1945)
Vitaphone Corporation Narrator: Knox Manning Directed by: Richard L. Bare Synopsis: A Joe McDoakes short comedy about a man who believes he is allergic to everything. Purr Blur: In a segment called “Kachoo’s Who,” one of the allergy culprits is, of course, a cat. A man is seen sitting in a chair with a cat in his lap, which […]
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Aurora Starring: Elizabeth Hartman, Dom DeLuise, Derek Jacobi Directed by: Don Bluth Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains slight spoilers for this film! Synopsis: The dark and intense story of a field mouse named Mrs. Brisby (voiced by Elizabeth Hartman) who goes to great lengths to save the lives of her family from a farmer’s tractor. […]
The Washington Masquerade (1932)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Starring: Lionel Barrymore, Karen Morley, Diane Sinclair Directed by: Charles Brabin Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains slight spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Lawyer Jeff Keane (Lionel Barrymore) sets his sights on a Senate seat in order to replace a crooked incumbent. Once in Washington, he starts out living by his ideals but then […]
Nekomimi shojo Kiki (2007)
English Title: Cat Girl Kiki Video Audio Project (VAP) Starring: Teruaki Uotani, Yui Kano, Minami Aoyama Directed by: Akiyoshi Sugiura Synopsis: Yoshirou Takagi (Teruaki Uotani) is a reclusive male living a boring life when he happens to find a stray kitten in a cardboard box and brings it to his home. The next morning he awakens to find the […]
The Collector (2009)
LD Entertainment Starring: Josh Stewart, William Prael, Diane Ayala Goldner, Karley Scott Collins Also Starring: The Elusive Tommy K Directed by: Marcus Dunstan Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some slight spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Not to be confused with the 1965 Terence Stamp film of the same name (which is excellent despite having no […]
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
Woodfall Film Productions Starring: Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts Directed by: Karel Reisz Synopsis: The screenplay for this film was adapted by Alan Sillitoe from his own novel. Arthur Seaton (Albert Finney) is a Nottingham factory worker and an angry young man, frustrated with the working class system which seems to keep him down and fighting […]
Science Friction (1959)
Independent Film Directed by: Stan Vanderbeek Synopsis: Innovative animator Stan Vanderbeek (who was an inspiration to Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam) created this colorful and crazy montage of cut-out images for this zany experimental film. Purr Blur: In a sequence showing various objects being shot into space like rockets, a cat is seen launching as well. Final Mewsings: We […]
Thunderball (1965)
United Artists Corporation Starring: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi Directed by: Terence Young Synopsis: Once again James Bond (Sean Connery) is up against SPECTRE as the evil organization steals two nuclear bombs from a NATO training exercise and plans to blackmail the United States and Britain into paying £100 million in diamonds. Cinema Cat: The head […]
Caroline in the City – “Pilot”
Original Air Date: September 21, 1995 Starring: Lea Thompson, Eric Lutes, Malcolm Gets, Annie Spadaro Also Starring: Tiki Directed by: James Burrows Synopsis: Caroline Duffy (Lea Thompson) is a successful cartoonist living in New York and her comic strip entitled Caroline in the City is a semi-autobiographical work. In the series pilot Caroline is advertising for a new colorist and […]